Count Dooku vs Yaddle | Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

[@prepperagenth4009]

This scene really explains why Palpatine was so sure Luke would turn after he defeated Vader until he threw his lightsaber away. If he can get Jedi as wise Dooku & as powerful as Anakin to start the path down the Dark Side after killing in cold blood as the result of a duel, why shouldn’t it have worked a third time.

[@drandescancelled2825]

Third time is when the charms wears off

[@piggy8761]

Luke is too pure that’s why! The goat

[@vvgr409]

You're right. That can also explain why he failed turning Luke. He turned Dooku because he had no hope and turned Anakin because he had fear but Luke has hope and no fear.

[@flibbettyjibbetts6766]

@@vvgr409 really well said 👑

[@cameronmiller2068]

The answer is arrogant

[@clonecoric4140]

The bit where Yaddle lifts the door is perfection. Yaddle shakily lifting the door open with the force theme blasting in the background showing Yaddle's Jedi spirit. Palpatine cowering from the light and Dooku looking up at Yaddle with a remorseful look on his face. He knows that Yaddle is a good person and it's wrong to kill her but he thinks it's necessary for the betterment of the galaxy. Great scene, great show.

[@Rezolak]

Totally agree

[@lordcerrousV]

yes it was very artistic and symbolic i think also sad :(

[@sougotokiwa8439]

Yup

[@TheMail518]

well and if he didn't kill her, she would escape and tell everyone about their evil plot lol It was sadly the way it had to be. Once Dooku joined Sidious, he couldn't stop.

[@TheBrcoates]

So dooku tells himself

[@doriannp8950]

This scene made me so sad. Yaddle really did want to help Dooku. She was being a great friend. Unfortunately, he was irredeemable.

[@darkkingxs4524]

Ye but still who knows if Yaddle able to escape she might turn dooku in to the council along with sidious so thats why they have no choice but to kill yaddle or they will be exposed

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

At this point while Dooku was in his prime all the way to AOTC, even Sidious had his worries about Dooku because he recognized him as too much of an equal rather than an underling. Imagine if Yaddle and Dooku had just turned on Sidious simultaneously. It's not unthinkable at all that they could've just killed him then and there. Dooku was a better duelist and only slightly inferior in the Force. Yaddle being a Jedi Grand Master would've likely compensated for that and more. Ahh that's the pain of prequels. It's the ''what if''.

[@tomnorton4277]

@@TheStraightestWhitest Yaddle wasn't a Grand Master because there's only one of those at any one time. At this point in Star Wars history, it's Yoda. However, I agree with the rest. Sidious could have defeated Dooku or Yaddle individually but if they fought him together, they'd have a decent chance of taking him down.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@tomnorton4277 You're right, I meant to say Council member.

[@HTG2004]

I fear she would have died any way. Dont think they could defeat sidious together, though i might underestimating dooku.

[@calebmcmorris5956]

Fun fact, in legends, Yaddle has an orange lightsaber, which often means the user is a mediator and tries to solve problems by making peace rather than by fighting. I love how, even though her lightsaber color is green here, you can still see that in how she tries twice to talk Dooku back to the light side.

[@mrsantoro8306]

So basically she was a pushover? Makes sense.

[@rayvintankerson6818]

@@mrsantoro8306not what Bein a pushover means r u projectinf

[@yourpalbryan1442]

@@mrsantoro8306 being a mediator is far from being a pushover. Peace talks take more effort than it takes to instigate a war, so if anything Yaddle would have to be very learned and charismatic. She needs to be able to argue her side and convince the conflicting parties to come to a peaceful resolution, she needs to be creative as well so that she can help them with that. The lightsaber only comes out when the worst of the worst has happened

[@SadCatThumbsUp]

green lightsabers are for consulars and scholars, which isnt really a yaddle thing,a bit weird they changed it

[@arturkim1378]

Pretty sure orange meant great physical strength, thats why Jedi like Lowbacca had it. Green would be for consulars and mediators

[@Deathtrooper-kn7cr]

"He is a political idealist not a murderer" Ki-Adi Mundi

[@kukuc96]

I don't think it was known that Dooku killed her. She just disappeared, they could have suspected the Sith Master (Aka Sidius but they didn't know the name yet) did, and they didn't even know Dooku turned a Sith until later.

[@dromankass8655]

'All too sure of themselves, Jedi are. Even older and wiser Jedi, who should know better' - Yoda

[@amadeupiperez256]

Ki-Adi-Mundi was always an asshat

[@reo_1907]

Mundi has a long history of being a tool, so it’s pretty in-character for him to be dead wrong about something

[@darkpup2523]

@@reo_1907yeah I think he was just by the books of the Jedi code like being emotional detached and stuff like how he just assumed Asoka did the bombing and nothing else to support it

[@hackareslacksbruh430]

1:33 Look at this attention to detail right here of Palpatine hiding his identity to not reveal himself as Darth Sidious. In case if Yaddle would've escaped.

