It is, though you are right. I can’t change Leia’s mind, and I certainly don’t intend to try. I can only present her with what I know and let her make her own conclusions. But... I could not turn a blind eye as she publicly smeared Anakin.

[It had been too much, and she had gone too far, even if she believed she was doing the right thing.]

Yes, he was. And he would have trained him had he survived to do so. With our without the consent of the council I suspect. He had great hopes in Anakin.