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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lily Inverse" data-source="post: 257133" data-attributes="member: 4594">Did you ever stop to think that this might be one of Anakin's problems?  Remember, Jedi are trained from birth to acknolwedge their baser emotions, and to decide whether or not indulging them is a good idea, while not letting them control them.  He has to consider consequences, and those consequences would naturally lead away from doing it every time they see something the least bit provocative.  On the other hand,  if it becomes a question of do something and get it out of your system or let your frustrations at not doing it overwhelm you, I suspect that the Jedi will probably take his relief and be done with it, no attachments.  Anakin, however, was not raised in the Order.  He had very different values and beliefs instilled in him by a very different society.  If he believes in chastity until marriage, and the Jedi code forbids marriage, he gets stuck in a catch-22 that would be very dangerous for a young man of his apparant hormonal level.  Granted, on top of everything else this would be a relatively minor point, but it still might be worth some consideration.</blockquote>