Every Star Wars Movie Villain Ranked From Worst To Best

Count Dooku provided the great Christopher Lee with a juicy role in his later career, playing a former Jedi turned to the dark side. It also gave him one of his most iconic scenes; duelling with Yoda, of all people.

Dooku might be well into his eighties, but both the character and Lee himself are so commanding you can well believe he’d dominate both Obi-Wan and Anakin in a lightsaber duel; he helps that Lee had already appeared in more onscreen swordfights that any other actor.

Unfortunately the path of Dooku’s storyline meant he couldn’t stick around long, so he loses his head to Anakin early in Revenge Of The Sith, which edges the young Jedi closer to his destiny. He may not have been the most important character in the prequels, but Lee the most of what he was given.