Yay! Since you mentioned snowflake, I recced you in snowflake day 5 😁
I held off on reading this cause I had the comics on their way and they came today. I’ve just read the Qui-Gon one so I’m gonna read the Maul one soon.
The first part is stuff we’ve discussed before and I still agree with them. If only the republic had been more competent things would have been so much better.
But the thing with the republic was, it was screwed up already. The corruption and bureaucracy was already there, Palpatine just took advantage and dialled it up.
Hee the idea of Obi-Wan doing reports like that is so funny.
Seeing them interact like that was such a good thing, it shows his relationship with Yoda and that he giving counsel like that seems to be part of his nature. Like you I liked that he listened to what Qui-Gon has to say, taking it all in and it’s good that he was clearly so comfortable to let it all out, even his doubts.
I’ve not read the bit at the back yet, since it’s starting to go dark. But from what you say it seems to be much like your earlier comments about the Jedi. Once he found Anakin and how strong he was in the force, he had to get him away to the Jedi. If he hadn’t? Then what? Palpatine could have just swooped in and took him, or even someone else could have. At least with the Jedi he could be kept an eye on (although obviously that didn’t work)
In a way what you say about Qui-Gon also mirrors Padme’s choice in Episode I. She comes to the senate in hopes of helping her people and she’s coerced into making a choice that she thinks will help, but instead leads to the things she loves getting destroyed.
After reading Qui-Gon it makes me look forward to the upcoming book more, to gain more insight into him. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s set after this comic or before too.
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I held off on reading this cause I had the comics on their way and they came today. I’ve just read the Qui-Gon one so I’m gonna read the Maul one soon.
The first part is stuff we’ve discussed before and I still agree with them. If only the republic had been more competent things would have been so much better.
But the thing with the republic was, it was screwed up already. The corruption and bureaucracy was already there, Palpatine just took advantage and dialled it up.
Hee the idea of Obi-Wan doing reports like that is so funny.
Seeing them interact like that was such a good thing, it shows his relationship with Yoda and that he giving counsel like that seems to be part of his nature. Like you I liked that he listened to what Qui-Gon has to say, taking it all in and it’s good that he was clearly so comfortable to let it all out, even his doubts.
I’ve not read the bit at the back yet, since it’s starting to go dark. But from what you say it seems to be much like your earlier comments about the Jedi. Once he found Anakin and how strong he was in the force, he had to get him away to the Jedi. If he hadn’t? Then what? Palpatine could have just swooped in and took him, or even someone else could have. At least with the Jedi he could be kept an eye on (although obviously that didn’t work)
In a way what you say about Qui-Gon also mirrors Padme’s choice in Episode I. She comes to the senate in hopes of helping her people and she’s coerced into making a choice that she thinks will help, but instead leads to the things she loves getting destroyed.
After reading Qui-Gon it makes me look forward to the upcoming book more, to gain more insight into him. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s set after this comic or before too.
I’ll read the rest when I’ve read Maul 💜