Note 9
Yoda,
I have received a report from Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi. I do not know whether he has been in contact with you… The battle of Naboo is now over. He went into quite a few details, and I have some very sad news. Qui-Gon Jinn died in the battle. Obi-Wan informed me that soon after the group (consisting of Padmé, Sabe (Padmé's decoy), and the rest of the handmaidens and security staff, plus Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan) entered the palace, the Sith revealed himself once again. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon immediately began fighting with this mysterious warrior. The Sith fought with a double red lightsaber, and he fought them out of hate. Obi-Wan has no doubt he was a Sith. Eventually the fighting took them to an area with laser walls. Obi-Wan was behind Qui-Gon and the Sith, and was trapped behind the wall while Qui-Gon fought the Sith by himself. It was at that time that the Sith killed Qui-Gon. As soon as the laser wall went down, Obi-Wan fought the Sith. He must have done very well, but the Sith kicked him, and he fell into this pit. Obi-Wan used the Force to allow him to grab onto something near the top of the pit. The Sith kicked Obi- Wan's lightsaber away, but Obi-Wan used his resources and used the Force to grab Qui-Gon's lightsaber and jump out of the pit (at the same time). With it, he killed the Sith.
Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker climbed inside the cockpit of one of the fighters and accidentally blew up the droid control ship. With the droid control ship destroyed, the battle droids stopped working. Queen Amidala made her way into the palace and cornered Nute Gunray and Rune Hakko, the Trade Federation leaders. Those events successfully ended the Invasion on Naboo.
What is your opinion on this matter? What should be done about Anakin Skywalker? I have already given my opinion. And Obi-Wan now has lost his master…he is 25 now…he was with Qui-Gon so long. I can't imagine how he'd respond to being someone else's apprentice. I feel that it was enough of a trial for Obi-Wan to face and defeat a Sith Lord. No other Jedi, except Qui-Gon Jinn fought a Sith since the founding of the Republic. It is my recommendation that Obi-Wan be promoted to the level of Jedi Knight without taking the trials. Qui-Gon believed him to be ready, and I do not see what good it would do if we were to assign him a new master, at this point. It took much to defeat a trained Sith Lord. Other Council members believe that Obi-Wan should be reassigned to a new master, and that he hasn't finished his training yet, and that it is our place to decide when he's ready to face the Trials. What is your view?
As for the issue of Anakin Skywalker, I am undecided. Anakin has a lot of natural ability, but not even he could train himself in the ways of the Jedi. He has no knowledge of what he can do with the Force, and I do not believe he even knows much about the Force. Without training, I do not believe he could do much with his power.
However, Qui-Gon believed strongly in the boy…and then we would need to find a master to train him…either that or you would need to instruct him as a youngling. He would have so much to learn.
The problem is we do not know what the Sith's role in the Naboo invasion even was. If the Sith master was the one that was killed, the apprentice will have to come up with his own plans, and would have to wait to build up enough training before he could take an apprentice of his own. If the Sith who was killed was the apprentice, where is the master? If the master was distant during the events of the Invasion, it's highly possible that he will not even learn of Anakin. If the Sith did offer to train him, it would have to risk revealing itself again, and it must know that Anakin is in contact with us. It is true, though, I do not think Anakin has any knowledge of the Dark Side. Perhaps we should tell him about it?
And the Sith was destroyed…but in the past when there is one Sith, there have always been two…a master and an apprentice. It is unlikely that a Sith would reveal himself without either taking on an apprentice, or being an apprentice himself. That is the Sith's way of assuring continuation of their Order. So the question is, which one was destroyed? The master, or the apprentice?
Qui-Gon's funeral will be tomorrow night. I'm making the arrangements right now. It was actually Palpatine who suggested the funeral. He was sympathetic with our loss, and he knew of our tradition. He also has scheduled a parade for the citizens on Naboo, to be held in two days from now.
After the celebration on Naboo, we will look into Master Sifo-Dyas' death. Let me know for sure whether or not you wish to accompany me to Blue Waters.
I have set a time to speak with the new Supreme Chancellor. We are to meet him next Wednesday for breakfast.
Mace Windu
Written 9/30/05