Count Dooku
Count Dooku is introduced in "" as a former Jedi Master who abandoned the Order after losing faith in their traditions and the Jedi Council's judgement. He is also the leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a federation of planetary systems rebelling against the Galactic Republic. Dooku says that the Republic is corrupt, and that its politicians are more interested in maintaining the bureaucracy and enriching themselves than in helping poor, oppressed systems.