[@alfredmehchi]

I think it was more about symbolism than it was about hidding his identity. When the light came through, palpatine, a dark side user, couldn't bear to look at it, it blinded him. But dooku could, he contemplated it and admired it with remorse. This was his last chance to choose the light but eventualy he chose the dark side, his choice represented by the door closing again, leaving him in darkness

[@LegoReader12345hello]

I thought the same

[@TheDoc.]

That's actually a really cool detail. I never saw it during my first viewing.

[@BobBob-qq9xn]

@@alfredmehchi palp can fight yoda without being blinded by his light side so it makes a lot more sense that he was trying to cover his identity from yaddle.

[@Kirifuki]

He just didnt like the sunlight because he is a true indoor hikikomori gamer.

[@BewitchedWolf]

I’ll never forget the face Dooku made when Sidious told Anakin to kill him. He really had no direction, no clear realistic end in sight and tales of the Jedi proved that. Just reacting to the situation around him at most thinking 3 or 4 steps ahead. When In reality Palpatine was thinking 101 steps ahead and to him Dooku was a dead man walking. Dooku failed himself and Qui-Gon. He could have changed everything right here brought true order and peace to the galaxy.

[@alirezaomrani7650]

He was shown the Light… and in that moment all he could feel was sadness… For he knew the path he would now walk…

[@anton.chigrinetc.96]

Welp, because he was dumb. When your master tells you that you should lose in order to sway the victor to the Dark Side, i. e. deliberately to put yourself at the disadvantage, it measn they want to get rid of you. Had Dooku fought Skywalker for real, there would have been no Vader.

[@Darthvegeta8000]

@@anton.chigrinetc.96 not in EPIII. In Episode III Anakin outstrips Dooku. (made pretty clear both in the movie, the novel etc)

[@willisstillhere8846]

"But that's the jedi fault" --🤓

[@Alabaster_Kett]

@@Darthvegeta8000 True, but also Dooku is set up as the very public head of one side of the war. A side that is, increasingly, losing. What does he think will happen when the Republic wins? Just dumb as all hell.

[@vvgr409]

That ending was perfect. Yaddle lifts doors with The Force Theme playing that symbolize hope, Sidious cover himself from light as he is pure evil without any light in his soul and Dooku watches that with remorseful look on his face knowing that things he did were evil despite he believes that he did them for greater good. Also when door closes and light disappears it could also symbolize Dooku full turn into dark side.

[@TheMail518]

Sidious is like a vampire if he sees light, he gets less and less power

[@alirezaomrani7650]

In the light all are exposed as who they truly are… Sidious cowered like the creature of Darkness that he is, Yaddle showed her courage and strength that could only be displayed in a True Jedi. And Dooku… Dooku was revealed to be what he’s always been… An old man full of regrets, crippled by desperation. A Lost Soul who thinks that he must do what he does out of necessity and the betterment of all… Too Blind to see that he had already been encapsulated by the very evil he sought to destroy…

[@truck-kun5182]

@@TheMail518 I think he just didn't want Yaddle to see his face lol

[@persephone9360]

You copied that dude's comment beat for beat and 400 people and the channel owner liked it. Such shameless clout chasing cringe has to be grudgingly respected for its success rate

[@skull3941]

I like how Yoda and Yaddle respect their opponents by not going for the legs, they duel how everyone else would like to duel despite their height

[@plague6174]

That's just abiding to made-up Survivor rules. No wonder why their Order fell because they followed too much dogmatic BS rather than take off the gloves for once and get shit done quick & easy. Get their hands dirty so that the galaxy can stay clean. Who cares if it's "dishonorable" because they go for an unfair 0 skill advantage due to their height? It's war, and it's war over the fate of the galaxy. It's about who wins and loses. Doesn't matter how. Who cares about skill. This is why Anakin & Ahsoka pmuch carried the Republic in the war lol, cuz they didn't adhere to rules that made their kind weak. Imagine if Yoda said screw it & went for Dooku's legs in AotC? Clone War prob either woulda never started or would've been over way sooner than 3 years. Or just, if Yaddle went for Dooku's legs here lol. Both scenarios put a massive dampener on Palpatine's scheme and it woulda been gg.

[@danielhaire6677]

@@plague6174 Part of the reason that Anakin kept being denied promotion to Master was that he tossed the rules of "Acceptable" Lightsaber combat and modified his techniques for surviving battlefields. He was deemed too uncivilized and immature a Jedi to be made a Master. Even if his accomplishment outstripped most Masters several times over.

[@willisstillhere8846]

​​@@plague6174you're acting like they wouldn't be able to block it anyways. Dueling as a force user means you can perceive attacks to any part of the body with the force and deflect it It's not "dogmatic" It's common sense

[@trevorveillette8415]

​@@willisstillhere8846it's still also a much bigger pain in the ass do defend your legs against an opponent that small with a weapon that immediately dismember you upon touch. Defending your legs is just so much more awkward, and since legs are how someone presses forward with advantage, attacking them almost forces them to back away. That back peddling gives the opponent the advantage because now they have forward momentum and more freedom to be aggressive. Sure they have precognition, but it's still just flat out harder to defend your legs. Aldo precognition doesn't mean they always block 100% of attacks. If that was the case then nobody would die in duels

[@raidenthenctzenwithinsomni4961]

@@plague6174 Congratulations, you figured out the point.

