Obi-Wan and Ahsoka were more than Anakin’s friends; they were his family – Nothing says forever friendship quite like Team Skywalker, a chosen team of misfits. Okay, maybe not the whole ‘misfits’ Schick, but the chosen family part is correct. Moreover, if Obi-Wan and Ahsoka and Anakin were close, why didn’t they confront him about Padmé?
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Confront Or Leave It Be?
Obi-Wan and Anakin were insanely close. After the death of Qui-Gon Jinn, the Jed Council permitted the then freshly minted Jedi knight to train a then-preteen Skywalker as it was his master’s final wish. Kenobi had been present with the young queen and the formerly enslaved child and saw how close they became.
He wasn’t oblivious to Anakin’s anxiety before their reunion with Padmé. Obi-Wan knew his student enough to know there were romantic feelings there. However, while he attempted to prevent him from going too far, Kenobi could almost be a hypocrite due to his own relationship with Duchess Satine.
Ahsoka developed a close bond with her master during the war. They fought like siblings and saw each other as such. She also saw Padmé as a sister, and the senator felt the same way about her.
Ahsoka was in the dark about her two friends’ relationship until Obi-Wan sent her as a third wheel on a mission with them. She saw the way Anakin protected Padmé and how they interacted around each other. She alerts the senator to what she knows by the end, promising to keep the intel to herself.
Obi-Wan and Ahsoka knew better than to confront Anakin about anything, especially something so private. Backing Skywalker into a corner was like trapping a Loth-cat under a table and expecting it not to claw at you.
A Hard Place
Anakin valued loyalty over anything else. He knew Obi-Wan and Ahsoka would always have his back. Unfortunately, though, his master had a habit of pushing his buttons. One example of this was when he’d walked out of a private conversation with Padmé towards the end of the war, and Kenobi, who was questioning Rex, turned to him and asked if he told the senator; he said hello.
Skywalker had his back turned at this moment, and he didn’t look happy as it had become a pattern with Obi-Wan. Though, he knew Kenobi didn’t mean anything by his comments. Ahsoka, meanwhile, was a different story.
Anakin trusted Ahsoka to guard Padmé if he could not do so himself, knowing that his wife adored his padawan and vice versa. If anything, they had more in common with each other than with him. Also, there was no one else Skywalker trusted more with his student’s defence when she was wrongly accused of terrorism.
Leaving The Past Behind
Ahsoka not having to confront her master and his wife wasn’t a matter she ever considered. They were friends; family. She didn’t judge them because they fell in love. As far as she is concerned, it wasn’t her business. If they wanted to talk about it with her, they would.
She did so without serious consideration when she left the Jedi Order after she was cleared of terrorism charges. Ahsoka departed the only on her own accord. She didn’t do it to break Anakin’s heart as it was the last thing she wanted. He meant far too much to her, and so did Padmé.
Before she walks away from the Temple, she tells Anakin that he understands his desire to leave the Jedi by uttering two words, “I know.” Ahsoka didn’t see his surprised expression, and she didn’t need to as she knew what would happen if she did.
Moving over to Obi-Wan, he loved Anakin far too much to interfere in a relationship that made his friend happy. However, he knew his own share of heartache after Satine was murdered by Maul and died in his arms.
While Obi-Wan had to deal with his struggles independently, he had no idea what Anakin was going through. He had to watch Ahsoka leave only to learn later that Padmé would die and potentially their children. To confront his brother meant one of two things. The first is that Skywalker bears his soul, while number two would’ve included making him lash out. That was the last thing Kenobi would’ve wanted.
