Originally posted by: MTHaslett
I'm confused about what we're trying to build with all this Christopher Lee dialogue.

Again, just like Greivous, we're talking about a major character that appears out of thin air. No set-up. No foreshadowing. And all of a sudden, you get to Episode II and you're supposed to care that this "Dooku" guy was once a Jedi but now is an enemy of the Republic. Then you find out he was actually Qui-Gon's master. THEN you find out he's now a Dark Lord of the Sith.

If you say the spine of the story is Qui-Gon and the Council, and Dooku supposedly turned against the Jedi Order and went searching for Sidious because of what happened to Qui-Gon, then why can't we incorporate some of that into Episode I?

You don't have to get in depth and derail the whole movie, but at least establish some sort of relationship between Qui-Gon, Dooku and the Council.

What if, for instance, Qui-Gon was talking to Dooku on his little Jedi communicator about the "vergence" he has encountered? Dooku might advise him to bring him before the council.

And I'd love, love, love to construct a scene for the end between Dooku, Yoda and Mace where Dooku expresses his anger at the Council about what has happened to Qui-Gon and vows to track down the Sith master behind all of this. I just think this would lead us into the situation in Episode II rather nicely.