Was Obi-Wan a bad master to Anakin?

Yes. Obi-Wan isn't a corrupted Jedi, bad teacher or bad duellist. Quite the opposite in fact. But there're two critical factors that made him a bad master for Anakin; previous history with Anakin and Obi-Wan's youth/inexperience. Previous history with Anakin. read more

But there're two critical factors that made him a bad master for Anakin; previous history with Anakin and Obi-Wan's youth/inexperience. Previous history with Anakin. From the moment Obi-Wan's master Qui Gon encountered Anakin he was very focused on him and was willing to train him no matter what. read more

Obi-Wan was not really a bad master but the whole Jedi"curriculum" was flawed and Yoda realizes as much in the ROTS novelization. Anakin was very much a failure of the system. Luke's training was the product of twenty-odd years of Yoda and Obi-Wan attempting to"fix" the ways of the Jedi. read more