Despite the very different paths each ended up taking in greatest heroes of the Clone Wars. In an age of heroic warriors, Anakin and Obi-Wan were the most renowned heroes of them all.
The two started out as an unlikely pair, with Obi-Wan only taking Anakin on as his apprentice out of a sense of duty to his own Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, who believed Anakin to be the Chosen One but died before he could train the boy. At first Anakin and Obi-Wan's different temperaments meant they clashed, but the two gradually connected and became an almost unbeatable team. And yet, for all that's the case, things could have played out very differently - as revealed in Marvel's Obi-Wan & Anakin miniseries, by Charles Soule and Marco Checchetto.
The series emphasizes how Anakin never really felt he fitted in with the Jedi. He is well aware the Jedi Council initially rejected him, and as he grows up, he senses the wariness and even disapproval of some of the Masters. He may be powerful, but he is also shown to be far behind his fellow Padawans in of mastering his emotions, and they can't resist taking every opportunity to get a rise from him. A conversation with Chancellor Palpatine convinces Anakin he doesn't belong with the Jedi at all, and he resolves to leave, even handing his lightsaber over to Obi-Wan. Though Anakin does not know it, Obi-Wan considers the situation and decides to follow his Padawan out of the Order. As far as Obi-Wan is concerned, he has sworn to train Anakin, and that oath comes before everything else - even before his vow to the Jedi Order itself.
It's fascinating to imagine how differently the galaxy would have turned out had Anakin and Obi-Wan left the Jedi together. The relationship between the two is likely to have been a strained one, because - however much he told himself he had mastered his emotions - in the depths of his heart Obi-Wan would likely have resented the duty that had torn him away from the Jedi he was part of. Ironically, Palpatine may not have had as much access to Anakin to manipulate him; after all, he was able to force the Jedi Council to let him see Anakin, but he wouldn't have found it easy to engineer chance encounters with Obi-Wan and Anakin in this scenario.
In the end, Obi-Wan was able to persuade Anakin to stay with the Jedi. Ironically, he did this by unthinkingly appealing to the same desire for attachment that was driving the boy away from the Jedi - and that would ultimately lead to his Padawan's fall to the dark side. And so the future of Anakin Skywalker, the tragic hero of the Star Wars saga, was sealed by Obi-Wan's loyalty and kindness.
