Star Wars: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Count Dooku

10. His All Important Connection To Sifo Dyas

As will be touched upon more than a few times over the course of the next ten entries, Count Dooku once sat as a respected member of the Jedi Order. However, upon discovering just how corrupt the Order was, Dooku ultimately became frustrated and turned his back on his one-time allies.

Before this wander over to the Dark Side, though, one of Dooku's close pals, Master Sifo Dyas, who'd been having visions of an incoming conflict and had also grown disillusioned by the Order, set into motion a plan that would ultimately change the galaxy forever.

Going somewhat rogue, Sifo Dyas ordered the creation of a Clone Army from the planet Kamino, something a now-turned Dooku was aware of. In the end, as revealed in Cavan Scott's Dooku: Jedi Lost audiobook, Darth Sidious, after initially building this secret army into his grand plan to overthrow the Jedi, soon felt that Dyas was growing into too much a threat to his vision.

So, in a rather tragic turn of events, Dooku was ordered to assassinate his one-time mate by his new master, something the powerful Sith apprentice achieved via untraceable Pyke Syndicate murder.

And just like that, another potential speed bump for the soon-to-be Emperor of the Galactic Empire was shuffled out of existence.