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can you imagine if Anakin had actually died in Order 66, defending the temple - almost everyone else's perspective remains the same, except Obi-Wan's and Padme's. Obi-Wan comes back from Utapau, still warned by Yoda, still insistent to find out the truth, only to see footage of Anakin being shot in the back by his own men. Padme waits on the balcony for Anakin, but he never walks through her door again. For the rest of her life, some part of her always expects to hear a familiar energetic knock at any moment.
Much like with Obi-Wan and Vader, some part of Obi-Wan never accepts it at all. To Obi-Wan, Anakin is always just out of sight in the corner, tinkering with a droid. He knows that Anakin is dead; that Anakin died alone on the grimy, cold floor of the Temple. This is a fact. But still, in Obi-Wan's mind, Anakin is simply just out of sight with a droid.