Count Dooku

Key events in Count Dooku's story

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102 BBY - Birth on Serenno

Born to Count Gora and Countess Anya of House Serenno. His Force powers show early, and his frightened father leaves the baby outside the palace. A Jedi seeker rescues him and brings him to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

~101 BBY - Youngling of the Hawk-Bat Clan

Raised in the Temple under Master Tera Sinube, alongside his close friend Sifo-Dyas and his rival Arath Tarrex.

90 BBY - Return to Serenno

At 12, visits Serenno for a galactic festival with Yoda. He saves his siblings Jenza and Ramil from kidnappers, is trapped with Jenza when a building collapses, and learns that Count Gora is his father. He keeps in touch with Jenza for years afterward.

88 BBY - Break-in at the Bogan Collection

Sneaks into the Temple's vault of dark side artifacts with Sifo-Dyas and accidentally hurts his friend through the Force. The incident leads to a duel with Lene Kostana, who later becomes a mentor to him.

86 BBY - Padawan of Yoda

Passes the Initiate Trials at 16. He beats Sifo-Dyas in the Padawan tournament, but Kostana picks Sifo-Dyas, and Grand Master Yoda takes Dooku as his apprentice instead.

~85 BBY - Protobranch Disaster

Defies the Council to warn the Republic about Sifo-Dyas's vision of a solar storm. The storm kills much of Protobranch's population, and Dooku's trust in the Council and the Senate is badly shaken.

~82 BBY - Mother's Funeral and Asusto

His father attacks him at Countess Anya's funeral. Soon afterward, cultists capture him on Asusto, where he sees visions of his future and uses Force lightning for the first time.

~80 BBY - Knight, Master and Teacher

Finishes his training and rises to Jedi Master, becoming known as one of the best lightsaber duelists of his generation. He takes Rael Averross as his first Padawan and trains him for about ten years.

68 BBY - Takes Qui-Gon Jinn as Padawan

At 34, chooses 12-year-old Qui-Gon Jinn as his apprentice. On Numidian Prime he saves Qui-Gon from the bounty hunter Shenda Mol with Force lightning.

~64–60 BBY - Senator Dagonet's Son

While helping recover a senator's kidnapped son, he watches the senator's troops massacre villagers. In his anger he reaches for the dark side and nearly chokes the senator to death before Qui-Gon stops him.

~58 BBY - Joins the Jedi High Council

Uncovers Master Yula Braylon as a leak on the Council after Ramil's airspeeder is sabotaged at the Dragonfire Air Rally. He accepts a Council seat, and Qui-Gon is knighted around the same time.

~50–48 BBY - Investigation on Raxus Secundus

With Mace Windu, looks into Master Katri's murder and finds corruption in the Senate. Windu is given the Council seat Dooku hoped for, which leaves Dooku resentful.

42 BBY - Leaves the Jedi Order

Becomes one of the Lost Twenty, returns to Serenno, overthrows his corrupt brother Ramil and takes the title of Count. He begins talking in secret with Darth Sidious.

32 BBY - Death of Qui-Gon and Fall to the Dark Side

Qui-Gon Jinn is killed at the Battle of Naboo. Dooku then kills Master Yaddle in a duel in the Works and becomes Sidious's apprentice under the name Darth Tyranus.

~32 BBY - Seizing the Clone Army

Has Sifo-Dyas killed, takes over the clone army Sifo-Dyas had ordered on Kamino, and recruits Jango Fett as the clones' template. Around the same time he kills his sister Jenza to prove his loyalty to Sidious.

~32–22 BBY - Architect of the Separatist Crisis

Uses his wealth and charm to draw thousands of star systems into a secessionist movement while the droid army is built up in secret.

22 BBY - First Battle of Geonosis

As Head of State of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, sees the Clone Wars break out. He cuts off Anakin Skywalker's arm, duels Yoda and escapes with the Death Star plans.

22–20 BBY - Master of the Separatist War

Commands the war through General Grievous and his dark apprentice Asajj Ventress. He is captured more than once, including by the pirate Hondo Ohnaka, and each time gets away.

~20 BBY - Betrayal of Ventress

On Sidious's orders, tries to have Ventress killed. He then survives a Nightsister plot against him involving Savage Opress, and he and Grievous later attack Dathomir.

19 BBY - The Quinlan Vos Affair

Takes the Jedi Quinlan Vos as a secret apprentice. Vos turns out to be loyal to the Jedi after all, and Dooku narrowly escapes.

19 BBY - Death at the Battle of Coruscant

Helps take Chancellor Palpatine hostage. Aboard the Invisible Hand, Anakin Skywalker defeats him and beheads him at Palpatine's urging.