Dooku is still a little bit impulsive here. I was hoping to see him as an elegant Jedi, with different views on some matters.
But he is finding his motivations for joining the separatists.
I appreciate Lucas' attempt to bring something different in the Prequel Trilogy: in the Original Trilogy we had Empire vs Rebels so,
instead of having Republic vs a different versions of the Rebels, we had a Republic in decline and a group of separatists who were pessimistic about the Republic government.
I wish we had something more original in the Sequels, like New Republic vs Organized Crime or something like that.
[7.8/10] Another one I really liked. The contrast between Dooku and Mace Windu isn’t subtle. Windu follows orders and obeys the rules. Dooku is more interested in getting to the heart of the matter, even if it means using force or going beyond the bounds of the mission. That leads to philsohpical clashes between them, even when Dooku’s methods prove...effective as they investigate the murder of a fellow Jedi.
I’ll admit to being duped here. I fully expected that the shifty senator was the one who ordered Master Ketri killed. The twist, that it was the guards who abused her, and not the senator's idea, plays on our natural suspicions of the clearly anxious senator. But the next turn is even better. As with those who kidnapped Senator Dagonet’s son in the last episode, the guards who were strong-arming Senator Semage had a more righteous cause despite their questionable methods too.
Semage was selling off their planet and their people piece by piece. They wanted to force him to present a plan that represented the people, not just provided a means for him to feather their own nest. And when the Jedi ask why they didn't just bring their concerns to Master Ketri, the guards explain that from their perspective, the Jeui are just lap dogs for the senate, who wouldn't address the real concerns of the people.
This is implied to be the roots of the Separatist movement. The Separatists are pretty much the mustache twirling bad guys of the Prequel Era. (Despite the fact that the planet of the week for this one, Raxus, originally appeared in a Clone Wars episode called “Heroes on Both Sides”.) So it’s interesting to see their origins portrayed so sympathetically. Yes, they resort to murder and blackmail. But they’re also responding to corruption with the only tools at their disposal against an entrenched system.
I was a little taken aback to hear them throw recriminations against the Jedi that they claim to be peacekeepers, but only act to preserve law and order to protect the rich. The criticism is a timely one, and of a piece with the inherent flaws of the Republic and the Jedi Order that were the bread and butter of The Clone Wars series. For the first time, you can understand why Dooku would take up the cause of the Separatists, resent the Jedi for enforcing the status quo rather than protecting the people, and try to effect change in his own way.
Of course, there’s also a touch of the personal. The fact that rule bound, doctrinaire Windu is promoted to the Jedi High Council, while Dooku himself, whose actions actually solved the mystery, requires a good word from his condescending partner to avoid punishment for those actions, doesn’t help his opinion of the council. I don’t know that I ever would have asked for a Dooku origin story, or to trace the causes of hsi turn away from the Jedi, but I find myself compelled and comprehending of it now.
The texture of this one is good too. While the fight between the Jedi and the Raxus guards is pretty standard stuff, the autumnal setting, rich with hues of falling leaves and scenic beauty, gives it something extra. And I could be misremembering, but I don’t think we’ve ever seen a Jedi Council funeral before. It’s a lovely, somber occasion, with the assembled paying their respects, and beam of light emanating from the coffin to illuminate their way.
Overall, another quality installment from Tales of the Jedi that makes Dooku’s fall and turn away more clear and understandable.
On the one hand we have Windu who's trusting in the council (of which he's going to be a member) and Dooku who's frustrated at the republic's corruption and the council's obedience to the senate (and not the people). Honestly, I can see where he's coming from. The Jedi Council of the prequel trilogy was blind, no longer able to see its own complacency and decline. They had by far outlived themselves, being so adherent to some rules that they at least contributed to their own destruction from within and without.
It's small wonder that Dooku left - even if he had stayed in the light, at least he wasn't blind to reality.
This duo is fire. They need more screen times
Hopefully we get at least one more episode with Dooku finally getting the proper badassery on screen that he and Christopher Lee deserve!
wow, that was actually so good
Dooku has a point here. I always thought the Jedi where too easy to convince that all is right in the Galaxis. As we've now seen twice that was not the case. And because of that many saw the Jedi as Senat lapdogs. The corruption within the Republic grew and grew. And the Jedi were not aware of what was happening right before them. Windu is more along the lines of the normal Jedi who are kind of indoctrinated to believe instead of discovering. And he was, pretty much, right until his end.
I actually like the Dooku of this era but since he's been so distrustfull of authorities, why bind himself to someone like Palpatine ? I would expect him to see that he's just exchanging one evil with another.
What happened? Did Filoni suddenly fall in love with Dooku? Another great episode that shines a light at his development and inner conflict. Albeit not very subtle and not very nuanced still such a great mood. Filoni actually achieved that I liked Mace Windu, who was always one of the most intriguing characters to me, less than the future antagonist Dooku.
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Childhood is wishing you were a Jedi; adulthood is realising you would probably be a Seperatist.