reading the later JA books for the first time in years and appreciating Qui-Gon’s style of teaching all over again. I love that he treats everything as an opportunity for a lesson but never spoon-feeds Obi-Wan everything–he encourages him to think for himself and draw his own conclusions. The Order as a whole may have been tied up in knots about emotions, but Qui-Gon does a great job helping Obi-Wan understand his feelings without ever judging them or telling him to stop. He’s very patient, and I love how Obi-Wan is constantly thinking how impressive and intimidating his Master is–I know I wouldn’t want to come up against him in an argument!
Other things of note: Obi-Wan is still very insecure and introspective, but you can’t miss the sass under all that. I like Qui-Gon’s method of staring at someone until they become ashamed of themself: I bet that would have worked GREAT on Anakin, but of course Obi-Wan can’t use the technique cause he can’t resist the opportunity for a smart remark. Also, Qui-Gon is far too excited at the opportunity to get arrested. I have a strong image in my mind of young Knight Jinn chaining himself to the front of a repulsor-truck in protest of some kind of deforestation or what have you–”The werewolves have a right to live too!” he says passionately as he’s escorted to space jail. “They need that habitat!”