[@nathancruz9172]

Now, I know why yaddle wasn’t in the final scene of the phantom menace.

[@TWD77710]

Actually this is shortly after Phantom Menace

[@nathancruz9172]

@@TWD77710 makes sense.

[@TWD77710]

@nathancruz9172 actually after a night of research this is indeed during Phantom Menace 😄

[@adamfleming2186]

​@@TWD77710 Right after Qui Gon's death, but before his funeral?

[@TheBlackAztec3]

@@adamfleming2186yeah. His funeral was in the phantom menace.

[@jovaniealicea8829]

When yaddle lifted the door I expected sidious to just blast her out with lightning 😂

[@fredogodofredo8049]

Me too hahaha

[@motodog242]

Dooku had to do it. Cold blooded murder is a gateway drug to the Dark Side.

[@alfredonava1450]

bro, that'd have been quite savage! lol

[@jbarral6509]

POWER!!!!

[@BlackandGoldRanger]

She did all that just to exhaust herself and be sliced in half.

[@Justrelaxx101]

1:26 Why is Sidious acting like a vampire. I know he doesn’t want Yaddle to see his face but he’s being so dramatic 😂

[@tomnorton4277]

Darth Sidious has always been a drama queen.

[@vvgr409]

Some believe that this symbolize that Sidious is pure evil without any light in his soul so that why he covers from light.

[@Justrelaxx101]

@@vvgr409 yet he was in the daylight all the time in the prequels

[@TheCultDc2]

​@@Justrelaxx101 because symbolism is symbolism, not something that a character does everytime everyday

[@Justrelaxx101]

@@TheCultDc2 it’s stupid

[@androssteague]

no wonder Palpatine think so highly of himself. He thrives off of causing Mass confusion and turning the most powerful Jedi to the darkside. To be right under the nose of the most intuitive intellectual beings known as Jedi and yet they can't see him. I'd be high on myself too.

[@vvgr409]

That shows Dooku was right in his opinion of Jedi Order.

[@dannyrodriguez5740]

Remember that the Sith have been extinct for 1000 years so not even Yoda knew what a Sith looked like. The Jedi didn't know what to expect. They've only learned about the Sith through text and stories but they were more familiar with fighting Pirates, Crime lords and other illegal organizations.

[@josephleichtnam836]

Yeah and that viewpoint on himself eventually got him super dead

[@aylix2137]

Yaddle didn't have much of a chance when Dooku made up his mind. Given her species and style you can tell she was raised in the order basically copying what had worked for Yoda. Dooku, in addition to being arguably the greatest duelist in the Order, had been Yoda's last padawan and knew his style well, reflected competently but imperfectly in Yaddle.

[@barrylyndon5552]

Not only that, like SIDIOUS was right there. Beating Dooku was long odds, but zero chance if Sidious felt the need to intervene Dis why you dont go alone to secret sith meetings

[@tomnorton4277]

Yaddle's preferred fighting style actually seems to be Soresu rather than Ataru. Throughout most of the duel, she was fighting defensively and didn't leave the ground anywhere near as much as Yoda does. That's a great detail because it not only separates Yaddle from Yoda but also shows that although Ataru is the most efficient duelling style for such a small species, they can wield any lightsaber combat form effectively. Had she lived, Yaddle might have even surpassed Yoda in later life. She was better at conserving her energy for longer duels while Yoda was more focussed on ending a fight as quickly as possible, even if he exhausted himself in the process.

[@daymenpollet4202]

yadle and yoda don't fight the same at all fella

[@whitey1605]

@@tomnorton4277true. The fight looked quite even when she was playing defense. But it’s when she went offense that dooku got the upper hand and forced her back to the door and tried to crush her with it

[@OceanHedgehog]

The animation has improved so much from the early days of Clone Wars

[@animegod6666]

Obviously this is not 2008 fella

[@doseofdion9667]

Subtle, but Palpatine’s little growl as it fades to the credits is just so. Damn. Cool. And it gives off the vibe that Dooku made a deal with the literal Star Wars embodiment of the devil.

[@tomnorton4277]

George Lucas has said that, for all intents and purposes, Palpatine IS the Devil. Heck, Ian McDiarmid has said he's arguably even worse because at least Satan became evil over time. Palpatine was just born like that.

[@Legxendcruxh100]

Not even hell would accept him

[@Psyfi85]

@@tomnorton4277and the Council went ahead and handed the Messiah over to him.

[@Futuretense101]

I never saw this coming, that's for sure. Yaddle was a great Jedi Master and one who was not corrupt and arrogant. But Dooku knew it was too late to turn back. Qui-Gon's death was the final straw and there was no going back to the Jedi who did nothing to help his beloved Apprentice.

