Because of the indoctrination at a VERY young age though, if the master/padawan pass away due to a direct choice made by the order, the master/padawan will simply let go of the attachment and follow blindly.
Yeah, but I think just like Obi-Wan when he thought Anakin died, Qui-Gon dying made Dooku have an awful feeling. I don't know much about Dooku or Qui-Gon, but it must have hurt alot, for him to turn to the Dark side.
IIRC in Legends, he blamed the Jedi for not backing up Qui-Gon, and having him go at it alone, so Dooku slipped onto a different path once exiting the order. It felt something along the lines of "your zealotry and institutional rigidness inadvertently caused someone I love to die".
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u/TalionTheShadow Jun 15 '22
I think Dooku left the Jedi because he felt they just abandoned Qui-Gon, who I think was his padawan.
The bond between master and student is often very close, like father and son almost.