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So easy…it will be so easy.
If my plans will work out as I think they will…of course.
He leaned back into his chair in his office, behind his desk. Outside it was dark and heavy raining. A thunderstorm.
He loved this kind of weather because nobody was outside and so it was no problem for him to slip away easily without being seen; even in the early evening hours. The old chronometer on his desk told him it was nearly midnight and time to leave the politics behind for a few hours to find some rest and a bit of sleep.
He wouldn't sleep of course…but to think his plans over again and again. Being prepared for every eventuality was his speciality. So he was told once by his master. Darth Plagueis the Wise had always been very amused listening to his young student who seemed to love making plans that went over decades and decades.
Do you remember my plans, Master Plagueis? I was right! It has worked out as I have planned! And so I will continue my path…
My path…
My life-long plan…
So far, so good.
Tomorrow he would take another step up to his goal. Ultimate power.
To reach ultimate power he needed to bind his tool on him. Personal. Private.
16 year old Anakin Skywalker was powerful but very weak as well. His most powerful weakness was his mother Shmi, a slave on Tatooine. The boy was freed at 9 while the Naboo blockade by the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and was now trained in the Temple.
Winning Anakins heart was quite simple: Buy Shmi Skywalker and free her immediately.
His plans intended to buy Shmi out of his personal account and care for her. He would offer Anakin to see his mother as much as possible and the young boy would do everything for him he asked him for!
Of course there had been some problems when he had asked Shmis owner about her price. Although the slave woman wasn't that young any more but productive Watto wasn't willed to sell her. But he would deal with this…problem personally.
Poor Watto wouldn't indeed like it this way.
He had his own plans for Shmi; as selfish as practical plans. Why not connecting the amusements with the practical?