Why Anakin Deeply Regretted Killing Count Dooku - Star Wars Explained

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[theshadowstrike]

Anakin could have learned a lot from Dooku, they actually had a whole lot in common

[jackrinaldi]

Count dooku/Darth Tyrannus actually died when he lost his hands. All that was left was an old man, too shocked and scared to even speak. Sir Christopher Lee was truly one of the greatest humans to ever live.

[EAWanderer]

RIP Christopher Lee 🙁
The legendary actor who was Count Dooku and Saruman (LOTR) amongst many other roles

[chiefsprinkles]

Man… Anakin was really going through it in Revenge of the Sith. Makes his fall even more tragic.

[hattoripool]

Anakin is one of those characters who would definitely make the worst choices in an Rpg video game

[stickandmud]

"Dooku was an unarmed prisoner" I see what you did there

[ytafan]

What you said may be right, but I think you're overlooking something. It goes back to how his life on Tatooine. As Shmi said, "The Republic didn’t exist on Tatooine." To Anakin, to Shmi, and to the others at Mos Espa and elsewhere in the Outer Rim, the Republic was a distant paradise, where all the problems seemed to have been solved. But none of them were living in paradise. Anakin, Shmi, and all the others were good people trying to survive. They had to resort to your own resources to survive. They had to do whatever you must to survive. They didn’t care about the means. All they cared about was the end – their survival. That extended to other things as well. When they were wronged, they’re going to do whatever they could, whatever they must to correct it. Whether they acted out of justice, retribution, or revenge, it didn’t matter. All that mattered was that the one who wronged them was punished. And they were going to do all that whether it met the approval of the Republic or not. Whether it meets the approval of the Jedi or not.

That stuck with him ever since he left Tatooine. His childhood on Tatooine had shaped his way of thinking, and no amount of Jedi teaching could or would ever undo that. And over the course of the war, he did what he felt was necessary to save others.. And he didn't care how he went about it. Tal Merrik was one example. Choking Poggle the Lesser to learn how to save Ahsoka and Barriss was another. In his mind, and from how he grew up, the ends justified the means. From his viewpoint, neither the Jedi nor Padmé could ever understand that because they didn't grow up the way he did. Did his time on Tatooine make him vulnerable to the dark side? Yes. Was he an agent of evil? No. I would call him a dark hero.

He said he shouldn't have killed Dooku. But look back to his life on Tatooine. Neither he, nor his mother, nor the people of Mos Espa ever received justice from the Republic. Naboo never received justice for what happened in TPM. Honestly, I don't think Anakin believes in Republic justice. To him, justice is seeing the Separatists leaders dead. I said he wanted them - Dooku, Grievous, Gunray, and all the rest dead. Not necessarily that he wanted to kill them, though there were three exceptions - Dooku, Grievous, and Gunray. Gunray's obvious. Dooku - for his hand. Grievous - for all the Jedi he had killed. If Anakin were presented with the opportunity to kill them, he would have taken it. Gunray, Tambor, and Poggle were taken prisoner at one point, yet they were all free and leading the Separatists in ROTS. We saw how Gunray escaped, but we don't know how the other two did. The Republic had them in custody. In Anakin's mind, the Republic had the chance to interrogate them, learn what they knew, then execute them. And the opportunity slipped through their fingers. He wasn't going to take the chance of that happening here, even if he had already severed Dooku's hands.

He can feel regret all he wants, but deep, deep down in him, he felt completely justified here. In his mind, Dooku was going to be sentenced to death for his acts, so he delivered it. Sooner than planned, but...

If the Jedi and the Republic had a problem with that, then maybe they should have been more decisive and more active in delivering justice to Tatooine and the Outer Rim Territories long ago. If they had, then maybe things could have been a lot better. The Clone Wars would never have happened. And maybe his dark path could have been avoided all together.

[TheRealCapnJack]

The story of Anakin is a sad tragedy. He is my favorite SW character. I have trouble watching Ep3 due to this fall, and you think every time you watch that “not this time, don’t do it!”

[Gor]

I can understand how Anakin felt. He and Dooku were extremely alike. Anakin was good man. He was under pressure for days, no sleep, dreams, worries. Windu was right to kill Palpatine. I completely agree. Anakin hated himself fully, dark side and Vader when he became him. See you soon

[FlappyCat-efoq]

The moment he killed Count Dooku he not only became the next Dooku, but he would become far worse than Dooku ever was

[maccurtis]

Anakin Skywalker: "I regret killing Count Dooku because Christopher Lee is one of my favorite actors."
RIP Christopher Lee🪦

[chancemeyers]

Its always interstate to see how complex Anakin/Vader really is. Hes has more layers to his character than people give him credit for.

[tarotreadingsbysteven]

Sidious got Anakin addicted to mountain dew so he'd be conditioned to act when he heard "dew it" 🤣

[kanyewest]

i never read the novel but i always interpreted the infamous "dew it" as a force charged suggestion from palps.

anakin wasnt able to perceive it, but it pushed him to take an action that palpatine basically needed to happen right then and there.

if you view the events of the movies under the lens of "palpatine was in control of everything until vader throws him off a catwalk"

then "dew it" is the moment he put the leash around vaders neck. the leash is exchanged from dooku to anakin and doesnt come off until he can see his son's skeleton glowing 30yrs later.

i think if anakin hypothetically resists the "dew it" that he would force lightning all of them right then and there and be clear of three masters and the only person who could incriminate him to the jedi.

after that he could arrange for order 66 and probably get the same overall victory. luke and leia are in the oven cooking already to replace vader.

[stevejobs]

I can't believe Anakin would do anything to hurt Qui's sweet old master. You know the Dukemister actually let Qui-gon have 2 scoops of ice cream on his 27th birthday.

[JustPaladinNow]

It’s interesting how much his mind fractured he saw himself as 2 completely separate people and it makes a lot of sense

[stlegion-pxwo]

Anakin feeling guilt dosent surprise because I read the attack of the clones novelization where mixed in the grief of shmi’s death is guilt and shame following the massacre . And I know he dose because we see it on Anakins face through padme’s pov . And both actions clearly horrified him even if he lies to himself to remain sane . Both actions clearly cause anakin ptsd . And are key points that palpatine uses to gaslight and manipulate anakin later .

[disneyknightspadilla]

Anakin should have been suspicious on Palpatine especially how he most abandoned Obi-Wan .

[disneyknightspadilla]

Anakin knows dooku is qui gon’s master and killing him is not what he wanted if he were still alive.

[crazymulatto]

Anikan should've been granted the rank of Jedi Master. He could sure as hell fight like one