I was contemplating the upcoming Clone War series(will August ever get here?!) and the revelation that Anakin will have an apprentice. I have to question exactly why he would be shouldering this responsibility. He's young, arguably immature, and is wrestling with aspects of his own identity. In the middle of this struggle, he suddenly has this younger, even more immature person who is also struggling with identity and her place in this bewildering and frightening time of war. Now flip this back about a decade. Obi-Wan is a newly promoted Knight, he's struggling with the death of his Master, and suddenly he has this youngster in his care he knows nothing about, and not that long ago, believed shouldn't be trained. Both were highly capable and strong in the Force. One could argue that Obi-Wan was more mature at the time of elevation, but I wouldn't agree with that statement. I think it was a major mistake giving Anakin to Obi-Wan as an apprentice so soon after witnessing Qui-Gonn's death, and brushing the Dark Side in his fight with Maul. Had he been given time to come to terms with these events, he would have been better equiped to deal with Anakin in later life. Instead, he has a headstrong Padawan without the experience to adaquetly deal with his frustration. However, Anakin does not have the great fortune of the benefit of Qui-Gonn's wisdom to fall back on. He must try to instill the ideals of the Jedi Order without fully understanding them himself. How is he to guide and shape this young Padawan with so many unanswered question himself? It will be interesting to see how they deal with these issues.