Dear Anakin,
I never thought that you, off all people, would turn to the Dark Side. Thinking back on it, I suppose I was wrong, wasn't I?
I remember when you were a little boy, when I first met you. My old Master, Qui-Gon, had just picked you up off of Tattooine, and was going to train you until he was killed by the Sith Lord, Darth Maul, I think it was. I promised him that I would train you.
I was so young and inexperienced back then, thinking that I could train a padawan. True, I always loved children, but I hadn't even lost my own padawan braid yet.
If I hadn't trained you, what would have become of you? Would you be sent back to Tattooine, to live the life of a slave, or would you still be the cause of death for thousands of people?
Would the world still be a one of chaos and uproar?
You were my brother, Anakin, and my best friend. I trusted you. How could you, the Chosen One, have turned against the entire Jedi Order, just to save a single person?
Love is a powerful thing. It clings to us, surrounding almost everything. I myself, almost left the Jedi Order many years because of love, and I probably would have if it I had not had to leave.
But that didn't mean you hard to become a Sith Lord.
It is ironic, now that I ponder on it, that Padme died of a broken heart, when you tried so desperately to save her by turning to the Dark Side.
In that final battle, Anakin, when we were fighting, I could sense the light in you. I could feel both the light and the dark, twisting and turning inside of you.
Deep down, there is still good in you Anakin. As there is in your son, and your daughter.
The future is cloudy, but I can tell that someday, somehow, you will turn away from the Dark Side, and come back to light.
I only wish that that day could come sooner.
The first time I saw your children, I was surprised at their resemblance to you.
Yes, your daughter, Leia, resembles her mother in appearance a bit more, but they both inherited their sense of adventure from you, I think. Padme was always the polite senator from Naboo, and you were the adventurous Jedi Knight.
What would Ahsoka have said, if she found out her master had turned to the Dark Side? She would not have been pleased, to say the least.
Anakin, I'm begging you. Please turn back to the light, and end this war. Please save the millions of people who would otherwise die.
Remember, the door is always there. All you have to do is open it.
Jedi Master Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
Tattooine
The Outer Rim
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