Quote Originally Posted by Errorname View Post
Hence the arguably, but I think it's fair to say that prior to the Prequels making clear how things went down fans mostly took Obi-Wan at his word
Perhaps, but I think it’s better this way. Obi-Wan truly believed in the Jedi Order but his blind faith in it led to him making some pretty terrible mistakes, not least of all that he wasn’t there for Anakin when he needed him most. In fact you could argue that Obi-Wan was much too passive when it came to the Jedi Council, and there are several situations where he could have put his foot down and avoided a bad outcome he should have seen coming a mile away. He knew about A, he knew Dooku ordered the creation of the clone army, he knew Ahsoka was innocent… yet he would always defer to the “wisdom” of the Council. Which is weird since Qui-Gon taught him to be more independent. In fact the only reason Qui-Gon wasn’t on the Council is because he defied them all the time, kinda like Anakin.