Previously on Tano and Kenobi... Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano pawned her lightsabers to place a bet on the Boonta eve podrace. Thanks to her memories as Anakin Skywalker's padawan, her bets pay off and with the winnings from her gambling she is able to purchase Shmi and her son Anakin. Just when everything seems to be going their way, Gardulla the Hutt's thugs and criminals arrive, splitting up Ahsoka and Shmi from Obi-Wan Kenobi, Satine Kryze and Anakin. And while Ahsoka and Shmi were rescued by Mama Ohnaka, there is no guarantee the pirates will show up in time to save Padawan Kenobi and his small group...
As Obi-Wan watched Ahsoka run off with Shmi into the market crowd, he could hear hear his master’s words echoing in his mind.
“You have to get Satine and Anakin to safety!”
With his stomach twisting itself into anxious knots, he saw Ahsoka and Shmi almost pass through the crowd before someone spotted her distinctive blue and white montrals and gave a shout that brought back Gardulla’s thugs.
No! he wanted to shout, but the gangsters’ flashy and brutal warning to the populace had turned the residents of Mos Espa against them.
Master Ahsoka’s question hung sharp and clear in his mind. “Do you understand, Obi-Wan?”
No. I don’t. I don’t want you to go. I don’t want to do this by myself. I’m not ready, Master! I’m… I’m…
Obi-Wan closed his eyes, ashamed to admit the truth as Ahsoka and Shmi disappeared around a corner with the thugs in pursuit. No one had seen him and Satine yet, tucked up against a building across the way, but that could change at any moment.
I’m scared, Master. I don’t… I don’t think I can do this all by myself!
Obi-Wan did not expect any kind of answer and yet he felt something warm and strong at his back. A pair of unseen hands came to rest on his shoulders, along with a whispered promise. You can do this, Obi-Wan. Your master believes in you. Satine believes in you.
“Obi-Wan?” Satine murmured, reaching out hesitantly to touch his shoulder, unsure if she should interrupt what was clearly some kind of communing with the Force. Anakin was starting to fuss against her and the longer they stayed in one place, the worse their chances grew.
Startled out of his worried thoughts, Obi-Wan looked back at Satine and Anakin, at her nervous expression and Anakin’s round blue eyes. They were waiting for him to act, waiting for him to lead them to safety. They were counting on him to be the Jedi he claimed to be, to protect the innocent and to serve the greater good. To be the Jedi Ahsoka believed he could be.
To become the Jedi he knew he could be.
