honestly Anakin poor clingy child

princeobiwan:

-Revenge of the Sith novelization, Matthew Stover

Twice during the Chancellor’s rescue mission, Anakin gets pissed off at the Chancellor himself!

* He literally doesn’t like the man for suggesting to leave Obi-Wan to die on the ship! And goes on to clearly state his decision because he thinks Palpatine might be incapable of understanding that Anakin will not prioritize the Chancellor’s life over Obi-Wan’s! LOL we might all as well die before I do that, get that old man?

* Thinks Palpatine has lost his goddamn mind to think yet again that he’ll choose Chancellor’s life over Obi-Wan! Drop OBI-WAN??! Look, old man, this might be a rescue mission to rescue you but make no mistake if you speak garbage again, I swear…

Oh Boy, had Palpatine tried his luck a third time I’m sure we all would have witnessed Sidious getting thrown down the shaft 19BBY, eons before in Endor… but I suppose Palpatine guessed as much and shut up *sigh*

BUT imagine Obi-Wan waking up to find only Anakin and himself hanging in the elevator shaft and wondering, “What happened? Where is the Chancellor?”

Anakin, pulling Obi-Wan’s arms securely tighter around him, grimaces, “He was hanging by my ankle, Master, and he…er, lost his grip?”

“The Chancellor fell?!”

“Well, that’s what I implied.”

“Anakin, we were supposed to rescue him!”

“Yes-”

“Why didn’t you just leave me behind and get him out -”

“You must’ve banged your head harder than I thought, no way I was going to do that…”

“Anakin, how many times- you can’t save everyone, you really must learn to let go”

“I did and seeing as you’re not happy-”

“Just when have you ever– wait, you–what?”

“Er…he was getting a bit annoying–?”

“You dropped the Chancellor?! Anakin-”

Anakin now shouting into his comm, “R2!?! R2, get us out here!”