Blue
Waters: episode #19 Jedi Knight Anakin
Skywalker
Previously: Yoda has felt a disturbance in the Force, which he believes is
caused by the Sith. The Council has
decided that Anakin will be the one to protect Queen Samantha. They know that this puts Anakin's life in
great danger because the Sith may go after her and whoever's protecting her.
Anakin agrees to the plan. Shmi goes to
Coruscant to see Anakin and to give him the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO. I mentioned that Bail Antilles just got
married and that Anakin suggested giving the droids to Bail.
Shmi
leads the two droids off to Bail Antilles…Captain Antilles in the Clone
Wars. Now Samantha has two best
friends: Mrs. Solo and Bail Antilles. Mrs. Solo had been a good friend since the
days of Naboo. When Samantha moved to
Coruscant, she got to know Bail well. They never got into any kind of relationship besides being best friends
(in other words nothing romantic)…and it is for this reason that Captain
Antilles (Bail) was in his house with Queen Samantha. She was telling him about Arawn as Shmi entered.
"Excuse me," Shmi says, "but I was wandering
if you could use a couple of droids for your part in the Clone Wars."
Samantha recognized Shmi right away…and then
she remembered the little boy's name: it was Anakin. And this person now in front of her was his mother. She also recognized R2-D2 and C-3PO.
Bail smiled, "of
course I can use these…in fact these are just what I need! Thank you very much!"
Bail leaves the room with the droids. Samantha turned to Shmi.
"Hello, you may not recognize me…but we met a
while ago. You'd remember me as Padmé…I
was with the Jedi Qui-Gon and that funny creature Jar Jar Binks."
Shmi smiled, "Yes, I remember you."
"Have you heard form your son?"
Shmi smiles again, "Yes, he rescued me. He's a Jedi Knight now."
Samantha looked at her for a couple of
seconds. It was hard to imagine that
little boy as a Jedi like Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan had been.
"That's wonderful!" she finally said. "Will
he fight in the Clone Wars?"
Shmi answers, "Yes…he has some special
assignment or something. Oops…I guess
I'm not supposed to talk about it."
Samantha nods,
"that's all right. I…"
Suddenly her comlink goes off.
"Excuse me," she says to Shmi, then says into the comlink," What is it?"
"I need you to make sure you're in your home
in the next 10 minutes."
Samantha thought this was weird.
"Why?"
"No time to
explain. Just be there."
Samantha looks at Shmi with a puzzled look.
"I don't know what this is all about. I'm sorry, but I guess I have to leave. It's probably something with the Clone Wars
or something. I would have liked to
stay longer but I have to go. It was
nice talking to you."
She says as she gathers her belongings. Shmi smiled. She really like Samantha without realizing that she was the Queen
of Coruscant…Shmi only knew her as Padmé. She was just as pretty and nice as she had been the first time they'd
met. Anyway, Shmi left the house and
decided to go someplace quest as Anakin and Samantha were actually going to
meet. Samantha got home just as Anakin
arrived. She noticed him and recognized
him as the guy she'd gotten a glimpse of earlier.
"Oh no," she thought. "Another guy after me…hoping to win
me."
But she knew she had
to face him. Anakin recognized her this
up close. From a distance, he also had
recognized her as the person he'd seen on his way to the Jedi Temple. And when
he approached her, she saw how incredibly handsome he was. She didn't know it was Anakin, thought. They stared at each other for a couple of
minutes, then Anakin broke the silence.
"Hello…I'm looking for someone. Maybe you could help me. It's really important, though."
She just stares at him.
"Who are you?"
"I'll tell you in a
minute…Queen Amidala," (he's disappointed that she doesn't recognize him.)
"Do I know you?" she says out loud, and inside she's thinking, "he knows me as
Amidala…that means he knows me from Naboo."
"You did…" and inside he's thinking, "but
you've forgotten me as I knew you would."
Then he continues out loud again," I need you
to help me find someone, though. I need
to talk to Queen Samantha. It's
important."
"Who was this?" she thought. He didn't even know she was the
Queen.
"I am Queen
Samantha."
Anakin looks puzzled, "but I thought you were
Amidala."
"I am…but this is my real name. Who are you?"
"Anakin," he says, "Anakin Skywalker."
She just stares at him in total surprise.
Until next time!