12 Movie Idiots Who Basically Created Their Own Villains

8. Idiotic Jedi Commanders Turned One Of Their Most Powerful Jedis Against Them

No, not Anakin Skywalker.

Count Dooku, who becomes little more than a narrative device in Anakin's own descent to the Dark Side, was once one of the Jedi Order's most important sons, becoming a fabled lightsaber instructor and hugely powerful Force user before turning to the dark side to become Darth Sidious' second apprentice at a grand old age.

He was also a famous peace-keeper, well-suited to conflict resolution on behalf of the Jedi, and a key teacher in conquering arrogance, so what turned him rogue?

Like all good political and military satire, Dooku's evil was the product of idiot generals, who sent him to deal with the Mandalorian invasion of Galidraan as the head of an ill-prepared, ill-conceived task-force that came at a bloody cost, and lead to Dooku criticising the council, and ultimately defecting to the Dark Side.