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

9. How They Shot Those Christopher Lee Fight Scenes

Count Dooku
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Living one hell of a life already by the time he got around to shooting on Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the late great Christopher Lee had battled Nazis and become an iconic part of cinema history with his work in everything from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings flicks to Terence Fisher's Dracula.

However, that did mean he was coming in at a silvery 80 when bringing the formidable Count Dooku to live action life. And while Lee was still fairly game to get his hands dirty on George Lucas' set, boasting some impressive swordsmanship and a history of excelling in his own fight scenes, a double was actually required in order to capture some of the more athletic Sith Lord movements seen in his duels with Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda.

Swapping out the actor who would regularly boast about his record-setting amount of on-screen sword fights for a stunt performer when needed for wider shots, Lee's face was then seamlessly CGI'd on top of said fighting double in post. But that's still very much a badass Lee swinging his sabre whenever we lean in for a scintillating close-up.

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