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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2281333" data-attributes="member: 99">Having watched EpI in the last week, what I recall was that the council told Qui-Gon &quot;No&quot;.&nbsp; After that he told Anakin that he wasn't allowed to &quot;train&quot; him so he should &quot;stay close and watch&quot;.&nbsp; The fairly clear implication was that Qui-Gon was going to obey the letter of the rules by not givin Anakin specific instruction but that if the boy picked up some things merely by watching, well that was fine by him.After Qui-Gon's death, Yoda tells Obi-Wan that he can take the boy on as a padawan.&nbsp; I presume this is a way of them honoring the last wishes of the first Jedi (that they know of) to fall to the Sith in a long time.Given that they specifically mention Qui-Gon having a history of defying the council, it seems reasonable to assume that if they had a &quot;Choose Your Own Padawan&quot; program of some sort, he would have taken that regardless of the preferences of the council.&nbsp; But since he felt a need to adhere to at least the letter of the rules then I suspect that no such allowances are usually made.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 2281333, member: 99"] Having watched EpI in the last week, what I recall was that the council told Qui-Gon "No". After that he told Anakin that he wasn't allowed to "train" him so he should "stay close and watch". The fairly clear implication was that Qui-Gon was going to obey the letter of the rules by not givin Anakin specific instruction but that if the boy picked up some things merely by watching, well that was fine by him. After Qui-Gon's death, Yoda tells Obi-Wan that he can take the boy on as a padawan. I presume this is a way of them honoring the last wishes of the first Jedi (that they know of) to fall to the Sith in a long time. Given that they specifically mention Qui-Gon having a history of defying the council, it seems reasonable to assume that if they had a "Choose Your Own Padawan" program of some sort, he would have taken that regardless of the preferences of the council. But since he felt a need to adhere to at least the letter of the rules then I suspect that no such allowances are usually made. [/QUOTE]

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