Disclaimer: I am not George Lucas or J.K. Rowling.

Enter Sidious, in Cloud City.

Enter Rahm Kota, an blind old man with a harsh lined face and white hair and beard.

Sidious. Tell me, Kota. Tell me where it is.

Kota. [accented Basic] I told you. I no longer have it. It was stolen from me many years ago.

Sidious. Do not lie to Lord Sidious, Kota. He knows. He always knows.

Using empathy, Sidious intrudes into Kota's mind, searching his thoughts and feelings: Sidious witnesses a memory of Kota's nine decades ago.

Enter Lord Plagueis, who takes the Kaiburr Crystal and blasts Kota back with it.

Exit Plagueis.

Sidious retreats from Kota's mind.

Who was the thief, Kota?

Kota. I do not know. I never knew. A young man. It was he who took it. I never saw it again. I swear it on my life.

Sidious. I believe you.

Sidious drains Kota's life with the dark side.

Kota dies.

Exit Sidious.