Chapter 21: Anyone out There?
The holonews have really made an impact. When the thought struck me that there was a faint possibility that the armoured man actually is, or rather was, Anakin my brain went into overload. There is no better way to describe it.
What if Anakin is alive?
What if there are other Jedi, real Jedi, alive out there too?
I know what happened in the Temple. I saw the…result with my own eyes in the horrible holo recording, but what about the Jedi who were outside the Temple? Are they all gone too? Can I be certain of that?
What if there really are survivors and they need help? Can I just sit here and… do nothing, not even try to help them. Whoever and wherever 'they' might be? Can I live with that? I'm not sure I can.
I spoke to Qui-Gon about it this evening and he agreed with me. If there are someone, Anakin or others, hunting down surviving Jedi it must mean that there actually are someone out there. Or at least the Empire believe so.
I think they must be right. As efficient as Order 66 was, they cannot have killed all of us. Yoda survived and I did too. Admittedly Master Yoda is extremely strong in the Force and he had help from the wookiees but I'm not that strong and I survived. I had help from Boga, though, but still…. Others may have gotten help too.
There must be someone. It has to be.
And if so I need to help them, or at least try. But how?
There is no way I can get off this dustball unrecognised. I managed to get here but everything was so chaotic then and I had help from Luke. Nobody was looking for a widower with an infant, but if I'm travelling alone - that's an entirely different matter. They will catch me before I get on a klick's distance from the spaceport. Which must not happen. Then they will ask why I'm here, and not anywhere else in the galaxy. I must not put Luke in any danger.
An even if I were to get away, where should I go? I have no idea where other survivors may be and the fundings from Bail aren't sufficient that I can roam the galaxy just hoping to find Jedi. I surely need a better plan than that.
I simply have to do like Qui-Gon told me: wait for a solution to present itself.
If I'm meant to go searching, then the Force will give me the possibility of doing so.