Why Count Dooku Is The Deadliest Lightsaber Duelist

Count Dooku was one of the most skilled, precise, and elegant warriors in the Jedi Order… even long before he turned to the dark side and became Darth Tyrannus. But what exactly makes Dooku one of the most fearsome duelists to ever wield a lightsaber?

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:02 Mastery of Makashi
05:42 The Curved Lightsaber
07:16 Behind The Scenes
09:14 Who Could Best The Count?

[RedFiveStarWars]

Who wins in a 1v1, Count Dooku or Mace Windu?

[crownprincesebastianjohano]

Dooku is clearly the best pure swordsman. Against Windu on Ridley he demonstrated that Vapaad was useless against him. On Geonosis and Vjun, Dooku demonstrated that pure skill with the saber can almost bridge the difference between him and Yoda in terms of sheer Force power. In their duel on Tatooine, Dooku demonstrated that on his best day he can absolutely defeat Yoda. Darth Plagueis also considered Dooku to be a superior swordsman to Sidious and a grave threat to himself. In terms of pure swordsmanship, skill using the Force mid-saber, BB IQ and experience, Dooku is without peer.

[RexMason-Home]

Dooku is hands down my favourite Star Wars Character,

[zachdillenger]

You do know, Dooku was told to go easy on Anakin by Palps and when he asked "What if young Anakin should best me?" Palps said he'd step in if that happened

[calvinbevins]

The Great count wins against mace . Dooku was an extremely disciplined individual that always kept his composure. If you didn't relise, he never actually drew much from the Darkside as he didn't really need to because of his confidence in his lighsaber skills alone . Proof is the fact that he never had sith eyes (rarely anyway) . He also was a master of hiding his dark side presence, which he learnt from sidous, who was thee master of the ability. Mace windu vapad would not be much use.. Mace will eventually overstrike using his aggressive form, leaving an opening for dooku to take advantage of, with speed and precision . Ggs to Mace, ONE of the greatest duelist in the jedi order.

[Ear]

I think because of how measured and non-darkside dependent Dooku was, Dooku takes it.

[thecringekid]

I mean in the clone wars, you can see Anakin get closer and closer to Doku’s skill level. But in the revenge of the sith novel didn’t Palpatine tell Doku to let him win?

[geocross]

Just my 2 cents on why Obi Wan always seems to lose against Dooku, it’s because ironically I believe that Dooku’s mastery of Makashi is the perfect counter to Soresu. Despite Soresu’s focus on perfect defense, a lightsaber still can only perfect so much of the body. Unlike Djem So meant to break through a person’s defense, Makashi is all about aim for the tiny cracks in the armor.
This kinda creates a statistical triad between Anakin, ObiWan, and Dooku: Anakin’s power will always best Dooku, Dooku’s precision will always pierce ObiWan’s guard, and ObiWan’s resilience will always weather Anakin’s aggressive.

[FriendlyBatDoom]

I could be wrong about this, but in Legends, Mace Windu is stated to be Dooku's equal by the time of ROTS. Mace Windu is also stated to have mastered all forms of lightsaber combat. Also, he has the rare force ability called Shatterpoint. Great video, BTW 👍

[matthewmann]

In Legends by TPM Era he was noted in multiple reports, reportings, observations, and observors that he was a peer to Yoda And Mace as a saber duelist and a close second to Yoda in force potential and current force ability and economies yeah.

[kinglionheart]

A lot of people are not going to like what I have to say but Mace Windu will get his ass kicked by Count Dooku because when you are fighting inform to you have to stay calm and collective in order to perfect the form and to do the techniques right as a fencer that is how we were always taught so if Count Dooku's form is very similar to fencing he will always stay, no matter how hard or how dangerous the fight gets

[ethannot-apastafarian]

I think you forgot to mention his saber hilt resembles the sword on of Lee’s ancestors. As if we needed more reasons to appreciate this character.

[Mstic]

Found your channel today and fell in love with it 😂😂

[remyosborne]

Mmmm but didn't even darth plagueis told sidious if him and dooku clashed lightsabers that dooku would come out on top?. Massive praise from him considering that even plagueis was afriad of dooku

[DualityofLife]

Just one thing I noticed: Qui-Gon didn´t actually use Ma-Kashi, Qui-Gon used Ataru, Yoda´s speed-focused form, allowing himself to raise the bar of his physical limits via the force. He was however not the greatest practicioner of lightsaber combat, being, as commonly understood, the perfect jedi, only using his lightsaber when truly needed, relying on the force for almost everything.

[lil-king_William]

i think dooku wins even if he is a sith

[darthjam]

We should have a clone wars short where this duel is reconstructed into its expectation

[Adihaagadi_magic]

He’s also bested by plo koon. Plo was considered by many to be better than even yoda, and was the only one who could beat yoda in a duel.

[lil-king_William]

can you talk about palpatines forms and who could best him, overall just palps same concept

[ZionBrock]

Wasn't yaddle on the jedi council in episode 1?