Well, I'm still leaning towards assignments too. And I should have mentioned that in some of my ideas Obi-Wan was assigned to retrieve Bail; but he didn't know where to find him. He does that through the force/detective work. I think the mix of Force powers and detective work is an interesting mix and wasn't really well done in AOTC. He uses the force to find Bail, but his focus has to be on it first. Thus he's assigned, and THEN focuses on it. He can't just know all things; he has to direct the power. Which is evident in the films; unless something huge happend like a world exploding, or...if you're Yoda; or 800 years old. =)