Let’s say (this probably wouldn’t happen) but Obi-Wan somehow manages to turn Anakin back to the light during their fight in ROTS. What would happen next?

padawanlost:

I don’t think it would happen either (not
without Padmé’s help). Obi-wan never tried to save Obi-wan, he went there to
kill him (he didn’t *want* to, but that’s what he was going to do anyway
because he was good jedi and a good jedi knows Yoda is never wrong :/). But,
for argument’s sake, let’s say Padmé convinces Anakin to come back to the light
before Anakin and Obi-wan start fighting. They would still have Sidious problem
in their hands.

If they don’t manage to kill Palpatine, they
die (or spend the rest of their lives running). If they do manage to kill him
and prove Palpatine was a Sith Lord, Anakin is still screwed. Anakin coming
back to the light doesn’t automatically erased all the terrible things he did
in his short time as Vader. He killed A LOT of kids, the CIS learders, he
helped Palpatine to proclaim his Empire, he used the clones to execute Order 66
and he was Palpatine’s accomplice and second in command. Realistically, the
GFFA was so corrupt that Anakin getting away with it is a possibility, but even
if he does, the Jedi (and the public) would never forget or forgive him.

Obi-wan would spend the rest of his life trying
to figure out where he went wrong with Anakin, probably blaming himself and struggling
to deal with the trauma of losing the Jedi order and all his friends.

Anakin would be consumed by guilty. Here’s the
thing, Anakin shouldn’t get a happy ending because he is capable of “putting everything
behind him” and just go live his life happy with his new family, he is a
terrible person. if Anakin is a good person he will have to struggle with what
he did. He shouldn’t be able to just “let it go” and move on with this life. He
should spend the rest of his life trying to atone, facing what he did and
trying to be better.