Chapter 4:
Anakin's Frustration
"What nonsense is this? Put me on the Council and not make me a Master, it's never been done in the history of the Jedi. It's insulting! " "Perhaps they did for good reason." Spock appeared. "Good reason?" asked Anakin. "Anakin, calm down. You've been given a great honor. To be on the Council at your age it has never been done before. The point is you're too close to the Chancellor." "I believe it is the reverse, Master Kenobi," Spock hypothesized. "Which ever way it is, I doesn't seem right. It makes the Council uneasy. They don't like it when the Chancellor interferes in Jedi affairs." "You're given this assignment, despite the Council's disagreement, because the chancellor trusts you." "And his trust in you could be a trap for you and the Council," Spock surmised. "I agree with you, Ambassador. Anakin, I'm your friend, and I'm on your side. I didn't want to put you in this situation." "What situation?" "The Council wants you to report on all the Chancellor's dealings. They want to know what he's up to." "Spying on the Chancellor is treason." "We are at war, Anakin." "Why didn't the Council give me this assignment while in session?" "This assignment is not to be on record." Anakin tried to convince his master the goodness of Palpatine. "That is why you must help us, Anakin." Obi-Wan tried to make point about the Senate's connection to the Chancellor. "Use your feelings, Anakin, something is out of place." "You asking me to do something the Jedi Code. Against the Republic, against a friend, a mentor, that's what is out of place here. Why are you asking this of me?" Obi-Wan answered, "The Council is asking you." Spock put his hand on Anakin's shoulders. "Anakin, I will guide you in this. You must trust the Council's best interests in this assignment. I will send someone to help you to seek the truth.
After they departed, Obi-Wan flew in a military craft with Windu and Yoda. He told of Anakin's disagreement of his assignment. Then the prophecy came up. Yoda suggested in the end, "the prophecy, that misread it could have been." In the end, Obi-Wan still trusted Anakin. He assured the Masters that Anakin will not fail. "I hope right, you are," Yoda said.