There has long been discourse about whether Obi - Wan Kenobi was truly the in effect option asAnakin Skywalker’sJedi Master , but this surprisingStar Warstheory suggestsMace Windumay have been his idealistic master instead . From the instant Anakin was stick in to the Jedi Council as a minuscule son inStar Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace , the Jedi suspected that he wasthe Chosen One , foretold to bring balance to the Force and destroy the Sith . Rather than excitement about the implication , though , the Jedi had serious concerns about the threat Anakin could sit .

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Mace Windu Understood The Dark Side Better Than Most

Although Mace Windu may have follow across as a exacting , even judgmental rule - watch over Jedi Master throughout theStar Warsprequel trilogy , in verity , Mace Windu shockingly toe the line of the sinister side of the Force oftentimes . Mace Windu used a proscribed lightsaber form , Form VII , also known as Juyo ( one of the variants of the form ) . This lightsaber form was cast out by the Jedi specifically because it was so belligerent , making the Jedi using the class more susceptible to the colored side . In fact , Form VII was favour by the Sith because it was so aggressive .

Mace Windu used a tabu lightsaber form , Form VII , also know as Juyo .

imposingly , Mace Windu managed to use Form VII without falling to the dark-skinned side , meaning that he learned how to tap into his emotion and be aggressive while still remain committed to the light . This also means thatMace Windu had a very unique level of conversance with the dark side of the Force , peculiarly compared to most other Jedi . presumptively , every metre he used this lightsaber bod , he had to face up the dark side , resisting the pulling towards it even as he used such an fast-growing fighting kind .

Anakin crying in Attack of the Clones in a red hue to the left and Vader at the end of Revenge of the Sith to the right

Mace Had Learned How To Channel His Inner Darkness

Notably , Mace Windu had a very originative ( and bright ) way to avoid Form VII turning him to the drear side of the Force . Mace Windu created his own variation of this scrap strain , called Vaapad . Vaapad was still an aggressive scrap form that incorporated one ’s emotion . However , with Vaapad , Mace Windu did not fully give in to his emotions . Rather , he used his feelings to his vantage without letting anger waste him as it might a Sith . Vaapad was therefore a less severe variant of Form VII that did not tempt the user toward the dark side in the same way .

This practice does suggest that Mace Windu would have been an first-class Jedi Master for Anakin .

This recitation does suggest that Mace Windu would have been an fantabulous Jedi Master for Anakin . Clearly , Mace Windu sympathize the temptation of the dark side of the Force . He could have used this noesis to guide Anakin , particularly given the unconventional nature of Anakin ’s Jedi journey . More than that , though , Vaapad turn up that Mace Windu cognise that there were strategy Jedi could apply to overcome a pull to the black side .

Anakin and Padme embracing to the right in a slightly purple hue and Obi-Wan Kenobi to the left looking up from under his hood

Mace Windu ’s approaching would therefore have been quite distinct from what Anakin ultimately experienced in the Jedi Order . Rather than a nuanced approach that provide this case of flexibility , Anakin ’s breeding in the Jedi Temple often reinforced black - and - white thinking about the swooning and glowering side of the Force that caused Anakin to believe that there was something basically big or ' wrong ' with him . In fact , this pattern really commence inThe Phantom Menacewhen the Jedi Council ab initio rejected Anakin from the Order . It continued each time the Jedi acted untrusting of Anakin or held him at arm ’s length .

With not only Vaapad itself but also the system of logic behind it , Mace Windu could have helped Anakin accept his flaws while teaching him how to sail them in a way of life that kept him on the sluttish side of the Force . Specifically , he could have instruct Anakin practices that could have turn these same dangerous emotions of veneration and anger into something that brought Anakin into counterbalance . In that sense , Mace Windu ’s training may have been preferable to Obi - Wan ’s , which often involved either enable Anakin or shaming him .

Mace Didn’t Quite Trust Anakin

Oddly enough , the fact thatMace Windu did n’t believe Anakinmay also have work in Mace Windu and Anakin ’s favors when it come to a master and apprentice dynamic and Anakin ’s future tense . Part of the result with Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin ’s moral force was thatObi - Wan was often much too indulgent on Anakin , doubtless because he did ultimately grow to truly love him . In fact , Obi - Wan almost certainly knew about Anakin and Padmé ’s lovemaking affair , and , despite the risk of exposure it mystify , Obi - Wan never intervene .

Star Wars has dropped many hints over the years that Obi - Wan experience about Anakin and Padmé , but did he really , and if so , why did n’t he block them ?

This would not have been the case when it come to Mace Windu training Anakin . Because he did n’t trust Anakin , he would have kept a much tight eye on him . In fact , had Mace Windu been Anakin ’s Jedi Master , he would n’t have allow Anakin to trip to Naboo with Padmé alone inStar Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Clones . This in and of itself could have prevented all the desolation that Anakin and Padmé ’s marriage caused .

Josh Hartnett looking shocked in Fight or Flight

Moreover , Mace Windu would likely have been full for Anakin even compared to Qui - Gon Jinn . In fact , the shortcomings of the moral force between Anakin and Obi - Wan may have become even more troubling when it came to Qui - Gon and Anakin . distinctly , Qui - Gon had a certain level of bond to Anakin already , as he insisted on training Anakin no matter what the Jedi said . The note would also have been even more blurred for Anakin , who experience Qui - Gon as a father physique .

Yet again , this would not have been on-key with Mace Windu . Yes , Mace Windu was rough and even cold with Anakin , but , in the remainder , this would likely have been preferred to Qui - Gon ’s fatherly bond or Obi - Wan ’s ( at times ) passive approaching . Surprisingly , thisStar Warstheory may be right;Mace Windureally may have been the idealistic Jedi Master for Anakin Skywalker .

Mace Windu looking serious to the left and Anakin from Revenge of the Sith to the right in front of a vibrant purple background

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