Originally posted by: THX
I think it's pretty obvious that the character of Qui-Gon was written as Obi-Wan and that the younger Obi-Wan was added when the (terrible) decision was made to have Anakin be younger than Luke was in SW.
I think it's pretty obvious that the character of Qui-Gon was written as Obi-Wan and that the younger Obi-Wan was added when the (terrible) decision was made to have Anakin be younger than Luke was in SW.
Yup. In fact in the first draft of TPM, Qui Gon doesn't appear until the coruscant scenes; Kenobi is already a full knight who discovers Anakin on Tattooine, believes in him and barters for his freedom in order to train him--then Qui Gon, Kenobi's former master, tags along from Coruscant onward and gets killed by Maul at the end.