Master and Apprentice " Master and Apprentice " is a short story in the anthology " From a Certain Point of View " . The story , written by Claudia Gray , focuses on the point of view of Qui - Gon Jinn . Plot summary . Through the Force , the late Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn now has the ability to appear in the flesh . Shortly after the secret mission to Tatooine , Qui - Gon appears before his former apprentice Obi - Wan Kenobi . Qui - Gon senses that Ben is fears for the safety of Luke Skywalker , who has gone to find his uncle Owen Lars and aunt Beru at their farm . Ben thinks there will be stormtrooper s there but Qui - Gon tells Kenobi to rescue him or he may rescue himself . Qui - Gon adds that the sister may find the brother instead . Kenobi fears that Skywalker will be killed . Qui - Gon reassures Kenobi that Luke has yet to embark on a great journey and that it does not end here . When asked , Qui - Gon acknowledges that he has seen it . Through the Force , Qui - Gon senses the deaths of a dozen Jawa s , who are being tended to by C - 3PO and R2 - D2 . Kenobi explains that Senator Bail Organa sent Leia herself to summon him and that she reminds him of her late mother Padmé Amidala . Kenobi confides that he has waited for this day for a long time . When Qui - Gon asks if he thinks that his work has only begun , Ob - Wan looks back on his life and says that he has been little more than a shadow waiting to become a Jedi Knight again . Qui - Gon counsels Kenobi that battles and wars are not a measure of a Jedi but rather patience and fortitude , which is something that Kenobi has achieved where so few have succeeded . Kenobi blames himself for having failed every person he truly loved — Anakin Skywalker , Satine Kryze , Padmé , and Qui - Gon himself . Qui - Gon reassures him that the responsibility for failure lies with himself and not Kenobi . When Qui - Gon tells Kenobi that he was not yet ready to take on the apprenticeship of Skywalker , Kenobi interjects that Anakin became a Jedi Knight and had served valiantly during the Clone Wars . While acknowledging his responsibility in Anakin ' s fall , Kenobi counters that Anakin had the training and wisdom to choose a better path . While the droids burn the Jawas ' bodies , Kenobi confides that he did not tell Luke the whole truth about Anakin . Qui - Gon reassures him that he has only become acquainted with the boy and to tell him the whole truth would have planted the seeds of doubt , confusion , and anger ; leading him down Vader ' s path . Qui - Gon counsels that the best time to tell Luke would be when he is ready , stable , and strong with the Force . When Kenobi remarks that Qui - Gon is nearly corporeal , Qui - Gon responds that it is a matter of learning to both claim the physical world and to detach oneself from it . He adds that it is a matter of finding center , of calming one ' s soul and giving oneself completely over to the Force , and that some Jedi choose to transition between life and death in that way . Kenobi says that he looks forward to mastering this skill from Qui - Gon . Obi - Wan thanks Qui - Gon for his wisdom and promises to meet again . Qui Gon allows his consciousness to spread outward from this place , and disappear back to the elements .