Originally Posted by
godisawesome
Dooku is unorthodox, but its a completely different type of unorthodox compared to Qui-Gon.
Dooku wants to be a Cowboy Cop Jedi, sure, especially with his focus on using a dueling style suited more for melee and his tendency to bend or break the rules - but its because he wants to be a Jedi without accountability, rather than a servant of the Force or the people. He wants to fight the symptoms of dangerously corrupt senators, not the cause of inequality; he wants to smite the wicked, not help the helpless. He hates his enemies, he doesn't love his neighbors.
And that's very much a compassionless, detached, inward-looking perspective that contrasts hugely with Qui-Gon's warm compassion, empathy, and willingness to connect on a deeper level with people. Qui-Gon learned the rules are flexible, but his instincts and observations are the opposite of his master's; he sees pain and hurt among victims, and determines how to de-escalate a scenario through understanding and love, while Dooku sees cancer to be cut out.
And then, years later, Dooku is simply shuffling who he targets and what his "victory conditions" are, because while he tells himself he cares about stopping corruption... he really doesn't, because that would require caring about others, as seen when he starts complaining about being an accessory to Qui-Gon's death more like a business decision he didn't like than as a bereaved father or teacher.