Anakin Skywalker, bounty hunter

Crusader

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#1
Instead of Qui-Gon Jinn finding Anakin on Tatooine the ex-padawan-turned-bounty-hunter Aurra Sing found him during one of the earlier Boonta Eves.

In a seeming act of kindness "Aunt Nashtah" gives Anakin and Shmi their freedom by either paying or intimidating Waato with her vibroknuckler resulting in the Skywalkers moving in with Aurra in her personal blockade runner.

So basically in this Infinities timeline Anakin follows in the footsteps of "Aunt Nashtah" as a bounty hunter as well as a Jedi Hunter and has been indoctrinated to really hate the Dark Woman.

So do you think this Anakin would turn out worse than the main reality one?
 

nintendokid

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#2
No, I doubt he'd be worse, but I think he'd be snatched up by Sidious way faster. For one thing, Aurra worked for Dooku and Sidious by extension, and with Aurra instilling a deep seated hatred for Jedi and a serious ruthlessness, Anakin would be easily turned.
 

Crusader

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#3
Good point here about Sidious having a higher probability of corrupting Anakin faster than usual, unless he's more of a darksider who wants to stay out of the Jedi and Sith feud or as rebellious as his descendant Cade.

Both Sidious and Tyranus would probably want Anakin drafted into the Dark Acolytes in order to get more field experience as a dark jedi before giving Sith training, but that would most likely lead to a messy rivalry with Asajj Ventress who also wishes to join the Sith.
 

nintendokid

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#4
Crusader said:
Good point here about Sidious having a higher probability of corrupting Anakin faster than usual, unless he's more of a darksider who wants to stay out of the Jedi and Sith feud or as rebellious as his descendant Cade.

Both Sidious and Tyranus would probably want Anakin drafted into the Dark Acolytes in order to get more field experience as a dark jedi before giving Sith training, but that would most likely lead to a messy rivalry with Asajj Ventress who also wishes to join the Sith.
Ventress would be mincemeat in that scenario. For one, Anakin was nowhere near ruthless as Jedi; he would be extremely ruthless here. Furthermore, he'd have been trained specifically to kill Jedi and/or force users, whereas as a Jedi he trained to fight blaster wielding opponents and the occassional sith, not to mention that he'd be restricted by the Jedi code to not go for the kill.

Also, I believe that Kenobi botched a lot of his training, and that Dooku and Sidious could have done a much better job at fostering his skills.
 

sworded

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#5
His training would also begin earlier and he'd be more likely to use weapons and tactics other than the Force and his lightsaber. OTOH, he might be more like Starkiller in his application of Force use, but that'd probably bring the Jedi down on his head pretty quick unless he were to learn how to disguise his pressence in the Force.
 

Crusader

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#6
nintendokid said:
Ventress would be mincemeat in that scenario. For one, Anakin was nowhere near ruthless as Jedi; he would be extremely ruthless here. Furthermore, he'd have been trained specifically to kill Jedi and/or force users, whereas as a Jedi he trained to fight blaster wielding opponents and the occassional sith, not to mention that he'd be restricted by the Jedi code to not go for the kill.

Also, I believe that Kenobi botched a lot of his training, and that Dooku and Sidious could have done a much better job at fostering his skills.
Possibly, but considering all she lived through on Rattatak and all the things she survived during the Clone Wars I'd say she still has a fighting chance even though she was more of a loose cannon than Sev'rance Tann was. And yes Anakin would most likely be as ruthless as you imagine him considering Aurra Sing being his mentor and that she had Anzati training to make up for her limited Jedi training.

Well, during the first battle of Kamino Kenobi did confide to Vos through the comm system that he felt that his responsibility for training Anakin felt imposed on him by the Jedi Council and that he never felt that he chose Anakin to be his Padawan, but Quin did manage to encourage him so that he and Anakin managed to somewhat get through to each other.

sworded said:
His training would also begin earlier and he'd be more likely to use weapons and tactics other than the Force and his lightsaber. OTOH, he might be more like Starkiller in his application of Force use, but that'd probably bring the Jedi down on his head pretty quick unless he were to learn how to disguise his pressence in the Force.
Or possibly like Kyle Katarn.
 

Ordo

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#7
nintendokid said:
Also, I believe that Kenobi botched a lot of his training,
Please explain, and, if possible, provide evidance to support this theory.
 

whateveritis12

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#8
Kenobi didn't botch Anakin's training, he just wasn't prepared to deal with Anakin the way he needed to be dealt with. Obi-Wan didn't experience the same things growing up that Anakin did, so he had no personal experience with Anakin's problems.

Add that to the fact that Anakin had Sidious whispering things in his ear from the time he moved to Coruscant, and you can see that Obi-Wan was playing against a stacked deck.
 

Crusader

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#9
whateveritis12 said:
Kenobi didn't botch Anakin's training, he just wasn't prepared to deal with Anakin the way he needed to be dealt with.? Obi-Wan didn't experience the same things growing up that Anakin did, so he had no personal experience with Anakin's problems.?

Add that to the fact that Anakin had Sidious whispering things in his ear from the time he moved to Coruscant, and you can see that Obi-Wan was playing against a stacked deck.
Star Wars: Republic # 50 and Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno can be used to strengthen your arugments here considering that in both Obi Wan Kenobi did feel moments of insecurity about his role as Anakin's teacher.

One of the factor I believe made it easy for Sidious to influence Anakin was that he made it so that Anakin felt it easier to relate to him by making the impression that he lived in the real world making him a foil to Kenobi who was raised from infancy in a monastic climate.

One thing that probably frustrated Anakin with the Jedi Order was the fact that some Jedi like Ki-Adi Mundi were allowed to marry and raise a family while the others were prohibited from forming such attachments, but then again Anakin did whine about the Council not being fair when he wasn't promoted to Jedi Master when Palpatine put him in the Jedi Council, when he should have remembered that the same thing happened earlier to Ki-Adi Mundi, being put in the Council but not granted the rank of Master.

And that Mace Windu himself didn't seem to make any complaints about having Rahm Kota join the Jedi Order, while distrusting Anakin who was younger than Kota when he joined probably made it easier for Palpatine to snare him more.
 
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