Prophecy of the Force: Part 10

Part 10

“Anakin, it’s good to see you.” He wasn’t looking forward to giving him the news from the Jedi Council. “How is Padmé, and the children?”

“You can stop making pleasantries master. I know why you’re here.” He escorted Master Kenobi into the main sitting room. Everything was being packed up and the place was in shambles. Padmé came out of the bedroom and saw the two men sitting on the couch, just staring at each other. At first, she wanted to leave the two of them to discuss, but instead came and sat next to her husband. He would need her support.

“Where do I start?” He paused for a few moments after this, trying to figure out how to tell Anakin about the meeting. “As you know, the war isn’t over. We still have to deal with the Separatists, but unfortunately, we do not know where they are. It’s not going to be very difficult, since they are now leaderless.” Anakin already knew all of this, and was wondering why Obi-Wan was telling him this. He could sense a lot of tension in his former master, but didn’t say anything. “We had a hard time deciding what to do about you. Master Windu was dead set on kicking you out. He almost got his way. Master Yoda was very quiet throughout the entire meeting, but didn’t speak up until just today. He started talking about when he first met you.”

Anakin could remember some of the things Master Yoda had said about him when he first went to get tested. ‘Clouded, this boy’s future is.’ He wondered what Master Yoda was talking about when the council had their meeting.

“He spoke of how your future was clouded, and that you had much fear in you. Today, he said that things had cleared up, but that you still have a lot of fear. We finally realized why your future was so clouded. You were debating joining the dark side, in order to save Padmé.” He looked at her, and she realized what Anakin was talking about when he said he had found a way to save her.

Anakin lowered his head, realizing that Obi-Wan was right. Only now did he realize that if he had joined the dark side, he might not have been able to save her. His visions of her dying were because he was destined to join the dark side, but Master Windu had prevented that. He owed a lot to him.

“So what is going to become of me, master?” He wanted to know, but at the same time, didn’t. He knew whatever the decision would be, it would change his life.

“You are to remain a Jedi, but we are taking you off the Council and putting you on probation. Realize, Anakin, that things could have been much worse. We have never put a Jedi on this type of probation. In fact, no Jedi has ever been on probation.” Anakin let out a sigh of relief. While he was upset at not being on the council anymore, he realized that he was being let off very easy. He was still a Jedi.