Well Qui'gon was a rebel of sorts and didn't follow the will of the council either. He eventually learned something that Yoda didn't even know. So to me it looked like the Jedi had become stagnant in their "power" so to speak. Their fear or wanting to see Anakin's potential may have been their downfall. If they knew he was so powerful, and could easily turn to the dark-side like he did, I think they should have tried harder in teaching him how to really control the force and himself.

Then again, Count Dooku was Yoda's padawan. So maybe being a Jedi isn't as white and black as we use to think?

I guess we'll have the TV series to continue the story a bit. I believe it's supposed to be inbetween Ep. 3 and Ep. 4, but I hope it isn't. I'd like to see what happens after the Jedi start to reform. Maybe even after Luke.