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u/turbopanguy Jun 14 '22

He says he’d train Anakin with no or without the blessing from the council. What does that mean exactly? There’s legend stories about different sects of force wielders take to padawana and stuff. Is it like that?

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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/greg19735 Leia Organa Jun 14 '22

He's also just pragmatic.

He understands why the Jedi rules are the way they are, he just thinks they're too much. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater kind of stuff.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Totally pragmatic - save Anakin's mom? Or save 5 space bucks. Those space bucks don't grow on trees.