Count Dooku/Relationships

The relationships of Count Dooku from the Star Wars universe.
==Family==
=== Gora ===
Gora is Dooku's father. But Gora abandoned Dooku as he was Force-sensitive, to Serennian spine-wolves could have mauled him to death but Dooku ended up being found by the Jedi Order.
They met years later when Dooku attended a festival on Serenno where he learned of his family and how his father abandoned him.
=== Anya ===
Anya is Dooku's mother. Although she gave brith to Dooku, it is unknown how she felt when her husband Gora left Dooku for dead due to being Force-sentitive.
After meeting his sister, Dooku visited his mothers funeral and paid his respects to her.
=== Ramil ===
Ramil is Dooku's older brother. At one point, Dooku saved Ramil from a racing competition but it resulted in Ramil becoming grievously injured and forced to wear a life-preserving suit of armor as a result of the incident. 
Dooku had to reclaim his title of Count due to his brother corrupted nature where he help of a group of Abyssin pirates rob Serenno.
=== Jenza ===
Jenza is Dooku's younger sister. When young Dooku returned to Serenno during a festival, her encounter Jenza, but neither siblings realized they were related. Jenza gave Dooku a tour of Serenno and after saving her from grounquake that made buildings fall on them, Dooku realized Jenza was his sister.
After returning to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Jenza and Dooku secretly continued to communicate. After Lady Jenza was kidnapped, by Republic-backed agents, Dooku tasked his apprentice Asajj Ventress to track her down and kill his sister, because Jenza planned to reveal Dooku's secrets to the Republic, thus severing his ties with the past. Jenza pleaded with Dooku to contact the Jedi and not continue down the dark path he was on, but Dooku was not persuaded and had Ventress execute her.
==Friends and Allies==
===Sifo-Dyas===
Sifo-Dyas was Dooku's longtime friend. They were in the same padawan clan, the Hawk-Bat Clan. Despite their friendship, it is implied Dooku didn't hesitate to kill him on Oba Diah.
===Qui-Gon Jinn===
Qui-Gon was Dooku's apprentice. Dooku loved Qui-Gon like a son due to their many similarities; both were individualists, idealists, and both had knowledge of the Force that was unique. When Qui-Gon passed the Jedi Trials and became a Jedi Knight, Dooku told him not to trust others because his need to reach out to others left him vulnerable to betrayal. Qui-Gon lived by all the lessons Dooku taught him except that last one. When Qui-Gon was killed by Darth Maul, Dooku was so saddened that Qui-Gon's death lead to Dooku's transformation into the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus. He would later provoke the memory against Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jinn's apprentice.
===Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious===
Darth Sidious was Dooku's Sith Master. After Qui-Gon's death, Dooku came to believe that a new Sith Empire would be the galaxy's salvation and sought out the newly ascended Dark Lord of the Sith. Upon finding Sidious, Dooku pledged himself to the Sith Order and was renamed Darth Tyranus by his master who taught him the ways of the Sith. Together, they engineered the Sepratist Crisis and unleashed the Clone Wars. Under the name "Tyranus", Dooku had a hand in creating the Republic's clone army, which was key to Sidious' plan to rule the galaxy. During Dooku's last moments of life in his final confrontation with Anakin Skywalker, Dooku learned the true nature of his relationship with Darth Sidious: he, Dooku, was just a tool, to be cast aside like a broken blade when he had served his purpose.
===General Grievous===
Like Asajj and Savage, Grevious was trained personally by Dooku. Dooku taught Grievous the art of lightsaber combat, making him formidable as an opponent to the Jedi. After Asajj's plot against him was revealed, Dooku dispatched Grevious to Dathomir to kill the Nightsisters, where the Kaleesh warlord performed magnificently. He also took Hondo hostage on Dooku's orders, as retribution for when the pirate had Dooku captive. After Dooku was killed, Grevious assumed leadership of the CIS.
==Enemies==
===Yoda===
Yoda trained Dooku as both a young boy and as his apprentice. The two became enemies after Dooku turned to the dark side with the two dueling at the start of the Clone Wars.
