Jensaarai One | Versus Strikezone: Darth Bane Vs. Count Dooku (An Obvious Conclusion) @Jensaarai1 | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
[0:00] - Introduction
[2:09] - Analysis
[6:55] - Verdict
After writing up Mace Windu versus Darth Malak, I started considering other match-ups that have obvious conclusions but still possess dynamics and interactions that make them intriguing to discuss. Given that my impending collaboration with EvanNova95, Malak versus Dooku, remains so fresh on my mind, Count Dooku became my next candidate. And the opponent for him that I found most intriguing yet pointless was Darth Bane.
Both are classical Lawful Evil Sith Lords who betrayed the academic institutions that brought them up because they regarded them as impure, both are defined by their purist dedications to their respective schools of lightsaber combat, and both even share the distinction of being armed with curve-hilted dueling lightsabers.
My assessment of Darth Bane will be based on his primary appearance in The Darth Bane trilogy of novels, written by Drew Karpyshyn, in addition to the character's manifesto in the Book of Sith, written Daniel Wallace. My assessment of Count Dooku will be based exclusively on Legends continuity material, excluding the 2008 Clone Wars animated series.
Though TCW provides some of the best depictions of the Makashi lightsaber form, it also throws Dooku under the bus in regards to his performance level, playing up his vulnerability against Anakin Skywalker's Djem So technique, and the storyline of the season one episode Dooku Captured humiliating him and stripping him of all credibility as an antagonist. Even the season six episode The Lost One, which provides Dooku's strongest combative showing, also depicts what is easily his most bone-headed strategic decision, where he tries to conceal his involvement in a conspiracy by personally killing a key witness right in front of the people investigating the conspiracy, thus confirming his involvement.
Moving on.
Citations:
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction - 2:29, 2:40, 2:58, 4:40,
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil -2:25, 2:35
- Attack of the Clones
- Yoda: Dark Rendevous - 2:43
- Labyrinth of Evil - 2:25, 2:57, 4:30, 5:57
- Revenge of the Sith -3:12, 4:03, 6:18
- The Dark Side Sourcebook - 5:38
- The Complete Visual Dictionary - 3:32
- Book of Sith - 4:16, 5:57
[0:00] - Introduction
[2:09] - Analysis
[6:55] - Verdict
After writing up Mace Windu versus Darth Malak, I started considering other match-ups that have obvious conclusions but still possess dynamics and interactions that make them intriguing to discuss. Given that my impending collaboration with EvanNova95, Malak versus Dooku, remains so fresh on my mind, Count Dooku became my next candidate. And the opponent for him that I found most intriguing yet pointless was Darth Bane.
Both are classical Lawful Evil Sith Lords who betrayed the academic institutions that brought them up because they regarded them as impure, both are defined by their purist dedications to their respective schools of lightsaber combat, and both even share the distinction of being armed with curve-hilted dueling lightsabers.
My assessment of Darth Bane will be based on his primary appearance in The Darth Bane trilogy of novels, written by Drew Karpyshyn, in addition to the character's manifesto in the Book of Sith, written Daniel Wallace. My assessment of Count Dooku will be based exclusively on Legends continuity material, excluding the 2008 Clone Wars animated series.
Though TCW provides some of the best depictions of the Makashi lightsaber form, it also throws Dooku under the bus in regards to his performance level, playing up his vulnerability against Anakin Skywalker's Djem So technique, and the storyline of the season one episode Dooku Captured humiliating him and stripping him of all credibility as an antagonist. Even the season six episode The Lost One, which provides Dooku's strongest combative showing, also depicts what is easily his most bone-headed strategic decision, where he tries to conceal his involvement in a conspiracy by personally killing a key witness right in front of the people investigating the conspiracy, thus confirming his involvement.
Moving on.
Citations:
- Darth Bane: Path of Destruction - 2:29, 2:40, 2:58, 4:40,
- Darth Bane: Rule of Two
- Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil -2:25, 2:35
- Attack of the Clones
- Yoda: Dark Rendevous - 2:43
- Labyrinth of Evil - 2:25, 2:57, 4:30, 5:57
- Revenge of the Sith -3:12, 4:03, 6:18
- The Dark Side Sourcebook - 5:38
- The Complete Visual Dictionary - 3:32
- Book of Sith - 4:16, 5:57
