Summary

  • Count Dooku's death at the hands of Anakin Skywalker was the first step towards his transformation into Darth Vader.
  • In the graphic novel Star Wars: Yoda #10, Yoda encounters a vision of Count Dooku's true Sith form, which is horrifying and twisted.
  • The physical changes experienced by Sith lords like Darth Sidious and Darth Vader suggest that Dooku would have undergone a similar transformation if he had lived longer.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: Yoda #10 As a result of Darth Sidious’ betrayal in Star Wars, Count Dooku was killed by Anakin Skywalker. His death was the first of many murders that would slowly accumulate within Skywalker’s soul until his body physically corroded into the final form of Darth Vader, which is something that is seemingly destined for all who practice in the dark side. Now, Star Wars reveals Count Dooku’s true Sith form, the one he perhaps would have taken if he was never killed by Anakin, and continued down the dark path he paved for himself.

Anakin’s final corruption into Darth Vader. While Count Dooku’s death was a decidedly bad thing for everyone involved in the Clone Wars (except Sidious), perhaps it’s better that Anakin did kill him, especially considering what Dooku might have become if he lived.

Count Dooku’s True Dark Side Form Is Star Wars’ Scariest Sith

Comic book : Count Dooku's dark side form fighting Yoda.

In Star Wars: Yoda #10 by Cavan Scott and Ibraim Roberson, Yoda is on Dagobah in exile when he’s visited by the Force Ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi. This issue takes place not long before the events of Episode V, and Obi-Wan is trying to convince Yoda to stop blaming himself for the fall of the Jedi and the rise of the Empire, so that he can train Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force. While Yoda is initially reluctant, he agrees to train Luke after facing the darkest aspects of his nature within the Dark Side Cave, otherwise known as the Cave of Evil. In the cave, Yoda meets Count Dooku who has no hands, as a result of his fight with Anakin, and is forced to wield his lightsaber with nothing but the will of the Force. Not only that, but Count Dooku’s face has become hideously twisted, as he now has sharp, jagged teeth in place of his original human ones.

While this version of Count Dooku is only one that exists in Yoda’s own mind, it’s not hard to imagine that this isn’t far from what would become of Dooku if he had lived, with Palpatine and Vader being prime examples themselves. Palpatine’s usage of the dark side made him look like a wrinkled corpse after getting a face-full of lightning courtesy of Mace Windu in Episode III. Similarly, Darth Vader was horribly scarred and permanently mutilated after getting his limbs cut off by Obi-Wan Kenobi and then set on fire on the lava bank of Mustafar. Sure, these were outside forces that caused the mutilations, but they all happened as a result of wielding the dark side of the Force. This is especially interesting given that, despite his dark side usage, Count Dooku never experienced this phenomenon. But now, it’s become evident that the only reason he didn't is that Dooku simply didn’t live long enough.

The sight of the otherwise normal-looking Count Dooku aggressively wielding a lightsaber without hands while brandishing a mouthful of inhumanly viscous sharp teeth is absolutely terrifying. But beyond that, it’s how Dooku might have actually looked if he lived past Episode III, as every major Sith - including Darth Sidious and Darth Vader - experienced a physical change as a result of dark side usage. Therefore, it’s fair to say that Star Wars revealed Count Dooku’s true Sith form, had he lived.

Star Wars: Yoda #10 by Marvel Comics is available now.