A little aloof in the Phantom Menace, he proved his mettle in Attack of the Clones. However, at the end of Clones, when Obi-wan and Anakin took on Dooku, and then Yoda right behind them, why didn't Mace Windu head to the hangar to help? He was supposedly one of the most powerful jedi, and could have taken on Dooku by himself, yet he just kind of disappeared. By the way, I read in Star Wars Insider that the first name George Lucas ever came up with for the entire Star Wars saga was "Mace Windu", so he's not exactly a contrived character.
