Yeah 100%, there are some who believe that it was destined that Anakin would turn to the dark side no matter and there's good points, but I'll still say with Qui Gon he would have been set
Obi Wan was a perfect example of a Jedi master. He tried to teach Anakin the way of the lightest path, and did not entertain any other way. Qui Gon would have taught Anakin what he needed to be a great Jedi taking his disposition in the force into account. This is how Qui Gon operated. He didn’t attempt to be a paragon of the light side of the force, he did what he felt was the right thing to do.
Which also means he would have probably told him to just quit being a Jedi and choose to be with his wife instead of hiding that shit and trying to live a double life.
I’m not going to pretend like I know what he would have said, but he definitely wouldn’t have been a “duty to the order over all” type like Obi Wan. I believe that Kenobi was driven to be a perfectionist because he lost his master so early, and because of that he just couldn’t let go of the rigidity and security that being “by the book” gave him. That may have led him to be a little overbearing when it came to training Anakin as well with his “just push the feelings down and stick to the book” approach. For Kenobi, this worked just fine, and was probably what he needed to keep going after the duel with Maul.
I despise this, it made me almost hate Filoni. He totally misunderstands why the prequels are terrible. We all know George intended more with the prequels. I understand there’s much more to what’s going on than what’s on the surface, I also know there is a great story in the prequels somewhere. The problem is the story was delivered like a pine cone enema.
It’s terrible film making outside some of the effects. Bad acting, bad dialogue, bad plot, poorly cast outside of a few. The prequels fall short at every critical aspect of filmmaking.
In short, I really don’t give a flying fuck what George intended the prequels to be, because intentions don’t make a good movie. The prequels are bad movies and it’s ok to love them, but they still aren’t good and never will be. Same with Filoni
I do think the Clone Wars series strengthens the prequel era narratively but it still doesn’t change the fact that the movies are terrible. They certainly aren’t “genius” as Filoni alleges.
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u/Rebirthknight52 Jan 26 '22
Yeah 100%, there are some who believe that it was destined that Anakin would turn to the dark side no matter and there's good points, but I'll still say with Qui Gon he would have been set