What if Dooku FOUGHT Palpatine? Star Wars Fantasy Battle

Welcome back to another fantasy battle, today we’re going to analyze the fantasy fight between Palpatine and Count Dooku. Now, before some of you scoff and say well Palpatine would obviously win, and while you are probably right, I think it’d be interesting to deep dive into their fighting styles, force powers and overall psychology to see how the fight would really turn out. Would it be more difficult for Palpatine than the Jedi he fought in his office? Or would it be easier?

First let’s discuss Dooku’s powers and abilities, as well as his lightsaber fighting style. These videos are always interesting because they require us to really dive into the users psychology as much as their physical endurance and abilities in the force. Dooku was known as one of the best swordsman in the galaxy. That’s saying a lot. He was trained by non other than Jedi grand Master Yoda, and he was a VERY powerful user of the force. Unlike obi-wan kenobi, who really wasn’t gifted at anything other than his sheer perseverance to be the best he could, and his determination to be the best lightsaber form 3 user there was, Count Dooku was actually super gifted with the force.
Dooku used the second form of lightsaber combat, known as Makashi. Now this form was designed specifically for fighting lightsabers. It was an old school style for an old school guy, when the time came to fighting against droids with blaster weapons, this form wasn’t really encouraged. For this reason, Dooku using this style gave him a severe advantage over his enemies as they weren’t used to fighting anything who used this form, let alone as good as he did. His curved hilt allowed him to be very precise with his attacks, as well as use the hilt’s curve to create immense power on down strokes at the last second. Overwhelming many opponents. While Makashi had it’s weaknesses, such as with blasters, and being a one handed lightsaber form, Dooku was so masterful of it, that these weaknesses turned into strengths for him.

His force powers were just as amazing as his abilities with a lightsaber. While many force users can all do the basics such as push, pull, run fast, and jump high, Dooku was primarily gifted in moving objects with his mind, again, with extreme precision. Just like his fighting form, Dooku took great pride in his telekinetic powers. I would say the power that Dooku was the most proficient in, was Force lightning, while he did come in second place compared to Palpatine himself, Dooku used his Sith lightning to both intimidate, kill, and torture his enemies. In the run of Son of Dathomir, Dooku used lightning to torture Darth Maul, merely toying with the captured Zabrak. Often he would combine his two favourite powers, making someone float in the air, and then frying them with electricity.

Now let’s look at Palpatine’s powers and abilities and then we can properly simulate their battle against one another.
It’s no big news that Palpatine was extremely powerful in the force. He was gifted I would say with the dark side since he was a little boy. His overall affinity to the force was one thing, but it was his sheer rage and bloodlust that made him an unstoppable force. His lightsaber fighting style is something interesting to discuss.

"Despite being highly trained in the art of combat by my master, I rarely used these weapons. I preferred to call upon the infinite power of the dark side to win my battles. Yet when the time came to reveal my true nature, few could survive the fury of my blades."

Palpatine, while having a red Sith lightsaber of his own, in fact, two of them as we saw him use against Darth Maul and savage Opress in the clone wars, wasn’t a fan of using lightsabers. He didn’t care for them. He only used them to mock the Jedi. He went so far with this prank, that he mastered all 7 lightsaber fighting styles just to completely doodoo on any Jedi he would ever come to fight. Like in revenge of the Sith when he fought agen Kolar, saese Tin, Kit Fisto, and Mace Windu. Each of which had different lightsaber fighting forms. He used his knowledge and mastery of all forms to easily destroy his opponents, one to satisfy his ego, and the other to portray how useless and pointless the Jedi were. That the dark side was the only true way to use the force in all of its glory, not the dogmatic narrow usage of the light side that the Jedi favoured.

Thank you for watching today's video. I hope you have a great day, and I'll see you in the next one! May the force be with you, ALWAYS!

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