Why was Count Dooku not a Sith?

While Dooku was certainly evil — and even had a Darth sobriquet, Tyranus, though he rarely used it — he was never quite a Sith, at least not in the true sense of the word. Unlike those who espoused the Sith doctrine, Dooku wasn’t motivated by hatred or fear, but by the same purpose that drove him as a Jedi.

Is Count Dooku a Sith or Jedi?

Count Dooku was a menacing Sith Lord and central figure in the Clone Wars. Once a Jedi — trained by Yoda — he became disillusioned with the Jedi Order and thirsted for greater power.

Why did Count Dooku turn to the dark side?

However, at some point during this period, Dooku was approached by Darth Sidious (now the Sith Lord), who saw the former Jedi as a potential leader for a Separatist movement. Using the Count’s frustration with the Galactic Republic, the Dark Lord turned Dooku to the dark side.

Was Dooku a GREY Jedi?

Anakin was a dark leaning Jedi. Yoda, in his youth, appears to have been a dark leaning Jedi. Mace Windu was a grey shade Jedi. Dooku wasn’t actually a Jedi – he’d retired/resigned before he even became a Sith.

Why did Dooku join the Sith?

Dooku joined the sith in order to bring down the republic and jedi order and create new order in a which he and sidious rules. He hated how the republic was corrupt and send jedi’s needlessly to die on battle of the calidran, bando gora and Jinn’s death at naboo.

Is Count Dooku a Jedi or Sith?

Count Dooku Count Dooku was a menacing Sith Lord and central figure in the Clone Wars. Once a Jedi — trained by Yoda — he became disillusioned with the Jedi Order and thirsted for greater power.

Is Count Dooku a bad person?

To begin with, definitely not. Neither the Jedi nor the public knows that Dooku is a Sith (let alone that he’s Darth Tyranus). They don’t even think he’s a bad person: MACE WINDU: You know, M’Lady, Count Dooku was once a Jedi.

Why does Darth Tyranus go by Count Dooku instead of Darth?

This is simply because Darth Tyranus goes by Count Dooku when surrounded by separatists because they don’t known he is Sith. Sidious happens to use “Lord” rather than “Darth” the one time they converse alone.

How did Anakin Skywalker defeat Count Dooku?

The war culminated in a great battle over the Republic capital of Coruscant. In a duel aboard the Separatist flagship Invisible Hand, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker defeated Dooku. Skywalker then executed the dismembered and helpless Dooku at the instigation of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Tyranus’s own Sith Master.