Choices
Episode 3 of Tales of the Jedi switches perspective to Count Dooku and Mace Windu. They have instructions to return Master Katri’s body to the Jedi temple so she can have a proper burial. Dooku believes they should do more to honour her, but Windu is firm in his beliefs that the rules are there for a reason. Dooku and Windu discuss how they feel about returning Master Katri’s body to the Jedi temple. Dooku believes that they should do more to honour her, but Windu is firm in his beliefs that the rules are there for a reason. ..
Senator Larik is in attendance on Raxus Secundus, where he’s met by an official. The official tells the senator that he was with Katri at the time of her death. Larik is hesitant to talk about what happened, but Windu believes that he knows more than he’s letting on. Windu and Dooku meet an informant, and they believe that this informant has information about the assassination of Senator Larik. Dooku is more interested in following this lead himself.
The detectives follow the plan and touch down at the meeting spot. Examining the crime scene, they believe there were more than one attacker and even worse, there’s no bullet marks on the ship. Larik immediately turns and admits that the guards killed Katri, and he’s shot dead for uttering the truth.
Dooku and Windu are ambushed by the guards, but they get the better of the men. In fact, Dooku kills one of them outright, much to the disdain of Windu. The final man, Semage, down on his knees, admits that they killed Katri because he’s operating within part of a group who learned Larik was using a Senate seat to become rich at the expense of their planet. They were industrializing the planet and selling it off piece by piece. The reason they kept Larik alive was to make him enact their own rules at the next Senate hearing to reverse the damage done. Semage points out that the Jedi claim peace but believes they’re just lapdogs to the Senate.
The pair eventually throws Semage in lockup, but Dooku does understand the way this man thinks and tells him not to lose heart.
Dooku and Windu bring Katri’s body back to the Council, where she’s honoured and buried. Mace Windu is offered Master Katri’s council seat following the good work. Dooku isn’t exactly happy, and as he turns to face the skyline, the episode comes to a close.
The Episode Review
This chapter is interesting because it shows how the light and dark side of the force affects two different characters, Dooku and Mace Windu. The light side of the force affects Dooku because he is a powerful Sith Lord, while the dark side of the force affects Mace Windu because he is a Jedi Knight. This shows how the light and dark side of the force have a big impact on the Star Wars universe.
