Author - LukeTano (from the Jedi Council forums)
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Anakin Skywalker

A Chiss is a species. Anyway, the Shadows do know about you, but Yoda only seems to have them just know that you might be a risk. They aren't following you. And they were assigned years ago to watch you. They've stopped even watching you five years ago.

Here's what Yoda and the others are worried about: They think it's possibly if you did marry Padme or continue contacting your mother, you may risk losing them to disease or something. Then you'd be in the libraries looking for a cure. If you couldn't find one in our archives, you might be willing to ask the Sith for help. And in doing so, they can slowly turn you to the Dark Side. Also, they think you might let a million people die just so you can save Padme or your mother. If the light side can't help you, you might think of using the Dark Side to help them. And if you do, you might continue using it to gain power.

How are you going to overpower the whole Council? They've thrown out Council Members for breaking the rules in the past. That's also quite a way to make Yoda look like he was right about you. Also, unless you're using Dark Side powers, how are you going to become more powerful than the entire Council? And I don't think the Dark Side is stronger than the light side. There is a danger that the Council is worried about. We've had Sith and Dark Jedi that were part of the Order at one time or other. Many of them. And yes, some like Darth Revan have gotten redemption. Revan got rescued by the Jedi after his own apprentice tried to kill him and later helped the Jedi defeat his old apprentice, Darth Malak, who now called himself the Dark Lord of the Sith. Also, another Jedi, Bastilla, got corrupted for a while, but she also turned back to the light side. It can happen.

Also, there's something I should tell you. I think I know where I've heard that voice of the Dark Lord before. Up till now it was just as a figure of speech or my commenting how he might be a political manipulator, but that voice does sound a little bit like Palpatine's. But how can that be? Palpatine be so eager about keeping the Republic together and at the same time helping the Separatists divide it? It could be a trap to make the Jedi attack Palpatine so the Republic will hate us and we'll be hunted down and killed, and that's what the Sith want no doubt. Anyway, a thought has occurred to me: what if the Sith try to convert or kidnap the Supreme Chancellor? It would really give the Separatists an edge if they had him hostage.

It would be against Dooku's nature to attack someone. He is a Jedi. He doesn't appear to have turned. Maybe he knows the Sith Lord but doesn't know him. The Sith have had their real name as part of their Darth title, but they don't always. He might just know the Sith Lord by that name and not even know he's a Sith. Also, it was Gunray who brought up that the Sith betrayed him. Dooku seemed interested and could possibly by actually working against Gunray and just be going along with him so Gunray can lead him to the Sith Lord. If Dooku were doing that, it still would make sense for him to be upset that I was spying on them. He couldn't let Gunray know he's actually a supporter of our cause. Gunray might not even know he's a Jedi. Gunray probably hates all Jedi collectively and probably wouldn't want anything to do with Dooku, even if Dooku actually does, or pretends to good enough, favor his cause. Also, the Sith Lord probably might not even be alive. We're not sure if I killed the Master or the apprentice. Probably the apprentice, but we aren't positive.

Someone killed a bunch of Padme's body guards. I'm certain one of the Separatists may be behind this. I think Gunray is. It was battle droids, but Gunray claims that they weren't sent by him. And we can't prove anything and he might actually be telling the truth. The Trade Federation has made droids for the Republic. Also, bounty hunters sometimes have droids, and these seemed likely to have come from a bounty hunter. Gunray may be using a bounty hunter so it can't be traced to him, but it's a long shot. And we have no clue who or even if it's a bounty hunter at all. Could be a droid programmed by the Sith Lord himself that acts like an assassin droid. It did say Trade Federation on the parts, but they make a lot of droids and sometimes make parts and send them to others all over the galaxy to finish building and create them the way they would want them. Customize them.

Anyway, Mace and Yoda had a feeling something might happened and the droids weren't equipped with lightsabers, so obviously the droids lost, though the droids attacked Padme's body guards immediately before Mace and Yoda could reach them, though they got there in time to save Padme and a few of the body guards.

The Federation has left the Republic and it seems several systems are seriously considering leaving too.

We're going to give her a Jedi escort, you if it happens again.

Yoda and Mace are finally starting to trust you. They think you will be a powerful Jedi and will give the Sith a hard time and perhaps they were wrong about you being a risk. However, if they find out that you're planning to become more powerful than the whole Council and break several rules, then they will certainly change their minds. I won't tell them, but I can't hide it if you actually try something like that.

Your Master
Obi-wan Kenobi