If he wanted to could Dooku take Palpatine?

Dooku was a legendary Jedi Master. He trained Qui-Gon Jinn and many others. Like Mace Windu, he was one of Yoda's padawan learners and battled Yoda in lightsaber combat better than Sidious did, at least to me. Mace Windu sort of had his way with Palpatine (though debatable) and Yoda clearly countered everything Palpatine had to give.

Dooku said that he had a high knowledge of the Force. So, eventhough Dooku called Palpatine MASTER, is it possible that Count Dooku with all of his experience and knowledge of the Force could have held his own against Darth Sidious? To me, it's not all that farfetched to think that he could.

Strilo edit: Dooku Discussion thread. This can be discussed there.

 

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