#anakin was a better padawan master than obi wam

[gch1995]

Yeah, Anakin already came in emotionally/psychologically damaged from his life of slavery for the first 9 years of his life, and never got the opportunity to heal from it. The separation from his mother, her death, Obi Wan, the Jedi Council, and Palpatine made it worse by emotionally/psychologically abusing, grooming, oppressing, and neglecting him in the 14 years he was with them, and eventually Anakin snapped under the pressure. No, that doesn’t mean he was entirely innocent or that anyone deserved to die, but the adults who raised him badly in the 14 years he was with them had a hand in turning this boy into a monster by creating that emotional/mental instability and desperation in him, even if that wasn’t their intent.

I agree, though, under better circumstances and making better choices, rather than bad ones in fear and desperation that didn’t end with him being Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker would have likely become the hero for the Jedi that his son was. He definitely was a better guardian figure to Ashoka than Obi Wan ever was to him.

Opinion: Anakin was a better Master to Ahsoka than Obi-Wan was to him

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What is the purpose of being a mentor, or Master if you will? It’s to provide the student with the skills, confidence, and support for that student to thrive once their apprenticeship is complete. Ideally, lessons should be targeted towards the needs of the student. The relationship should be built on mutual respect and trust.

Obi-Wan was not a particularly good mentor. He started off their relationship back in TPM talking loudly about how Anakin was too dangerous to be trained and the relationship never really recovered from there mostly because Obi-Wan never seemed to lose this view of Anakin. All through AotC, he keeps trying to contain Anakin and mold him into a proper Jedi. He talks with Yoda and Mace about how troubled he is by Anakin’s power and perceived arrogance. In nearly every one of their interactions, he puts Anakin down. It’s obvious based on Anakin’s performance that Obi-Wan did an excellent job imparting skills, but he fell down hard when it came to offering support or building confidence.

Anakin and Ahsoka also got off to a bit of a rocky start where he rejected her because he wasn’t ready, but then they actually talked about it and moved past it. Throughout the Clone Wars, we see him teach her useful skills, offer her praise for her work, and provide emotional support. He’s not perfect by any means (his own emotional issues often get in the way of helping her through hers), but Ahsoka comes out of her apprenticeship a successful, functional adult, which is more than you can say for Anakin after ten years with Obi-Wan.

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