Note 31

Mom,

I have to tell you something…..this is going to be my last letter to you for a long time. Obi-Wan told me that I'm not allowed to talk to you anymore because of the no attachment rule for the Jedi. I don't understand, but I guess I can't contact you. Please write me back one more time.

Even though Obi-Wan told me that I'm not allowed to contact you, I'm going to keep my promise to you. I will come back and free you someday. I promise. You won't be a slave forever. I just need to get bigger and get some training…then I can come back to Tatooine and free you. The Jedi don't have to know if I free you...I'll sneak away and do it sometime.

The funeral was okay. I can't say that it was fun. I still miss Qui-Gon, and I was really sad the whole time. No one was happy about it. I got to stand by Padme and Obi-Wan. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was there, too. I got to talk with him again. He says that he is my friend! Can you believe it?

What was it that Qui-Gon sent you before he died?

I can't contact Kitster anymore either. Will you say hi to him for me?

Well, I don't know what more to say to you….except that you have to always remember that I love you. I already miss you a lot because I can't be with you. Now I'm REALLY going to miss you because I won't even be able to talk to you anymore.

By the way, I do get to be a Jedi! Obi-Wan just told me…but that's when he also told me that I can't write you anymore.

Well, I gotta go. There's going to be an awards ceremony and a parade pretty soon.

I'll see you when I come and rescue you.

Love,

Anakin

PS I WILL free you. Please write back even though I'm not allowed to reply to you.