I am so sick of TCW fans constantly claiming: "Why are you complaining about the show's retcons when the Prequels retconned the Original Trilogy too? Like, why does no one mention Qui-Gon in the OT, why does Obi-Wan claim training Anakin as his own personal achievement, and why does he say Yoda trained him?"
It’s an outdated and honestly incredibly stupid argument, but I’m going to break it down anyway. There is an explanation for this, both a logical one and, in a way, even a poetic one.
The logical explanation comes down to a simple question: why would he even bring him up??? Qui-Gon died ages ago (and yes, I know he became a Force ghost), while Yoda is alive and is exactly who Luke needed at that moment. Besides, Yoda is literally the master of all Jedi; he instructs every single youngling in the Temple, so there is technically no retcon here- Obi-Wan genuinely was his apprentice. And what kind of "achievement" is he supposedly claiming anyway? That apprentice threw the entire galaxy into darkness, so Obi-Wan taking full responsibility for it is a burden of immense guilt, not something he's bragging about.
The poetic explanation is... Did you people even watch Episode I? Throughout the movie, Obi-Wan doesn't really separate himself from Qui-Gon in a sense. Just look at his line: "Why do I sense we've picked up another pathetic life form?"
Ask yourself, who exactly is "we"? Qui-Gon was the one dragging Jar Jar and then Anakin along against Obi-Wan's wishes. That "we" is definitely not just some formal, professional pronoun.
And after Qui-Gon’s death, his dying wish completely became Obi-Wan’s own will when he firmly decided to take Anakin as his apprentice. So, based on that, you can comfortably say that Qui-Gon isn't mentioned in the Original Trilogy precisely because he and Obi-Wan are inseparable. His legacy completely merged with who Obi-Wan became
So yeah, this isn't a retcon, it's an addition... Unlike everything that happened in TCW...🙄
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