{"id":3674,"date":"2008-12-31T16:41:14","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T16:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geek.ravenkai.com\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2009-04-07T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T20:43:56","slug":"star-wars-the-clone-wars-returns-wth-a-closer-look-at-the-malevolent-count-dooku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=3674","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars: The Clone Wars Returns with a Closer Look at the Malevolent Count Dooku"},"content":{"rendered":"

from StarWars.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Count Dooku is greeted by Pukk, a not-so-friendly Kowakian monkey-lizard, in \u201cDooku Captured,\u201d an all-new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiering at 9 p.m. ET\/PT Friday, Jan. 2, on Cartoon Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em> gives audiences a different look at Separatist leader Count Dooku, and also introduces a new set of villains in \u201cDooku Captured,\u201d an all-new episode of the hit animated series directed by Jesse Yeh, premiering at 9 p.m. ET\/PT Friday, Jan. 2, on Cartoon Network.<\/p>\n

The episode finds Anakin and Obi-Wan attempting to capture Dooku, only to discover the Sith Lord has already been kidnapped by intergalactic pirates.<\/p>\n

Yeh says the episode reveals more insight into Count Dooku\u2019s descent from Jedi Knight to his lofty place within the ranks of those wielding the dark side of the Force.<\/p>\n

“I have always been interested in the drama behind this particular character,” Yeh explains. “He thinks realistically, and has a solid mind. The actions he takes are always so direct and straight forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a way, he\u2019s almost pathetic. His mind is constantly being twisted by his pride, which is what originally led him to the dark side. Because of his pride, he doesn\u2019t realize he has turned into exactly the sort of monster that he once fought against. From his perspective, he is not doing anything different from what he did when he was still a Jedi. He\u2019s just trying to save the universe — but this time from what he sees as a corrupt Republic. In the end, he\u2019s become just another expendable pawn of the true evil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yeh said Dooku\u2019s position as a prisoner in \u201cDooku Captured\u201d provided a dramatic and animation challenge. \u201cDooku is no longer in control of the situation, so we had to spend some time trying to figure out how to animate this \u2018tamed\u2019 Dooku.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to working with Dooku, Yeh said it was particularly exciting directing an episode that introduces new characters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pirates have a gangster-like society. The fact that they were actually capable of capturing the legendary Dooku took me by surprise,\u201d Yeh says. \u201cSince the pirate chief is a new character, there were really no limitations on how to bring him to the screen. As a director, I got to determine who this new character would be — how to bring out the combative and greedy nature of this particular species, and put those characteristics onto the very surface of his performance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from StarWars.com: Star Wars: The Clone Wars gives audiences a different look at Separatist leader Count Dooku, and also introduces a new set of villains in \u201cDooku Captured,\u201d an all-new episode of the hit animated series directed by Jesse Yeh, premiering at 9 p.m. ET\/PT Friday, Jan. 2, on Cartoon Network. The episode finds Anakin … Continue reading “Star Wars: The Clone Wars Returns with a Closer Look at the Malevolent Count Dooku”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-films","category-multimedia","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}