Anakin! Imagine what you would have become if instead of Qui-Gon, that other Sith had found you on Tatooine! Her fate could have easily been yours, Anakin. Why can’t you see that?
Honestly though, so here’s the thing: in the ROTS novel, he basically is having like a dissociative episode and so maybe his face isn’t even off here. I swear to God. Like, here’s Yoda and Bail and Obi-Wan talking about where to send Luke after all the Horrible Things happen:
This dude is still wearing his ASH-COVERED CLOTHING after witnessing, and participating in, the sequence of events that culminated in what he believes was the IMMOLATION AND DEATH OF ANAKIN SKYWALKER, his best friend in the whole entire world. And yet, here he is, like 4 minutes later, all “Ha HA! I’ll go to Tatooine! Everything I ever loved is gone but I CAN’T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO LIVE than in the FUCKING DESERT with Anakin’s son! Who I didn’t entirely know he was going to have until like 12 hours ago! I have to take him because BOTH OF HIS PARENTS, MY FRIENDS, ARE DEAD! Also like last week I was fighting in the Clone Wars and shit but…now I’m here! And the world is over! But it’s FINE! I’m OK! I’ll be Luke’s Funny Uncle and buy him toys and shit and everything will be great! Again: can’t think of a better way to live! I AM OK EVERYONE. REALLY.”
Obi-Wan did not pause to consider what it had cost him to win his victory over Darth Maul, but rushed immediately to Qui-Gon. Kneeling at the Jedi Master’s side, he lifted his head and shoulders and cradled him gently in his arms. “Master!” he breathed in a whisper. Qui-Gon’s eyes opened.
“Too late, my young Padawan.”
“No!” Obi-Wan shook his head violently in denial.
“Now you must be ready, whether the Council thinks you so or not. You must be the teacher.” The strong face twisted in pain, but the dark eyes were steady. “Obi-Wan. Promise me you will train the boy.”
Obi-wan nodded instantly, agreeing without thinking, willing to say or do anything that would ease the other’s pain, desperate to save him. [Terry Brooks’s The Phantom Menace]
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