#and in the context what actually happened he was 100% right that the test waa meaningless taking into account the ep padawan lost and

[merrysithmas]

I loved your post talking about what great teacher Anakin actually was to Ahsoka. Since totj came out I’ve seen people talking about what a terrible teacher he was because he turned up late to Ahsoka’s (his only student) test. Which I feel like misses so much of the point. This was also clearly still early on in their relationship so they definitely still had to figure out how the whole thing worked. While I do think he should have been on time to say he was a terrible teacher just seems a bit much.

Also, I feel like the trailer made it seem like his Dark Side was slipping through while the show made it seem like he was upset with the training the Jedi were giving, and that he found it inadequate. Which isn’t wrong. It seemed like Anakin very clearly saw the flaws of their training and how it related to the situations Ahsoka was headed towards.

Anakin was late to her test because, in the text of the episode, he personally felt the test was not only meaningless but singlehandedly preparing the student he deeply loved for a fast-tracked death on the field of a war he'd already been fighting for years.

Something Ahsoka herself understood by the end of the ep - and an incredibly valuable lesson Anakin also taught her by proxy:

If you're being tested to succeed at false goalposts, then you're failing anyway.