[@JDog2656]

He did nothing either

[@maksymilianziele28]

0:57 "It is you who has run Dooku, into the arms of Evil." Yaddle's got a point. Dooky deserved to be fed up with Jedi Council but that's not a reason to join their mortal enemies, who want nothing more than total opposite of everything Jedi stood for with full knowledge of what they were capable of. In the end, much like later Anakin, Dooku chose to believe in the sweet lies of Sith and their empires instead of bitter truths of Jedi and the Republic.

[@ManWithAPlan747]

Well said

[@vvgr409]

You're right but Dooku had his reasons too. Jedi ignored his warnings and were too involved in politics where they should be keepers of peace and help people. They were against their own principles that created Jedi Order. Dooku simply became pissed of that and then came Sidious who listened to him and agreed with his opinion. So yeah, no wonder that he decided to join somebody who agreed with him after years of being ignored. Sure I'm not saying that Dooku did right thing but he had his reasons too.

[@maksymilianziele28]

​@@vvgr409 Jedi just simply thought that their job is handling thugs and terrorists (who use violence for their means). The corruption in the Republic is in their mind something that should be dealt with by Senate and its law, not them. As long as this corruption does not involve a brute force, Jedi should not investigate it. If the Senate is not willing to fix their problems with corruption... well that's their problem, and Jedi will not lead the Republic by the hand through every single problem and teach it what to do and not to do.

[@MasterMacLeod]

Jedi? Truth? Come on

[@yusouph2002]

Had jedi council not been incompetent for the last like thousand years, probably non of this would have happened.

[@evingrindle1929]

I love how when Yaddle opens the door off her, Palpatine tries to hide himself from the light. Obviously he’s not weakened by literal sun but I think it’s a nice reference to how Christopher Lee used to play Dracula. Maybe I’m overthinking it but I just thought of that.

[@tomnorton4277]

I see it as Yaddle using Force Light. Granted, I'm almost positive that Dave Filoni has no idea what Force Light is but it fits the scene perfectly. In the Expanded Universe, Force Light can weaken or even sever a Dark sider's connection to the Force and Yaddle's the only practitioner of it in her era. Even Yoda can't use it. Obviously, Sidious is far too powerful for it to work but his cowering makes me think that Yaddle used her last bit of strength to try and sever his Force connection.

[@dcspidey1218]

In the revenge of the sith novel darth sidious is refered to as the shadow by darth vader, that accusation fits well when sidious was blinded by the sun light when yattle forced the door open

[@TheCultDc2]

That also symbolizes that palpatine has no shade of light in his soul

[@williamcowell1889]

Valiant effort by Yaddle but sometimes you just need to run .

[@raydiaz2772]

She had two chances and oof the second like cmon yaddle

[@vvgr409]

She wanted to save Dooku and she knew that he will be lost when she will "run back to her council". She wanted to help Dooku first.

[@galslovveme]

it wouldn't have ended well for the plot armor if she made it back to the council

[@Juggsle]

Dooku may not have been Sidious perfect choice apprentice but in the time it took place he was certainly the most ideal. A jedi far better than most in the order, considerably the best duelist in the galaxy and well adept in the force. Makes me wonder if the clone wars would've been possible without him as the lead puppet. Like sure it would still go on but for how long? Long enough for Sidious to turn Anakin? To take more power in the senate? I always underappreciated Dooku but the Clone Wars and Tales of the Jedi really turned that around for me.

[@MrThecrazyzombie]

He was too old, older than Sidious is. That's why he needed Anakin instead

[@Michael-kd1ho]

Yes, Dooku was already old, i think he left the Order in his late sixties, and it would still be some time before he actually became a Sith. When he dies, he was pushing eighty plus easy.

[@alirezaomrani7650]

So was the actor I think… don’t quote me on that… Regardless props to both Dooku and Christopher Lee for managing to perform such masterful moves at their age

[@seasnaill2589]

Considering Maul was supposed to be the one to take Dooku's and later Vader's role in Palpatines grand plan, it really is quite the stroke of luck that Sidious was able to find the perfect replacements to keep everything moving after his loss.

[@blackswan7568]

"Tell me, friend: When did Count Dooku the wise abandon reason for madness?" -Yaddle, probably

[@SILENTBULL_9er]

I really wish they added a clip of Count Dooku bargaining Jango Fett to be the clone template for the Republic Army

[@baki484]

Starwars bounty hunter game

[@sebbiesuperior]

Seeing a younger Dooku is one thing, but Palpatine looking young is throwing me for a loop

[@vladskiobi]

This is Phantom Menace Palpy. We saw him in the flesh 24 years ago.

[@TWD77710]

​@@vladskiobishortly after Phantom Menace but yeah practically the same

[@chrisr3464]

The ending scene was cool.... But Yaddle really should have used the opportunity to run back and tell the jedi council everything she saw lol

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

You really think they would of believed her? Besides, they already left for Naboo at this point. By the time she gets there, Dooku would be long gone and Sidious would come up with a plan to make her look like a liar.

[@FriendlyBatDoom]

@@TimberlakeTigerGirlthey would’ve believed her they finally realized that Qui Gonn was right and investigated this.

[@AstroSully]

Doubt Palpatine would have let her escaped.

