Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-36157725-20180816213118/@comment-734582-20180817054050

Brayunlee wrote: Just re-watched the war arc, and Madara pretty much implies that he would rather have used Sasuke over Obito if Sasuke was older and available during that time period. Despite Obito being extremely strong?

Obito had gone against Madara's plan, and didn't really seem to believe in it. Sasuke however, held strong to his ideals to pretty much the bitter end. Making him a much better target than Obito.