He could've been her bodyguard

Wasnt this his original plan after the Clone Wars ended?

"But I won't get to fight in the war."

"Mercenaries exist Anakin. The GAR would probably let you stay a general."

"...alright."

If Anakin had left the order, Palpatine still would have swooped in to give him a role with the GAR. Then he would have continued to feed Anakin suspicions about Jedi treachery. He would have eventually revealed himself as the Sith Lord, and told Anakin the Jedi attempted a coup, then set him on them just as he did in Operation Knightfall.

There was a Small little problem why this was not exactly possible called War.

I'm gonna be real with you, this is the conversation Obi-Wan needed to have with Anakin. It's very obvious to everyone that Anakin is not happy with the order, and that the padame anakin situation was not going to be kept "secret" once anakins battlefield prowess was no longer needed for the orders survival. The situation was a ticking time bomb from the start but neither the council nor Obi-Wan even really understood there was a bomb, just a jedi who needed more training.

Obi-Wan needed to help detach Anakins sense of selfworth from the order and help him to realize that he could still lead a happy fulfilled life without the councils acceptance. Anakin's anger and rebellion is anger at himself for never being "good enough" for the jedi, but he'll never be "good enough" because he was "trained wrong" from the start. Anakin is not a weapon to be thrown against the CIS then discarded, he is a person. Qui-gon knew that the order was no longer serving its purpose, and could have helped Anakin see himself as something other than a "bad egg" jedi, but Obi-Wan saw the push back Qui-Gon got from the order and "rebelled" by following the order to the letter.

Obi-Wan's tragic flaw is that he's too good of a jedi to realize that the very existence of the Clone Wars is a problem beyond the abilities of the old order, let alone how to handle Anakin, and that he needed to start looking outside it for answers. The same strength of character that stopped him from leaving the order to go a live with Satine, prevented him from falling to the dark side after Qui-Gong died, after Satine died, kept him on the light side after the fall of the order, and fighting for Luke after losing literally everything is also the thing that kept him from stopping the fall of the order to the dark side in the first place.

Luke, sans silly Disney retcons, is the hero because he learns how to be a jedi from Obi-Wan, realizes their flaws, but still refuses to embrace the dark side. Instead he redefines and reshapes the jedi to embrace love, rather than running from it. Luke understood that attachment can be a sorce of strength for everyone's betterment, and can be used to save people, rather than simply an obstacle to be manipulated by outside forces.

Padme would never suggest this (I get this is a meme I just want to talk lore for a sec) thanks to this we know her stance, the Republic needs a Jedi and a senator more than it needs a husband and wife during the clone wars

"But Padmé, I need to fight in the war"

"Sweetie, you're Palpatine's pet, he'll just make you an honorary general"

"Aight so I'm leaving the Jedi. Hey Ahsoka, wya? I quit the Jedi, wanna party?"

He would absolutely have to give up his lightsaber, but he also absolutely has the technical know-how to make one himself.

Also, my headcanon is that he was planning to do this once the war was over.

You saw his mom and him were a slave right?

And padme would not stand by while palpatine and the trade federation continue to try to become dictator and trade blockade starve people.

He doesn’t think the system works, don’t you see! BECAUSE IT DOESN’T!!

AND HES THE ONE WHO HAS TO FIX IT

The most OP stay at home dad of all time

I mean if he had left when Ahsoka did it would have solved a lot of problems

Anakin: "But what about men, women and children?"

Her: "didn't I just say you can do what you want?"

That would have been a lot easier 😑

If only

Anakin: ”Padme be right. I’m going to quit and start my own council of Space Wizards. I’ll call it Reddit Redi.”

He would have been so much happier had he quit

Honestly the padme anakin love story is overconvoluted for no reason

he could probably quite literally run for chancellor even, war hero of the republic and all

Quit the Jedi order, we'll bang okay.

I like how this implies that Jedis get a salary.

At least she waited 5 years from when he was a child until she fucked him.

Literally the ONLY reason Anakin doesn't do this is because he's greedy for power. That was his critical flaw.

I mean, it is just literally his whole religion he was indoctrinated into at a very young age.

