10 Most Bitterly Disappointing Movie Showdowns

1. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi vs. Count Dooku (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6f6BRh7O8U I'm under no illusions, a lot had to happen in Star Wars Episode III: a lot of loose ends to be tied up so as to set up the situation at the start of A New Hope. Included amongst these was Anakin supplanting Count Dooku as Darth Sidious' Sith apprentice. Everyone knew it was going to happen at some point, but I'd rather it had formed much more of an integral part of the story rather than just have Dooku killed off in the first ten minutes and then gradually wait for Anakin to become more and more tempted by the Dark Side. Perhaps you could even ask why Palpatine orders Anakin to execute Dooku at this point when he can't yet be 100 per cent that Anakin will definitely be swayed from the Jedi order. All that aside, it's a pretty anticlimactic end for Dooku anyway. One of the problems with the prequels for me was, aside from Sidious, the lack of longevity for any of the villains. Too many weren't allowed to survive beyond one film, thus preventing them, exciting though they were, from establishing a screen presence and iconic status that came even remotely close to matching that of Darth Vader in the original trilogy, and you can definitely attribute that at least partly to George Lucas' desire to introduce more new characters to the franchise so as to sell more toys and merchandise and thus get even more stinking rich. But Dooku seemed to buck that trend. Whatever its faults Attack of the Clones did succeed in presenting him as, if nothing else, a wholly credible antagonist capable of besting both Anakin and Obi-Wan and even holding his own against Yoda. But after this impressive build-up and subsequently great anticipation of his future actions in Episode III he goes out, like many others on this list, with a whimper, not being allowed to last any longer than the first major action sequence and only delivering a handful of lines in the process. The role of secondary antagonist for much of the film is then given to that far less-interesting quadruple-lightsaber-wielding droid who is cool and all, but no Christopher Lee, whose talents are largely wasted this time around.