What Dooku’s Tales of the Jedi arc tells us about the dark side
Sith love their tragedies. (Maybe you’ve heard of Darth Plagueis the Wise?)
And in Tales of the Jedi, we get the latest installment of Sith tragedy: the corruption of Count Dooku, esteemed Jedi master turned Sith Lord.
What’s particularly tragic about Dooku’s fall? It comes about as a result of the once-Jedi struggling to do good. And it presents the troubling question to us viewers: Would we too fall to the dark side given the same series of events?
In “Justice” – the second episode of the series – Dooku and his apprentice, Qui-Gon Jinn, find themselves managing a hostage situation on a remote world. A senator’s son is being held by locals demanding no more than basic human dignity: food, decent shelter, a voice in their government.
Master Dooku finds himself agreeing with those demands, siding against the senator whose son he’s come to rescue. He...
And in Tales of the Jedi, we get the latest installment of Sith tragedy: the corruption of Count Dooku, esteemed Jedi master turned Sith Lord.
What’s particularly tragic about Dooku’s fall? It comes about as a result of the once-Jedi struggling to do good. And it presents the troubling question to us viewers: Would we too fall to the dark side given the same series of events?
In “Justice” – the second episode of the series – Dooku and his apprentice, Qui-Gon Jinn, find themselves managing a hostage situation on a remote world. A senator’s son is being held by locals demanding no more than basic human dignity: food, decent shelter, a voice in their government.
Master Dooku finds himself agreeing with those demands, siding against the senator whose son he’s come to rescue. He...
- 5/1/2025
- by Eric Clayton
- https://dorksideoftheforce.com/
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