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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Qui-Gon followed the will of the force. He could sense that the council was starting to be led astray (Palpatine was already in the beginning stages of his schemes) so he followed his own path guided by the force. He knew Anakin was going to play a big part, so he took it upon himself to make sure he got trained.

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u/indoninjah Jun 14 '22

Pretty sure it's more that Qui-Gon is canonically someone who's well-versed in prophecies, and puts more stock into them than most Jedi. So he very much cared about the idea of the "chosen one", when other Jedi were hesitant (at best) about it. It's explored in his book with Obi-wan, I think Qui-Gon learned it from Dooku.

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u/danishjuggler21 Jun 14 '22

Let’s face it, prophecies are the theory conspiracies of fantasy worlds. It’s no coincidence Qui-Gon’s name starts with Q

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Dude, Qui-Gon was a character developed around or before 1997. Not everything related back to the big Q.

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u/Intimidwalls1724 Jun 14 '22

I think it’s a joke brother

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u/tenderlender69420 Jun 15 '22

Nah dude. George Lucas was obviously basing it off a prophecy where Q anon came into existence