Yoda/Relationships

The relationships of Yoda from the Star Wars universe.
==Friends and Allies==
===Mace Windu===
Yoda trained Mace and he has always held him in high esteem. Mace also deeply respected Yoda and always obeyed him, though as a senior member of the Jedi Council, he was one of the few who dared question him, though he rarely did so.
===Obi-Wan Kenobi===
Yoda held Obi-Wan in high esteem and trained him when he was a young boy, prior to Obi-Wan becoming Qui-Gon Jinn's apprentice. Obi-Wan deeply respected Yoda and obeyed him usually without question.
After Obi-Wan died, he entrusted Luke's training to a reluctant Yoda.
===Qui-Gon Jinn===
Though Yoda and Qui-Gon respected each other, they were often at odds due to their differing beliefs; Yoda looked to the future while Qui-Gon lived in the moment. After Qui-Gon was killed by Darth Maul, Yoda was saddened, but continued to disapprove of Qui-Gon's unorthodox ways, regarding them as "defiance".
After he failed to defeat the Emperor, Qui-Gon's spirit taught Yoda the Shaman of the Willis. It was only then that Yoda finally and truly acknowledged the fact that Qui-Gon had been a great Jedi and apologized for not recognizing it.
===Anakin Skywalker===
Yoda first met Anakin when Qui-Gon Jinn brought him before the Jedi High Council for testing, although he was curious about the nine year old, Yoda initially did not share Qui-Gon's opinion of Anakin being the prophesied "Chosen One", he also sensed Anakin's emotional attachment to his mother and his fear of losing her. As Yoda considered such things to be dangerous, he thus deemed Anakin unfit for the life of a Jedi. Even after learning of Qui-Gon's death and Anakin's heroics during the Battle of Naboo, Yoda agreed to have Anakin join the Jedi Order but was against Anakin being made Obi-Wan's apprentice. Yoda reluctantly agreed after Obi-Wan made it clear that he would train the boy with or without the Council's approval.
Over the years, Anakin came to highly respect Yoda, while Yoda gradually outgrew his fear of Anakin and came to have faith in him and correctly came to believe that Anakin was the Chosen One from the Jedi prophecy. However, Yoda was aware of Anakin's fear of loss and after promoting him to the rank of Jedi Knight, assigned him an apprentice of his own, Ahsoka Tano, as he believed that by becoming a teacher Anakin would develop emotionally. He hoped that when the time came for Ahsoka to go off on her own, Anakin would understand that he need not be attached and feel so protective of those he loved.
Unfortunately, that plan backfired when Yoda, along with the rest of the Jedi Council unfairly expelled Ahsoka from the Jedi Order and turned her over to the Republic military for a crime she did not commit, although Anakin ultimately succeeded in proving Ahsoka's innocence, she refused to rejoin the Order due to their lack of trust and support. The event shook Anakin's trust and respect for Yoda.
As the Clone War dragged on, Yoda became increasingly wary of Anakin, sensing great turmoil within him, after experiencing visions of his secret wife dying in child birth, Anakin turned to Yoda for advice (albeit without telling him about Padme) but Yoda, unaware of the intensity of Anakin's love for Padme, said "train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose", however, this only frustrated Anakin as he didn't understand what Yoda was trying to say. Not long afterwards, Anakin's faith in Yoda was further diminished when the latter denied him the rank of Jedi Master when Anakin was placed on the Jedi Council, something Anakin perceived as an insult. Yoda also ordered him, via Obi-Wan, to spy on Palpatine, whom Anakin considered a friend and mentor, further fueling Anakin's anger. After that incident, Yoda ultimately lost Anakin's trust and respect.
When Anakin fell to the dark side and became Darth Vader, Yoda was saddened, but firmly believed he was beyond redemption and forgiveness, and ordered Obi-Wan to hunt down and kill him.
Even as a Force spirit, Yoda continued to believe that Vader was irredeemable and there was no good left in him. However, this was disproved when Vader's son, Luke, was being tortured by Palpatine, and Vader broke away from the dark side, becoming the good person he once was; proving that Yoda was wrong, and that anyone had the chance to redeem themselves from the dark side.
Yoda seemed to have reconciled with him, showing no ill will towards him when he and Obi-Wan appear during Anakin's Jedi funeral, and and watched Anakin's children celebrate their victory against the Empire with the latter.
===Ahsoka Tano===
Like all Jedi, Ahsoka deeply respected Yoda and would usually go to him for guidance when Anakin or Obi-Wan weren't around. Yoda seemed to be quite fond of Ahsoka and assigned her to be Anakin's apprentice.
However, when Ahsoka was accused of treason, Yoda, like most members of the Jedi High Council, believed she was guilty and sent Anakin and Plo Koon to capture her. When Tarkin demanded Ahsoka to be expelled from the Jedi Order and turned over to the Republic military for her so-called treason, Yoda seemed unsure about doing so, mainly because it was against Jedi tradition to expel one of their own without a fair trial. Nevertheless, he reluctantly conceded and had the young Togruta stripped of her rank and status as a Jedi.
Like many of the Jedi, Yoda was present during Ahsoka's military trial as presided over by Chancellor Palpatine and during Barriss Offee's confession, proving Ahsoka's innocence. He was surprised that Ahsoka had been innocent the entire time.
