By Chris Snellgrove
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The death of Qui-Gon Jinn in The ghost threat It was really shocking, putting the life of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi on what would ultimately be a fatal collision trajectory. However, many fans see his death as the will of force … Something that was to eventually overthrow the Empire of Palpatine. But the truth is that Qu-Gon simply sealed his own fate by preventing Naboo’s soldiers from attacking Dark Maul.
Everyone remembers the scene where Maul is revealed, and Qui-Gon tells soldiers to retire because he and obi-wan “manage this”. It is a favorite moment of fans who precedes the duel of saber laser with three -way which is sick far The best part of The ghost threat. But thanks to the events of order 66, we know that if Qui-Gon could overcome his pride and order Naboo soldiers to shoot on Dark MaulHe could almost certainly prevent his death.
When The ghost threat Released, who rejecting these troops made sense … After all, which soldiers could regularly do against a Lord of Darkness of the Sith? But in Revenge of the SithWe see how effective clone soldiers were to kill Jedi, because even the most talented space wizards cannot divert so many blaster blows at the same time. Qui-Gon Jinn had no less than 18 soldiers To his command, and if he ordered them to shoot Dark Maul, the Sith could be defeated and the death of the Jedi avoided.
It may be that Qu-Gon simply tried to preserve lives and feared that Maul had crossed these troops like a hot lightsaber through butter. But his choice is always irresponsible because a Sith has been a major existential threat to everyone on the planet and, most likely, everyone in the galaxy. If Qui-Gon Jinn wanted to prevent as many deaths as possible, he should have been willing to sacrifice the lives of soldiers rather than playing that he and Obi-Wan would be enough to arrest this new threat.
And was A bet: the Sith were able to overtake and finally kill the Jedi Master, and it was a miracle that the native Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi was able to defeat Dark Maul. If Qui-Gon Jinn accepted the offer of military assistance, he would have done more than prevent his own death … He would have stacked the chances in their favor against the first Sith that the Jedi met in thousand years. And since the Jedi train with laser shooting remote controls, the Jedi Master should have known that it would be impossible for Maul to divert 18 blasters who constantly pulled him at the same time.
Qui-Gon Jinn could have been a wise and powerful Jedi, but the sad truth is that his death was caused by his own pride. He had a small army in his command which was arranged and capable of taking Dark Maul, and we know through the events of order 66 that even the most qualified users of force cannot divert a ton of directed laser shot. Fortunately, Qui-Gon’s death had an upward one: poor Liam Neeson no longer had to worry while delivering gobbleygook lines on Midichloriens between boring scenes with a CGI space rabbit.
