Qui-Gon Made a Mistake Training Anakin? This is What George Lucas Thinks

The creator of the Star Wars universe, George Lucas believes that Qui-Gon Jinn made a mistake in his decision to train Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace. Many see Qui-Gon as the perfect Jedi, embodying all that is best about the Order, and yet able to openly disagree with the Council's decisions. The Jedi Master, like the rest of the Order's members, was not without flaws.

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Lucas expressed his opinion about him in a 1999 interview with Cut Magazine. Lucas claims Qui-Gon and Anakin made similar mistakes. They were spontaneous and reckless, and Obi-Wan Kenobi in both cases, provided them with a sense of balance. Lucas is convinced that Qui-Gon made a mistake in persuading the Jedi Council members to agree to train the young Skywalker.

There is a general belief that the Jedi Council was initially wrong in not accepting Anakin as a student. Lucas, on the other hand, believes, rightly looking at future events, that the Council, by accepting Skywalker for training, made a huge mistake that cost the lives of many Jedi and destroyed the Order.

We can only guess how the whole story might have turned out if Anakin had not been accepted into the Jedi Order. Would he have stayed on Naboo? Or would he have returned to Tatooine to help his mother? This is something we will probably never know again.

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Marcel Bojar

Marcel Bojar

In love with cinema from the earliest years. He completed a course at the Wajda School, and later worked on several film sets. Currently, works in a cinema where, in addition to regular screenings, he runs New Horizons of Film Education, sharing his passion and knowledge with children of various ages. He started working at GRYOnline.pl in May 2023. Given that his profession allows him to keep up with the latest movies, he mainly focuses on writing film news. A few years ago, he gave up sitting at a desk and playing on the computer in favor of couch gaming on a console. He would like to finally make his own film, although he started saying that he is already too old for that.