Note 16
Obi-Wan,
I am aware that it was a bomb that caused the explosion. But I want answers. I want to know who is trying to kill me. Even if it was just a droid, someone had to be behind the droid, and someone wants me dead.
If it was a droid, do you think it was the same one that was at my window last night – the one that you jumped through the window and held onto?
Although I covered the cameras, and I thought that someone might try to attack me again, I didn't think that it would be like that. I still was not prepared for what happened. I'm so thankful that you and Anakin were there to stop those bugs.
You said you think that Gunray is behind this. But I have not heard anything from him in ten years. The Trade Federation has sent me no threats – I just find it hard to believe that they are the ones behind it. Besides, they are not very intelligent. I doubt they would have the guts to try to kill me. Maybe they've changed, though. I know that they joined Count Dooku and the Separatists. If Dooku is so noble, then why doesn't he keep a tighter leash on his members? And why would Gunray wait ten years. I have never had trouble from him before. But you say that you think that Gunray is probably still working for the Sith. That MIGHT explain him trying to kill me, but then why would the Sith wait ten years. If the Sith are having the Trade Federation kill me, then this Sith must really want me dead. I do not understand why. I am a Senator now; I am no longer the ruler of any planet. There is not much the Sith would gain by killing me – except if they are somehow connected with the Military Creation Act. This Sith must want war, and it must think that if I am dead, then war will start.
You are right that something isn't right about the Trade Federation and Gunray – I passed that off as corruption in the Senate. I knew that the Trade Federation lost its Senate seat. That happened about a year before the Trade Federation announced they would be joining the Separatists. Someone in the Senate must still be backing the Trade Federation. They have their allies within the Senate.
Anyway, what happened with the droid thing? Have you found out who was trying to kill me?
Senator Amidala