As funny as “My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count.” is as a retcon because Anakin and Dooku fought like just last week instead of three years ago in Attack of the Clones, it’s even funnier if you consider it as actual context, that Anakin is saying his powers have doubled since that fight on Oba Diah last week. Because lbr that’s exactly what Anakin Skywalker would say.
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On this day in 1922, a legend was born. Happy 100th birthday to actor, author, and singer Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee.
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LeeWeek Day 6- Count Dooku
"I've probably done more sword fights on celluloid than any actor in history, and this fight is greater than anything I've ever been involved in."―Christopher Lee in the Attack of the Clones "Action Featurette"
Like Saruman, Count Dooku is a character that young-me grew up with long before I knew about Christopher Lee and his coolness. Say what you want about the prequels, they were a big source of inspiration and joy to me much like the Lord of the Rings films, both being a huge part of my generation being introduced to Christopher Lee.
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politicians from Naboo have a long-standing habit of training with and utilizing body doubles
the Queens are the most popular image of this, but Senators like Sheev Palpatine are no exception, even after he was elected Chancellor
the Chancellor typically sends his double, Brian, for visits offworld, or to security meetings in the Jedi Temple when he's especially busy
what he doesn't fill Brian in on is that he's secretly also Darth Sidious, and occasionally he needs someone to help him sell his image as the paternal politician to people across the galaxy, or maintain the illusion of his surprise or confusion to the Jedi, or provide an alibi so he can act as Sidious undisturbed and unsuspected
but that hardly means that Brian doesn't fill the role of Chancellor for much more mundane reasons, like, say, when Palpatine gets hit hard by the inoculation for the Blue Shadow Virus after the Separatists attempted to use it as a bioweapon
after all, you can hardly allow your supreme commander to run around vulnerable to a known threat to his safety, so the Jedi insisted on sharing the vaccine, and he could hardly refuse
however, his extreme reaction took everyone by surprise, even Palpatine himself, meaning that he didn't have time to brief Brian on all the meetings that he had scheduled
or, as the case was, to reschedule meetings Brian shouldn't have known about
like the holocall from Count Dooku, the political leader of the Separatist movement
Brian hardly thought he could turn down such a potentially important meeting, so he accepted the call with his clone guards still in the room
he was prepared for nearly anything from the Count, threats, demands, even a call to the negotiating table
what he wasn't prepared for was for the man to be kneeling, and to ask his Master for his bidding
Brian doesn't know how to respond to that
so he defaults to his go-to response:
vague grandfatherly small talk
through his intense internal panic, he can tell that Dooku is also extremely confused by this situation, but he gets the sense that Dooku's more surprised by his demeanor than his appearance, that this wasn't simply a case of entering the wrong holo frequency
he hangs up as soon as he can, and turns to the similarly shocked Guard Commander who had gradually shifted throughout the call to be standing behind him, just out of view of the holocam, and requests to be brought to the Jedi Council immediately
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Star Wars actor AU part 4!
My free student photoshop lisence expired so no more fancy brushes, rip
The Zillo beast is actually cat-sized and they unleashed him on a maquette of Coruscant. Everyone on set absolutely loves him
Thanks to @sifuprincesscarry for the idea of BD-1 rickrolling Cal!
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