User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 362: Natsu vs. Jackal, Review and Commentary/@comment-2214433-20131129123313/@comment-7418318-20131129151210

But I don't get Madara's move.

Obito was going to resurrect him anyway (since that's the only way to kill him, by making him mortal first), so why bother trying to take control over him?

It's not as if someone of his calibre had anything to fear from the small-fry being revived again.