===Mace Windu===
Dooku and Mace Windu were friends before Dooku left the Jedi Order. They both went to Raxus to retrieve Master Katri's body, but Dooku instead uncovers the truth of Katri's murder instead of just retrieving the body. Because he disobeys orders, Mace replaces Katri on the Council instead of Dooku, which strained their friendship. Unlike Mace's relationship with Qui-Gon or Anakin, Mace tolerated Dooku's rebellious behavior and didn't have a low opinion of him. Despite the lateral leaving, Mace still respected Dooku and defended on Padmé Amidala's accusation of Dooku would never assassinate anyone.
===Obi-Wan Kenobi===
Obi-Wan was Dooku's polar opposite. Dooku hoped to have Obi-Wan as his Sith apprentice and went as far as to reveal Sidious' existence to convince him to join him. Obi-Wan didn't believe him and refused, resulting in the two being enemies ever since. Despite this, however, Dooku had a healthy respect for Obi-Wan, considering him a worthy adversary. It was later in the Clone Wars that Obi-Wan discovered that Dooku was "Tyranus", the man who authorized the creation of the Republic's clone army.
===Yaddle===
Master Yaddle was one of Dooku's friends. When Qui-Gon claimed that the Sith returned, Yaddle agreed with Yoda's stance that the Sith may be back, but not to jump to conclusions until more info is obtained. After Qui-Gon's death, Yaddle resigned her seat on the High Council. She believed that the Council should have listened to Dooku, and that Qui-Gon Jinn's death was unnecessary to prove the Sith was back. Although she claimed that Dooku had been right about "many things," Yaddle also acknowledged Dooku's fall to the dark side when she told him that he was "running into the arms of evil."
===Asajj Ventress===
When Dooku first encountered Asajj, he was impressed by her skills, such as her mastery of Jar'Kai, but was not impressed by her declaration to be a Sith. He told her that she lacked the vital qualities that make one a Sith and proved his point by demonstrating his mastery of the Sith Arts. Afterwards, he made her his apprentice and trained her in skills he himself excelled in such, as Makashi.
However, Palpatine became concerned about her growing power and coldly ordered Dooku to kill her. Out of self-interest, Dooku betrayed her and left her for dead. However, Asajj survived and the two have been mortal enemies ever since. Dooku eventually killed Ventress with Force lightning when she threw herself between him and her love interest, the Jedi Quinlan Vos.
=== Mother Talzin ===
Dooku was aquatinted with Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsisters. Talzin manipulated Dooku to take Savage Opress as his new apprentice. When Dooku found out Talzin conspired with Ventress, he sought revenge.
===Savage Opress===
After he abandoned Asajj, Dooku took Savage Opress, the younger brother of Darth Maul, as his new apprentice. He was impressed by the Nightbrother's power and taught him how to refine it. Unknown to Dooku, Savage was really a sleeper agent who was placed by Dooku's side to avenge the betrayals of both Asajj and Maul. This was revealed when Asajj prematurely revealed herself. Fortunately for Dooku, he was able to hold the pair off by using Savage's lack of skill against them.
===Darth Maul===
Even though they were both trained by Palpatine, Dooku and his predecessor, Maul have been enemies ever since his mind was restored by Mother Talzin. This is because the two hated each other. Dooku despises Maul for being a threat to him, and for killing his beloved padawan Qui-Gon, and Maul hated Dooku for being his replacement. They also didn't regard each other as a true Sith: Dooku saw Maul as nothing more than a trained animal and Maul saw Dooku as a Sith pretender.
===Anakin Skywalker===
Prior to his conversion to the dark side, Dooku had never met Anakin. Anakin on the other hand, had a huge degree of respect of Dooku due to training his father-figure Qui-Gon Jinn. Anakin and Dooku became enemies during the First Battle of Geonosis. During that battle, he learned why Qui-Gon supported and defended Anakin, when he showed how strong his connection to the Force is, being the Padawan who gave him much of a fight than Obi-Wan.
Dooku had very little respect for the young Jedi Knight, despite his bravery and unbelievably strong connection to the Force. Meanwhile, Anakin developed a grudge against the ex-Jedi Master/Sith Lord for cutting off his right arm.
During their final duel, Dooku realized that Palpatine was so interested in Anakin, because he was already in his path to the dark side without even knowing it. When Palpatine ordered Anakin to kill him, Dooku finally realized he was merely an instrument to help him turn Anakin to the dark side.
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