10 Events That Changed Star Wars Forever

10. Dooku Witnesses The Senate's Corruption Up Close

The first season of Dave Filoni's animated Tales of the Jedi anthology series finally gave fans a small-screen look at the events that ultimately nudged one of the Prequel Trilogy's most influential figures down a dark path.

During the "Justice" and "Choices" episodes, Dooku comes face-to-face with the corruption that is beginning to infect much of the Republic he, as a Jedi Master, is trying to serve. And when given the choice to simply accept the way things are or attempt to do something about it, Qui-Gon Jinn's master regularly opts to break the rules... sometimes violently.

This then sets the stage for Mace Windu eventually being offered a vacant spot on the Jedi Council instead of the older Dooku, with the former stating that his aggressive methods probably played into the Order's decision.

Count Dooku would soon leave the Jedi behind and conspire with Darth Sidious as the pair created a Separatist movement that would kick off the eventual Emperor's Clone War grand plan. But if the Jedi had just listened to Dooku a little more and not allowed themselves to become the pawns of the Senate he could see them turning into, then perhaps the fateful war could have been avoided altogether.