Fontaine family

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## Familial information

### Other locations

* Coruscant
* Serenno
* Ord Cestus

## Chronological and political information

### Affiliation

* Corellian Engineering Corporation
* Jedi Order
* Galactic Republic
* Sith
* Confederacy of Independent Systems
* Separatist holdouts
* Galactic Empire
* United Front

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The **Fontaine family** was a human family native to the Core World Corellia. One member of the family, Ronis Fontaine, was a renowned ship designer and engineer in the Corellian Engineering Corporation during the Republic Era. In 50 BBY, Ronis and his wife, Jinora Fontaine, had a son named Galen Fontaine, who was born Force-sensitive. Eventually, Galen was discovered by the Jedi Order and brought to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic, to begin training in the Jedi arts. As an initiate of the Order, Galen was selected to learn the ways of the Force under Jedi Master Yull Gentis in 37 BBY.

In 26 BBY, Yull and Galen led a Jedi strike team against the Pyke Syndicate and Black Sun in the invasion of Corellia. After fending off the invaders, Galen and Gentis were tasked with arresting the leaders of the crime syndicates, who were secretly hired by the Sith Lord Count Dooku. While confronting the crime lords, Dooku appeared with Galen's mother in his custody, offering to hand her over in exchange for Galen. Sensing it was a trap, Gentis offered himself instead, however, Dooku was unpleased and executed Jinora, intending to separate the Master from his Padawan. An enraged Galen rushed to avenge his mother's death in a lightsaber duel against Dooku. Gentis followed to join in the duel, although, Dooku defeated them both and captured Galen.

After losing his mother and master, Galen was near the brink of collapse and lost his will to live. However, Dooku acted as a mentor to Galen and suggested that his abilities could help Dooku achieve his goals. Determined to grow more powerful and please his new-found mentor, Galen's outlook on life changed and pledged his life to the teachings of Dooku. Adopting the name Darth Midous, he renounced his former devotion to the Jedi ways and dedicated himself to the Sith, desperate to achieving absolute power. During the Clone Wars, Midous and Dooku worked to overthrow the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, so they could reform the Sith and achieve galactic domination. In 19 BBY, Midous was informed that his Sith Master was executed during the Battle of Coruscant, and realized that Sidious betrayed him.

While on Coruscant tracking down Sidious, Midous met the fallen Jedi Temple Guard Yondo Patton, who betrayed his fellow Jedi in the siege of the Jedi Temple to survive. Eager to exact revenge on Sidious, Midous took on Patton as his Sith apprentice while Sidious made himself Emperor of the Galactic Empire. In 15 BBY, after inciting a political crisis against the Empire, Midous formed the United Front and declared himself its Grand Leader, sparking a war against Sidious. Prior to the Sith Civil War, Midous orchestrated a sect of his apprentices, known as the Acolyte Order, that acted as secret agents who enforced his will. Although mostly victorious during the early years, Midous and the United Front were defeated by the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Battle of Dantooine in 3 BBY, ending his relentless vendetta against Sidious. His death as the last Sith Lord under Dooku's Rule of One reverted the Sith Order back to Darth Bane's Rule of Two. His death also meant the extinction of the Fontaine family name.

## **Appearances**

* *Star Wars: A Legacy Lost* (First appearance)
* *Star Wars: The Spark of War*
* *Star Wars: Fall of the Republic*
* *Star Wars: Rise of the Rebellion*
* *Star Wars: Wrath of the Sith*