"I had a dream, I was a Jedi, I came back here and freed all of the slaves"
The Kairos and The Kronos in Star Wars
Art by means1974
Kairos: (Ancient Greek: καιρός) is an ancient Greek word meaning 'the right, critical, or opportune moment'.
Kronos: Kronos may be derived from ancient Greek “kroúō/κρούω” meaning “to strike” or “to smite”. Besides, Kronos could mean “time”
"Fully defeated by just anyone, the dark side cannot be, but only by the Chosen One. And who might be this Jedi? Know I do not, but not yet born is he or she. This much, sense I can. A vessel of pure Force the Chosen One will be, more powerful than any Jedi in history." ―Yoda, from the Great Holocron
Anakin´s so called "attachment" problem would not have become an issue if he had been raised with his family, becoming a Jedi meant for Anakin abandoning his mother in a state of slavery, not knowing what was happening to her and then dreaming of her being tortured until she died in his arms. This trauma made him fearful of losing his loved ones to an extreme degree, which later lead to his extreme fear of losing Padme.
Before becoming a Jedi he was a sweet/sneaky and resourceful kid, who worried about others, made everything he could to help, not expecting a reward, he had great dreams and initiatives to make life better for his friends and family on Tatooine but becoming a Jedi meant he had to give up all of it in favor of following the Council and the Senate dictates which wasnt bad on principle but it often messed with his mental stability, especially when it came to the slavery issue when he had to help the outerim slavers like Jabba or ignore the Senate links to that system
For Anakin in particular the Jedi life was inherently traumatic, not so much for the content of their teachings, at least not all of them but because he had to give up parts of himself that made him emotionally stable, happy and helped develop his personality as a leader focused in helping to make the galaxy a better place, all qualities he still developed in the clone wars but not to their full potential and sadly later were used for the Dark side as Vader.
On the Jedi temple thinking about his mother made him attached, on Tatooine his mother was an example to follow and an upstanding woman making the best of what they could given the circunstances.
On the Jedi temple Anakin was teased over his past as a slave and expected to just forget about it, on Tatooine it was a harsh reality but the company of the other slaves gave him estrenght to overcome those difficulties and inspired him to try to free all of them.
This is why I personally think that of all of Anakin´s prohecies,the one who was meant to bring the better end for him personally and for the galaxy, was the first one, because it would have lead to him growing up in an envoirment in which he didn´t need to feel afraid of losing loved ones, he would have naturally grow to know it could and did happen but it would not have been a source of trauma for him and sooner or later, his initiatives to free his fellow slaves, would have clashed with Palpatine´s Empire but this time he would not have the emotional bond to him that keep him from truly doing all he could to stop him.
Palpatine´s empire would have raised up anyway, sometimes fans blame Anakin for it and the jedi massacre but they forget the fact the Republic end was brought by the Senate own inner corruption helped along by Palpatine and that without Anakin there to serve as a distraction to the Emperor, he would just have made Dooku his second in command, never would have made himself vulnerable to the Jedi Council trying to turn Anakin and just would have sent the Clone Army to the Jedi Temple once it was secure to do so with the support of the Senate.
The Empire would have raised up anyway but I believe it would have lasted less time, especially with an Anakin focused on stopping it, a lot of Jedi left alive after the fall of the Temple and many people who followed the separatists and part of the clone army feeling betrayed for being used as pawns in the clone wars and being changed from one bad goverment to another.
So Anakin´s complying with his first prophecy would have brought a Kairos time to the galaxy to end the empire sooner while what happened in the actual saga was Kronos. That´s my take.
