Editing Count Dooku (section)

====''Revenge of the Sith''====
''[[Revenge of the Sith]]'' (2005) takes place three years after ''Attack of the Clones''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=June 12, 2024 |title=Star Wars Timeline: Every Movie, Series And More |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/star-wars-timeline-chronological-order/ |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Empire}}</ref> Dooku and the Separatist commander [[General Grievous]] have kidnapped [[Palpatine|Supreme Chancellor Palpatine]]—Sidious's alter ego—as part of a plan orchestrated by Palpatine to lure Anakin to the [[dark side (Star Wars)|dark side]] of [[the Force]].  Unknown to Dooku, Sidious desired Anakin to replace him as his Sith apprentice due to how powerful he was, and as such, intended for Anakin to kill Dooku in order to lure him to the dark side. Anakin and Obi-Wan board Grievous's ship and confront Dooku, who knocks Obi-Wan unconscious. Anakin then overpowers Dooku and severs both of his hands. Palpatine then betrays his apprentice by ordering Anakin to kill him, much to Dooku's horror. Despite Anakin's reluctance as killing an unarmed prisoner is not the Jedi way, Palpatine's urging leads to Anakin killing and decapitating the helpless Count.

In a deleted scene, Dooku claims that he arranged for [[Tusken Raiders]] to kidnap and kill Anakin's mother, as seen in ''Attack of the Clones''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hardwick |first=Ben |date=January 8, 2023 |title=A Star Wars Deleted Scene Revealed Dooku's True Role in Anakin's Fall |url=https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-revenge-sith-dooku-shmi-skywalker/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |language=en}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]). CBR content published after 2016 is seen as generally unreliable.|date=July 2024}}