[The Count nods, clasping his hands behind his back. His composed posture belies his inner conflict.]

I have heard the same thing, from those who come from the future of our Galaxy. It is the culmination of Lord Sidious' grand plan: the fall of the Jedi Order, and of the Republic with it.

But I have also heard that the future holds doom for the Confederacy. Things are more clouded than I would prefer.

[Particularly the part where Dooku himself is said to have perished in the Clone Wars.]