Hi I just read something from you blog that made me curious about a few stuff What did Anakin think about being the Chosen One? How did he find out? Did the council tell him? Was it a burden, like a heavy responsibility? Did he spend time wondering what was in store for him, in order to fullfill the prophecy, what he was supposed to do? Or, over time, he just got used to not think too much about the whole thing? Did he and Obi Wan talk about it? Did Obi Wan believe Anakin was the Chosen One?

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What did Anakin think about being the Chosen
One?

He was
rightfully bitter about it. He was told he was the Chosen One but one bother to
help him figure what that meant or how to properly control his power

The Jedi Council didn’t want me, either. Being
the Chosen One didn’t count for anything. Master Yoda wouldn’t train me, or
Windu. Every member of the Jedi Council
had had something more pressing to do than help him work out what this
terrible, galaxy-changing power of his meant, and how he should live in its
shadow. He still wasn’t sure. Karen Traviss’s The Clone Wars

He was the Chosen One, they told him. He was
supposed to bring balance to the Force. Anakin
thought that some little extra support might go with being the Chosen One, a
helping hand or at least some understanding from the Jedi Council, but instead
he was passed around like an unwelcome burden, ending up with Qui-Gon Jinn and
then Kenobi because nobody else would have him. His chosen status meant
less than nothing; it felt more like a stigma. And they wondered why he was
difficult at times. Maybe they didn’t want balance, whatever that was. Maybe
nobody liked a Jedi who was that different. He felt like an embarrassment to
them. I do everything you ask of me. I try so hard. When is it going to be
enough? When are you going to say, “Okay, Anakin Skywalker, you’re good
enough”? Karen Traviss’s The Clone Wars

How did he find out? Did the council tell him?

Yes, in TPM
when the Council is discussing his fate as he wasn’t even in the room:

Ki-Adi-Mundi: The Force is strong with him.
Qui-Gon Jinn: He’s to be trained, then.
Mace Windu: No. He will not be trained.
Qui-Gon Jinn: No?!
 Mace Windu: He is too old.
Qui-Gon Jinn: He is the Chosen One! You must see it!

Did he and Obi Wan talk about it?

Sometimes.

 “You would forgo your destiny for
Padme?”Anakin’s brows bettled in anger. “I
never claimed to be the Chosen One. That was Qui-Gon. Even the Council
doesn’t believe it anymore, so why should you?””Because I think you believe
it,” Obi-Wan said calmly. “I think you
know in your heart that you’re meant for something extraordinary.”“And you,
Master. What does your heart tell you you’re meant for?”“Infinite sadness,”
Obi-Wan said, even while smiling. James Luceno’s Labyrinth of Evil

 “Sometimes I
don’t want to be the Chosen One,” Anakin said.
The words broke free. They felt like stones in his mouth. “That’s not
surprising,” Obi-Wan said. “Many gifts can be burdens.”
“The Force is so strong. I can feel it so much. I feel so much. I don’t
want to feel so much!” Anakin hardly recognized his voice, choked and aching.
Obi-Wan looked startled at his vehemence. “Why am I chosen? Why is it me? Can’t I refuse it? Can’t you let me
refuse it? Can’t you take it away?” Jude Watson’s The Moment of Truth.

Did he
spend time wondering what was in store for him, in order to fullfill the
prophecy, what he was supposed to do? Or, over time, he just got used to not
think too much about the whole thing?

He thought
about what it meant, he was conscious of his enormous potential and
extraordinary skill but he ddin’t have a plan. He was conflicted. He was told
he was the chosen one and that’s it. No knew what that really meant or how
should he bring balance to the Force. No one really helped him so he carried
that burden alone. I think he tried not avoid thinking about it whenever
possible.

As he reached the Council chamber door, Mace
Windu’s voice made him pause. “The Force is with him, Anakin. You are wrong to
be afraid.” Yeah, yeah. Wrong to be afraid, wrong to be worried, wrong to care
two bantha pats what happened to Obi-Wan. Everything
I do is wrong. But you still expect me to save you, don’t you? Karen Miller’s
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Wild Space

The
prophecy wasn’t something that was constantly guide. If anything, I think the
Council was more interested in that than Anakin. They saw him as weapon, only
important when they needed to use him:

We have seen that young Skywalker has the power
to battle a Sith Lord alone, if need be; he has proven that with Dooku. If he is indeed the chosen one, we must
keep him in play against the Sith—keep him in a position to fulfill his
destiny.” “And even if the prophecy has been misread,” Agen Kolar added,
“Anakin is the one Jedi we can best hope would survive an encounter with a Sith
Lord. So let us also use him to help us
set our trap. Matthew
Stover’s revenge of the Sith

Anakin flung an arm back toward the Council Tower. “They’re the ones who call me the chosen one! Chosen for what? To be a dupe in some slimy political game?”Matthew Stover’s Revenge of the Sith

Did Obi Wan believe Anakin was the Chosen One?

Yes. As
their friendship developed Obi-wan believed more and more in Anakin’s status as
the chosen one. However, the moment Anakin became Vader he stopped and decided
he was wrong the whole time and Luke was the real chosen one. But after he
watch Anakin kill Palpatine he realized Anakin was the only real chosen one 🙂

What if Anakin should be
killed? Could he even be killed? As the Chosen One, was he destined to fulfill
both the title and the prophecy? Was he immune to real harm, or – as someone
born to restore balance to the Force – did he require defenders to guide him to
that destiny? Was it Obi-Wan’s duty – more, the duty of all the Jedi
– to see to it that he survived at all costs?
Matthew
Stover’s revenge of the Sith

 Obi-Wan
sensed confusion and remorse in Anakin’s psyche, then Anakin answered,
“But Master…why me?” “Because you ended the horror,
Anakin,” Obi-Wan said. “Because you fulfilled the prophecy. Because you were…and are..the Chosen
One.” Ryder Windham’s he Life and
Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi