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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 6789284" data-attributes="member: 6803337"><p>I did not need to be a Force adept to figure out what was inevitably going to happen, when Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council BOTH asked Anakin to observe and report (read: spy) on the other. The inherent conflict of interests and clashing loyalties was neon-lit; when the two bodies came to cross-purposes - over anything - there would be no way for Anakin (who is no diplomat and cannot keep Padme linked at the elbow) to prevent somebody or other from disapproving of his actions. And one of Anakin's weaknesses is that he needs the approval of people who he thinks are greater than himself. </p><p></p><p>Of course as Anakin grows stronger in the Force, the list of people from whom he can get that approval shrinks dramatically. At one point he lashes out at Obi-Wan to Padme: "He's holding me back!" Actually Obi-Wan is afraid to teach his headstrong and overpowered pupil anything more, but cannot bring himself to go to the Council, admit failure, and ask for help. By this point, Anakin could only be Padawan to a Mace Windu or a Yoda (somebody who can pound him into the pavement without killing him in the process, and so earn his grudging respect) ... and the Council already committed itself to the assertion that Anakin ought not be trained in the first place. Eventually only Palpatine is left. <faint March="" Imperial="" of="" strains=""></faint></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 6789284, member: 6803337"] I did not need to be a Force adept to figure out what was inevitably going to happen, when Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council BOTH asked Anakin to observe and report (read: spy) on the other. The inherent conflict of interests and clashing loyalties was neon-lit; when the two bodies came to cross-purposes - over anything - there would be no way for Anakin (who is no diplomat and cannot keep Padme linked at the elbow) to prevent somebody or other from disapproving of his actions. And one of Anakin's weaknesses is that he needs the approval of people who he thinks are greater than himself. Of course as Anakin grows stronger in the Force, the list of people from whom he can get that approval shrinks dramatically. At one point he lashes out at Obi-Wan to Padme: "He's holding me back!" Actually Obi-Wan is afraid to teach his headstrong and overpowered pupil anything more, but cannot bring himself to go to the Council, admit failure, and ask for help. By this point, Anakin could only be Padawan to a Mace Windu or a Yoda (somebody who can pound him into the pavement without killing him in the process, and so earn his grudging respect) ... and the Council already committed itself to the assertion that Anakin ought not be trained in the first place. Eventually only Palpatine is left. <faint March="" Imperial="" of="" strains=""></faint> [/QUOTE]
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