Count Dooku — Star Wars The Black Series #107

Overview

Red Line #107 is Count Dooku — Dooku of Serenno, Darth Sidious’s apprentice, the Separatist Alliance’s political leader, and the former Jedi Master who left the Order over genuine philosophical disagreements before being seduced into the Sith. Played by Christopher Lee with the specific authority of an actor whose career includes Dracula, Saruman, and half of horror cinema’s most imposing figures: Dooku enters every scene as the most dangerous person in it, and Lee communicates this without apparent effort.

The curved-hilt lightsaber is the figure’s defining accessory — the specific weapon design unique to Dooku in the live-action films, a hilt curved to enable the precise, economical Makashi dueling style he favours. The butterfly shoulder joints enable the specific extended-arm dueling postures of Makashi. One of the most praised collector releases of 2020. 19 joints. Four total releases including a 2026 Tales of the Jedi Jedi Master version. MSRP $19.99.

The Character

Count Dooku occupies a specific position in the prequel trilogy: the antagonist who is not entirely wrong. His specific grievances against the Jedi Order — the Council’s arrogance, their complicity in a corrupt Republic, their blindness to Palpatine’s manipulation — are all correct. His solution (join the Sith, start a war, kill thousands) is catastrophically wrong, but the diagnosis is accurate. This is what makes him interesting: a villain whose critique is valid and whose method is monstrous.

The specific detail that the Tales of the Jedi animated series expanded — that Dooku was a genuinely principled Jedi who became progressively disillusioned over decades before Qui-Gon’s death catalysed his departure — gives the character a depth the prequel films implied but didn’t develop. The 2026 Tales of the Jedi release represents the young Dooku; this #107 is the Sith Lord he became.

The Curved-Hilt Lightsaber

Dooku’s curved hilt is the most distinctive lightsaber design in the prequel era. The curve is not aesthetic but functional: it positions the wrist at an angle optimal for Makashi’s single-blade thrusting and parrying technique, the Form II style designed specifically for lightsaber-versus-lightsaber combat. Where most Jedi forms are designed for the original era when lightsaber dueling was rare, Makashi was refined specifically for opponent-who-also-has-a-lightsaber scenarios. Dooku’s weapon is the instrument of a dueling philosophy.

Butterfly Shoulders and Makashi Display Poses

The butterfly shoulder joints enable the extended-arm Makashi postures — the raised wrist guard, the forward-thrust attacking position — that the standard shoulder scheme can’t achieve cleanly. For display specifically of Dooku in combat configuration, the butterfly joints are functionally important.

Secondary Market

Above-retail secondary market prices consistent with the strong collector reception. No production variants documented.

Verdict

Buy for the prequel Sith Lord display, the curved-hilt lightsaber, or Red Line sequence completion.

The well-regarded by collectors Recognition

The collector community The figure received strong collector community recognition in 2020. Count Dooku receiving that recognition reflects how well-received the curved-hilt engineering and the Christopher Lee portrait were in the collector community. Among the 2020 Red Line releases, Dooku is the one that consistently ranks highest in collector satisfaction.

The specific reasons: the butterfly shoulders enable the Makashi poses the character is known for; the curved-hilt lightsaber is executed accurately; the Christopher Lee portrait at pre-Photo Real standard captures the specific quality of aristocratic menace that the performance conveyed. Together they create a figure that represents the character accurately and completely.

Dooku as the Prequel Wave’s Antagonist Anchor

The 2020 Red Line wave’s prequel concentration — Dooku (#107), Geonosis Battle Droid (#108), Plo Koon (#109), Anakin Padawan (#110), Obi-Wan Jedi Knight (#111), Kit Fisto (#112) — gives the Jedi Council and the Separatist Alliance a direct confrontation display possibility at consistent 2020 production quality. Count Dooku alongside multiple Geonosis Battle Droids and facing Padmé, Mace Windu, and the wave’s Jedi figures creates the AOTC Geonosis arena display at a completeness the line hadn’t previously achieved.

Count Dooku at #107 is the Red Line’s only main-saga prequel Sith Lord in the numbered sequence — Darth Maul was covered at the Orange Wave level, but the numbered Red Line’s Sith representation is Palpatine (#11 in the Blue Wave) and Dooku here at #107. The the well-regarded recognition reflects how well the figure was received. Verify the curved-hilt lightsaber on secondary market purchases.

The butterfly shoulder joints on Count Dooku are specifically worth noting for display: the Makashi Form II dueling postures require the forward-extended arm position that standard shoulder joints can’t achieve cleanly. The extended-arm guard position — wrist raised, blade angled downward toward an opponent — is Dooku’s signature combat stance and the butterfly joint makes it achievable.

Count Dooku at #107 is also the most historically significant prequel villain the numbered Red Line covered — Darth Maul appeared in the Orange Wave but not in the numbered sequence. Dooku is the numbered line’s first Sith Lord antagonist slot, arriving at #107 in the sequence’s final run. That timing reflects the sustained demand for prequel era figures that the 2020 wave acknowledged.

Count Dooku at #107 is also the Red Line’s final villain in the numbered sequence — the last antagonist figure before the final five slots, all of which are heroes. The sequence closes with Jedi.

Count Dooku’s curved-hilt lightsaber should be verified on secondary market purchases — the specific curved design is the figure’s most distinctive accessory and must be present for the display to read as Dooku rather than a generic dark-side figure.

Count Dooku at #107 received the strong collector reception — a community-voted acknowledgment that this is the year’s standout figure in quality and character representation. The curved-hilt engineering and the Christopher Lee portrait at pre-Photo Real standard are the specific production achievements that earned it.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Red Line. Related: Mace Windu P3-82 | Padmé Amidala P3-81 | Battle Droid P3-83 | Attack of the Clones.