Whether or not he wants to hear it doesn't change the fact that he may have to.
[He hated putting Obi-Wan through any kind of misery, and if their brief but poignant talk proved anything, it was that the topic of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side was an utmost source of said misery. Hiding from the truth didn't make it any less of a reality, but at the same time, perhaps it didn't need to be Obi-Wan's reality. Not yet, at least.]
[If and when the time comes, Qui-Gon will make that decision at his discretion. Hopefully 'if' wins out over 'when'.]
Palpatine, if I recall correctly.
He was clearly power hungry around the time of the attack on Naboo--he was only a senator, then--but nobody forsaw the lengths he was willing to go to in order to obtain and keep absolute power.
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[He hated putting Obi-Wan through any kind of misery, and if their brief but poignant talk proved anything, it was that the topic of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side was an utmost source of said misery. Hiding from the truth didn't make it any less of a reality, but at the same time, perhaps it didn't need to be Obi-Wan's reality. Not yet, at least.]
[If and when the time comes, Qui-Gon will make that decision at his discretion. Hopefully 'if' wins out over 'when'.]
Palpatine, if I recall correctly.
He was clearly power hungry around the time of the attack on Naboo--he was only a senator, then--but nobody forsaw the lengths he was willing to go to in order to obtain and keep absolute power.