At the end of The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan makes a promise to Qui-Gon Jinn. The problem is that a promise doesn’t magically make someone ready to be a mentor.
Obi-Wan was still grieving. Still learning. Still figuring out his own identity as a Jedi Knight.
Anakin didn’t just need a teacher. He needed someone who could help him navigate fear, attachment, loss, and the emotional turmoil that came with leaving everything he knew behind.
Qui-Gon might have been that person.
Obi-Wan became a great Jedi, but by the time he was ready to be the mentor Anakin needed, the damage had already been done.
Do you think Qui-Gon’s death sealed Anakin’s fate, or was there still a path where Obi-Wan could have saved him?
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