From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars)

by Olivie Blake

“There is still good in him.” It was the last thing Obi-Wan expected to hear. These were the last words Padmé had said to him, and to hear them now from her son made Obi-Wan feel as if, for all that he had joined the Force and become one with the infinite, part of him could still feel small and shocked.

There was a great deal of Anakin in him, but he had inherited mainly Anakin’s best qualities. Obi-Wan hadn’t killed Anakin Skywalker, but neither had Vader. The best of him lived on in Leia and in Luke.

The great thing about Coruscant was that it was a melting pot. Beings from across the galaxy came here for a better life. Biths, Chadra-Fan, and Nazzar all lived in relative harmony with humans, Twi’leks, and Mikkians. That was the thing the Empire never understood with its human-centric policies and personnel. The galaxy was better because of its diversity, not despite it.