Warning! This submit comprises SPOILERS for Adam Christopher’s Star Wars: Grasp of Evil
The Clone Wars reshaped all the Star Wars galaxy, with Depend Dooku on the middle of all the multi-year battle. As Darth Tyranus, Dooku served as Darth Sidious’ most important agent. Nevertheless, it is price exploring what Sidious’ apprentice did and did not find out about his grasp’s full “Grand Plan”.
Regardless of serving as the general public chief of the Separatist motion, Dooku did a lot to advance either side of the conflict on Palpatine’s behalf. That mentioned, a brand-new Star Wars story has created confusion as to the total extent of Dooku’s data of what was really occurring in the course of the Clone Wars he helped orchestrate.
Depend Dooku Was Instrumental In Beginning The Clone Wars For Palpatine
Depend Dooku simply performed probably the most essential roles when it got here to beginning the Clone Wars. Appearing below Palpatine’s directions, Dooku constructed the foundations for either side of the conflict lengthy earlier than the primary Battle of Geonosis. Each the clone troopers of the Republic to the Separatist droid armies existed as a result of Dooku set them in movement.
As Tyranus, Dooku co-opted Jedi Grasp Sifo-Dyas’ secret plan to create a clone military for the Republic. After Sifo-Dyas was killed, Dooku stepped in and ensured that the Kaminoans continued the challenge, presenting himself as their official shopper.
This allowed Darth Sidious/Palpatine to form the clones right into a hidden Sith weapon towards the Jedi from the very starting through implanted inhibitor chips (introduced to the Kaminoans as a top-secret safeguard).
To maintain the Jedi from discovering the military early, Dooku eliminated the existence of Kamino from the Jedi Archives. This act prevented the Order from studying in regards to the clones till Palpatine decided that the time was proper. It additionally protected the conflict’s deliberate timeline, based on Palpatine’s design.
Dooku additionally constructed the Confederacy of Impartial Programs, uniting firms, planetary governments, and disillusioned leaders with an alternative choice to what he really believed was the Republic’s corruption and the complicit Jedi Order. Nevertheless, it nonetheless secretly operated below the Sith’s management.
Dooku additionally oversaw the creation of Common Grievous, together with quite a few different efforts to each escalate and delay the Clone Wars till the time of his grasp’s selecting. It was largely by means of Dooku that Palpatine constructed the right surroundings for his rise as Emperor of a brand new Imperial regime.
How A lot Did Dooku Truly Know About The Clone Wars’ Aftermath?
Whereas Dooku understood a lot in regards to the Clone Wars’ construction and was instrumental in its origins, it is clear that he by no means totally grasped the ultimate particulars of Sidious’ endgame.
The established Star Wars canon has confirmed that Dooku was conscious of the clones’ hidden programming, together with Order 66. His involvement with their creation ensured he understood that the troopers carried a secret protocol that will sooner or later eradicate the Jedi, clearing the best way for the Sith to lastly rise and rule.
As seen in The Clone Wars animated sequence, Dooku repeatedly sabotaged potential peace offers, in addition to any outcomes that may assist finish the battle too early, demonstrating that he knew the conflict wanted to proceed till Sidious’ sequence of occasions reached completion. Clearly, his actions have been aligned together with his grasp’s exact timetable.
Most significantly, we have now a number of canonical sources that verify Dooku knew the Separatists have been destined to lose. Regardless of viewing the Republic as a failing establishment, he believed Palpatine would assist deliver order with a brand new regime, one he assumed he would assist rule at his grasp’s aspect (and maybe sooner or later rule himself as soon as he naturally betrayed Sidious, based on the Sith’s Rule of Two).
After all, Revenge of the Sith opens with Depend Dooku’s demise in the course of the Clone Wars’ ultimate days, confirming he by no means realized he was all the time simply one other pawn. In any case, Palpatine had been grooming Anakin Skywalker as a brand new Sith apprentice for years.
Dooku naturally believed he would survive the transition from Republic to Empire, having seen sufficient of the post-Clone Wars future to remain loyal to Darth Sidious, however not sufficient to grasp how expendable he really was. That mentioned, a brand new Star Wars story contradicts what we thought Depend Dooku knew in a reasonably shocking method.
A Model-New Star Wars Story Claims Dooku Believed The Separatists Would Win
Adam Christopher’s new novel Star Wars: Grasp of Evil introduces an sudden contradiction in regard to Dooku’s full Clone Wars data.
Whereas the e book is primarily about Darth Vader within the aftermath of Revenge of the Sith, the e book’s prologue is centered round Depend Dooku in the course of the Clone Wars, looking for a rumored locus of darkish aspect vitality for Darth Sidious. Inside it, a passage describes Dooku as believing the Separatists have been destined to win the Clone Wars, not the Republic:
“There was a conflict on. A conflict that Dooku and the Separatists would win, paving the best way for the rise of Darth Sidious and the reign of the Sith. Sure, maybe sooner or later he would return, and maybe he would have his grasp at his aspect. Or maybe, he can be the grasp then. Dooku chuckled on the thought.”
This straight opposes earlier canonical Star Wars initiatives, which verify Dooku anticipated the CIS to fall based on his grasp’s design. The complicated implication right here is that Dooku appeared to know far much less about Sidious’ full plans than what’s been introduced in earlier initiatives.
If Dooku genuinely believed the Separatists would triumph, Sidious will need to have withheld main particulars from him. This interpretation clashes with most canonical materials, which portrays Dooku as somebody properly conscious that the CIS would solely serve a brief goal, and that the Separatist worlds would finally rejoin the brand new Empire. As such, this new line feels very misaligned with the larger Star Wars continuity.
In any case, a Republic victory provided a smoother path to energy for Palpatine. He already managed the Republic by means of his place as Supreme Chancellor and all the extra powers he’d managed to assert by means of his huge corruption of the Senate (which Dooku knew about). Turning a victorious Republic right into a Galactic Empire required far much less effort.
The concept that Dooku thought the CIS would win simply would not match his grasp’s technique, whereas additionally undermining Dooku’s function as a number one determine behind the Clone Wars’ function within the Sith’s Grand Plan. As such, this contradictory line in Star Wars: Grasp of Evil ought to seemingly be learn as an anomaly to be disregarded as a minor mistake.
Star Wars: Grasp of Evil is on sale now from Lucasfilm Publishing
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