Note 7

Padme,

Of course I knew. It was a joke. I knew you couldn't really have a crush on a 9 year old! Don't worry. I have not teased Anakin about you, and I won't. I ignored it when he brought up the subject of you. He's just a little boy, and I don't want to hurt his feelings either.

I don't know why most of the Jedi think Anakin is dangerous. Probably just because he's too old and Qui-Gon wants to train him. Yes, Anakin does seem to be obedient to Qui-Gon. I was listening to the Jedi conversation because it interested me.

Yes, well little Anakin will get himself in trouble with his talkativeness. He does need to be careful. If you can get along fine with him and listen to him talk, then that is less time that I need to listen to him. Go ahead and take him all you want.

I'm sorry to hear that Anakin was rejected by the Jedi Council. What will become of the little guy now? Somehow he needs to get over the Jedi dreams. If they say he can't become one, then he'll just have to accept that. People don't always get what they want. You're going to get him to stay at the palace? Sigh…I suppose I could deal with him being around. Maybe he'll finally get over his crush and talk to us less. He'd be busy with school work anyway. However, we are going to have to let him know that he can't talk to us all the time. We have business and things to do…you especially, as Queen. A talk like that might do him good.

Unfortunately I had my back to them too. Anakin probably realized his mistake in having a crush on you and saw how silly it was of him to have a crush on you. Now you have confirmed this by what he has said. What a relief!

Oh, so Senator Palpatine has been elected as the new Supreme Chancellor. I find this to be good news! After all, we know Palpatine better than anyone else. Just think about it…a Naboo Senator as the Supreme Chancellor. Has there been another Supreme Chancellor from Naboo? He could be the first. This is something we should be excited about! I wouldn't worry too much about what Senator Bail Antilles said. You know how politicians can be sometimes. He may have said that to try to discredit the good Supreme Chancellor. He was running against Palpatine after all. We must not forget this.

As for Han, there is very little we can do. I am not even sure where they took him, or who it was who took him. I guessed the Maurders, but I may be wrong. The Maurders have their own government, and are not part of the Republic. They have their own planets….and so it would be impossible to do this without the help of the Republic. They could have taken him anywhere, and those Hutts are terrible. Hutts are part of the Maurder Organization, and so is Tatooine. If we inquire too much about him, the Hutts may kill him to spite us. It has happened before. I have done everything I could think of to find Han. He must have changed so much by now. I do really love your husband. I think being in love is different for each person. Even if I could tell you what it was like in words, I wouldn't want to. You need to be surprised by it. That is part of the wonderfulness of it. Don't talk like that, Padmé. I think you will be married one day and experience real love yourself. You deserve it. Don't be closed to it, all right. Oh…a vacation to see my husband would be wonderful! I couldn't thank you enough! Yes…I'd like you to meet him, and I'm sure he would appreciate meeting you too. I will be sure to ask him about it.

Well now that we're actually in the palace…I wonder who that freaky looking guy was that blocked our way. He looked like the same guy who attacked Qui-Gon on Tatooine. You know who I'm referring to, right? You couldn't have missed him. He was all black and red and looked evil. He had that big lightsaber thing. He must be the Sith that Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were talking about…he's ugly!!!! I hope the Jedi kill him.

Poor little Anakin didn't want to stay hidden, but now I bet he's glad that he listened to Qui-Gon and stayed in the cockpit…..because if he had been with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan when they met that ugly dude……Anakin would have wanted to help or something, and probably would have gotten himself killed. I hope he doesn't know about that fight. I don't think that he does.

He was actually useful in the cockpit…..I mean he took that ship and started shooting at the droids with the shields so that we could escape. I do have to give that boy credit. I don't know what we would have done without him. I hope he can stand being away from the action….I bet he's going to get very impatient.

Well, the groups are splitting up. I hope we get to Rune Hakko and Nute Gunray soon.

Bye for now.

Sabe