What if Barris was Anakin’s Padawan instead of Luminara? Would things have turned out better for her?

padawanlost:

Yes, I do.
I believe most Jedi padawan would’ve profited greatly from a more compassionate
approach to their training. Anakin did a great job with Ahsoka because he
provided the emotional support a teenager fighting a war would be in desperate
need of. He distracted her, he supported when she became overwhelmed, he tried
to shield her from the worst of it, etc. And Filoni pretty much said as much:

“Then we
see a big, critical episode arc where Anakin and Luminara kind of compare
Padawans, Barriss and Ahsoka. And that arc, I think, really set an interesting
tone for ourselves and for the fans. We
were trying to illustrate the difference between the way Anakin is raising his
Padawan, and how much he cares about her, and the way Luminara raises her
Padawan. Not that Luminara is indifferent, but that Luminara is detached. It’s
not that she doesn’t care, but she’s not attached to her emotionally. And at
the end of the day, one of the questions that I guess I pose is, is that really
a good thing? Is Anakin’s way of being so compassionate wrong? Because on a
certain level, you have to accept that the Jedi lose the Clone War. So there is
something that they’re doing that’s wrong.” Dave Filoni

Barriss was
introduced to us – show and EU – as a kind person who was really passionate
about healing people and saving lives and I simply refuse to believe she lost
her way because she was “tempted by the dark side” as some fans suggest. I
believe Barriss was kid who was pushed into a war she had no business fighting
in without any kind of emotional support and that slowly destroyed her faith in
the Republic and the Jedi Order.

With Anakin
or another more compassionate Master, I believe Barriss wouldn’t have reached
the point where she would have to bomb something just to be heard. Also, I’d
bet a more compassionate and attached master would’ve noticed something was
wrong with Barrriss long before terrorism became an option.