Count Dooku is the next prequel-era Star Wars icon that will be added to Battlefront II. The Jedi-turned-Sith character was played in the movies by the late, great Christopher Lee, with the actor’s iconic turn as Dracula inspiring Dooku’s black-caped look and dastardly dialogue.
EA Dice has previously pleased fans of George Lucas’ questionable-but-arguably-loveable prequel trilogy by adding characters like General Grievous and young Obi-Wan Kenobi into Star Wars: Battlefront II, which caused the internet’s premier meme-makers to dust off their trusty “Hello there!” gifs.
Now, EA’s official website has broken the news that Count Dooku – also known as Darth Tyranus – is coming to Battlefront II this very month. The curved-lightsaber-wielding villain will be voiced in the game by Corey Burton, who previously played the part in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series.
Burton explained to EA that he is no stranger to “these sorts of wizardly, Machiavellian, vainglorious characters”, as well as mentioning that he “watched some of Mr. Lee’s performance” in preparing for the role “and just sort of climbed into his particular skin.”
“It’s the internal simmering evil, the darkness, covered by sophisticated eloquence and magnanimous generosity”, he said of the role, before teasing scenes where Dooku is on the back foot in battle, which provide opportunities to “give away little grains of honest, human emotion, discomfort, fear. But, it is buried away deep inside. He would never overtly express any lack of absolute confidence.”
EA also announced that James Arnold Taylor will reprise the voice role of Anakin Skywalker (which he played in The Clone Wars animations) in Battlefront II, although this pre-Vader Anakin won’t be added to the game until the following month.
Dooku will arrive on Star Wars: Battlefront II on January 23rd 2019, and we’ll be sure to bring you trailers and images as they’re released.