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Obi-Wan Kenobi had been on Tatooine long enough to see the beauty that came from the rise and the fall of the binary suns at sunset and dawn, and he always tried to meditate at those times, whenever he wasn't meditating like at work he tried his best to cope with the oppressive heat of the planet; Master Yoda might have said Tatooine was perfect for him to hide with Luke until a time when Anakin's son was old enough to learn how to use the Force, and that he would be relatively safe here with Owen and Beru, who were both good people and since they worked on a moisture farm, they would bring the boy up alright.

No, that was harsh. Shmi had brought Anakin up alright despite his former apprentice's glaring flaws, and Obi-Wan's heart beat slowly in sorrowful regret as he remembered the way he had harshly pushed Anakin down as a youngster because he was desperate to stop him from becoming the danger the Council had determined he was going to be.

It was ironic, but only now in his isolation, his exile did Obi-Wan Kenobi realise to himself he had let the Council's views cloud his judgement instead of forming his own opinions for himself. Yes, Anakin had been arrogant and a handful. But now he knew that the boy had been a former slave and as a result, he craved positive praise, not negative praise. And everything Obi-Wan said and did was negative, and it was mostly influenced by the Jedi Masters around him, especially those who openly sneered at the Chosen One prophecy. They hadn't wanted the Jedi Order to change and they had either wanted to banish Anakin or tear the Force away from him.

And Obi-Wan hadn't really done anything about it; he had defended his Padawan of course, but he hadn't done more than that. Obi-Wan was still reeling from the way his old Master had brushed him off, and made him promise to train Anakin on his death bed. He hadn't reassured Anakin, and so it was a wonder the pair of them became friends. It wasn't until Anakin was older that Obi-Wan realised how harsh he had been and so he changed his approach slightly, and things improved. But had they been too late? Obi-Wan wished he had had the foreknowledge he had now that Palpatine was Darth Sidious, and if he had known that he would have informed the Council, they could have dealt with the Sith Master before he tore the galaxy to shreds with the Clone Wars, and torn down the Republic and forged that evil empire of his from the blood of the Jedi Order Anakin slaughtered when he became a Sith Lord himself.

So many things did he wish he had done differently….

He wished he had treated Anakin as a person, rather than a burden.

He wished he had defended his apprentice from all the detractors, and given him the kind of kindness he deserved. Masters like Shaak-Ti would not have neglected Anakin in that manner.

He regretted not being flexible with the Code; if he had been, then he could have had the same kind of love Anakin and Padme seemed to have with either Siri or Sabine, although he was still surprised that the couple had married at all, since Padme was a woman of strong character and beliefs, while Anakin was volatile.

Most of all, Obi-Wan wished he had kept Palpatine away from Anakin.

The crippling loneliness and the fact the only thing that he still did which reminded him of his life as a Jedi was meditation made Obi-Wan spend a lot of his time in a cantina in the nearby city, so he didn't go crazy with the isolation. He had made one or two friends, but that was it. He couldn't allow himself to get attached; he was afraid someone might die and it would affect him strongly. To his dismay, Owen had refused to allow him anywhere near Luke, more than once the farmer had chased him away from the farm, and it hurt that the only piece of Anakin on this planet was being denied him.

One day Owen would have to accept Luke was Force-sensitive, and there was nothing he could do about it.

But there were moments on living here where Obi-Wan viewed this place as home - he never did during the scorching day or during the sandstorms - and that was during the dawn and sunset.

He felt like it was home when there was beauty in the different colours in the sky. It reminded him of the beauty of the galaxy.