Note 15

Five years after the Naboo Invasion

One year later

Jedi Master Mace Windu,

Yes….I REALIZE that Jedi are taught from a young age that they are not to display their emotions. That is why it is so difficult for me to find someone who will actually understand me.

But what if a youngling or Padawan NEEDS someone to encourage them. If no compliment is ever offered, nor any emotion displayed by the instructor, how is a student supposed to know they are doing well? I think that the Jedi leaders are wrong to discourage giving students compliments. So, you mean, if any Jedi is saying anything good about me, they really don't mean it? That explains a lot about how Obi-Wan behaves around me. Why must EVERYTHING be such a test? I can't trust anything that Obi-Wan, you, or Yoda tell me….especially if they are saying something nice about me.

I've learned a lot about the Sith, especially with all this talk of their coming back. It is a subject that is brought up in almost every class. We are constantly being reminded of the dangers of the Sith and of the Dark Side. That is why I made the comment about not thinking that the Jedi should be so consumed with the Sith.

I really don't get this Chosen One stuff. You said it was just a saying. In the context that you used it in, in the last message, I'm guessing that it is an expression for a Jedi wanting/choosing to train a specific Padawan. There's really no need for me to look it up. I think I've figured it out for myself.

What did you mean when you said, "Obi-Wan and his master Qui-Gon Jinn were in the eyes of Jocasta Nu two archive disasters and I agree with her." What did they do? Why do you consider them to be archive disasters?

Okay, so the Jedi Council pays no attention to what goes on in the Courts, and then when the Trade Federation gets off and then starts riots all over the Republic, the Council can still sit there and say that it's not concerned with what happens in the Courts! Obi-Wan told me that Nute Gunray is threatening to break away from the Republic, and he thinks this could maybe lead to war. How far does it have to go before the Council decides it is serious enough to involve the Jedi?

I have been training with Obi-Wan on Dantooine.

Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi Padawan