[@asniffer6532]

She was dead the minute Palpatine decided to come along to watch Dooku. He was there to make sure things didn't get out of control, aka, Yaddle escaping.

[@Legxendcruxh100]

Palpatine is genius, he is always many steps ahead of everyone.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

Insane to think how much more powerful Dooku got from TPM to AOTC as a Sith Lord. TOTJ demonstrated that he was already well beyond the average Jedi Master. I know, for 20 years we have had books and comics that told us how Master Dooku was the Golden Boy of the Order; second only to Yoda, the most powerful Jedi of his era, a Padawan so powerful and gifted that Yoda broke Jedi convention and his own personal code to take him on as his apprentice while Grand Master and even groomed to replace Yoda. In Dark Rendezvous Yoda describes him as their wisest student and strongest warrior. We know that only Yoda was more skilled in dueling, and that Mace was considered the toppest tier in swordsmanship because he earned a draw against Dooku in sparring *once.* But to see Dooku demonstrate his deflection abilities as a work of art (the traditional flaw of Makashi people point out is its weakness against blasters!), his IQ and BBIQ in deducing so quickly that the guards murdered Master Katri, dropping the tree on the droids to cut the fight short, or swatting away a shuttle as if it were nothing, we finally see how powerful and skilled he was as Master Dooku. Master Yaddle was no slouch. In Legends she was incredibly powerful in the Force, which is also demonstrated in TOTJ. And that while she wasn't on Yoda's level as a duelist, her immense strength and almost peerless knowledge of the Force made her an extremely difficult opponent. Defeating her with little difficulty is a big feather in Dooku's dueling cap.

[@alirezaomrani7650]

It seriously is, not only that but remember the time Dooku was fighting against both Obi-Wan AND Anakin double-teaming him during the incident with pikes? He kept Anakin on the defensive (which is not his style as he’s usually on the offensive) and allowed Obi-Wan freedom to attack, which ultimately made him expose some weak points in his form (since Obi-Wan’s style is best suited for counterattacks) it’s honestly amazing how Dooku meticulously think beforehand what the best strategy is to defeat his opponents before actually making the first move.

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

@@alirezaomrani7650 Absolutely, and in that duel, which is only about 6 months from ROTS, Dooku was dominating them to the point he could have killed Obi-Wan as if it were nothing, but kneed him instead and threw him. The Jedi had no answer for his speed and agility either. And people say Dooku is slow....

[@alirezaomrani7650]

@crownprincesebastianjohano7069 PEOPLE SAY THAT DOOKU IS SLOW!!!!? Nah Fam! They’re not watching the same show as me! Get those losers outta here!! 😂

[@andreademarchi7495]

​@@crownprincesebastianjohano7069 this may be a hot take, but in my opinion, if we are talking purely about talent and skill with the lightsaber, Dooku is superior to both Mace Windu and Darth Sidious, on a par with Anakin Skywalker (in ROTS and towards the end of the clone wars in general), and slightly inferior to Yoda. This does not mean that he must necessarily win/lose with whoever I consider more skilled/less skilled, because there are many other variables including knowledge and power in the force, as well as the psychophysical state of the person dueling. But if we're talking purely about skill with the blade...

[@tomnorton4277]

@@andreademarchi7495 Actually in terms of raw talent, Dooku is superior to Yoda. Yoda's only advantage is that he has nearly 9 centuries of practice.

[@shimanopetermann9068]

What I love about this is that we can clearly see the corrupting effect the dark side has on Dooku. Many people forget that he is evil because his intentions were good, but here we see that even in the beginning, when he has just had a small taste if the dark side, it twists him enough to make him not only kill his friend but also do it while making some snarky comment, showing that he kinda enjoys it.

[@alirezaomrani7650]

Nah, he didn’t enjoy it at all. He simply believed Yaddle deserved a painless death. That’s all there is to it. You can see the sadness in his face the entire way throughout the fight.

[@anton.chigrinetc.96]

So he is evil, because his intentions were good...but he is evil, because he is evil. Dude, make that make sense, for real. You home-grown philosophers never cease to amuse me.

[@shimanopetermann9068]

@@anton.chigrinetc.96 It's not homegrown philosophy, It's Star Wars lore. But to break it down for you: His good intentions made him do enough evil things to eventually turn him evil. To be specific, his wish to end the corruption in the republic (good intentions) made him strike a deal with a Sith Lord, kill, betray and use the dark side (evil actions). The Dark side, however tends to corrupt people. It corrupted Dooku enough that by the time of the Clone Wars his good intentions were basically gine and he was just pure evil. Something which can be easily seen in the Clone Wars show. It were, however, his originally good intentions that set him on this path.

[@anthonymartell9880]

This goes to show how powerful Yoda was himself. Dooku was able to beat and kill Yade here while barely tapping the Dark Side. Yoda was beating and would have beaten a fully Dark Side empowered Count Dooku. Were it not for that last trick he pulled in order to run

[@anthonymartell9880]

* Yaddle (damn autocorrect)

[@flibbettyjibbetts6766]

To be fair to Dooku, he never fully succumbed tapped into the dark side of the force. Notice how his irises never turned yellow, which is what happens when a force user submits themselves completely over to the dark side

[@calebstevens9446]

@@flibbettyjibbetts6766 I thought they turned red at one point though?

