r/StarWars Grand Inquisitor Nov 11 '24

Why didn't Count Dooku have yellow eyes? Movies

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u/Annatastic6417 Nov 11 '24

Hate and anger causes the eyes to turn yellow, it's also what happens when you give yourself fully to the darkside.

Dooku never had yellow eyes because he wasn't driven by anger but a genuine desire to do good.

Palpatine didn't show his yellow eyes until his duel with Windu. He was a cold and calculated sith lord until it looked like his entire plan was about to be unravelled. It was at that moment he gave into his hatred and allowed his rage to give him strength.

Anakin's sith eyes went on and off during Revenge of the Sith. They were yellow as he massacred the Sepratist leaders, because his hatred of them was deeply warranted. His eyes were blue when he killed the younglings as he did not feel hatred for them, merely killed them because he had to. His eyes were blue when he met Padmé on Mustafar because of his love for her. Even throughout his duel with Obi-Wan his eyes stayed blue until he eventually was beaten, then his eyes stayed yellow and remained that way until his second duel with kenobi, then after saving Luke.

Maul's remainded yellow for the entirety of his existence it seems. He's just always angry... Even when he died he was still angry. He needs eyedrops...