making anakin any kind of caretaker completely undermines his character conflict. Anakin is constantly struggling against different people who want to control him. The entire thesis of his character is that he is a victim of circumstance; he cannot see a way out of any situation, save for some sort of magical saviour (like his childhood jedi fantasy that is ultimately fulfilled or Luke finally freeing him from his self-imposed mental prison).

What does it add to his character to make him a good mentor? It does nothing but undermine the narrative powerlessness he's supposed to be struggling against. From my limited understanding, TCW develops Anakin's mistrust of the Jedi order by showing it as ultimately untrustworthy and dysfunctional, at least for Ahsoka. This seems like a huge mistake.

In the prequel trilogy, Anakin is clearly chafing against the Jedi code because he has unhealthy attachments to people he loves. The order is unequipped to resolve his emotional issues because he's a unique case, and Anakin is unequipped to even realize he has them. But Anakin ultimately betrays the order because of his own flaw. Which fucking HURTS -- in the best way. We are all responsible for our own actions and choices, but Anakin's downfall is so devastating because it seemed there was no path available to him that lead anywhere else. He couldn't open up to his mentor, because he felt like his problems might actually get him disowned. He was able to open up to his wife somewhat, but Padme was there with him in their double life and was unwilling to challenge him on the tusken massacre.

So to retroactively make the Order actually suck for reasons completely out of Anakin's control, that affects people he cares about and had a healthy relationship with, cheapens the tragedy. A lot of plotlines were cut from ROTS for exactly this reason: to keep the focus on Anakin's fall and to make it his fault. If you imagine the guy choking his wife to death in a fit of rage about his own powerlessness was actually a super swell mentor who was rightfully pissed about how his student was treated, you can see that, while not incompatible, they definitely don't compliment or strengthen each other. They are, in fact, mismatched.

twelve episodes, twelve contestants - a mix of annoying middle aged sci fi authors, fan fic authors and random people off the street

a variety of against the clock writing tasks, big finish scripts, ability to interact with actors without shouting at them and challenges where you have no budget or doctor for an episode

judged by solely by christopher eccleston