[ Perhaps it's this revelation that guides the memory forward, moving it to its full realization and eventual conclusion. Ben sees the way the room around them begins to shimmer too, the figures of the sleeping boys still visible on a peaceful Coruscant night, but fainter now too.
He dips his head slightly.
For what he knew then and what he could give Anakin, he did. But as the years passed and Anakin grew up into a formidable Jedi Knight and a soldier and Master in his own right, there had been things he wishes now he could have changed, even though a Jedi should not cling to regrets, nor should they hold onto the past either. But Ben hasn't been a Jedi for a decade now. What meaning do these teachings really hold for him anymore?
The question of 'how things turned out' gives him pause, and now Ben wonders whether he could divulge in a little more. There are no memories to expose his secrets, allowing them to remain hidden deep in his heart.
But he hasn't spoken of any of this aloud, not with anyone but the ghost of his former Master. And even then ... being met with an empty cave or the endless desert sky, it had been unsuccessful. So now he speaks — as much as he's comfortable with, anyway. ]
I was too young then to be his Master. To be anyone's Master. But I did try. [ He'd taught Anakin differently from how Qui-Gon would have, to be sure, but there is no denying that he tried. ] We learned together, Anakin and I. But in the end, I didn't give him enough. I lost him.
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He dips his head slightly.
For what he knew then and what he could give Anakin, he did. But as the years passed and Anakin grew up into a formidable Jedi Knight and a soldier and Master in his own right, there had been things he wishes now he could have changed, even though a Jedi should not cling to regrets, nor should they hold onto the past either. But Ben hasn't been a Jedi for a decade now. What meaning do these teachings really hold for him anymore?
The question of 'how things turned out' gives him pause, and now Ben wonders whether he could divulge in a little more. There are no memories to expose his secrets, allowing them to remain hidden deep in his heart.
But he hasn't spoken of any of this aloud, not with anyone but the ghost of his former Master. And even then ... being met with an empty cave or the endless desert sky, it had been unsuccessful. So now he speaks — as much as he's comfortable with, anyway. ]
I was too young then to be his Master. To be anyone's Master. But I did try. [ He'd taught Anakin differently from how Qui-Gon would have, to be sure, but there is no denying that he tried. ] We learned together, Anakin and I. But in the end, I didn't give him enough. I lost him.