- "You have yet to realize your importance young Skywalker. Today you have ensured the fall of the Republic."
- ―The dopplegänger's last words
A doppelgänger of Dooku, seemingly identical to the real Count Dooku although less adept in the Force, served the Confederacy of Independent Systems as one of the real Dooku's Dark Acolytes during the Clone Wars.
Biography[]
- "Once, I thought you could be useful, but you are far too stubborn."
"… You are twisted, Dooku. The Jedi will put an end to your plans."
"Through you, I suppose, Master Skywalker? If you are the Republic's greatest hope, then they have much to fear." - ―The dopplegänger confronts Anakin Skywalker
Ten months after the First Battle of Geonosis, he was assigned to guard Techno Union Foreman Wat Tambor's C-B3 cortosis battle droid factory on the planet Metalorn, and was killed trying to defend it from Jedi Padawan Anakin Skywalker.[1] Later in the war, Dooku had learned that Skywalker had killed another clone of Count Dooku of Serenno, thinking of him as another changeling, another Dooku abandoned by his parents, left to be chopped up by some upstart Jedi butcher in the name of a corrupt Republic.[2]
Powers and abilities[]
- "What's this I sense? Confusion … sorrow. And something more … Pain. Pain over your …"
"Stop it now Dooku … or I will finish you!"
"If only you had released your anger then … you might have been able to save her." - ―The dopplegänger senses Skywalker's emotions
This doppelgänger was skilled in Form II lightsaber combat, just as the real Dooku had been, and he attacked Anakin Skywalker with small, concentrated bursts of Force lightning. Additionally, he had adopted the psychological warfare tactic known as Dun Möch, which he employed against Skywalker, only to result in backfiring on him.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Explaining away the Dooku that Anakin defeats in New Droid Army as a doppleganger in the Fact Files card, we explain how Anakin could win against the Sith lord in such a confrontation (the doppleganger is only half as strong as the original), how Dooku could "die" and "disappear" as he does in the game, and maybe most importantly, how this confrontation wasn't in a sense actual—an out-of-universe climactic problem that still plagues the pre-Empire Strikes Back Luke/Vader confrontation in Splinter of the Mind's Eye to this day."
- ―Abel G. Peña
Abel G. Peña has stated that the doppelgänger was not a clone, but was created using the Force, believing that clones have been overused as an explanation for inconsistent deaths.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The New Droid Army (First appearance)
- Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Star Wars: The New Droid Army
- ↑ Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 SWFA: The Anatomy of a Ret-Con by Peña, Abel G. on www.myuselessknowledge.com (archived from the original on August 12, 2019)