I remember earlier there was discussion about whether it was Lucas’ intention to depict the Jedi as flawed and arrogant and that they failed Anakin. Well the answer to that is no.
https://www.quora.com/What-was-George-Lucas-trying-to-say-in-the-prequels/answer/David-Talks-SW
I recommend reading this guy’s answers, he’s really good and does a lot of research.
This guy knows his stuff. A very well researched answer.
The whole modern fan interpretation that “the Jedi failed Anakin” had always bugged me. It’s not supported by the films themselves or by George’s words. Anakin’s main grievances with the Jedi were simply that they weren’t promoting him fast enough and not teaching him everything about the Force asap.
I never knew that Anakin had long hair to parallel Qui-gon. That’s a surprise to me.