Originally posted by Count Makashi
Yea, but he did it for selfless reasons, he was more of a Jedi in the moment, wanting to help in the present, not waiting and deliberating for a long time, like the Council. And Qui-Gon was the most, down to earth Jedi, he wasn't arrogant at all.
You can't forget the fact that Qui-Gon's blind faith almost led to the destruction of the Jedi forever.
Originally posted by Se7in
You can't forget the fact that Qui-Gon's blind faith almost led to the destruction of the Jedi forever.
Now that is -- and would be -- an excellent debate, Se7in. One could argue that Qui-Gon's 'foresight' was vastly superior any of his Jedi contemporaries at the time: including Masters Windu and Yoda. If I recall, correctly, Count Dooku mused that it was Yoda's blind devotion to the Jedi Code and related dogma that prevented him from seeing the complete picture (that is to say Darth Sidious's presence in the Republic, the ascendance of the dark side, the approaching endgame); Dooku pondered that how could Yoda be expected to see it, however, when he willingly had one eye shut?
That is not to say nor imply that Qui-Gon was more powerful than Yoda, but even Yoda himself laments in the RotS novelization that he was a fool not to have listened to Qui-Gon's knowledge and advice earlier, and he declares himself 'Qui-Gon's apprentice'. Never forget, it Qui-Gon who learned the way to becoming "one with the Force" and yet still retain some sort of sentience.
And, ultimately, Qui-Gon was correct: Anakin redeemed himself by destroying Emperor Palpatine and, in doing so, rebalancing the Force itself.
Qui-Gon Jin is without a doubt the finest example of what a Jedi should be. As Gideon put, he focused more on the present than future, if he was still alive, he may of been able to realize the Sith threat and have it stopped before Palpatine could act(I am in no way saying Jin is stronger than Sidious of course).