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qui gon first tried to get watto to part with both anakin and his mother but we know jedi separate their children from parents anyway so what would he have done if he won that argument. would he leave shmi on tatooine with now no income. does he set her up in a coruscant flat. what was step 2

Genuinely the most plausible reading to me is that he never intended to free Shmi and was just using her as a bargaining chip to get Anakin.