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The villain of theStar Warsprequel trilogy are each a part of Darth Vader , heralding Anakin Skywalker ’s tragical turn to the dour side . Unlike the hyper - secretiveStar Warssequel trilogy , George Lucas was very receptive during the product ofEpisodes I - IIIgiven that their endpoint was so well known . Set video recording were released online on a regular basis , and there was a lot of striking caustic remark inserted into the pic themselves - perhaps more than anybody realize .
Whereas the originalStar Warstrilogy had Darth Vader and the Emperor its overarch villain ( with supporting from Grand Moff Tarkin , Boba Fett and Jabba the Hutt ) , the prequels had a revolving door of baddies . The Phantom Menacehad Darth Maul , Attack of the ClonesCount Dooku andRevenge of the SithGeneral Grievous , each of whom played a part in command the force of the Trade Federation and afterwards the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Of of course , this was because the actual scoundrel - Palpatine aka Dark Sidious aka The Emperor - was rive the strings in the background throughout , with his flunkey killing time until " Chosen One " Anakin Skywalker took center stage .
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But Messrs. Maul , Dooku and Grievous were n’t just fun merchandisable diversions ( at least mostly ) . One reading of the villains ( viaReddit ) suggests that , together , they make up a dissimilar side of how Anakin Skywalker will fall to the morose side , grim foreshadowing of his tragical luck .
Darth Maulis an interesting sheath as who this part is has - similar Vader - evolved so much since his introduction . InThe Phantom Menace , Maul was a bare Sith learner , a near - silent attack aircraft of pure passion as a boss combat for the Jedi . However , after multiple non - canon resurrections , he was officially brought back inThe Clone Warsas a more calculating figure driven by revenge - first against Obi - Wan Kenobi , then his former lord , Palpatine . Both sides capture the motivation that drove Anakin to the non-white side and would go on to absolve Darth Vader ’s atrocities .
Count Dooku is perhaps the most underservedStar Warsprequel villain given his stature - a key role in two movies and select adversary of a video show yet he does n’t even have a canon first name - but what he represent for Darth Vader is inescapable . He ’s a descend Jedi debauch by Palpatine who strikes at their nitty-gritty . It ’s not too well shown inAttack of the Clonesthanks to a malnourished is - he - isn’t - he - evil " twisting " , but he spotlight how even the bully are susceptible to the dark side ; as Yoda ’s pupil andQui - Gon ’s superior , he ’s a one - coevals gap between the chief of the order and the one who push to find Anakin .
Finally , as a motorcar - disguise cyborg with a breathing defect , General Grievousis the most obvious analogue and the one that George Lucas has most openly discussed . The droid general is discrete from the other prequel villains in how he ’s not a Sith or Force user ( he does have a fine lightsaber collection though ) and is dispatched at the midway level of his film . But that should n’t dodge how he ’s understandably intended as a show of what Anakin will become , menacing but not whole , superior yet permanently wound ; there ’s even a intimation of contempt in their first coming together inRevenge of the Siththat becomes to a great extent ironic by the movie ’s end .
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The similarities are compounded by their death . Two involve taking apart , two are at the hand of Obi - Wan Kenobi , Grievous is engulfed in flame and , avowedly after the fact , one - Maul - came back as a cyborg . Part of this will beStar war ' leaning for like modes of death - five limbs are trend off in the original trilogy alone - and Obi - Wan ’s dominant role in the prequels , but get into account everything before , there ’s some rather overt adumbration of Anakin Skywalker ’s ultimate fate .
Whether or not this was intended by Lucas - a decided possibility given his interest in storytelling that rime ( see also : Ring Theory ) - or is merely a by - product of franchise tropes , it does go to show that there’smore to theStar Warsprequelsthan many like to admit .
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