Author - Anakin Skywalker 2005
Note 17
Darth Maul,
I have started this correspondence before I received your reply to my last message. This message should reflect this.
Well in a way we are fortunate that the Trade Federation members are stupid…..that is why I trusted them with my plans….and that is why I used them. The problem is they are very annoying when they are too stupid to get the things done that I need them to get done. It's easier to control stupid beings than it is to control intelligent ones, and they are far less likely to blow my cover than if they were intelligent.
You have three of those midi-cholorian probe droids, right? Let me know when you have landed on Tatooine…and let me know what happens. Very good…yes, kill them all as soon as you find them. Yes, it is a great time to use your new lightsaber. Do you like it?
Everything shall go according to my plans as long as we keep any further Trade Federation involvement to a minimum. I want you to kill the Trade Federation leaders as soon as I am elected Supreme Chancellor.
Things are going along very nicely. The Senate is going to vote on whether or not to send aid to them…but I will see to it that the vote comes out negative. I have gotten someone who can not be traced back to me (an orphan boy named Arawn) to bribe other Senators to vote no on the issue, and I will make it look as if it was Valorum who bribed them.
Be sure to keep me updated on what's going on on Tatooine.
You must excuse me…I have been interrupted…a much anticipated message from the Arawn Corta has arrived. I must attend to it.
Ah, I am back now.
I have changed my mind about you killing the Trade Federation Leaders. We'll need them to stay alive for the further advancement of my plans.
I have met with first Arawn Corta, the slave boy I told you about last time, and then from his information, I have met with the leaders of the Maurders….you are familiar with the Maurder organization, are you not? Well they are interested in starting a war with the Republic, and I thought that would be a great way for me to advance with my plans. They mentioned something to me…a planet called Kamino. Have you ever heard of it? Well Kamino people clone…and they are experts at it. The Maurders wanted to make a clone army…but they could not do it themselves. I think a clone army would be perfect…but it will take 10 years before the army is ready. That's better though….because if nothing happens in 10 years people will be less likely to be suspicious of me. The Maurders told me about this Growth Acceleration which allows a mature clone to develop in 10 years instead of 20. I was originally considering proposing a stormtrooper academy for the idiots of the Republic to attend and be trained…but I think the clone army would work better. The people at Kamino even train the troops, and I believe they do it well. I will need to wage a war so that I can have more power…so that I can have emergency power and declare myself Emperor.
The only problem is that I'd need a group to fight with. The Maurders might do…but they are not big enough of a threat to allow me to achieve emergency war powers…hmm….I will have to think about what to do about that. It might be better if it were somehow inside the Republic…the war…..because then people would be less likely to suspect me of anything. I will have to work on how that part of my plan will come into play. The Trade Federation might prove very useful for this plan too. That's the reason I don't want you to kill them.
I might need you to place the clone order for me. Hmm…let's not worry about that until I am Supreme Chancellor…..then we can take the next step.
I assume you have sent out the three droids as I asked you too? Have they returned yet? Well keep me posted on what happens. I'm sure they will report back to you soon.
It is a symbol of the Sith to wear our long, black robes. Right now we must hide ourselves…so it is even more important.
I think the clone stormtrooper army will work very well. They will be idiots…Mr. Orange Idiot (the leader of the Maurders) told me that the Kaminoians change the genetic information so that the clones are stupid and will take any order without question. Yes, stupid people are easy to scare.
I'm glad you like your lightsaber. You'll be able to use it very soon. Keep practicing with the lightsaber. Make sure that you perfect your every move. Make sure that you use the force the way it's should be used….if you let it guide you….it will be your weapon. Never forget that, my apprentice.
The Trade Federation has begun to kill the citizens of Naboo…and their Trade Federation battle droids are ready for action (I hope). Things are going nicely for me on Coruscant. The other Senators have begun to get very sympathetic with my situation. Some of them have even expressed their opinions of how the current Supreme Chancellor is not being very effective in my cause. I can't wait for their reactions after Amidala is dead. I'm sure that people will want to kick Valorum out of office and they will want to elect a new Chancellor…..which will of course be me.
