if there be any in this council, and dear friend of anakin’s, to him i say that obiwans’ love to ani was no less than his. if then that friend demand why obiwan rose against anakin, this is my answer: not that i loved anakin less, but that i loved the republic more. had you rather anakin were living and die all slaves, than that anakin were dead, to live all free men? as anakin loved me, i weep for him; as he was fortunate, i rejoice at it; as he was valiant, i honor him. but as he was ambitious, i slew him. there is tears for his love, joy for his fortune–and death, for his ambition
with this i depart, that as i slew my best lover for the good of the republic, i have the same ‘saber for myself, when it shall please my galaxy to need my death
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