10 Star Wars Villains Who Weren't As EVIL As You Think

Once a respected member of the Jedi Order trained by Master Yoda himself, Count Dooku eventually walked away from it all after sensing the corruption within the Galactic Senate.

He would obviously end up becoming Darth Sidious' next apprentice post-Maul being sliced in two in the wake of that exit. 

But that was largely down to Sidious taking advantage of his feelings towards the corrupt Republic and the arrogant Order, with the Sith Lord offering him the chance to lead a new Separatist movement.

Sure, he would then go on to gradually become consumed by the dark side and turned out to be little more than another one of Palpatine's puppets. And that once somewhat understandable quest to bring an end to the corrupt Republic also eventually saw him shockingly cut down Jedi Masters and attempt to assassinate Padme Amidala.

But Dooku clearly just wanted to see some much-needed change at one point, and felt that the only real way to bring peace and justice to the galaxy involved him teaming up with the Sith and bringing down the broken bureaucracy of the Republic. 

In the end, though, Dooku simply became another power-hungry Sith who longed to overthrow his master, with the political idealist only realising too late that he had merely been a pawn in Sidious' grand plan all along.