What if Dooku Went to Qui-Gon's Funeral in Tales of the Jedi?

During the 4th episode of tales of the Jedi, titled Sith Lord, we arrive at the moment where Qui-Gon’s funeral is about to commence. During this funeral, we didn’t see Count Dooku at all. Which is weird, considering he was qui-gon's master and the closest to him. In this episode we finally get the proper canon answer as to why Dooku didn’t go and what I think would have happened, if he had.
Yaddle tells Dooku that the funeral is to be held on Naboo soon. Dooku says he doubts he’ll be pleasant company and she asks if he holds the council accountable. Dooku turns to look at her and callously says Qui-Gon has become one with the force, it’s time to let him go.
So, from this we know two things. Dooku blames the council for Qui-Gon’s death, but more importantly, him not being there says a lot about what would have happened. Dooku would have probably tried to fight all of them, mainly Mace Windu and Yoda. I don’t think it would have ended well for him against Yoda, but with him tapping into the dark side, I believe he would have stood a fair chance against all the other Jedi. Dooku was always such an underrated Jedi, and I feel this show really helps fans understand why he turned to the dark side.

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[CRlMZlN]

I love that we can now see Dooku's positive influence on Qui Gon visually. He absorbed many of Dooku's ideals, but attuned them to the standards of the force. That was always his top priority.

[moncey]

What if Sidious letting Qui Gon die caused Dooku to return to the light and taken Anakin as his own padawan?

[starcabal]

Would've been heartbreaking plus he Would've saw kenobi for the first time and anakin as a child. Could've been a father-figure for obi wan

[animemangathoughts]

It upsetting that Dooku couldn’t go to his padawan funeral, I really think he should have been there to pay his respects as Qui-Gon is more of a stepson than apprentice in my opinion.

[dorrin]

Would've been awkward if he started yelling at Palpatine about having Qui-Gon killed...

[Mexicutioner]

I always felt that Dooku could have been fleshed out better prior to Episode 2, and also could have had some great dichotomy with Kenobi since he obviously cared about him but they had wildly different views of the jedi way. So much missed content.

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I also have always loved Dooku as a character for the way they designed him to be a villain, but never exactly evil or a bad person. There is something so cool about lawful evil, and when villains are very restrained and dignified with great manners and classiness.

[hangryisangry]

I think he would have reemed them out causing Windu and Ki Adi Mundi to say something stupid and set off a confrontation. His words could have maybe even swayed Kenobi at that point. I believe it may have also served as a wake up for Yoda.

[geviesanta]

I never thought I would see this be a fan-fiction. But just by looking at the title, I imagine that Dooku would definitely meet Obi-wan for the first time and even see Anakin as a child.

[CalLOfdUtYsweatkill]

I think dooku would of said something to Palpatine and reveal he is the Sith Lord at the funeral because he was angry at him for Maul killing Qui-Gon and finally get his recognition of the “coming darkness”. That’s only if they don’t meet prior to the funeral.

[blackrosea]

Dooku is a nobleman, who had been one of the best duels even jedi the galaxy had ever known. If he showed up, he would remain calm even collected. At least towards the end, when Dooku's rage hit its boiling point. Dooku made the right choice to not go, because it probably been the end of his story with his student.

[TheMarslMcFly]

I finally got around to binge all of Tales of the Jedi yesterday and absolutely love it! All the episodes were so good and explained so many cool things. I really hope we get more of it.

[joshuawells]

I think that if Dooku had gone, the Jedi Council (except maybe Yoda and Yaddle) would have given him space and let him mourn. He may have then had private audiences with them or met with Obi-Wan and Anakin. There's also a good chance that Dooku would have confronted Palpatine on Naboo and had the same conversation we saw at the Works.

[elizabethalferd]

If Dooku would of gone to the funeral, I feel as if he would go with the intention of fighting. he would of definitely argued with everyone there and blame them for Qui-Gon Jinn’s death. He wouldn’t have been the first to ignite his light saber. I feel like he would Provoke them to ignite their light sabers to fight him. Giving him the green light to just go ham on them and let all his rage out.

[emprodabob]

I like how Qui Gon and Dooku have similar beliefs about the Jedi being too arrogant, but went about it in different ways

[jamesondemers]

From one fan to another,

I feel like the momentum was slowing down. This show brought back up to speed.

And to be honest, hearing your storytelling/breakdown with this video shows me that enthusiasm that made this channel what it is, is back with you.

Keep it up dude. 🤙🏽

[joshuaharrison]

I would love to see a complete series of Dooku with your theories, like how he would have been at the funeral, paying his last respects after promising he wouldn't cause trouble, helping Anakin with his training, explaining who is the Sith Lord and other theories

[arthurreede]

The thing that makes Dooku stand out even more than he does. Is that the character is perfectly portraited by Christopher Lee. He brings such dept into an already very intriguing character. Same with his roll as Saruman, he's always the grey character (G.r.r. Martin would love him) and you just want to know more about him and while being the villain can't really blame or hate him

[Telperien]

Tales of the Jedi really is some of the best stuff Disney has done yet. Too bad they episodes are so short. We need MORE!!! of this stuff. More of the delving into these backstories please

[themasteroflaughter]

This is very great, Star Wars Theory. Thank You. Also, for your next What If, you should do “What if Dooku instead of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obiwan Kenobi fought Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace”, since Dooku did not want Qui-Gon to die and did not like that the Jedi Council sent Qui-Gon and Obiwan Kenobi to do the job whereas Dooku should have been the one to do it so that Qui-Gon would live.

[cordrevan-shepard]

I love this idea, honestly if Dooku showed up to Qui-Gon's funeral there would be a lot of tension in the air but first Dooku would give condolences to Obi-Wan and Anakin apologising for the Jedi's faliure to act upon the discovery of the Sith as they should have, quickly leaving before the newly knighted Kenobi could ask what he meant. The funeral would go as is with Dooku the last to leave in order to say a final farewell to his former student, the rage building in his eyes as he looked at the burning body. Before the return trip to Coruscant Dooku would confront the council verbally sparing with the masters over the death of Qui-Gon and how it could have been avoided if they had done as they should have as Jedi. The discussion would quickly get heated with Windu squaring up to Dooku trying to talk down at him and yoda from the back saying it wasn't the Jedi's place to interfear with the political situation on Naboo while the senate was debating the issue. This was the wrong thing to say as Dooku would ignite his blade and s vicious duel would start between him and the master of the order, the shift in the force would be big bringing onlookers as Palpatine creeped in the crowd a wicked smirk on his face. Dooku would be subdued and the Jedi would hastily depart for the temple to deal with the matter as palpatines smirk turns into a vicious grin knowing the Jedi would refuse to kill his new apprentice and Dookus loyalty was cemented in the darkside.