Originally posted by: Erikstormtrooper
I'm gonna have to stick with Chrille on this one. As a bonafide grammar Nazi, I think changing it to "a Jedi Master" is preferable, if it can be done.

I too must agree.

For example, if I were to say Mr. Jones is the English teacher at such-and-such high school, it would seem I was saying he is the only one. If Mr. Jones was one of a few English teachers that taught at this particular school, it would be appropriate for me to say he was one of the English teachers that taught there rather the English teacher that taught there. The fact of the matter is that this is very often considered a "plot hole" in the saga. Even if we are content to stretch our imaginations and say that he was not technically claiming Yoda was the only one that had instructed him (and come on, it is pretty obvious George had originally intended Yoda to be THE instructor of Obi, I surely hope nobody still believes that ol' boy George had had Qui-gon planned to be the true master all along), the fact that so many people regard this as a plot hole seems like enough reason for the change without a second thought.

Also, you would think that if anyone were to be considered "THE Jedi master who instructed" Obi-Wan, it would be Qui-gon, since he was Obi-Wan's master. Yoda was more of a Jedi kindergarden teacher. The whole Yoda teaches the youngling thing really felt like it was a "quick fix" to the problem of "oh, crap, I totally forgot that Yoda was suppose to be Obi-Wan's master. Hmm, what it the best way to resolove that... these fans are a lot smarter than I thought... ah, I got it!" (don't think it is possible for George to forget such an important detail? What about when they had to go back and film a scene of Obi-Wan picking up Anakin's lightsaber because "they kinda forgot he gave it to Luke in A New Hope", that was a pretty important detail they managed to forget. How about Leia remembering her mother? I think it is pretty safe to say George didn't bother rewatching the Star Wars trilogy before setting out to write the PT).