The night he arrived in Darrow, Obi-Wan had told him about the Chancellor. That he'd orchestrated the war, turned the Clones on the Jedi and the Republic, naming himself Emperor. He'd sensed no deception from Obi-Wan then, but time and time again, Obi-Wan and the Council had lied to him. Even now, Anakin has been skeptical of the full truth behind what Obi-Wan had told him.
Perhaps it's all because he hadn't wanted to believe it.
But Rey doesn't know the Council, she was never a part of that world. He's not sure why she would lie about something like this.
If what Obi-Wan told him is all true, if what Rey is saying now is true, then that means years of lies and deception from one of the people he trusted the most.
There's an uncomfortable knot forming in his chest, and he feels sick and angry all at once.
"Don't fear what you're feeling, Anakin. Use it! Call upon your fury! Rage is your weapon!"
"I knew him as the Chancellor," Anakin says, trying not to think of the memory, trying not to think of the horror and shame he'd felt when he listened to the Chancellor, abandoning everything he'd been taught to take Dooku's life on the Invisible Hand.
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Perhaps it's all because he hadn't wanted to believe it.
But Rey doesn't know the Council, she was never a part of that world. He's not sure why she would lie about something like this.
If what Obi-Wan told him is all true, if what Rey is saying now is true, then that means years of lies and deception from one of the people he trusted the most.
There's an uncomfortable knot forming in his chest, and he feels sick and angry all at once.
"Don't fear what you're feeling, Anakin. Use it! Call upon your fury! Rage is your weapon!"
"I knew him as the Chancellor," Anakin says, trying not to think of the memory, trying not to think of the horror and shame he'd felt when he listened to the Chancellor, abandoning everything he'd been taught to take Dooku's life on the Invisible Hand.
He fails.