That's all I have to say, my apprentice.
Oh…one last thing that might help…Queen Amidala wrote me and told me that their ship is on the outskirts of one of the settlements. She didn't say which one….but that doesn't matter that much because the droids will find them.
There is another danger…..a grave disturbance in the Force. There is a young boy named Anakin that is supposed to be with them. He is a slave….but from what Amidala has said of him….I believe him to be VERY Force Sensitive. Make sure you kill him too. We can't have any Force Sensitive individuals messing with our plans. I guess he is racing pods….I don't know where they pod race on Tatooine….otherwise you could go look for them there. Ah…don't worry about it. The droids will find them, and then they will report to you, and then you will kill them all.
I regret that I have been interrupted once more.
I am back.
Have your probe droids reported to you yet? I want answers!
Yes, I want the Queen dead. (Well if she did get to Coruscant I could adjust my plans, so if you can't kill her, it will be all right.) I don't know how force sensitive Anakin Skywalker is yet, but from what the Jedi Master has told Padmé, he is considerably strong with the Force. I'm trying to get information on that right now. I know that he's not a Jedi, but he is from Tatooine, which is NOT a part of the Republic, so he COULDN'T have become a Jedi even if he were force sensitive enough to have been a Jedi Knight.
Yes, I will be making a clone army. I'm not sure who I'm going to clone yet, or how everything will work yet. I need a strong, intelligent, excellent fighter as the original. Any ideas? There's no way that I could clone a Jedi Knight…I need to do it through the Republic, or make it appear as if it is through the Republic…maybe even the Jedi Council, but I must keep this under wraps. A Jedi Knight would never agree to be cloned, and the Jedi CANNOT know of my plans. Any ideas? Maybe I could clone a bounty hunter…they're good. I've been scanning my files and this Bounty Hunter named Jango Fett seems like he would be a great choice. Have you ever heard of him? Well I'll have to think more about this later…right now I have to worry about the Senate and how I can get myself elected Supreme Chancellor. Many Senators are becoming very sympathetic to our cause, as I said before, and so far everything is going quite well. I just must make sure that I don't slip up somewhere.
Yes, do update me as soon as you receive any kind of information from your droids. I must know what's happening.
I have been interrupted once more.
So you found the Queen's ship? Excellent. Make sure your droids find the Queen and the Jedi Master, and I want you to surprise them, understand. Sneak up behind them and kill them! How many people are at the ship? Just the Jedi Padawan, or are there others with him? Remember….I want that boy Anakin dead too.
Yes, be sure to tell me what the other two droids are doing. I can't wait to take action in the Senate to have an investigation team be sent to Tatooine and discover the dead bodies of the Jedi and Queen! Things will look so good for me when that happens…EVERYONE will have sympathy for me.
All right…I will use Jango Fett as the Original for the clone army. I'll be contacting him as soon as I am Supreme Chancellor. I'm glad that you have heard of Jango, and that you agree with me in believing that he would be a good choice for the original.
Yes, the look on the Trade Federation leaders was classic as I presented you to them for the first time. They are fearful, and that is to be in our best interest. Having two Sith for the Trade Federation leaders to contend with should keep them in line.
I was interrupted AGAIN, and was unable to finish with your response.
It is unfortunate that you arrived just as they were lifting off. I am sure you tried to kill the Jedi that you fought with. You will have to work on your saber technique so that you will not fail me again.
Let the Jedi know of our presence then. This was not in my plans, but it may work to our advantage. It does not help to have all the Jedi in the galaxy alerted to our presence. We shall have to be extra careful. However, this will instill fear in the Jedi.
You most certainly have failed me, APPRENTICE. However, not all is lost. The Queen will arrive on Coruscant, and then I will convince her to call for the vote of no confidence.
Go now to Naboo and visit the Trade Federation leaders. You are to remain there to assure that the invasion is on schedule. I fear that without Sith to instill fear in them, they may back out of the situation.
Please keep the reports coming.
Darth Sidious