[@Aaronreacher]

​@@calebstevens9446They do but only in very few instances. Dooku believed the dark side could be mastered without getting completely consumed by it.

[@AstroSully]

I mean it’s Yoda. Even Palpatine would not be foolish enough to challenge him blindly.

[@bm.g8144]

0:14 Yaddle's expression is in shock. She still can't believe what's going on. Confused on what's happening and denying the fact that Dooku is attacking her and becoming a villain. But underneath, she accepted her fate anyway.

[@Mediados]

What's even worse is that I am sure that Dooku and Yaddle could have defeated Sidious together. They could have ended it all before it began.

[@tomnorton4277]

Sidious may have had the edge in terms of Force ability but with Yaddle being a small target and Dooku being the best swordsman in the Order apart from Yoda and Mace Windu, they would have had a very good chance. Unlike when Mace brought 3 other Jedi to a cramped office where they would only get in each others way, fighting Sidious in a hanger where there's plenty of room to move without blocking each other is the ideal position for Dooku and Yaddle to be in.

[@weeb1987]

It's possible but I believe sidious would have ran away from the fight

[@MCSPARTAN501]

There's a chance they could win, but I think they would have lost. Of course, the chance is quite high that either Yaddle or Dooku could escape and report back to the Council. Sidious doesn't have the power to defeat either of them immediately.

[@Bacxaber]

Why does everyone forget that Palpatine has a whole ship of host bodies, and failing that, he'd just possess either Dooku or Yaddle (preferably Yaddle because she's younger, relatively). Killing Palpatine isn't enough.

[@snoozeflu]

No way. Just because she is the same species as Yoda doesn't mean she is his equivalent.

[@prideofasia99]

I like how while Yaddle does utilize some aspects of Form IV out of necessity, you can tell her predominant lightsaber style is Form III

[@gellertgrindelwald3257]

Dooku makashi mastery gaves me chill every time

[@jimbatter5246]

The score was everything it gave me chills

[@Slyguy1313]

The light will shine on Star Wars once more

[@ultimatesaku9303]

To that very day Darth Tyranus was born

[@jayo1212]

I'm disappointed they didn't have Sidious say "Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth Tyranus..."

[@alyssabates967]

Sidious: “dark side is ultimate power!!!” *Yaddle opens door to sunlight, telling him to touch some grass* Also Sidious: Hisssss!!!

[@brendan5260]

“We clones have… mixed feelings about the war. A lot of people wish it never happened, but… without it, us clones… wouldn’t exist!”

[@Jenkinsmum]

This would've been Dooku's last chance to redeem himself. He felt truly betrayed by the Jedi because of their close association with the republic, they were like the republic's puppets. Dooku of course does not want to be anyone's pawn and yet is happy to serve the Sith Master without knowing his true goals.

[@Osindileyo]

That’s the tragedy of it, he meant well the entire time. Sidious was the only person who listened to him and his concerns. Ultimately, he was right the entire time, the Jedi had not only failed him, but qui gon too. Their refusal to acknowledge the possibility of the sith still being around is part of the reason he lost his apprentice. It’s a truly heartbreaking story

[@Jenkinsmum]

@@Osindileyo It would be nice if we could see Dooku return as a Force spirit. Unfortunately he did not get that training, nor did he get a chance to return to the light side prior to his death, but perhaps some powerful Jedi could grant what's left of his force energy the ability to express his voice and concerns in the form of a ball of light.

[@gnc623]

Scenes like this and Anakin saving him from Windu actually give a lot more weight to the moment Luke throws down his lightsaber and refuses to kill his father. That was the first moment in the entire saga where Palpatine is so caught off guard, it enrages him. Because until that moment, his seductions had always worked.

[@redshot5403]

1:34 Palpatine is doing his best to hide is face from Yaddle

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

"Dooku can't handle fast opponents!" Yeah, another myth quashed.

[@brendanfrost2475]

I think it was Dooku can't handle hard hitting opponents not necessarily fast.

[@sjanimations09]

I’d like it, if they made a scene of Yaddle warning Dooku that Sidious, doesn’t care about him, only sees him as a ‘tool’ and that Sidious, would betray him.

[@kdoggforever]

The Dark may overwhelm the light for a time. But the true Light of the Force can never be extinguished. Don't feel sorry for Yaddle. There is no death. There is only the Force.

[@darkkingxs4524]

Darth sidious was shocked that yaddle almost beat dooku and yes if yaddle beat dooku sidious would be exposed

[@meaningoflife9672]

Naw he wouldn’t have been exposed because he wasn’t going to let her walk out of there. If Dooku failed then Sidious would have just killed her himself.

[@anton.chigrinetc.96]

She like utterly lost. How did she "almost beat" Dooku?

[@narutohyuga1845]

@@anton.chigrinetc.96dooku cheated by using the huge door thing

[@anton.chigrinetc.96]

@@narutohyuga1845 He was literally kicking her around all the time, and she was on the run. That door thing was just a finisher.

