DOCUMENT 1

Date: 22 BBY

Author: Pescian Fi'so was a Caamasi Jedi in the Confederacy and of Independent Systems. Trained by Sevi Menuk, he was a respected Jedi Knight when the Clone Wars began. After a few months of fighting, Pescian decided that he could no longer serve the Republic and left for the Confederacy. He was not the only Jedi to do this. He acted as a politician and general in the Confederacy, and his charismatic nature made him quite effective. Pescian was eventually captured by a Republic strike team lead by his former teacher while preparing for a speech on Toprawa. He was executed for war crimes a few months later.

Writing: Pescian's words are a flimsiplast letter that he sent to Sevi Menuk. He wrote it as an explanation for his actions. By all appearances, his words were to great effect, as she would later explain in the second document of this chapter. The letter was later found at Menuk's home on Kal'Shebbol by scavengers and was passed among various eccentric historians and collectors interested in the Jedi. It eventually made its way to a museum on Mim, a moon of Ossus.

Dear Sevi,

I know my actions seem wrong, and I know that you feel that I have fallen astray, that you consider me a Dark Jedi.

I am not. Dark Jedi serve the Dark Side, I do not.

I am a Jedi. Jedi fight for peace, I fight for peace. Jedi fight for good, I fight for good.

There is a distinction between our political views and our connection to the Force. While I cannot serve the Jedi Order, because of their support of the Republic, know that I still seek to make a difference in the galaxy as a Jedi. The Jedi Order claims to support peace, yet they continue this war by invading worlds that only seek peaceful independence.

There is a distinction between politics and the Force. You know that there are many Dark Jedi who still serve the Republic. Sadiya Keldon and Yonar Thos, for example. Likewise, the Confederacy doesn't discriminate by belief, either. There is also the Sa'to Thiall, Sek Natu, and Giro Quor in the CIS. I know that a handful of those who know Dooku more personally have fallen to the Dark Side, but there are also many of us who have stayed in the light.

I would hope that we can at some point create a new Jedi Order within the Confederacy, to further keep us grounded in the Light. Dooku was fairly neutral on the idea, although it simply isn't possible with the few amount of Jedi here. It is very difficulty being without the guidance and friendship from the other Jedi, but I am managing. I rarely see the other Jedi in the Confederacy, so I wish that I could have your counsel. I wish I had more counsel in the Light. But if I must do it alone, so be it. I will fight for what I believe, with or without the Jedi Order.

Sure, we Jedi don't have the best reputation in the Confederacy, but they have been surprisingly welcoming. Even when I met Grievous, he did little more than glare. That's fairly forgiving, considering what we Jedi did to his people.

I remember fighting with the Republic. I watched as we arrested Umbaran protesters in mass, and I participated as we burned down homes on Belasco. And so, I chose to join the Confederacy.

While I wish that you didn't fight for the Republic, I respect you as a person, and I wish things didn't turn out the way that they have. I hope that you can do the same. Current allegiances will never take away the good times together as Jedi, back when things were simple.

I hope that we never meet on the battlefront.

-Pescian

DOCUMENT 2

Date 21 BBY

Author: Sevi Menuk was a human Jedi who lived during the Clone Wars era. She trained the Jedi Knight Pescian Fi'so. An older woman known for her surprisingly versatile use of Makashi, she was a successful Jedi General during the Clone Wars. This changed after she lead a Republic strike team to arrest her former Padawan. Shortly after Pescian's execution, she left the Jedi Order and went into an exile on Kal'Shebbol. An Imperial bounty hunter found her farm in 17 BBY, and Menuk fled. While Imperial records indicate that she survived, her fate remains unknown.

Writing: Menuk's piece is a transcript taken from a recording in a holocron that she built. Like the above document, the holocron was recovered and sold by scavengers before the Empire could confiscate it. It eventually became a trophy for the powerful smuggler Jorj Car'das, who gave to Yoda himself, another exiled Jedi Master, in 0 BBY. It was recovered by Luke Skywalker sometime around 18 ABY to bring to his Jedi Academy on Yavin 4. From him, I was able to briefly borrow it once I became interested in Menuk's story.

