The name "Tyrannus" is never said in TCW.
I know, but that wasn't the point of my post, now was it?
I was referring to "Attack of the Clones," events, not your re-edit. Basically, by re-editing it, you're saying you're trying to amp up the sense of "mystery" surrounding Dooku. I'm saying that by looking at what's there in "Clones" --the "mystery" surrounding Dooku isn't really a mystery at all, and nor was it meant to be, so editing to amplify something that isn't really in the story in the first place isn't helping. You're moving sideways. It's more of a distraction than an improvement. it SOUNDS like it should be helping, but it's more academic than anything. The execution of the idea is lacking, because it puts storytelling focus on the color of a weapon, and that's just bad storytelling. the color of the saber is a supporting detail, not a focal point. Dooku is bad in Attack of the Clones. Padme names him off the bat. Fett coughs up "Tyranus." His first entrance into the film and he's drawing up war plans with the separatists. His first exchange with a character and it's a threatening, slimy, blackmailing one. And then he sentences two jedi and a senator to death, and engages his forces in battle against the Jedi, and ensures that the plans for a PLANET KILLING WEAPON are safely carried to fruition--all this before he pulls a lightsaber. Do you really think his character's allegiance is REALLY meant to be in question at any point of the movie? And do you really think a yellow lightsaber and the removal of his Sith name changes any of that? It doesn't make the character ambiguous, it just needlessly neuters the full force of his character's impact. It SOUNDS like it'd add to an "is he or isn't he" vibe, but it doesn't at all. Because we know he IS a bad guy by then--so why not have him be a sith? Why not have his saber red? What's the point? there's no mystery to enhance by that point. The main mystery of Attack of the Clones, believe it or not--is "who's trying to kill Padme." Not "is Dooku a sith or not." The secondary mystery is "who ordered these clones," which springs directly from "who's trying to kill Padme?" never is any of the storytelling focus on "Is Dooku a Sith? is Dooku really a bad guy or a misled guy?" so trying to amplify something that's not even there isn't working. For me. At least.