[@narutohyuga1845]

@@anton.chigrinetc.96 cuz she wasn’t fighting to kill, she was trying to save him

[@runerdude141]

If only yaddle fell BACKWARDS out the doorway…

[@michaelmonarch4692]

I've never seen this scene before, and I barely know anything about this series but it interests me. It was quite, interesting and I honestly didn't expect Yaddle to die, let alone at the hands of Dooku. : ( .

[@Denzel_Greene]

It’s called Tales of the Jedi. It’s 1st season is a collection of shorts about Ahsoka and Dooku. The Dooku ones tell a great story in just 3 short episodes. Worth the watch and not a time sink at all

[@NHILUSAGE111]

Yup agree with the comment above. Great great watch.

[@jjrj8568]

It's amazing that after 25 years (since Yaddle's 1st appearance in TPM) we are still getting new lore about certain PT characters.

[@marvthedog1972]

i almost expected his light saber to turn red when he struck down Yaddle.

[@eternalservant_]

I watched this for the first time yesterday, this broke my heart

[@solo9378]

Yaddle went from a lolcow to Fan favorite, in just a few minutes.

[@daveyhendrix89]

The elegance of the swiftness of Dooku’s curved crimson blue blade is phenomenally preserved well in its glory through his victory over master yaddle.

[@nkl2121]

ngl i always liked dooku, but after seeing this scene for the first time, i rewatchched his demise, where he deserved all that dread and betrayal, he got. top notch acting from legendary sir Christopher lee. r.i.p.

[@Kaidofan-n4r]

"Dooku was once a jedi he wouldn't assassinated anyone that's not from his character" Jedi master mace windu

[@LetsGetitBoah]

We always wondered what happened with Yaddle, didn't expect it to be this.

[@papaofthejohns5882]

Before Disney, Yaddle lived until the Clone Wars & sacrificed herself to save Anakin & a bunch of civilians from a bomb.

[@narutohyuga1845]

@@papaofthejohns5882I like that ending better, being finished off by a closing door is disappointing

[@GameknightJ14]

Poor Greez... He and all the Lateron people looked up to Yaddle so much.

[@cobaltprime9467]

Dooku was right about the coming darkness. But was a blind fool. He became the darkness he feared. Worse yet, he became the corrupt, power hungry man he hated.

[@tayzonday]

They can warp across the Galaxy in Star Wars but their cops don’t have radios or bodycams! Yaddle should have radioed “We’ve got some Sith activity, requesting backup!”

[@codemancz798]

The giant door is conveniently shaped and opened like an eyelid.

[@geraldkiing1904]

Palpatine being blinded by the sunlight and Dooku kneeling in awe before it was such a beautiful imagery.

[@tyler-hp7oq]

Yoda's species is supposed extremely rare. Like so rare most the galaxy doesn't even know they exist.

[@Noxims47314]

At this point Palpatine has made Jedi murdering each other into a spectative pastime. I approve.

[@pianoman9421]

You know, if Yaddle had just run while Dooku was busy taunting her...

[@connorj4219]

Dooku is so much like Benedict Arnold in the revolutionary war

[@crownprincesebastianjohano7069]

George Lucas based him partially on Robert E. Lee. The Golden Boy of the Jedi Order who left, like Lee was for the US Army. Hence the name of the CIS as well.

[@ashupashu5559]

If Yaddle had a body cam the jedi would know about the true identity of darth sidious

[@austingroce8020]

Yaddle is proof that yoda has a speech impediment

[@AwakenedJus]

Seeing Dooku turn was really sad.

[@jak1165]

This show was totally slept on. Yaddle was a throwaway character with 37 seconds of screen time in Episode 1 yet this cartoon made it seems like she was trying to balance the weight of the galaxy and it's fate hung in the balance

[@theonlytnargmatt]

Alternative brainrot title: sir Christopher Lee murders elderly vtuber honey goblin 2024 (colourised)

[@pioneerguy714]

Dooku looks at the light one last time. Palpatine hides from it

[@maxc.3702]

I think the only person who can turn Dooku to the light side it's Qui-Gon.

[@Vietmac1993]

No. Qui Gon did prevent Dooku from falling to Darkness once.

[@delsinlockhart]

Count Dooku and his classic signature look of Superiority

[@dvdwing]

and she could escape and warn the jedi

[@wm9a]

Dave needs a little explaining to do on that one

[@sgoldendragon3603]

@@wm9a By the looks of things, she chose not to flee for a few reasons, first being that she knows that if she runs away, Dooku will forever be lost, either to the dark side or possibly that Palpatine would kill him then and there. Second, she said herself that Dooku had been right about so many things and that the council didn't listen to him. If she went back to tell the council 'hey Dooku just met with a Sith Lord'... then what? She didn't know who the sith lord was, just that it wasn't Dooku. Maybe that information could've helped, sure, but she didn't really have enough to tell the Council that warranted leaving Dooku to die for.

