Originally posted by Zentrex😂
Dammit! And I was even about to say "Or it could be from Master and Apprentice, who knows." and deleted it because I was sure it'd be from the audiobook.
:/
Yeah, M&A goes further down the rabbit hole than I expected in that regard. It's actually a really good read, imo.
Originally posted by Darth ThorHere's the excerpt:
Well thats interesting.Doesnt seem like he was taught much by Palpatine then.
"You kill the helpless and brag of it," Dooku said, walking past Qui-Gon into the underbrush, focused only on Mol. Although Qui-Gon wanted to see his Master, to show himself, he knew better than to interject himself into an encounter Dooku had well in hand. "You think to murder my Padawan merely to fulfill your pitiful ambitions. You find yourself impressive, do you? You know nothing of true power!"Brilliant light flashed again, and again. Qui-Gon still couldn't see it directly, though he could feel his skin prickling and his hair standing on end. The air tasted of ozone. None of that seemed to matter, not when he could hear Mol's wretched shrieks of pain.
Then Shenda Mol's cries choked off. For one instant Qui-Gon thought she was dead--but then he heard her moaning brokenly. The sound wrenched him into action.
"Master, stop." He pushed his way through the underbrush to stand between Dooku and Mol. The assassin lay at his Master's feet, curled in on herself, trembling. "Please. I'm all right. We're taking her into custody. It's over."
Dooku's expression was unreadable at first, but slowly he lowered his hand. "It's over," his Master repeated. Suddenly he seemed almost normal again. "You're all right, my Padawan?"
"Yes, Master." Every other time Dooku had saved his life, Qui-Gon had thanked him. He couldn't now.
What had his Master done?
-Master & Apprentice
And that scene took place when Qui-Gon was only 14 years old. So Dooku had literally been conjuring FL for decadeS before he was ever Palpatine's apprentice. He just kept it hidden from the Council.