10 Scrapped Star Wars Movie Scenes Better Than What We Got

10. Obi-Wan And Jocasta Nu Discuss Count Dooku - Attack Of The Clones

A common complaint some fans have with Attack of the Clones is its main villain, Count Dooku. For some reason, George Lucas decided to kill off Darth Maul, a villain with great potential, in The Phantom Menace and then take over an hour to introduce the new Sith apprentice into that film's follow-up.

Apart from a few very brief mentions as a 'political idealist' by Yoda, Count Dooku is crammed into Episode II once Obi-Wan Kenobi is captured by Separatist forces on Geonosis. Although the scene where Dooku tries to pull Kenobi over to the Dark Side by utilising their shared bond with Qui-Gon Jin is good, an earlier scene had been filmed which better introduced the villain.

In the scene, Kenobi and Jedi librarian Jocasta Nu discuss Dooku and why he left the Jedi Order. Jocasta says that Dooku left due to his faltering loyalty to the apathetic and hypocritical Jedi Council, as well as to the corrupt and crumbling Republic. Nu also makes apt comparisons of Dooku to his former apprentice, Qui-Gon, which sets up Dooku to be a wise and noble 'free thinker' for Obi-Wan. So, on top of giving the character some much-needed backstory, the later reveal to Kenobi that he is now a Sith is more shocking that it otherwise would be.