Revenge Of The Sith's Deleted Dooku Scene Completely Ruined Anakin's Origin

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Count Dooku’s death scene is one of the most powerful and important moments in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, but it was nearly ruined by deleted lines of dialogue. Anakin Skywalker’s journey towards Jedi Knighthood and fall into Sith Lordship is one of the key storylines in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and the tragic death of Anakin’s mother, Shmi Skywalker, led to one of Anakin’s earliest and most disturbing uses of the dark side. While Anakin was truly a good man, his Darth Vader persona was born the night he witnessed his mother die after being kidnapped and tortured by Tusken Raiders. This haunting scene, along with Anakin’s final confrontation with the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus (a.k.a. Count Dooku) helped mold him into Palpatine’s latest Sith apprentice, Darth Vader, but deleted dialogue nearly connected the two moments, much to Anakin’s detriment.

While Count Dooku served his Sith master faithfully throughout the Star Wars prequels, Palpatine was, ultimately, intent on manipulating Anakin Skywalker into joining the Sith. Since Anakin’s induction into the Jedi Order, Palpatine spent over a decade isolating him from the Jedi and feeding his ego. The Jedi themselves, while well-intentioned, were at a flawed point in their history, creating a poor environment for a former slave to grow into an emotionally-healthy adult. The Jedi preached emotional suppression and forbade attachments, healthy or otherwise, making Palpatine seem like the only trustworthy mentor figure to Anakin at times. By the time Anakin made the choice to embrace the dark side of the Force and join the Sith, he’d grown to see them as, at worst, a necessary evil to be free and have the power to save those he loved.

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