The Doctor did not fully explain what his plan was, but just the first phase alone (getting all the Jedi to stop masking the planet), was enough to cause trouble. Luke tried to convince all of the Jedi to do exactly that, but none were very convinced about the problem.

"And who exactly is that man?" one of them wondered.

"That would be me." the Doctor let himself be shown.

"And what proof do you have that the universe is being destroyed?" somebody else asked, followed by agreeing murmur.

"None." the Doctor said.

This caused another ruckus. Understandably so, I thought to myself.

"What do you mean, "none"?" I asked him.

"I never said the universe would be destroyed." the Doctor explained, "I said it is being changed."

I rolled my eyes: "Since when are you so literal minded?"

"I'm not." the Doctor said, "I just want to make sure there's no misunderstanding."

"Alright, look..." Luke started, "It doesn't matter if he's telling the truth or not. But we've been hiding from Vader for too long already. Don't you think it's about time we fought back?"

"And what if we lose?" somebody brought up, "What if we have to fall back again?"

"He's right!" somebody else agreed, "This system was our last resort. If Vader finds us here, we'll lose even that! We'll have no place to go anymore!"

"I don't know about you, but I'm tired of running!" Maen suddenly brought up, "We're Jedi! We're supposed to help people, and yet we keep running from the greatest problem our galaxy has ever seen! This Doctor is offering us a chance to stop it all, but you're not accepting it?"

"How do we know he's not setting a trap for us?" some... thing with tentacles sprouting from its head shouted, "He may be an agent sent by Vader, telling us lies, confusing us so we'd let our guard down!"

"I've seen him in action." Maen told it, "I've seen what he's like. He wouldn't do that!"

If these Jedi were telepathic, as the Doctor told me, I wondered why they didn't already know they could trust him. But then I realized they were probably putting so much effort into masking their planet, they couldn't use their abilities to check the Doctor out.

"And why should we trust you?" another one that I couldn't see asked, "Aren't you always rebelling against Master Luke? How do we know you're not really in on this? Just to get to him?"

"My grand-niece may be a pain in the ass, but..." Luke started, but nobody would let him finish.

"Oh, for crying out loud..." I sighed, then raise my voice to be heard: "Exactly what are you afraid of?"

Everybody fell silent, so I could speak: "From what I understand, you people were always fighting these... what were they called? Storm Troopers! I don't suppose you even lost friends and family that way."

"What are you doing?" the Doctor asked me.

"Sorry, Doc." I replied, "I just have enough of this... game they're playing."

I turned back to the crowd and continued: "Apart, you were nothing against an entire army. But now you're all here together. And what do you do? You hide this planet! And wouldn't you know it? The guy you're all so afraid of hasn't been able to find it! If the defense you all form together is so strong, imagine what your offense may be."

This got everyone silent and looking at each other. I can only imagine what went through their minds at that time, but I guessed they were reconsidering their options.

As they were doing so, the Doctor pulled me away from them, looked for a more private spot where he thought we could speak freely.

"What did you just do?" he asked.

"I got them to willing to fight back." I said.

"The Jedi's are supposed to maintain peace and order." the Doctor said, "You may have just convinced them to become an army."

"It was either that, or wait for several more hours until they decided to listen." I explained.

"You just don't understand, do you." the Doctor said, "There were so many different ways we could have persuaded them. I would not have done what you just did unless I had no other choice left."

"So you would have done what I just did anyway?" I questioned.

"If all else failed, yes!" the Doctor replied.

"Then what are you complaining about?" I asked him, "I just did what you would have done anyway."

The Doctor made a frustrated growl, just when Maen came to collect us: "Great news! They're gonna stop masking the planet!"

"See? Looks like it worked, Doc." I said.

"Yes..." the Doctor replied, although he didn't at all sounded happy about it.