Anakin says yes, probably due to a combination of guilt tripping, “all my friends are doing it, I can’t let them do it alone”, and Anakin’s inability to stand by when there are innocent lives on the line.

They can’t force him to be a Jedi.īut they can just kinda… hire him on as a general.

But rules are rules, and the whole Jedi Order is so up their own asses about No Attachments that they absolutely cannot make an exception for Anakin, and besides, he just quit. They absolutely CANNOT afford to lose Anakin at this point. AND he’s one of the Order’s best duelists, and they’ve got three lightsaber-wielding Sith (or, in Grievous’ case, aligned) running around, and a secret Sith Master somewhere. fuck.” Because Anakin is one of their most gifted knights, and probably top ten in terms of all-around combat skill, battlefield adaptability, tactical planning and improvisation, and leadership. Right afterwords, Anakin marches his ass into the Council Chambers and says “so i know this probably isn’t the best time, but I quit, and also i have a family and two kids now bye i’ll send you all holiday cards” and the council is like “wait. Just as he’s about to phone the council and be like “fuck this shit, i’m out”, he gets an emergency comm- Obi-Wan’s captured and on Geonosis, you’re the closest one to him, can you please go rescue him, Knight Skywalker? And of course he does. During the first few years of their life, Anakin spends an awful lot of time “out on assignment” or whatever, but Padme and Anakin eventually decide that the strain of a secret family is just too much for them, and Anakin leaves the Jedi Order. Anakin was knighted sometime during their courtship or early marriage. Without the pressure of looming execution, they probably took their sweet time and actually built a solid relationship before getting married.

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