Från vad jag kan berätta från filmens Official Novelization , Mace Windu beslut att hota Fett (snarare än Dooku själv) verkar ha kokat av två skäl:
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Gunray hade just beställt Fett att döda Padmé. Han ville se till att det inte hänt.
Även om Dooku är en kraftfull ex-Jedi, dömmer Master Windu uppenbarligen Jango för att vara den dödligare fienden, som noterar sin flamthrower och flyghjälp, vilka båda är särskilt farliga för en Jedi.
“No!” Nute Gunray shouted back at him. “Jango, finish her off!”
Jango turned an amused expression Nute Gunray’s way, and nodded knowingly as Count Dooku motioned for him to stay put.
“Patience, Viceroy,” Dooku said to the fuming Gunray. “She will die.”
Even as he spoke, even as Gunray seemed about to explode with rage, the Count motioned back to the arena, and the Neimoidian turned to see a group of droidekas roll out from the side paddock. They surrounded the reek and the three prisoners and opened and unfolded into their battle position, giving Anakin no choice but to pull back hard on the makeshift rein and halt the creature.
“You see?” Dooku calmly asked.
The Count’s expression changed, though, just for a moment, as a familiar hum began right behind him. He glanced to his right quickly, to see a purple lightsaber blade right beside Jango Fett’s neck, then turned slowly to regard the wielder.
Filmen junior romanisering gör det också klart att Fett är närvarande som Dooku livvakt . Immobilising honom verkar vara ett förnuftigt första steg för att fånga sin herre.
The Viceroy snorted and turned back to the arena. Amusing as it was to watch his frustration, it was time to end things. Dooku signaled surreptitiously, and his hidden droidekas poured from gates all around the arena. The crowd cheered and Nute Gunray sat back in satisfaction, but Dooku sensed only a feeling of chagrin from behind them where Jango Fett was standing. He turned to see what his bodyguard had noticed.
