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Having seen this episode and the previous one, I had this one thought I never had before, in all my years of Star Wars fanhood... Are Jedi stupid?

Let me explain.

I'm not a "know it all" expert on Star Wars lore, but I've played Knights of the Old Republic.

So... this "problem", that the power of being a Jedi can easily corrupt them, is well known for at least 1000 (!) years.

Still, they never developed some kind of early warning system. Like, when someone like Anakin or Dooku showing openly acts of violence or anger, they immediately get themselves booked an extensive anger and ideology management class...

A violation of the "we are knights of peace" code should be taken gravely serious. Yet, in so many stories, those violations have no consequences at all.

Again: after 1000 years of experience.

Are Jedis stupid?

Pretty solid all around.

Dooku's arc here, and turn to the dark side, continues to start making a little more sense. Similar to Anakin, he sees how blindsided and ignorant the Jedi council often can be. Exhibit A) Mace wanting to take things back to the council instead of just further investigating.

You really understand Dooku's frustration and point of view. He isn't even being a jerk about any of it either. He's legitimately trying to be an adult about things, with even temper, and he still can't seems to shake how he feels deep down.

As usual, the directing and animation are very good! As is the voice work.

I have always thought that Dooku was an underrated character. I always presume that people just think of him as the old Sith guy who gets his head cut off.

He has always been so much more, and this episode backs up that claim; Dooku is not pure evil. Or anything close to it. He wants what is right.

The difference between Mace and Dooku in this episode demonstrates the ignorance that the Jedi council has in all these affairs. They want what is good, but they are oftentimes blinded. Dooku's fall becomes more believable.

Well done episode. The story, writing, animation and music were all solid.

That's so cool to finally see how Dooku turned to the Dark Side / How he got his motivation to change the Republic's political system and founding the CIS. The CIS saw the Senate, politicians and all institutions as corrupt. (As you also can see in the 2nd episode of Tales of the Jedi).

Thanks LucasArts for showing some lore which isn't too far in the past but related to the characters we know form the Star Wars movies. Especially because we didn't receive much information about Count Dooku on screen except that he's "the evil guy".

I regret finding this show so late and it's sad that the marketing isn't as big as for example The Mandalorian.

Small error seeing Plo Koon with Clone armor on his forearms long before the existence of the War. Obviously not a big deal, just wondering if anyone caught it. Really enjoying the show so far, wish Filoni manned the sequels more and more every day. This did a really good job depicting Dooku and the Jedi in color and less and less black and white. The prequels scratched the surface with this in Revenge of the Sith but I think Filoni took the entire Separatist vs Republic political war to new heights in the clone wars and he is continuing to do so in this show! He truly is the best Star Wars mind.