Anuvuin: episode #18 Qui-Gon’s Apprentice
Part 2
Previously: You have learned of what had befallen Anakin in the past 9 years.
Before we go back to the normal time of this story, there is one more thing that has taken place in the past 9 years…and that has to do with Qui-Gon Jinn. Qui-Gon Jinn, after giving up his search of the Chosen One, decided to take on an apprentice. He’s about 40 something now, and he thinks it’s about time he had one. He had never taken on one before; because he kept on hoping to find The Chosen One…he wanted only him to be his apprentice. Qui-Gon sighed. “All right, I guess I’ll have to go to the Jedi Academy to get an apprentice…” Parents usually tested their children for the Force, but that’s optional, and if they find out that their child’s is high enough, they get to go to a special Jedi school. School was in session right now, Qui-Gon knew. He had just checked the hours. This Jedi School is one of the many schools on Coruscant. There’s a school for the poor, for the rich, and so on. The school for the poor is where poor families send their children because they can’t afford the local planet schools. (There’s at least one school on every planet, but they can be very expensive at times.) The Maurders have their own schools on their planets. They even have a school for their slaves. Anyway, back to Qui-Gon. A Jedi could only have one Padawan Apprentice at a time, so he wanted a good one. Qui-Gon was very selective about his…he anted one with at least a medium force, one that looked promising to help out the Jedi in the future. Obi-Wan Kenobi was in class…he was looking out the window, dreaming of becoming a Jedi. That was every apprentice’s dream. But so many either lost interest, or was just not selected. There was a limited #…there were only so many Jedi looking for an apprentice. Obi-Wan was 16…he only had like 3 more years left, counting this one, before he would have to go to a different school…and if that happened, he would never become a Jedi. Anyway, the teacher, Yoda, said, “Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn is looking for an apprentice. He wants a conference with each one of you so he can decide, on top of my own recommendation.” Obi-Wan thought, “Oh great…now I’ll never get to become one…Yoda’ll say bad things about me…I’m inpatient…always worrying about the future instead of the present…and reckless.” Yoda went out in the hall with Qui-Gon…the class was too nervous besides the fact that they knew better than to misbehave in Yoda’s class. Finally, it was Obi-Wan’s turn to go out in the hall (each student was called out one at a time.) “Obi-Wan…”Yoda said. So Obi-Wan went tout in the hall. AS soon as he sat down across form them, Qui-Gon began questioning him. They weren’t questions about facts; it was an honesty kind of test. Obi-Wan didn’t even realize he was being tested. Oh, he wanted to look good in front of Qui-Gon, but he also told the truth to his fullest. When he was done, Qui-Gon turned to Yoda and said, “What do you think?” Yoda said, “Obi-Wan is a very reckless young boy. The boy has no patience, and his mind is always in the wrong place.” Yoda expected him to say what he said to all the others, but instead he said, “I’ll take this one.” Yoda thought Obi-Wan would be the last person he would take…he had expected his story student (and favorite)…but not Obi-Wan. Yoda says, “even with all that I said?” Qui-Gon says, “Yes. He’ll learn patience…I’ll teach him everything.” Yoda shrugged. Obi-Wan was the last person that had been called out. Qui-Gon says, “Congratulations, you were the only one to pass the test with flying colors.” Obi-Wan just stares at Qui-Gon. “What test?” “The honesty test.” So Obi-Wan became Qui-Gon’s Padawan Apprentice. And now, back to the normal Part 2 time, Dalben is in the middle of discussing something with his “daughter”. Until next time!
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