Det mycket korta svaret är att det var för att det inte var Jedi-rådets råd. I början av Clone Wars-filmen lär vi oss att Kenobi verkligen diskuterat (med Yoda) möjligheten att få en ny Padawan-elev. Ahsoka Tano skickades, men i ett överraskningsdrag tilldelade Yoda henne till Anakin Skywalker snarare än Kenobi.
Den tydliga implikationen verkar vara att Obi-Wan inte tilldelades en ny Padawan eftersom han förväntades att hålla ett öga på dem båda .
"It'll be here," Kenobi said, exuding energy. As always, he seemed felt invigorated by a fight. Anakin wondered if he had those frenzied killing moments too. Kenobi hooked his lightsaber to his belt and jogged toward the plaza, where they'd set up a landing area. "Time for reinforcements, supplies, and perhaps my new Padawan."
Anakin's stomach sank a little. Dead weight. It distracted him from his brush with darkness not darkness, no and he seized it. A change of problem really was as good as a rest. "This isn't the time or the place to train a Padawan, Master. They're a liability." - Star Wars: The Clone Wars
I minst ett tillfälle hotade Yoda att överföra sitt förmyndarskap till Obi-wan, något som inte skulle vara en möjlighet om han var besatt av sin egen lärare
"Master Obi-Wan," he said, bowing. "Master Yoda." Yoda fixed him with a critical stare. "Trouble you have with your new Padawan, I hear." "I was explaining the situation to Master Yoda," Kenobi said. "If not ready for the responsibility of a Padawan you are, then perhaps to Obi-Wan she should go..." - Star Wars: The Clone Wars