Note 1:
To the bald guy with a smooth head,

How come you won’t let me be trained? How come you said, “No, he will not be trained.” Did I fail your tests or something? What was the code thing you were talking about? How come Qui-Gon can’t train me AND Obi-Wan? What are the trials Quuui-Gon said Obi-Wan was ready for? I heard you talking about midi-cholorians. What are they?


Anakin Skywalker
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Note 2:
Anakin Skywalker,

If there is one key thing you must learn, it is patience. Answers come in time.


-Mace Windu (in the future, please refrain from calling me ‘bald guy with the smooth head’ if you would please)
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Note 3:
Mace Windu,

If you please, sir, I just wanted you to answer the questions. I wasn’t asking for much. I don’t know much about the Jedi, but I do know I want to be one. That’s why I wanted to know about the code thing and the midi-cholorians, and whether I passed or failed your tests. Why can’t you just tell me that information? I don’t like it when people hold stuff back from me.

And I’m sorry for calling you ‘bald guy with the smooth head’, but I didn’t know your name! How was I supposed to call you by your name when I didn’t know it?

Qui-Gon is letting me come with him to Naboo, but he said he wasn’t allowed to train me. We’re on our way to Naboo now, and I think Queen Amidala has a plan. I was hoping that I would see her handmaiden, Padmé, but I can’t find her anywhere. I really like her. I’m excited about going to Naboo….I’ve never seen green plants before. Padmé told me there are lots of them on Naboo…like this weird stuff called grass. She told me they are in the form of blades, but they don’t cut your feet. I can’t imagine that, so I guess I’ll just have to see it for myself.

Just so you know a few things about me, I was a slave on Tatooine, a desert planet, until Qui-Gon freed me. I left my mother there, and I’m sad about that. I miss her very much. She’s still a slave.

Well bye, Mr. Mace Windu.


Anakin Skywalker
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Note 4:
Anakin Skywalker,

I realize you do want to be a Jedi but it is not something as simple as wanting it. You must prove your commitment and your abilities before being accepted for Jedi training. Your age will bring you problems, but keep your mind open, Anakin, and you will find what you seek.

It is fine that you called me ‘bald guy’ the first time; you didn’t know. After all, an error is not a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

Continue to send information regarding the mission Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are currently working on. Force be with you, Anakin Skywalker.

PS: Enclosed, find the official Temple biography on myself. If you wish it, there are plenty of other files in the Archives which you may which to review to further advance your exploration of the Jedi arts.

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Jedi Master Mace Windu
Age: 54

Master Mace Windu was brought to the Temple by Jedi Knight Alyi and was trained in the Bear Clan, led by Master Yoda. Mace Windu flourished under Yoda’s teachings, eventually being taken by the same Knight who had brought him into the Temple. Little did Windu know that by the time he reached Knighthood, he and his former teacher, Yoda, would be reunited to solve a series of assassinations in the Senate. Impressed by Mace Windu’s skills, Yoda and Windu continued to go on missions together until the Jedi Council of that time approved Mace to join their rankings. He continues to serve under the Council now and is a key member in the preservation of the Jedi Order, with his strong beliefs in Jedi philosophy and rigorous lightsaber training in the Form VII.

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Note 5:
Mace Windu, sir,

How do I prove my commitment and my abilities so that I can be accepted for Jedi training? And you never answered me…but I think I know from your lack of response…I failed your tests didn’t I? L That means I’ll never get to become a Jedi! That’s not fair! I tried my best; honest I did. I thought it was pretty easy, but I must have done it wrong.

What I am going to do with my life now? I was a slave before this, but Qui-Gon freed me, and now I’ll never get to become a Jedi Knight. I guess I’ll just starve and die because I’m only 9 and no one will be able to take care of me. My mother’s still a slave. I shouldn’t have left her. She’s going to die, and it will be all my fault. She sent me with Qui-Gon because he promised me and my mother that I would be a Jedi Knight. He lied! I’ll never be a Jedi. It’s been my dream to be a Jedi, but now I can’t be one.

Why does my age matter so much? If I can’t be a Jedi, I can’t do anything else with my life…because I’m only 9. I’m almost 10, but still…no one wants a 10 year old to work for them, unless I’m a slave…but I’m NOT going back into slavery. No one will want me because I’m too old for them. No one will want to even adopt me because I’m almost 10, and they’ll want to raise a child from birth. It’s not fair!

