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Dooku spills the beans...

posted 7 years ago by Volley (3386)
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... and the Jedi Council fails to investigate Dooku's claims that the Republic was under the control of a Dark Lord of the Sith.

The only reference we get in III regarding Dooku's claims is when Anakin says in response to Mace Windu's, "A Sith Lord?"

"Yes, the one we've been looking for..."

Except if they were actually looking for the Sith Lord in control of the Republic they would have started at the very top--with Chancellor Palpatine, his history, his life on Naboo, who he knows, who he knew, and who he communicated with since the Phantom Menace and the Invasion of Naboo, and beyond.

But they didn't, and the Jedi are caught completely off guard, despite Yoda's claims of the dark side shrouding everything--but funny enough, only on Coruscant--ding ding: Palpatine.

[–] Marty1968 (303) 7 years ago

What I don't understand is why Dooku didn't spill the beans to Anakin when Palpatine was saying Kill Him/Off with his head !!

[–] Volley (3386) 7 years ago

Very true. Dooku had literally nothing to lose, and it would be the Sith way for self-preservation, he would have told Anakin "Chancellor Palpatine is my master, he is the sith lord!"

Instead he's all surprised and stuff, and out of words to say. It's really baffling at the end of that battle.

[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

The whole prequel series is full of idiotic inconsistencies like that, characters who don't clue in to the obvious or plot threads that are abandoned, the effect is to make everyone up there on the screen seem less than intelligent.

Why the hell Lucas didn't let a competent script doctor have a go at tying up all the loose ends, I'll never understand.