HEY NOW IT'S KIND OF CANON THAT ANAKIN'S LIGHTHEARTED MOOD AT THE BEGINNING OF RotS IS THAT HE THINKS AHSOKA IS GOING TO COME BACK

good night

i mean, it always worked because trenches humour is a real thing and star wars has always been funny in the face of disaster unless it was, like, the END of a movie, but also: you're welcome.

the war is ending
his apprentice is coming back
he'll get to see padmé again

he just has to save the chancellor who totally deserves it and is not at all manipulating the entire shenanigan