Star Wars The Clone Wars/Revenge Of The Sith

Mace didnt trust Anakin cause they were too much alike.

Cept Anakin fell when tested, Mace did not.

@DigiCat

On the ‘Revenge of the Sith’ novelisation (and maybe the ‘Phantom Menace’ and ‘Attack of the Clones’ as well) it mentions that as part of “Jedi individuality” Mace could control the dark side and used that in his fighting skills. Only difference being is that Mace could obviously control it better than poor Anakin.

It was also said that Mace kept having to tell Anakin to “do it by the book”, and yet when it came to arresting Palpaltine, it was Mace that wanted to ignore the rules (and kill him on the spot) when it was Anakin who wanted Palpaltine to stand trial (by the book).

It was the last straw to Anakin’s faith and trust in the Jedi order.

That Mace failed to see that Palpaltine’s and Anakin’s “shatter points” were each other, in the end was the final nail in the coffin for the Jedi Order in the Republic.

This is good story telling, with plenty of depth to the characters.

Too bad others at Lucasfilm did not understand what good story telling, character arcs, plots, planning ahead, IS.