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[Star Wars Legends] So after the events of episode VI Obi-Wan contacted Luke as a force ghost several times. As far as I know, however, Anakin never did. What's up with that?

Anakin became a force ghost as well, so I don't understand why he wouldn't contact his son at least once. Did he really never talk to him as a force ghost or did I just miss it?
gpt
No, this is accurate. Vader/Anakin never spoke to Luke again after his passing on the Death Star II.

Although he had found enough peace at the end of his life to become one with the Force, his legacy and relationship with his children was still very tumultuous. Anakin appeared to Leia exactly once - an impetuous appearance just after the Battle of Endor during which he attempted to seek forgiveness from his other child and was soundly rebuffed. Similarly, while Luke acknowledged Anakin's ghost at Endor there is no record they spoke to each other.

Based on these encounters, it's possible Anakin - who had already once been broken by a fractured relationship - did not feel ready to face his children ever again. He may have taken Leia's argument that *"ten minutes of contrition did not make up for years of atrocities"* to heart and simply concluded it was best to leave his children to live their own lives without him looming over them.