Along with the rest of the Jedi Council, Yoda personally pardoned Ahsoka and invited her to rejoin the Jedi Order, even offering to promote her to the rank of Jedi Knight. However, feeling betrayed because the Council never believed in her and believing she could not trust them anymore, Ahsoka refused reinstatement and left the Jedi Order for good, a decision that surprised all members of the Order, including Yoda.
Ahsoka's departure haunted Yoda for a long time afterwards; he felt extremely guilty and remorseful, partly for refusing to stand by her and partly for placing her on the path that led to her departure from the Jedi Order. In fact, his guilt was so great that the dark side tried to use it against him, but failed.
Yoda met Ahsoka again after she captured Darth Maul during the Siege of Mandalore. Yoda noticed that Ahsoka still had no intention of returning to the Jedi Order, but he accepted it and still treated her with great respect. Before ending their transmission, Yoda was aware that Ahsoka had a message for her former master, Anakin Skywalker, but she tells him that she wishes to tell Skywalker herself. Respecting her decision, Yoda said good-bye to Ahsoka and called her Padawan, showing he still holds Ahsoka in high regard.
Years later, Yoda met Ahsoka again when she went to a Jedi Temple on Lothal with Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger to seek answers on how to defeat Darth Vader and the Inquisitors. As Ahsoka and her friends escaped the temple when the Inquisitors had found, she sensed Yoda's presence and saw him appear before her. Yoda was proud to see how much Ahsoka has grown up since the last time they saw each other. He waved good-bye to her and she smiled back at him before she escaped the temple. This would be last time that Yoda saw Ahsoka, before he died from his old age, at the age of nine hundred; as two former allies did part ways on good terms.
===Luke Skywalker===
After years on Dagobah, Yoda first met Luke who was instructed to go there by the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Although there were very few Jedi left in the galaxy, Yoda initially refuses to train Luke as a Jedi, partly due to his age and mainly because he believed Luke to be too much like his father, Anakin Skywalker, in personality (reckless, impulsive, short-tempered, and hot-headed). Yoda was eventually persuaded by Obi-Wan and reluctantly accepted Luke as a trainee. Yoda then begins to train Luke in the ways of the light side of the Force and lightsaber combat, but also warns him about the dangers and lure of the dark side of the Force. Luke stays on Dagobah for at least a year and came to greatly respect the elderly Jedi Master.
Yoda disapproves Luke abandoning his training when the young apprentice has a vision of his friends in pain. Despite Yoda stating that the vision Luke had may not come true, Luke still chooses to leave to rescue them. Three months later, when Luke returns to Dagobah to complete his Jedi training, he is devastated to discover that Yoda is dying. Because he had not completed his Jedi training and more so due to how close he had become to the Jedi Master, Luke feels the deep the loss, but Yoda reassures Luke that there is no need for more training and that he had learned all he needed to know.
When Luke asks Yoda if he is now a Jedi Knight, Yoda states that his apprentice must first face Darth Vader and only then would he become a Jedi Knight, to which Luke states that he already had. Luke asks if Vader is his father and Yoda confirms this truth. Although Luke becomes angry that Yoda had known the whole time who his father was but had not told him, he forgives him at the moment of his death. Yoda tries to tell Luke about the existence of his twin sister (Leia Organa), but only states that there is another, and dies before he has the chance to finish his statement, leaving Luke grieving over the death of his mentor and friend.
After defeating the Empire, Luke attempts to carry out Yoda's wishes and pass on the teachings of the Jedi to several Force-sensitives, but this fails when his nephew (Ben Solo) turns to the dark side and becomes Kylo Ren. The bitterness, guilt, and grief make Luke abandon any hope in the return of the Jedi. Seeing the Jedi's legacy as a failure, Luke decides to die as the last Jedi on Ahch-To's Temple island, the place where the Jedi began.
However, years later, after Luke's new apprentice (Rey) left the island to find Kylo, Yoda Force's spirit appears on Ahch-To just when Luke is about to burn the the tree that contains the original Jedi texts. Yoda seems to understand Luke's reasons, holds no ill will for the attempt, as he even destroys the tree before his hesitant apprentice does. Yoda dismisses the value of the books, although he knew Rey had taken the Jedi texts with her without Luke noticing. Luke retained his respect for Yoda still, and Yoda advises him to learn from his mistakes with Ben to not repeat the same with Rey. Yoda states that failure is part of the process of learning and that Luke should accept his past errors to become a better teacher and pass on the experience to his students. Their talk is what allows Luke to forgive himself for his mistake with Ben, and encourages him to face his nephew and the First Order at the Battle of Crait.
==Enemies==
===Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious===
Yoda initially respected Palpatine for his clean slate. When Dooku revealed the existence of Darth Sidious and that hundreds of Senators were now under his control, Yoda accepted Sidious' existence, but dismissed the possibility that Sidious was controlling the Galactic Senate, stating that Dooku was a Sith Lord now and couldn't be trusted. When the CIS invaded Coruscant, he began to suspect that Dooku was telling the truth. After the Execution of Order 66 and the Declaration of a New Order, Yoda learned that the now Emperor Palpatine and Darth Sidious were one and the same. Yoda vowed to kill the new Emperor, but failed.
Yoda later warned Luke to not underestimate the Emperor or he will suffer Anakin's fate.
===Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus===
Yoda trained Dooku as both a young boy and as his apprentice. The two became enemies after Dooku turned to the dark side.
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