Maybe if the republic wasn’t corrupt and negligent of the outer rim there wouldn’t be a war happening

Why didn't Anakin leave the Jedi order? Is he stupid?

But you see, he really hates sand.

I am unfamiliar with how the jedi work, but... can he really just quit?

I would yeet the lightsaber, say fuck you to jedi council and get to business with Padme

I like this alternate scenario but it probably never would've happened. Every event that transpired across the various media surrounding Anakin's journey to the Dark Side cements the idea that he needed to stay a Jedi, train under various masters and eventually gain access to the restricted section of the Jedi archives.

Episode II is for many a very forgettable movie but it explains very well why Anakin wouldn't leave the Order, he says "One day, I will become the greatest Jedi ever. I will even learn how to stop people from dying." This isn't something he says just because he's an ambitious youngster, he says this because so much bad shit happened that he feels like, if he had absolute power then he could stop all these bad things from happening.

• Dead mom? Lolnope, I'm the best Jedi ever.
• Sith taking over the galaxy? Nice try, I'm the best Jedi ever.
• Secret wife dying in childbirth? Think again, I'm the best Jedi ever.

This is Anakin's whole motivation, even from Episode I when we first meet him.

she is so beautiful in sw 😅😮‍💨

I love the idea that Padme would be super blunt and just say, "I'm super fucking rich, you wouldn't have to work if you don't want to. Like, just come be my bodyguard and we'll fuck all day lmao"

to be fair, the order is the only place he really considered home and he saw Obi Wan as his father figure. Also with being the chosen one, feeling that responsablity, of course he didnt leave. Cant blame him for that

Lol why didn’t he do this

What, are you going to tear the whole order down? And kill the younglings? Huh? HUH?!

But internal trauma wise, if his path wasn't with the Jedi & to do some ultimate good in the world then leaving his mom, not being around to prevent her fate, all that pain would have been for nothing. I really wish they had been more complex with Anakin's feelings in these films there is so much to work with.

Unfortunately, as long as Palpatine held any sway or power, there was no way Anakin was getting out clean. None whatsoever

He would've found some way to turn him to the dark side. One way or another, he would have his prized apprentice

I saw a video of this a couple of weeks ago.

Was this not posted like less than a week ago?

I mean this is basically what he wanted to do except war was happening and as soon as it was over he was having those dreams about Padme and shit hit the fan with Palpy

Or take the Ahsoka approach and become a freelancer aiding the Republic, or a special consultant or something. You get to remain General Skywalker commanding the 501st and openly reprimand your troops for gunship nose art of your scantily clad wife.

Well that's one way

I like the prequels but man they were not written well lol

He was obsessed with avoiding losing what he loved. That’s why he promises her to become the most powerful Jedi in history. He was so afraid of losing that the chase of power left him with no real power and losing everything.

Being a Jedi Knight in a galactic conflict is a great way to obtain power. Therefore he would never quit.

this honestly should have been palpetines pitch to him. Make anakin realize he’s still a slave just to a different master but sith can do whatever the fuck they want. It’s of course a trick, and anakin becomes a slave to the dark side. But when he redeems himself and chucks the emperor into the ship engine, he’s finally for the first time a free man, and he dies being held by his son.

The moral of the story here is always pick your family over your career.

Here me out Bananakin, leave the order and become a Naval Officer if you still really want to fight the Seppys

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Bruh hahah this is sad and funny at the same time

Good Ending

That raises a genuine question, ignore palpatine for a second, if Anakin left the order could he have just joined the GAR as a non Jedi? Considering his own connections and reputation, as well as Padme’s, he probably could have kept fighting the war exactly as normal without being a Jedi anymore

If this was a manga, it would be called "How I quit the Jedi order and became a house husband."

Quitting the Jedi order would likely get him labeled a Sith and the Jedi would hunt him down. The Jedi really had to look for reasons to continue their existence with no visible threat justifying their use of tax payer money.

Also considering the whole history with Darth Revan. The Jedi would like stop this behavior to stop themselves from losing control. If Jedi could just leave, we'd see a ton of force sensitive people just walking around.

This is my theory.

You can’t just quit, it’s like a gang, they’ll hunt you down

Turning your back on the Jedi Order certainly doesn't make you a target. Certainly not.

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