Quote Originally Posted by Errorname View Post
The Jedi literally do send somebody to kill Grievous (not really a proper assassination, Obi-Wan brings an entire army with him, but still), and sending Anakin on that mission at least keeps him off coruscant and away from palpatine for a bit, buys them some time.
It’s amusing to think the Council could have sent Anakin with Obi-Wan to deal with Grievous or even to Mandalore to help Ahsoka capture Maul and either option would have completely screwed up Palpatine’s plan, especially the latter given Maul knew everything Palpatine was planning to do and had attempted to lure Anakin to Mandalore to kill him (although as Ahsoka points out this would have ended very badly for Maul). You have Anakin anywhere else in the galaxy besides Coruscant when Order 66 goes down and Palpatine loses him every time. Depending on who you ask, it’s possible Mace Windu would have killed Palpatine there and then as well.

Kinda makes you wonder how much of Palpatine’s success boiled down to right place, right time.