Anakin nodded without taking his eyes off the part.
“He had to manipulate the Council into sending you all the way to Utapau before he could really get inside my head in a way that mattered.” His smile faded then, the amusement he gained from knowing he’d always been a thorn in Palpatine’s side in some fashion or other couldn’t buttress him against the reality of their future back home. Not forever, at least.
“He tried a number of different ways to do it… until he found the right set of circumstances.”