"The Force will change you. It will transform you...." - Darth Revan

So today I woke up and wondered downstairs to make some coffee to stimulate my day ahead (in this instance to keep me awake, whilst i idolly lounge around the house). I sat down gruffly in the dining room and pulled out a copy of one of the Dark horse graphic novels (which i highly recommend) to which i began reading over a scene with Dooku and Palpatine and It came to me of both of the Sith's appearances, which then escalated to thinking back of other Sith lords physical appearances throughout the saga, it got me thinking on the consequences the dark side brought to a Sith's appearance and why not all were affected by its physical corruption.

However, why is it that the dark side brings these inevitable features. Endlesly we are faced with villans all who share the unique similarity of having some strange disfigurement or physical set back. To name a few: Dr. Evil from Austin Powers, The Joker from Batman and Voldemort from Harry Potter. In my opinion Dooku potrays a much more unconvincing role than any of the villans I have listed, and funnily enough I feel that the corruptive disfigurments of the dark side or personal injury from mad experiements complete the role of any dark villain. Still why should they, contradictive of me of course, but im not really convinced a bad guy is all that bad unless they have an unmistakably unique distinction about their appearance. Sure any bad guy can inherit the evil insane laugh, or be wickedly clever or put across a silent and ruthless character to them, but its all for nothing without the physical marks to show. However moving on ...

Of course immense captivation into the dark side in most ways must bring its tolls. Great power always seems to have a catch to it. In this instance, the mental and physical corruptiveness was brought on through deeper fascination into the malicious power the dark side offered

Which brings me onto the subject of the Blog. Dooku a former Jedi, had descended into the darkness roughly around the events after the Battle of Naboo and from there on, until we see him in AOTC, ten years after his fall and we can obviously see the raw power he has achieved through Darth Sidious. Proof from wookiepedia referenced from canon dark horse comics, describes how dooku fully immerses himself in the darkside, embracing himself dark holocrons. yet through all this how come his physical appearance hadnt notably changed the slightest.?

The most notable, varients the body would face were

Eye Pigmentation were affects by the dark side. In all honesty im unsure why such a thing happened. Perhaps Lucas used it as a tool in effects to portray the evil which was surging through the character as his hate and fury radiated like a ball of flames in his eyes. A Cliché effect used but none theless highly effective. Some common examples were Anakin after the slaughter of the Seperatist council upon mustafar, Sidious and from the KOTOR series, Kreia.

Disfigurement was another that was commonly affected upon the Sith. for instance Sidious of course the lightning in all cases turned him into the nightmarish figure he is in the OT, but still it shows the corruptive consequence of raw dark side power.

Yet conclusively, we gain no hint into why Dooku experienced none of these affects. Perhaps you have some answers into how he and others prevented themselves from bending into the power of the darkside and gaining a horrific new appearance but still it strikes me, maybe it does you to, but can any villain be effectivly played if they dont attribute, grusomely disgusting features.

MD (Doc) out
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Reference to previous Blog: The Power of Love
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