So often, the Padawan follows the steps of the Master. For that is the way of things. But, it is rare indeed that the Master follows the ways of the Padawan. Looking back, I was wrong about so many things. I regret so much. That is the way of life. It is the hardship that unites us as sentients. Mistakes come in all shapes and sizes, but, my friend, understand that there are only two real types of mistakes. There are those that you acknowledge as such and those that you believe to be right. It is the latter that are particularly dangerous.

I do not know what history will think of me. Do I care? Not particularly. A Jedi doesn't seek glory or fame. And, so, I have made my choice. Now, I understand that all sentients are more inclined to listening to those that they respect. So, for anyone who wants to hear my words and truly take my teachings to heart, I find it vital that you first understand why I have done what I have done.

Leaving the Jedi Order wasn't anything that I took lightly. The seed was first planted in me when I received a letter from my former Padawan, Pescian Fi'so. He had recently defected to the Confederacy, but he managed to send it to me via a neutral civilian courier while we were grinding out a devastating battle in the muddy trenches on the eighth moon of Cyil. This letter was the first time that I ever even thought about my choice to serve the Republic.

It had been months of warfare, and I hadn't even taken the time to consider whether or not I was on the right side. It may sound silly, but it is a trap that we fall into more than we think.

Pescian mostly reminded me, first and foremost, that the Jedi serve the Force, not the Senate. The core of our ideals is to do good. While, historically, this had been done through the Republic, things can change in a hurry. And so, I asked myself, was the will of the Force truly in line with the will of the Senate? I meditated for weeks with no answers. While I called on other Jedi for advice, such as my friend Arligan Zey, they were as biased and arrogant as anyone else in the Republic. I wonder if any other them had ever truly thought about what they were doing under the Republic.

So, with no clear answer to stop, I went back to habitually fighting for the Republic. The next turning point in my circumstances came five months later, when I was assigned by the Jedi Council to hunt down my former Padawan. While they assumed that he had turned to the Dark Side, that was clearly not the case. I lead a strike team of Republic Commandos and eventually hunted him down on Toprawa. The Republic Commandos held off droid forces while I chased him through the streets and dueled on the rooftops. As it tends to be with his Soresu form, he never attacked once.

The Commandos then came in a gunship, following orders that they were to blow up both of us along with the building we were above. He surrendered at that point, and we fled to an invading Venator before going to Republic space with him in tow.

Nearly instantly and without a proper trial, he was deemed too dangerous to be kept alive by the military higher-ups and executed. His last words were to tell me that he could no longer do anything, and he asked me what I would choose to do to stand up for what was right. Of course, this left me very distraught with the Republic. He had by no means done anything worthy of execution, and even if he did, a trial would have been necessary! This wasn't a matter of attachment, as all of the Jedi told me over and over again. It was a matter of justice and human rights.

I debated endlessly with the Jedi before the threats started to come in that I could get arrested for treasonous speech. (The Republic had suspended free speech in the name of security.) Eventually, I could stand the Republic no more.

Pushed on by guilt, I resigned from the Jedi Order. The simple life of a farmer on Kal'Shebbol isn't bad, and I have every intent to fight for what is right. However, despite meditating for hours a day, the Dark Side still clouds everything. But, once I find clarity, I will indeed act. That is the Jedi way.

Holocron recording with later dates indicate that Menuk found few answers until war's end, when she began to support the Rebel Alliance. What she did after she was found; however, remains a mystery. While Menuk's righteousness can be debated, to do nothing is certainly better than doing harm. She is among many Jedi, as an estimated 500 Jedi resigned once the war began. She is one the few that was willing to fight, most resigning Jedi supported pacifism in its entirety.

Sevi was a great hero within the Confederacy during his short time of service. Like many Caamasi, those who were around him say that he was one of the best men that they ever knew. He was not alone, and countless Jedi joined the CIS. While many followed Dooku's Dark Side teachings, a couple dozen seemed to stay within the Light Side. These numbers include Jannis Sorram and Bierreg Gos.

Aside from that, it is important to remember that Jedi still were even more disliked in the Confederacy than they were in the Republic. Palpatine had significant control over the media on both sides, and he went to great lengths to portray the Jedi as dangerous cultists. Furthermore, the Jedi did to little to boost their own public relations. As such, they were despised in the CIS and not trusted in the Republic.