I have such complex feelings about Lene Kostana. She repeatedly made children interact with the dark side, repeatedly put her padawan in dangerous situations, and repeatedly REFUSED to get help when her former padawan's condition grew much too severe. Instead she made these children her accomplices, begged for their silence, and continued to use her padawan even when he grew up. Like there is something to say about her guilt in accidentally opening Sifo-Dyas up to his visions, but in all honesty, he shouldnt have been in that situation in the first place! And she certainly shouldnt have been able to keep raising him after she ENCOURAGED the visions and didn't try to stop them. Her padawan actively suffered and began to lose his mind and she would NOT ask for help. Instead she lied and asked other children to lie and continued to use Sifo for his visions and powers. And I do believe she cared for Sifo! I just also think she couldn't pass up the opportunity to use him to further her research and goals. So, do I think Lene was some mastermind, deliberately engineering the accident and driving a wedge between Sifo and Dooku to isolate and manipulate him? No. But do I think she saw a child who looked up to her, and took advantage of that maleability so he would aid her on her borderline illegal missions? Do I think she loved Sifo, but also used his vulnerability to keep him around as an asset for her own goals? Yes!
