The Slave Who Makes Free: An Anakin Skywalker Quest

[X] …sparring.

Taricus said:

Sheev being wrong about things but being able to be a mentor aren't mutually exclusive. Besides, I don't think anyone was walking into this questing thinking avoiding Sheevy P's shenanigans were going to be easy to avoid.

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Oh wasn't accusing anyone of that. Just more so reflecting about how this was probably more picking a poison rather than bad versus even worse.

As for the mentor side - yeah, but recognising that would help to limit the actual influence that Sheev has over Anakin. It would still be a monumental undertaking, but even that might mean that Sheev trying to do his fascism is looked at with more dissapointment rather than assuming that he must have a plan and that it just looks bad, or something.

Which wouldn't necessarily mean we're in the clear- it's Palpatine.

[x] …talking.

[x] …meditating.
You've come to know how the others think, talk and act, but what is it like to witness them in the Force?

[x] …meditating.

[X] …meditating.
You've come to know how the others think, talk and act, but what is it like to witness them in the Force?

I like meditating.

Bit late to the vote, but better late than never!

[X] …talking.

The contrarian in me wants to go for "Sparring" here, and I think we're missing a trick if we don't emphasise Anakin's skills as a warrior over the long term. That's going to be important, and I don't think there's any way around it. But I'm also really convinced by the Questers who've argued that making Anakin less isolated, making him better known and with more friends amongst the Knights of his generation, could be perhaps the biggest single change we can make in terms of how he relates to the Order.

It's too early to seriously think about it now, but one potential route for him by the time of RotS might be to announce his marriage to Padme, and that he is founding his own Order as he feels the Jedi have lost their way, as a fait accompli. Note that Anakin will be the Republic's most famous war hero and was idolised by many of the younger Jedi even in the original timeline of the films. A bit more work towards better relationships with our peers, and we could plausibly take a large chunk of the younger Knights with us, and the Council simply have no good options at that point.

Along with being a healthier and more honest way for Anakin to face up to his problems and reconcile his identities as both a man with feelings and a Jedi, splitting the Order would also undo some of the centralisation which made it so easy for Palpatine to destroy the Jedi. Also frankly... I hope we can find a way for the Jedi to survive in this quest, but I do not think the Order as it is currently constituted necessarily should, or will. Fragmentation is likely one of the better options for how it ends up.

But this is very longterm, pie-in-the-sky thinking, we're at least two movies and a TV series away from reaching that point. Not super relevant to this vote, more general musing on the value of making friendships.

[x] …meditating.

Nap time.

[X] …meditating.

[X] …talking.

[X] …talking.

[x] …talking.

we need close friends so Anakin doesn't mope by himself so much

[X] …talking.

[X] …talking.

I want to meet cool people. And Anakin could use some more perspective on living in the order.

[x] …talking.

Five votes is probably not a gettable swing at this stage in the game, but I think the more important point is that there's broad agreement (I'm sure by many people who voted to Meditate or Spar as well) that we want Anakin to be less lonely and isolated than he was canonically.

Also, one hundred and nine votes, nice.

[x] …talking.

I'm convinced.