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Qui-Gon Jinn’s Death Phantom Threat It’s shocking to put Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s life in what would eventually be a fatal collision. Despite this, many fans believed that his death was the will of the troops… and ultimately had to overthrow Palpatine’s empire. But the truth is that Qui-Gon simply blocked his fate by blocking soldiers on Naboo from attacking Darth Maul.
Everyone remembers the scene where Moore was revealed, and Quigong tells the soldiers to stand because he and Obi-Wan “will deal with this”. This is a favorite moment Distant The best part Phantom Threat. But due to the incident of Order 66, we know that if Qui-Gon could overcome his pride and order Naboo’s soldiers to open fire on Darth Maul, he would almost certainly prevent his death.
when Phantom Threat Come out, it makes sense for Qui-Gon to fire these troops… After all, what can regular soldiers do to the Sith’s Dark King? But in The Revenge of the SithWe see how effective cloned soldiers are in killing Jedi, as even the most talented space wizard can only deflect so many blast shots at once. Qui-Gon Jinn’s no less 18 soldiers Under his command, if he ordered them to fire at Darth Maul, the Sith could be defeated, and the Jedi death was avoided.
Qui-Gon may just try to protect life and worry that Maul will cut these troops through butter like a hot lightsaber. But his choice remains irresponsible, as the Sith poses a major existential threat to everyone on Earth and is likely to be everyone in the Milky Way. If Qui-Gon Jinn wanted to prevent as many deaths as possible, he should be willing to sacrifice the lives of the soldier, rather than gambling, and he and Obi-Wan were enough to stop this new threat.
Then Once was A gambling: The Sith is able to defeat and eventually kill the Jedi Master, a miracle, with the freshly-started Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi defeating Darth Maul. If Qui-Gon Jinn accepted the offer to provide military aid, he would do more than just prevent his own death… He would stack up to the odds with the first Sith encountered by the Jedi A thousand years. Given that the Jedi train comes with a laser shooting remote, the Jedi Master should know that it is impossible for Maul to keep shooting 18 blasters at him at once.
Qui-Gon Jinn may be a wise and powerful Jedi, but the sad truth is that his death is caused by his own pride. His orders had a small army, he was willing and able to take over Darth Maul, and we know from the events of Order 66 that even the most skilled power users could not deflect a large number of guided laser fires. Fortunately, Qui-Gon’s death is a benefit: poor Liam Neeson no longer needs to deliver a gobbleygook line about chlorine between boring scenes with CGI Space Rabbit.
