QWhen does the story take place?
AThe Phantom Menace takes place roughly 32 years prior to Star Wars (A New Hope).
QIs the double lightsaber two lightsabers joined together? After all, when Obi-Wan breaks it, the other half is still functional.
AIn the comic book series Star Wars Tales, there is a story in which Darth Maul is ordered to kill a Jedi Master living in a forest but thwarted when facing the Jedi, as he can only hit the Jedi with the butt of his lightsaber. Furious, Maul returns to his master and modifies his saber by adding another blade to the end. He returns to the Jedi and with all the same moves is once again standing with the butt resting on the Jedi's chest, but to the Jedi's surprise, Maul presses another button and the Jedi is killed.In the movie, during their confrontation, Obi-Wan cut through the Maul's double saber hilt, possibly closer to one end than the other, damaging the mechanism for one blade but not the other. It is also possible that Obi-Wan cut the hilt directly in the center (as it appears to be in the movie), and since it has two ends that can be activated separately, there is probably some divider in between the two parts. Maul simply held onto one end and lost the other half which automatically deactivated upon releasing. The fight was so fierce that he could not pick up the dropped half of the double saber to use it in the battle.
QWhy is Qui-Gon Obi-Wan's master when Obi-Wan clearly stated in "The Empire Strikes Back" that Yoda trained him?
AThere are different stages in the training of a Jedi. As we find out in the sequel, Attack Of The Clones, Yoda teaches Younglings (very young children and underdeveloped aliens, training to become Jedi), so it is likely Yoda taught Obi-Wan when Obi-Wan was a child. Later, Younglings become "Padawan" learners and are assigned to a Jedi Knight as a form of internship. Obi-Wan was assigned to Qui-Gon when he was old enough. Just like today's students have several teachers, Jedi are trained by several masters, and Yoda was simply one of them. We also find out, in the end of the second sequel, Revenge Of The Sith, that Yoda is about to teach Obi-Wan how to communicate with Obi-Wan's "old master" (Qui-Gon) through the "netherworld of the Force", so even beginning Jedi Masters can still receive training and instructions from their more experienced colleagues.
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