oh my god yes??? you're a genius
i think ardbert's down to earth nature is probably really appealing to him, so maybe- maybe they met on a project that anakin was his double for, and they got along well through the filming process. personally i'm super down for them becoming good friends if that's something you're into- like maybe anakin would end up being part of team-ardbert now that he's getting back into the work again?

that said- if you'd like for ardbert to have had less connections and be struggling with that instead, i'm down to roll with that too!