10 Biggest Star Wars What Ifs
6. What If Anakin Let Mace Windu Strike Down Palpatine
Sticking with those beats that could've staved off the tragic fall of The Chosen One into the Dark Side, when asked to pinpoint the exact moment that emphatically killed any hope of Anakin Skywalker dramatically seeing the light and staying loyal to the Jedi way, most would point to one fateful sequence within Sheev Palpatine's office during Revenge of the Sith.
With Mace Windu on the verge of cutting down the Dark Lord of the Sith himself, the eventual Darth Vader suddenly gives in to his feelings and slices Windu's saber-wielding arm off before his new master sealed the Sith deal by shocking the Jedi into oblivion.
In another reality, Anakin could've sensed a chance to finally earn Windu's trust and allowed him to let loose the fatal blow on the all powerful Palpatine.
However, even if his eventual decision to kill off his supposed only way of keeping his beloved Padme Amidala alive could've ironically saved her life in the long run, that still wouldn't make his marriage to the senator any less of a huge no-no in the eyes of the Jedi - no matter how pivotal he was in the destroying of the Sith.
Be a Sith? Or be expelled from the Jedi Order? Bit of a lose-lose, if you ask me.