"It was what you made happen, Vader." Obi-Wan would've given anything at the time to save Anakin, but the past was done. "And I did what I had to do. What comes of it all, we'll have to see."

The future was always in motion, and not even Yoda could tell him whether all their loss would ever mean anything, whether there was any hope in Anakin's children. Looking at Vader's chillingly blank eyemasks, Obi-Wan had to hope.