At that moment, Anakin recalls hearing Qui-Gon's voice on Tatooine and ignoring it: "He'd heard Qui-Gon's voice in the desert, begging him to listen to his better nature, not to give in to his hatred. He hadn't listened. At the time, he'd told himself he was imagining it, but he knew he was lying.
On Mortis, Anakin encounters a vision of Qui-Gon Jinn, who says he believes Anakin is the Chosen One who will bring balance to the Force. Qui-Gon directs Anakin to go to a place nearby that is strong in the dark side of the Force, a place where he will confront the Son of Mortis.
Vader probably never thought about Qui-Gon during his place as the Emperor's right hand man, so there's a small chance we'll see or read about that in the future. However, we do know what Anakin thought of him, my guess is that Vader thought somewhat the same if he ever did think of Qui-Gon Jinn.
In The Phantom Menace, his and Obi-Wan's mission to protect Queen Padmé Amidala leads him to encounter the young slave Anakin Skywalker, whom he believes to be the prophesied "Chosen One" who will bring balance to the Force. Qui-Gon is fatally wounded in a lightsaber duel by the Sith Lord Darth Maul.
It was because Qui-Gon never had the opportunity to fully achieve “eternity” with the Force.
The book then digs into one of the final scenes in The Phantom Menace, where Anakin watches Qui-Gon's funeral pyre blaze and “feeling a profound sense of loss.” After leaving his mother and the only home he's ever known, Anakin then experienced intense battle and the loss of a person who promised him a better future.
Qui-Gon Had Started To Sense The Dark Side
Qui-Gon's more critical views on the Jedi and Republic allowed him to see what the other Jedi could not. The events of The Phantom Menace further prove this point, as Qui-Gon Jinn was, for a time, the only Jedi to know that the Sith had returned after a millennium.
If Qui-Gon had survived his fight against Darth Maul, he would have sensed Palpatine's evil, and Anakin wouldn't have become Darth Vader. Thus, while Qui-Gon was less powerful than Yoda, Palpatine feared him more.
And it was Qui-Gon who championed Anakin to be trained, even if he couldn't follow that up. The biggest piece of evidence Palpatine was terrified of Qui-Gon? He had Darth Maul off him to take out the threat before it could develop.
Anakin and Obi-Wan confront General Grievous on the bridge of the Invisible Hand as it wages battle against Republic warships over Coruscant.
Qui-Gon Would Have Trained Anakin — But Not As A Jedi
Qui-Gon was one of the few Jedi who had studied the ancient Jedi prophecies, and when he recognized some of these coming to pass, he correctly deduced the Chosen One would soon be born.
According to TCW Season 6, he did, to some capacity, he didin't know exactly when, why, or who was Sidious, but he did know all the Jedi were going to die, and he also knew the Clones were set up by the Sith.
Under Qui-Gon's tutelage, Anakin would have grown up to be the good Jedi and good man that both Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan knew him to be.
He can't call out to Qui-Gon Jinn because he has barely retained a connection with the Cosmic Force. It's why his mind is plagued by the kind of images and voices that drove Anakin to the Dark Side. Obi-Wan has lost his way in much the same way Luke Skywalker will one day.
Anakin Skywalker was the most unappreciated Jedi in history, and had more members of the Order embraced him like Obi-Wan, Ahsoka and Plo Koon, he could have led the Jedi into a new golden age, rather than spearheaded their utter destruction.
DARK SIDE FRIDAY - Did you know Palpatine feared Qui-Gon Jinn? Palpatine was immensely powerful and he could see the future which made him very confident about pretty much anyone who stood against him. So why Qui-Gon Jinn?
This information comes to light form the comic series Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith by Charles Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli, in particular issue #7. Palpatine admits to Darth Vader that the Jedi he actually feared most was none other than Jocasta Nu.
#1 – Yoda. Yoda is widely considered to be the greatest Jedi of all time, and with good reason. He is a master of the Force, a skilled warrior, and has an unmatched wisdom that comes from centuries of experience. He is the embodiment of what it means to be a Jedi, and his legacy lives on long after his death.
Even after his brutal scorching in the fires of Mustafar, sand remained the only natural phenomenon that Vader feared. To him, sand was a reminder that he'd failed to save his mother or Padme from death.
Qui-Gon Jinn was a Force-sensitive highly respected, yet maverick and unconventional Human male Jedi Master, who lived during the last decades of the Galactic Republic and was most notably responsible for discovering Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One of the Jedi prophecy, and bringing him into the Jedi Order.
Even though he perished in battle, Qui-Gon Jinn's consciousness continued. He had found the secret to immortality through the Force. However, unlike the Sith, who wish to live and hold their power for eternity, immortality through the Force is different.
On either side of the sarcophagus, a stone pot filled with red flowers stood on a column. At some point after his transformation into the armored Darth Vader, Amidala's husband, the fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker came to visit the mausoleum, stricken by grief and remorse for his part in her death.
16 His Apprentice Turned To The Dark Side
However, if we look at the Star Wars novels, we can find that he actually had three Padawans in total. Qui-Gon Jinn's second Padawan was a boy named Xanatos from the planet Telos IV.
Master Yoda knew that Darth Vader was once Anakin Skywalker- the boy he sensed too much fear in to train way back in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. For many years it's been assumed Master Yoda was aware from the day Vader gained his cybernetic enhancements and signature wheeze.