Did Obi-Wan’s briefing in "The Clone Wars" episode "Phantom Apprentice" take place before or after he said goodbye to Anakin in "Revenge of the Sith"?

Question

It seems it could be interpreted both ways at this point, but I was wondering if anyone has encountered any strong evidence I haven’t.

Answer 1

Before

Here's the order of the relevant events as presented in the episode:

• Obi-Wan's briefing; Obi-Wan tells Ahsoka to capture Maul to learn more about Sidious
• The briefing is interrupted by Rex, saying there's been an attack
• Ahsoka and Rex leave the briefing to meet Sterling, who tells them about Jesse being captured by Maul
• Maul interrogates Jesse and tells Gar Saxon to kill Almec
• Ahsoka, Rex, and Bo-Katan meet Almec in prison to ask what Maul knows about Sidious
• Gar Saxon shoots Almec

Each of the Ahsoka scenes follows from the previous scene, so they must take place in chronological order.

According to the Canon reference book Star Wars: Timelines, Almec's death happens before Anakin goes to the opera, which happens before Obi-Wan travels to Utapau. These events are shown as taking place in consecutive order:

• Code of silence: On Maul's command, Saxon shoots Almec before Ahsoka can finish questioning him, then makes his getaway.
• Maul orders his underlings to go into hiding.
• A Jedi's temptation: At Coruscant's Galaxies Opera House, Palpatine plays on Anakin's doubt and anger about the Jedi's integrity, guessing that they asked him to be their spy. [...]
• Obi-Wan travels to Utapau to hunt for Grievous.
• Street fight: Clone troopers, Bo-Katan's commandos, and Saxon's warriors battle in the streets of Sundari, with the Republic's forces winning the day.

_{Star Wars: Timelines, pages 100-101, "Jedi on the Brink"; emphasis added}

Putting these chains of events together, the briefing occurs before Obi-Wan leaves.