Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31660872-20170403131802/@comment-734582-20170408134255

Starscream1998 wrote: Too bad he was in reality even more of a pawn than Obito was. I disagree. Madara was in full control of his actions and made his decisions on his own. He genuinely wanted the Eye of the Moon Plan to happen. Madara technically got what he wanted.

Obito on the other hand was misled repeatedly. His turn to the dark side was a lie, he had a Curse Mark on him so bailing out wasn't even possible. (How did he know about the mark? Well he was depressed, so it's possible he tried to off himself, and discovered the seal that way). He ultimately had to be forced to resurrect Madara.

So no, Madara wasn't a pawn, it was more of a cooperative effort. I think it's clear that without the whole "turn into Kaguya" thing, Madara would still have cast IT and even if he had known about Kaguya, he still would've tried to bend her power to his will.