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[Clone Wars] How does Anakin have a Padawan if he's not a master?
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All Jedi Knights were allowed, and in fact encouraged to take a Padawan learner. Actually, Masters who sat on the council were less likely to have a Padawan because they do not "go out on missions" with any frequency.

A better question might be why they gave one of their best and busiest generals a padawan in the middle of a war. And the answer of course is Obi-Wan's and Yoda's hope that a Padawan would help anakin mature, which it did. But the way the council handed Asohka's situation and the end of The Clone Wars likely completely undid any good progress anakin had made.