Note 18
Obi-Wan,
Thank you for the information about who you think might be behind the assassination attempts. The Republic needs to find out what Dooku is planning. I don't like the implications of Dooku being a Sith apprentice. If he is a Sith apprentice, then the whole Republic is in danger. It would mean that the Sith are backing the Separatists. I know you said that this is Master Yoda's theory, but what do you think?
It sounds like you think that the invasion on my home planet was a set up for an evil plot by someone who wanted Valorum out of office. If that's the case, then the plan goes back at least ten years. Do you think our current problem with the Separatists is tied to Valorum being kicked out of office? That would take some investigating. I suppose that there could be a Sith in the Senate or Courts. That does seem likely. I still don't like the implications of it. But where would Dooku fit into that plan? I suppose it could go along with the idea of wanting a war. But why? I don't understand what good a war would do. It would just tear the galaxy apart.
If it is one of my colleagues, I will be careful what I say to anyone. I'll let you know what I think. There are plenty of fellow Senators that I distrust. It could be any one of them.
So the file about Kamino was erased from the Jedi archives. There must be some kind of connection with that planet and Dooku then. If the dart was from Kamino, do you think the person that is trying to kill me is there as well? Or do you think the bounty hunter might have just traded for it. I'm sure there are various places in the galaxy that sell that kind of dart.
Let me know what you find out on Kamino. I do not think that Anakin likes the idea of me being in contact with people that are not currently on Naboo. He's worried for my safety. We're staying at my parents house right now. I have a question to ask you about Anakin, though. Do you know anything that he is allergic to? He told me that something in my parent's home is bothering him…and I think it would be helpful to try to figure out what it is. He's outside right now. Whatever it is is affecting his breathing. Don't worry; I'm sure he's fine. If you don't know anything that he is allergic to, maybe Anakin will just list some things, and we can try to narrow it down. I'll read your response, but I don't think that I should respond. I don't think Anakin would want me to.
No, I didn't know that the Sith apprentices are supposed to fight their master to death. That seems to be rather wasteful. You seem to know a lot about the Sith. That's good. It should help you discover who this Sith is. The sooner, the better…right?
I'm sorry that I didn't inform you of this before I left Coruscant – I didn't know that you needed to know – but Jar Jar already is taking my place in the Senate. I don't remember if I told you this before, but I don't really trust Palpatine either. However, what you said about him being undemocratic by allowing a law to pass isn't really being undemocratic. I don't like the sound of that law, and I voted against it, but the Senate did create it. It passed, and it went onto Palpatine for him to sign. To suggest that the Supreme Chancellor has to veto a bill that passed in the Senate would be undemocratic. The thing about democracy is that even when bills pass that we don't like, they were still done in a democratic way. No one forced the bill upon us.
Now, the bill itself promotes ideas that are against democracy – it talks about killing a person without a trial. If Palpatine really feels threatened, then he would not have hesitated to sign the bill into law.
I still wouldn't like the idea of giving him emergency powers – but if things get that bad that the Separatists actually attacked us – I'm not sure what other choice we would have. Palpatine has been the Supreme Chancellor for a long time, and he would be in a better position to keep things in order while our world was thrown into chaos.
Well, I should be going. I'm going to check on Anakin.
Senator Amidala