[@Anubis-Barstikar]

The jedi council was on Naboo at the moment, and Dooku would have stopped her anyway

[@tomnorton4277]

@@wm9a Dave didn't need to explain it any more blatantly than he already did. It's obvious that Yaddle stayed for Dooku's sake because she knew that "running back to your council" would only push him even further into the Dark side.

[@wm9a]

@@tomnorton4277 but she knew that he wasnt gonna turn back so why not get help and take him down while you can simple logic

[@pauloamaral6069]

"Let me give you PISS, master Yaddle" (Thats what It sounded like 😮).

[@Chile_LETO]

Damn, why didn't Yaddle tactfully escape? Run away like Ventress does.😁

[@Madheim777]

considering Sidious was there, i don't think that it would be the case.

[@sidvicious3926]

This isn’t just him killing a Jedi, this is him killing his masters wife, someone who was prollly also very close to a master/motherly figure to him

[@ginantsfan5]

The fact that Dooku kills Yaddle in front of Palpatine sends chills up my spine!!!!!!

[@ruioliveira2640]

this fight had me crying so much

[@ruioliveira2640]

so epic

[@darkstreamfish2729]

Why would Dooku look that much younger if he was turned sometime between episodes 1 & 2?

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

Dooku is in his 70's at this point, and in his 80's when the war started.

[@darkstreamfish2729]

@@TimberlakeTigerGirl He had a full head of BROWN hair (not to mention the beard). Your answer sucks. Did he age 30+ years in a time span less than 10 years? Don't bother with your lame theory. Just admit it; the animators made a mistake. Stop trying to justify it with your weak theory.

[@Klitchie]

Probably a bit too late to salute someone for a duel when you're already in the middle of assaulting them.

[@Luke101]

That final shot of Palpatine is CRAZY

[@juniorjr0745]

What I find incredible about this scene, is that you can see palpantine with genuine fear as yaddle lifts the door up

[@БогданБогданов-в8в]

I like the sound effects in this fight

[@personalgoogleaccount9694]

Did anyone notice how he closed his eyes as he brought the saber down. He couldn't even look at her.

[@TheMail518]

best episode in Tales of the Jedi :D

[@eduardosotelo8446]

Loved this little mini series. Yaddle didnt deserve to die 😭

[@devoncarterburns]

Umm… so like Yaddle literally opened the door to her own death? Like when the door shut, couldn’t she have fallen out the other way? Kinda seems like she put a lot of strength Into fainting at Dooku’s feet… just to die… ???

[@shiykyk7538]

Kinda seems like they shit on her character and somehow made a bunch of people love it 🙌🏽

[@bennycaustic5102]

You can tell by Dooku's face he still isn't super sure of himself.

[@marc-kevinsiegfried6613]

I think the plot here is a bit weak. How and why could dooku be mad because qui gon died and the guy who sent maul after him is literally right next to him? And he turns to the dark side? Hmm. It doesn’t make sense. If dooku was so upset, he would have killed sidious.

[@criscabrera9098]

I guess is that he tried to warn the council about maul or I think he did and the fact that Jedi believe that only 2 would be enough when they easily could of sent way more and killed maul and saved his student who he considered a son is what pissed him off they were too arrogant who believed that in no way Shape of form had the sith returned

[@jke3703]

Now we know why Yoda was so pissed at Dooku in episode 2. He probably figured out that his best student just killed one of the last Jedi Masters of his kind.

[@NotPreston24]

He give her a hint and chance to leave so hard First he told her to get back to jedi council by mocking her Second he shut the door so sidious doesn't know if she is dead or alive Unfortunately she did everything she could to turn him back so finally he has to kill her

[@balrog13571]

1:25 Petty Palpatine: Not only using Dooku as a means to an end to be the only Lord of the Sith, but also trying to upstage him behind his back to star in Hammer Dracula movies.

[@Zamurkai]

Could have escaped if she fell backwards instead

[@TheQuarreler]

Now that you have suffered, let me bring you peace. Cold asf

[@zacharygate9842]

Wow. Dave Filoni really loves to turn forgettable background Jedi like Yaddle into way more fleshed out characters.

[@annaleichliter4171]

Yeah, like bringing Maul back. That was unforgettable.

[@G.L.999]

Fun fact: 'Yaddle' was in Star Wars Episode 1; just wasn't given any spoken dialogue! Would've been nice to know what she would've sounded like in 1999!

[@ryanjackson1143]

I really thought Yaddle should have a unique lightsaber as well

[@TheCultDc2]

She did have an orange saber in legends

[@askjeevescosby2928]

"Maybe i shouldnt be doing all these horroble thing" Drops the door "O never mind"

[@matthewmann8969]

They should of showed a force duel with Dooku getting the upper hand with telekenesis, force shields, force barriers, force senses, force healing, force cleansing, and tutiminus basically both going all out on another with Dooku being the more skilled force combatant plus the more powerful of the two and also stated that Yaddle was the fourth most powerful Jedi in the order at those times after Yoda, Dooku, And Mace in that number slotter yeah.

[@Duneek]

If Yaddle had managed to beat Dooku, she certainly wouldn't have survived Sidious.