Editing Count Dooku (section)

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{{See also|Star Wars in other media}}Following the acquisition of [[Lucasfilm]] by [[The Walt Disney Company]] in 2012, most of the licensed ''Star Wars'' novels and comics produced between 1977 and 2014 were rebranded as ''Star Wars Legends'' and declared non-canon to the franchise. The ''Legends'' works comprise a separate narrative universe.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref name="THR Legends2">{{cite news |last=McMilian |first=Graeme |date=April 25, 2014 |title=Lucasfilm Unveils New Plans for ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lucasfilm-unveils-new-plans-star-698973 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429022447/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lucasfilm-unveils-new-plans-star-698973 |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |access-date=May 26, 2016 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref name="SW Legends2">{{cite web |date=April 25, 2014 |title=The Legendary ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe Turns a New Page |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910044317/http://www.starwars.com/news/the-legendary-star-wars-expanded-universe-turns-a-new-page |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |access-date=May 26, 2016 |website=[[StarWars.com]]}}</ref><ref name="SW Adult2">{{cite web |date=April 25, 2014 |title=Disney and Random House announce relaunch of ''Star Wars'' Adult Fiction line |url=https://www.starwars.com/news/disney-publishing-worldwide-and-random-house-announce-relaunch-of-star-wars-adult-fiction-line |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514073722/http://www.starwars.com/news/disney-publishing-worldwide-and-random-house-announce-relaunch-of-star-wars-adult-fiction-line |archive-date=May 14, 2016 |access-date=May 26, 2016 |publisher=StarWars.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dinsdale |first=Ryan |date=2023-05-04 |title=The Star Wars Canon: The Definitive Guide |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/the-star-wars-canon-the-definitive-guide |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>}}

=== Comics ===
In the ''[[Star Wars: Republic]]'' series, set during the Clone Wars, Dooku trains multiple Dark Jedi apprentices, most of whom he uses as minions. His apprentices include Ventress, Tol Skorr and renegade Jedi Quinlan Vos. Vos initially intended to infiltrate the Separatists as a spy for the Jedi Council but instead nearly falls to the dark side.

=== Novels ===
In [[Jude Watson]]'s ''[[Legacy of the Jedi]]'', Dooku appears in Parts 1, 2, and 4, and is mentioned in Part 3. In Part 1, he is first tempted by the dark side of the Force as a child when his best friend and fellow Padawan Lorian Nod steals an ancient Sith [[Holocron]] from the Jedi Archives. When Nod is caught, Nod lies and says that the theft was Dooku's idea. However, Dooku manages to convince the Jedi Council of the truth, and Nod is then expelled from the Jedi Order. It is later implied that Dooku himself steals the Holocron because he is intrigued by the Sith's open embrace of power. In Part 2, set 13 years later, he is a Jedi Knight, and takes Qui-Gon Jinn as his Padawan apprentice. He encounters Nod while defending a Senator from space pirates, and defeats him in combat, almost executing him. However, Qui-Gon convinces him to spare Nod's life, and he and Dooku turn Nod over to the authorities. In Part 3, set 32 years later, Qui-Gon, now a Jedi Knight, remarks that he has not seen Dooku in years, noting that their relationship was never friendly. Finally in Part 4, set in the midst of the Clone Wars, Dooku, now a Sith, kills Nod after his former friend refuses to join the Separatists.

In [[Sean Stewart]]'s ''[[Yoda: Dark Rendezvous]]'', Dooku attempts to trap Yoda by offering to negotiate an end to the Clone Wars. Dooku attempts unsuccessfully to sway Yoda to his cause, while Yoda nearly convinces Dooku to return to the Jedi Order. When Anakin and Obi-Wan appear unexpectedly, Dooku believes that Yoda was trying to set him up to be captured, and renounces his former master once and for all. In the novel, it is also revealed that Dooku always resented his parents for "giving him away" to the Jedi Order.

In [[James Luceno]]'s ''[[Labyrinth of Evil]]'', Dooku engineers Grievous's transformation into a [[cyborg]] and trains him in [[lightsaber combat]]. He then schemes with Sidious to [[Battle of Coruscant|invade Coruscant]] in what he believes to be a plot to kill Obi-Wan and initiate Anakin into the Sith.

[[Matthew Stover]]'s [[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (novel)|novelization of ''Revenge of the Sith'']] expands upon Dooku's character; it portrays him as an evil man who sees others as mere objects to be used and discarded, and who despises the galaxy's non-human species and plans to exterminate and enslave them once in power. It also explains that Dooku believes that Palpatine's staged kidnapping is part of a plan to kill Obi-Wan and turn Anakin to the dark side. In this scenario, once the Republic becomes the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]], Dooku and Palpatine will rule the galaxy together, while Anakin will command a "Sith Army" formed from the remains of the Jedi. The novelization depicts Dooku's death scene from his point of view after realizing that Sidious has betrayed and used him. In his final moments, he realizes that Palpatine used him as a means to engineer the war and as a placeholder for Anakin, whom he intended to be his apprentice all along. He ultimately realizes that everything he has done has been all for nothing, before being ruthlessly executed by Skywalker.<ref>Stover, pp. 76–79</ref>

=== ''Clone Wars'' (2003–2005) ===
During the 2003 animated micro-series ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'', Count Dooku leads the Separatists from behind the scenes, taking the dark assassin Asajj Ventress as his apprentice while training General Grievous in [[lightsaber combat]]. In the final episode, he plays a part in Grievous's attack on Coruscant and kidnapping Palpatine, setting the stage for ''Revenge of the Sith''.

===Toys===
A number of toys based on Count Dooku have been produced, including the [[Lego]] set ''Lego Star Wars: Duel on Geonosis'' which recreates the duel between Yoda and Dooku portrayed in ''Attack of the Clones'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/sunday/431154/Yoda-takes-on-Count-Dooku-in-battle-to-be-Christmas-number-one |title=Yoda takes on Count Dooku in battle to be Christmas number one |newspaper=[[Daily Express]] |last=Ho |first=Geoff |date=22 September 2013 |access-date=17 June 2018 |publisher=[[Express Newspapers]] |archive-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617043058/https://www.express.co.uk/news/sunday/431154/Yoda-takes-on-Count-Dooku-in-battle-to-be-Christmas-number-one |url-status=live }}</ref> and a [[Hasbro]] Count Dooku lightsaber.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.entertainmentearth.com/product/star-wars-count-dooku-electronic-lightsaber/hs85410 |title=Star Wars Count Dooku Electronic Lightsaber |work=[[Entertainment Earth]] |access-date=17 June 2018 |archive-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119184727/http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HS85410 |url-status=live }}</ref>