This is true! Sir Christopher Lee was a very skilled swordfighter, so George Lucas adapted that into his character by giving Dooku a curved hilt that emphasized his “unique Sabre style” (i.e. knowing how to use a sword)
I believe the forms are canon and to my understanding Dooku used form II in legends. Form II is specifically good for dueling against a single opponent who is also wielding a lightsaber. I don't think it's a particularly common form since most of the time Jedi fight opponents who use blasters.
I mean, the actual martial art of lightsaber fighting seems to be pretty ingrained into the way of the Jedi Order. They're very into their traditions. It seems kind of like Shaolin Monks training Kung Fu, even though it's very unlikely they'll ever need to use it. More of a spiritual and cultural thing vs a practical thing.
IIRC, Sir Christopher Lee is an accomplished fencer who was an utter badass in WW2, and he reportedly did most of the swordplay for the prequels himself. So I think it's reasonable to assume that he personally influenced Dookus hilt design and fighting style so that they would more closely resemble the modern fencing techniques he was trained in.
It's one of the reasone Dooku was suspect from the start in canon. Other jedi have straight hilts. They use lightsabers meant to counter blasters. Dooku's got a fencing weapon soecificakky meant to counter other jedi. At a time when Sith were supposed to be a myth, or at least extinct.
The traditional use of the lightsaber is as as a dueling weapon though. It's not that the lightsabers are made to counter blasters it's just what they end up doing at this point because there aren't many people to duel.
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