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DuTwan said:
Dooku being a Sith is a good idea, remember Sidious only uses Dooku to start the war and Dooku is but a 'nesserary loss'. Making him a rogue jedi starts bringing up issues like 'grey' jedi etc.
Surely Palpatine's description of his former master as someone who could "Save the ones he loved" (not forgetting the possibility he could be lying through his teeth) creates a grey area for the Sith too.
There could be a strong case made for lapsed Jedi who don't fully accept and participate in the Sith way of life but act in ways which could be described as evil, just as much as wavering Sith who embrace Sith teachings but aren't totally and irredeemably evil like Darths Plagueis and Vader.
It adds a level of complexity to their roles which lends credibility to Anakin/Vader's fall.
It makes it easier to believe (even through Hayden's flimsy performance) that Anakin is sincere when he comes to the conclusion that the Jedi are evil and that acting the way he does is for a greater good. The Jedi certainly share some responsibility for how Anakin turns out and going by the way Yoda and Obi-Wan rather wantonly manipulate Luke, it's a lesson they don't ever truly learn from.
In a sense the chosen one role of Anakin, bringing the force into balance (something some editors want to remove) creates the polarised world of light and shade we see in the OT out of a more grey world in the PT.
Good and evil exist throughout the saga but in the PT the division between them is more murky.
