It makes a lot of sense that he wanted to shake the Order up. Someone had to initiate Qui-Gon's maverick attitude, and it probably was Dooku.
I know there is at least one EU book out there that covers their relationship as Master and Apprentice, but I haven't read it. The EU is something I regard as quasi-canonical, for a lot of reasons.
But I do think that Dooku was a major influence on Qui-Gon, and possibly vice versa. Dooku certainly sounds fond of Qui-Gon when he speaks of him in AotC.
I can't agree with Dooku wanting to destroy the Sith from the inside, I do think he thought the Sith was the best way to change the Order.
He was trying to force change by presenting them with a vital threat? I could see that. I think he might have been arrogant enough about his skills to think he could walk away from being a Sith. It's not like we haven't seen arrogance from Jedi before, including Yoda who thought he could take on Sidious single-handedly.
It's scary that only a rogue Jedi could actually hear the will of the Force and follow it. I agree that he knew the Order needed changing, and I wonder why he heard it, when so many others couldn't.
I wonder if it was just a matter of not looking towards the future, but keeping himself in the now? Qui-Gon tells Obi-Wan to be mindful of the future, but to keep himself in the moment in TPM, which makes me wonder if a lot of Jedi spend so much energy trying to see the future, that they miss what is happening right under their feet in the present.
It could just be that little difference of perspective that opens Qui-Gon and Dooku (and Luke, later on) to the will of the Force.
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Date: 2005-07-04 10:00 am (UTC)I know there is at least one EU book out there that covers their relationship as Master and Apprentice, but I haven't read it. The EU is something I regard as quasi-canonical, for a lot of reasons.
But I do think that Dooku was a major influence on Qui-Gon, and possibly vice versa. Dooku certainly sounds fond of Qui-Gon when he speaks of him in AotC.
I can't agree with Dooku wanting to destroy the Sith from the inside, I do think he thought the Sith was the best way to change the Order.
He was trying to force change by presenting them with a vital threat? I could see that. I think he might have been arrogant enough about his skills to think he could walk away from being a Sith. It's not like we haven't seen arrogance from Jedi before, including Yoda who thought he could take on Sidious single-handedly.
It's scary that only a rogue Jedi could actually hear the will of the Force and follow it. I agree that he knew the Order needed changing, and I wonder why he heard it, when so many others couldn't.
I wonder if it was just a matter of not looking towards the future, but keeping himself in the now? Qui-Gon tells Obi-Wan to be mindful of the future, but to keep himself in the moment in TPM, which makes me wonder if a lot of Jedi spend so much energy trying to see the future, that they miss what is happening right under their feet in the present.
It could just be that little difference of perspective that opens Qui-Gon and Dooku (and Luke, later on) to the will of the Force.