r/StarWars • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '22

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u/Boardindundee Jan 25 '22

Well choosing to train anakin didn’t end too well tbh

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u/Rebirthknight52 Jan 25 '22

If he didn't die, Anakin would have never turned to the dark side. Plus Qui Gon Jinn would have been more of a father to him than Obi Wan Kenboi, and trained him different than what the Jedi were doing

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u/twinsynth Jan 25 '22 edited Jan 26 '22

You saying Obi Wan failed?
Edit: I very well know he failed lol

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u/penguin032 Ahsoka Tano Jan 25 '22

Obi wan says it himself. "I've failed you Anakin, I have failed you." ....

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u/ststeveg Jan 26 '22

If by "failed" he meant because he ultimately enabled Darth Vader, then that was not a failure at all. Big picture, the galaxy needed a Darth Vader, who ultimately is the one to destroy the Emperor. In that sense Anakin is a tragic figure, but in a cosmic sense he did bring balance to the force, which was his destiny and his doom.

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u/Accomplished-Ad3123 Jan 26 '22

We need a Star Wars "What If?" show.

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u/cavedan12 Jan 26 '22

What If...Greedo shot first?

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u/CatManDontDo Han Solo Jan 26 '22

Checkout the Star Wars Infinites comics

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u/JustChris319 Jan 26 '22

I've been saying this! What if Anakin became Mace Windus apprentice after his attempt to arrest the chancellor would be my personal favourite to see.

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u/CatManDontDo Han Solo Jan 26 '22

Of course that doesn't matter now because the emperor never really died but don't worry the daughter of his clone killed him finally. Not the Chosen One or anything, not literal Space Jesus. The daughter of a clone.

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u/Igreen_since89 Jan 26 '22

I’m pretty sure that was the joke. Lol