Note 7
Padmé,
I am doing well, thank you. Make sure Anakin is safe…Anakin told me you are going back to Naboo? I assume that by the time you receive this letter, you will either be well on your way to Naboo, or you will have already arrived. Be very careful about the Trade Federation.
Anakin also told me the council said they wouldn't train Anakin? Why? What's wrong with him? He has the power and skill, I know he does. Is it something wrong with his health or something? He's a very healthy boy…there is not much wrong with him…only one thing that I can think of, and it's not even that bad at all. There must be another reason then.
You mean there is still yet a hope for my son to be trained? Very good. Please let me know. I don't know what will happen to him if he is not trained! He is only 10 years old, and I'm afraid he'd die if he's just left to survive on his own.
Tell him that I love him very much, and that I miss him too. I am worried sick about him…going to an invaded planet. Tell him that for me!
Anakin told me a little about a Senator Palpatine. Senator Palpatine is your Naboo Senator, I take it. Is he a nice man? You have great faith in him, since you are so confident that he will succeed in talking to the Council to stop the trade Federation.
Watto has been treating me a little badly, but don't tell Anakin that. I don't want him to worry. I think Watto has been beating me because he's still upset about losing Anakin as a slave.
Please let me know how everything is going for you.
I assume you have landed by now. Let me know what's going on, and especially what's going on with Anakin. I worry about him so much.
I hope you're right…that Qui-Gon will make the Council train Anakin. I worry about it though. Anakin is my youngest, but he is my favorite child. I have two other children, Rhun and Owen, but I don't think I'll ever see them again. My husband, Summoner Skywalker (he changed his name to Cliegg Lars) sold me to the Hutts while I was pregnant with Anakin because our family was in deep financial trouble.
Oh…about that…well Anakin has asthma, but it's not very bad. That's all I meant by my statement. (That's what I meant when I said that there is something wrong with Anakin, but I doubt that would cause the Council to reject him).
Padmé, dear, I have accepted my role as a slave. I had to accept it almost 10 years ago when my husband sold me into slavery. Do not worry about me. You cannot free me. I am under a different government than you…I am under the Maurders, and you are under the Republic. I hope that one day I may be freed.
I'm glad that he misses me…because I miss him very much too. I'm going to miss him every day for the rest of my life, wondering what kind of man he'll turn into.
Anakin also told me there would be some kind of battle. If anything, protect Anakin. He is way too young to experience war first hand, and I don't want any harm to come to him. I trust you with him, as I told you before. Protect him, and protect him well.
Has Qui-Gon been teaching Anakin Jedi things? That would please me very much.
I wonder what kind of man Anakin will grow up to be.
If he is not trained, where will he go? Qui-Gon told me he was willing to leave the Jedi Order and train Anakin himself. I hope it doesn't come to that. Don't even suggest that! I will not let Anakin become a slave again, after he was freed.
Shmi Skywalker
