I do really love the tragic courtly love dynamic between Obi-Wan and Satine, and it’s an excellent foil to Anakin and Padmé, but mostly in how it illustrates the fundamental differences between Anakin and Obi-Wan as people (and to a lesser extent Padmé and Satine).
I think it’s important to recognize first of all that Anakin and Padmé tried to compartmentalize their feelings the way Obi-Wan and Satine do. That was literally their resolution after the fireplace scene, and it’s Padmé who ends up rejecting that arrangement (“saying the word,” so to speak). All four of them have experience in setting aside their own feelings for the sake of duty, but Obi-Wan and Satine, being more reserved and analytically-minded, seem to be able to find at least some amount of peace with their choice between love and duty, while Anakin and Padmé are at their core passionate and emotional beings, which makes finding peace in either choice impossible for them. Of course, both of their stories end tragically, but Obi-Wan and Satine’s tragedy comes from what they deny themselves, while Anakin and Padmé’s comes from what the world denied them. Both couples made the only choice they ever would, given who they were as people, and I think that’s tragically beautiful.
(Also the fact that Obi-Wan doesn’t directly say “I love you” back to Satine when she confesses, but instead “had you said the word, I would have left the Jedi Order” is such perfect writing. This is the man who couldn’t tell his brother he loved him until it was far too late. His inability to express his feelings is a recurring character flaw!)
