Note 13

Qui-Gon,

Thank you, thank you for all you have done for my son and I.

Have you reached Coruscant? Please let me know what is going on. How is Anakin doing?

I know that Anakin loves me very much, and I love him very much. He is my son….and thank you.

And also, it's good to know that you have put so much trust in your apprentice Obi-Wan. With you and Obi-Wan looking after him, I do not have much to fear. I take it that you have known Obi-Wan for a very long time. With you as his teacher, I think you are right. Obi-Wan will make a name for himself someday, just as I believe my Anakin will.

Your words have been very kind, Master Jedi.

No, no. I didn't mean to imply that you seemed unsympathetic; I was just expressing my feelings. I know you wanted to set me free as well as Anakin. I know that you would have rather had us both be free.

Yes, I think you are right, Qui-Gon Jinn. Agreement, or lack thereof, is a choice.

I am glad you were not hurt. Do you think that Sith meant to hurt my son? Where could that Sith have come from? I have never heard of anything like that on Tatooine before. Never. It must have something to do with your mission. If a Sith is after you, please, please be careful with my son, and be careful yourself. If that Sith was tied to your mission, it will probably try to stop you again, and I would die if anything happened to my Anakin.

I trust you with teaching my son all that he will need to know to be a good Jedi.

And you feel that Anakin might be this Chosen One in your Jedi prophesy? Please…don't tell Anakin about it yet, not until he is older and trained. If he really is this Chosen One, he needs to be mature and well in his training. He's not ready to hear of it yet. It sounds as if he just might fight your Jedi prophesies, if you say this Chosen One is supposed to have an instinctive skill with the Force, and a very, very high midicholorian count, and for it to be a young boy. This is the best news a mother could ever hear. So many good things about what my son will do…that he will be trained and grow into the man that will bring balance to the Force and be. I always believed that if he were ever free, Anakin could do many great things, but now you have given me even more hope. You say there are other things in this prophesy that Anakin fits. What are they?

If one of the handmaidens has requested the recipe, then give this to her (gives the recipe).

Thank you again. Yes, please let me know how you and Anakin are doing.

Your friend,

Shmi Skywalker