Re: using Qui Gon -- to give you some feedback
I think you've got a great idea there. It charges up a scene that otherwise feels mystifying and ultimately forgettable. Sypho Dias just disappears into the smoke, but Qui Gon makes you prick up your ears and really want to know what's going on--
Which would be the only downside I can see-- it would be more important to sew this up with Qui Gon's name thrown in there. How would you ultimately expose that it was Dukoo using his old apprentice's name? Do that and you've got my favorite solution.