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The Jedi were just nonsensical; randomly acting against a backdrop where their enemies were likewise acting randomly. There was no conflict set up with the Jedi's way because they had no coherent system. The movies MADE NO SENSE.
They stuck to their code throughout the prequels, despite the fact that it was not working. As "peace and order" ran through the galaxy their cold and dispassionate calm worked. Once chaos was introduced into it, their inability to adapt and fight fire with fire was their undoing. It makes great sense. This isn't some deep philosophical revelation, it is something a child could understand.
They never set up emotion vs cold evaluation -- it was read better as chaos vs order. There was never any wisdom to Qui Gon so his disconnected scenes where he showed a little chip came across as being a leftover from teenage angst. He just looked like he was childishly swinging about. And the fact that his actions ended up with him dead means we have an ending that says, "he went too wide."
Palpatine was a mastermind that created chaos, but did so in a methodical manner. To say that his side represented chaos versus the order of the Jedi is missing obvious detail to the contrary. The Jedi lacked a real drive, some initiative, in countering resistance. Qui Gon was different in that regard, as was Luke. If you can't already see how Qui Gon is painted by the same brush Luke was, I don't know how I can help you see that.
I'm not sure why you say his scenes were disconnected, he pretty much had part in every scene in the movie. His character never did waiver from his principles.
Jinn was never made an integral part of the story. (May have had something to do with there BEING NO STORY.) He was as pointless as every other character. The camera may have been on him a lot but he wasn't developed either on his own or against his surroundings. He was just "there" -- an object to be watched, that viewing only having a payoff in mindless action when he kills the enemies that were apparently written in for no other purpose.
His character is the catalyst for all of the actions in the movie. He gets them the transport to Naboo's capital. He gets them to safety out of Naboo. He gets the ship repaired with no money, all while freeing Anakin, who if you recall ultimately fulfills the prophecy by killing the Emperor.
His ideology, which was in contrast to the Jedi order, had a big influence on Obiwan and Anakin. Their characters were then defined by how he had shaped them. If the prequels were about the failure of the Jedi and the Republic, then Qui Gon was the voice of reason to introduce the notion that something was wrong. His ideology sought balance while the rest of the Jedi pushed to the extreme.
Failing to see some of these fairly obvious points in the prequels would lead you to think the movies were about nothing and nobody where nothing happens. The problem isn't with the movie in that regard, the problem is with your inability to digest something most 10 year olds can.
Exactly. He cheats, which shows he his moral fiber is weak. His placing his own desires over others says that he could be easily swayed to the Dark Side. The other Jedi show strength of character while he is just... inconsistent.
Which is is? You complain that he does nothing, then you complain that he does something? How can that be? He cheats because he plays the endgame. Is it wrong to cheat a slave owner to free a slave? Really? That is your argument that he lacks moral fiber? Now you are just reaching. You wanna get work done, you gotta get dirty. He was willing to go the extra mile to do the right thing.
Life isn't black and white. The whole Star Wars saga, especially the originals, fought the notion that there is good and evil, black and white. Empire Strikes Back blurred the two, as did Jedi. It showed tons of greys. The prequels seek to dispel that notion as well, as the Jedi's insistence on rigidity is their downfall. They needed grey but they wouldn't have it. That is why they lost.
The movie never positively set up for your interpretation. It never set up that the Jedi Council lacked wisdom, and it never gave us sensible crises for Jinn to behave against in consistent, sensible ways in order to set that up. So instead Jinn just seems to be acting by completely illogical whim.
He acts on his feelings. He literally states that. Literally. He trusts the force will guide him correctly and it does. Without Qui Gon, Anakin would have never defeated the Emperor.
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