Yoda was ONE of Obi-Wan’s masters. There is no inconsistency here. As we see in the prequels, Jedi of the Old Republic were taught very young and Yoda is seen teaching a class of younglings.

Obi-wan had to go through this stage too.

There are story issues that exist with the prequels that never existed in the originals, and because the prequels are filmed pretty much entirely in green screen, instead of in sets — like the original — it changed the entire look and ‘feel’ of the movies. I think those were two huge issues that exist with the prequels that set them far back from the originals.

They’re still fun enough, but there was an entire aura around the originals and the entire franchise before the prequels come out that no longer exists anymore, IMO. Some of that is explained by what I wrote above (worse story, the choice to use green screens instead of sets, etc.), but I think a lot of the lost ‘aura’ is because the prequels answered too many questions — some of them contradicting things that were already known — which takes away a lot of the mystery.

I guess that aspect of the loss of what Star Wars used to mean is the price one pays for more movies, series and episodes of that franchise. At the very least, though, I wish — when it came to the movies — George put the time into the stories and tried to keep the same look and feel as the originals.

It wouldn’t be the first time something like this has happened. Hell, according to The Empire Strikes Back, Qui Gon wasn’t even Obi Wan’s master — it was Yoda. George Lucas ruined the mystique of Star Wars a long time ago, and turned it into something of a circus — still fun enough, I guess, but it’s no longer a special thing to me anymore, not like it used to be anyway.

Sean, You aren’t THAT much of a loser. If you had been, you would have spelled Qui-Gon Jinn correctly! :) I like reading your post imagining it was read by the Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. “Best Reply… EVER!”

Thank you, in all seriousness, for pointing out my error. I was basing that on information from another source, since, as I admitted, I’ve watched so little of the CGI cartoon. My bad :)

Yoda’s statement doesn’t imply Qui Gonn hasn’t done it before. As Kimball points out, we know in ep. II Qui Gonn made his presence known through the force when Anakin is murdering the Tuskens.

Obi Wan appeared to Luke multiple times, so why can’t Qui Gonn? Force spirits don’t appear all of the time so it’s possible Obi Wan hadn’t heard from Qui Gonn in a while when Yoda reveals he’s been communing with his spirit in ep. III.

What you said is what I have been saying since the prequel hate began. I grew up with the originals and I like the prequels as well. Are the prequels better? No. However, they aren’t bad either.

It will be interesting to see how this ties into the Clone Wars story because Obi-Wan didn’t learn of Qui-gon’s ability to spiritually communicate until Yoda informed him of it at the end of Revenge of the Sith.

RB