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[Star Wars] Why was Anakin allowed to be on the Jedi Council?
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The Jedi were attempting to outcraft the crafty. They wanted to spy on Palpatine from the inside, so they allowed Anakin to sit in on the Council and deliver messages from the Supreme Chancellor in the hopes that Anakin would reveal some intelligence from the Chancellor's office.

They wanted Anakin to be a double agent, basically.