AlienWarlord
I think having Dooku being so magically persuasive that the Senate denied the militarization request is totally forced plot. I don’t care how great an orator someone is, you’re not going to convince a majority of the people who saw the footage of the attack on the Jedi. They’ll all be worried about their home worlds. Their constituents will have pressured them to take action. Dooku could maybe sway a few votes, but he wouldn’t be able to stop the vote for militarization. Now, if there was no footage widely shared? I could see the vote going in Dooku’s favor. Furthermore, Peter should have announced Dooku as a Sith and moved to have Dooku impeached from his position.