TheBoost said:

SilverWook said:

A Jedi who left the order and lost faith in the Republic had the potential to be an interesting, complex character. Lucas didn't do much with it, and the mystery of whether Dooku was really a bad guy didn't last long.

I wonder if Lee was as peeved with his miniscule screen time in ROTS, as he was being left on the cutting room floor for the theatrical cut of Return Of The King?

Well, he did only film for like, two hours in ROTS, so at least he wasn't surprised.

To set this character up, and then kill him off in the first 15 minutes of the next movie made Dooku seem like a throwaway character. (Almost a bigger waste then Maul, whom fans were nuts about.) I guess action figure sales of an old geezer weren't up to expectations.