Dooku (free-edit)

Dooku was Palpatine's second apprentice. He led the Confederation of Independent Systems and fought during the Clone Wars. He was killed by Anakin Skywalker during the Second Battle of Coruscant.

Youth
Dooku was, like most other Jedi of his age, discovered to be Force-sensitive and taken to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant for training. He excelled as a youngling, overpowering anyone of his age, or even beyond. The Council quickly recognized his raw talent in the Force, and decided to take a closer look on him.

At the age of 13, he was apprenticed to Grand Master Yoda. Being the most experienced of all living Jedi, the Jedi Council had no doubt that Yoda would be a good Master of his. During the course of their training, they disagreed upon many things, most notably on lightsaber styles and techniques. However, the two respected each other's opinions and did not argue against each other when it was unnecessary.

He wasn't even twenty-five when the title of Jedi Knight was bestowed upon him. No Padawan of Yoda's has ever achieved the title sooner than Dooku. There have been talks within the Jedi Council that Dooku might be the Chosen One.

Jedi Knight
As a Jedi Knight, Dooku's personality had a sudden change. He gradually became disillusioned by the strict disciple of the Jedi Code and did not hesitate to break one of its tenets to achieve his goals. He tried to keep these occassions a secret, thus the Council has always recognized him as a loyal and obedient Jedi.

One final Mission
Dooku and his apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn had just returned from a reconaissance mission on Neimodia when they were contacted by Senator Valorum. A cult had risen up on his home world of Eriadu, a cult that worshipped the Sith. Dooku and Qui-Gon headed off there, but were captured by space pirates led by crimelord Mera Dan. They were held by the pirates for nearly two years, tortured by the Sith, namely Darth Galepius and his apprentices Sisidou and Verona before they escaped. They killed Verona and escaped back into Republic space. Teaming up with Mera, who had been betrayed by the Sith, they attacked the Sith base on Eriadu. Together they defeated the Sith cult and their army of bounty hunters. During the battle Qui-Gon battled Sith Lord Doruk, but an explosion sent them both flying. Doruk flew straight into a rock wall and was slain while Qui-Gon was knocked uncouncious. Dooku duelled Galepius and apparently killed the Sith lord when he fell over the edge of a cliff. Sith Lord Clous tried to blast Dooku from behind but Dooku severed his arm and was about to finish him off when Qui-gon stopped him. Sisidou fled the scene, killing Mera Dan on the way and escaping the planet. The threat of the Sith cult was over. Dooku and Qui-Gon returned to Coruscant with Clous. Dooku chastised him for this but said that he was reday for his trials. Qui-Gon passed and they went their seperate ways. However, they did retain a very close relationship, and both voiced their concerns about the corruption in the Republic to each other.

Sith Apprentice
Dooku was teaching Jedi on Coruscant when news came from Naboo that his aprentice Qui-Gon Jinn had been killed by the Sith. Haunted by the voices of his dead apprentice and the unknown Sith Lord Dooku left the Order. Heading to his home planet of Serenno, Dooku assumed his birth right as Count. Returning to Coruscant he tracked down the Sith Lord to his hideout and attempted to kill him. The Sith lord defeated him easily but instead of killing Dooku he revealed his plans and recruited the Count into his service. Now serving the Sith, Dooku went on many missions for his dark master, including the murder of his old friend Sifo-Dyas, and enlisting the aid of Jango Fett as template for his clone army. During this time he gathered together an alliance of Seperatists to wage war on the Republic.

Dooku and Aanor
After the death of Darth Maul, Dooku became Sidious's new minion. However, also in contention was the Merraxen Aanor. Dooku was seen as more powerful, but Sidious allowed Aanor to serve him as a Sith minion. Dooku and Aanor underwent a long rivalry which Sidious played off of. He tested both warriors' powers and skills.

Dooku vs Doriana
As well as his ongoing feud with Aanor, Dooku had a long and bitter rivalry with Kinman Doriana, another of Sidious's chief servants. It first came about when Doriana disrupted one of Dooku's schemes to bring Eriadu into his Confederacy. Dooku then killed Doriana's agent and cousin Byra while he was on a mission into Wild Space. In retaliation Doriana unleashed several battledroids on Dooku while he was in a meeting with Nute Gunray. Dooku easily destroyed the battledroids before storming into Doriana's quarters and blasted him with Force lightning. It was the only the intervention by Darth Sidious that saved Doriana's life. Their feud would continue into the Clone Wars.

Mission to Kooriban
Towards the end of the Clone Wars, Sidious sent Dooku to Kooriban in orcer to find Ssome Sith artefacts that would aid them in their takeover of the galaxy. To Dooku's annoyance, Sidious sent Kinman Doriana with them to the planet. Dooku was escorted by a fleet commanded by General Grevious to the planet before he landed with Doriana, Asajj Ventress and another of his dark acolytes Marech Reich. They entered the tombs and began searching for artefacts. Ventress discovered a secret tomb which contained the tombs of Darth Bane's Order. Then Dooku discovered something that scared him more then Darth Sidious, there was an image of Yoda in the tomb. He fled, taking the others with him, but when they emerged from the tomb they discovered that the planet was under attack by Republic forces. They fled to her shuttle, but a battalion of clone troopers had arrived and come between them and the shuttle. Doriana tried to flee, but Dooku sent Reich to hunt him down. Dooku and Ventress easily defeated the clones and got onto the shuttle where they were joined by Reich, who told them that Doriana was dead. Dooku smiled, his long feud with Doriana was over. Then a Republic shuttle arrived and Yoda got out and approached Dooku's ship. Dooku got out to meet him and confronted him about the information. Then Yoda told him everything, how he had once joined the Sith in an attempt to destroy them. He killed his Sith Master, and it was only then that he realised that his master was only an apprentice, and so the Sith Order survived. Yoda could not find the Sith again, he had failed in his mission. Dooku then attempts to kill his old master but Yoda drives him off and he flees into his ship, which leaves the planet. The Seperatists flee Kooriban, and Dooku heads to Coruscant and tells Sidious of Doriana's death, which Sidious actually seems saddened by. However, Dooku doesn't tell his master of Yoda once being a Sith Lord, he will allow his master to find that out for himself.

Death
In the Second Battle of Coruscant, Dooku and Grevious commanded the Seperatist attack and laid a trap for the two Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. However, on heading towards the observation platform, Dooku and his guard were attacked by Republic soldier Dan Eardornn, who destroyed many of his guards. Dooku escaped up the lift to find the two Jedi had alreday reached Palpatine. Dooku confronted them and they attacked. The Sith lord easily deflected all the Jedi's attacks, taunting them as they went. He force pushed Kenobi away and duelled Skywalker alone. But Kenobi headed up the steps to attack Dooku from behind, cutting down Dooku's superbattledroids on the way. Dooku outmaneuvered Kenobi and threw him against the wall, knocking him out and then trapping him under the walkway. However, Anakin attacked him, driving him over the balcony and driving him back. Then Dan Eardornn arrived, and stunned Anakin, trying to make the kill himself. Dooku quickly defeated Eardornn but then Skywalker got up again and drove Dooku back. Skywalker severed Dooku's hands and drove the defeated Count to his knees. Then at Dooku's surprise, Palpatine urged Skywalker to kill Dooku, which he did, removing the helpless Count's head from his neck.