Thank you for not beating me for calling you a bald guy. You’re not like Watto. That’s good. Watto was my owner, just so you know. He still owns my mother, and I’m worried about her. I miss her very much.

We’ve landed now, and as soon as we got off the ship Queen Amidala told everyone that she wants the Gungans to fight for us. She said Jar-Jar told her that they had a big army. Hang on…we’re moving to the Gungans “sacred” grounds, because they deserted their underground city.

Okay…I’m back. You’ll never guess this, but Padmé is Queen Amidala! Did you know that? I didn’t! She told me she had to disguise herself for her protection. Anyway, she went before the Gungan Leader, Boss Nass, and she begged him for help. After everyone got down on our knees, he laughed and decided that the Naboo don’t think they’re above the Gungans because of the respect Padmé showed him. He agreed that he would help.

I like Padmé very much, and you know what, I have this feeling inside me that I’m going to marry her someday. She’s so pretty and nice. I can’t wait until I’m older. I think she thinks of me as “just a little boy” right now, and that she thinks I’m silly for thinking I’m going to marry her. But I don’t think…I KNOW.

Anyway, the plan is that Padmé and her handmaidens, and her Captain Panaka will go to the Theed palace and capture the Trade Federation Leaders. The Gungans will have a distraction and pretend to fight a battle…that will draw the droids away from the city to make it easier for the Queen to capture the Trade Federation leaders. The pilots that are here are going to try to knock out the droid control ship orbiting the planet. The control ship controls the battle droids and gives them their power. Without the control ship, they are useless.

What do you think of her plan? I think it’s brilliant. Padmé’s a very smart girl.

Thank you for the biography about you…but why did you send it to me? It was neat information…but why would you send a little boy (who is never going to be a Jedi) information about you. And why are you allowing me to look at the files in the Archives? I thought only Jedi were allowed to do that. If I’m never going to be a Jedi, why should I learn more about the Jedi arts? That’s not fair. You’re giving me more information to make me wish that I were a Jedi, but you’re cruel in not letting me. That isn’t very nice.

What is the Bear Clan? Master Yoda’s the green guy with the funny ears, right? What does the Jedi Council do? A lightsaber is a lasersword, right? My mother told me that’s what it’s called. How do you make a lightsaber? I want to make one. I’m good at building things, and I think it would be neat to make one. Am I allowed to make one, even though I’m not going to be a Jedi?


Anakin Skywalker
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Note 6:
Anakin Skywalker,

Perhaps Qui-Gon has not told you, but much of being a Jedi is in discovering who you are. The Jedi Order is merely a guide to apprentices, a resource, if you will. It is the apprentice who must take the steps to gain Knighthood.

As for the results of your tests, those will remain confidential between the Council and myself. And regarding the issue of what you’ll do with your life now, there are many options available on Coruscant. The Jedi Temple would never let a 9-year-old boy roam free in the galaxy. We’ll find a home for you, a job. Don’t worry about those matters.

Your former master used to beat you? That is deeply disturbing news. But that will not help you any further with the Council’s decision. One of the main reasons why Jedi are chosen from birth is so they will not be exposed to much violence or evil during their most vulnerable years. Most Jedi are chosen before their first birthday. You, Anakin, are way beyond that limit to even be considered. It’s a sad truth…but only one of many in the galaxy.

Take for example the incident on Naboo. Do you not think that is injustice? Thankfully Master Qui-Gon and Ob-Wan, as well as the planetary leaders are handling that one with utmost excellence. Please continue to send a small report of the mission.

Regarding the Jedi Archives: yes, non-Jedi are free to browse in the Archives. The Jeid have much history contained in there. I believe you shall find all the answers to your many questions within those files.


Force be with you, Anakin.
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Note 7:
Mace Windu,

But why do you even bother telling me anything about the Jedi Order if you never want me to be in the Order. Just leave the information to yourself. I don’t want it! It will only make me angrier and more frustrated! You never had your life-long dream crushed. I can never be an apprentice, so I’ll never get to take the steps to gain Knighthood. :( :(

Why do the tests have to remain confidential between the Council and yourself? It’s not fair!!! When someone gives you a test, don’t you want to know how you did on it? It’s okay if I completely failed the test. Just tell me. It’s killing me not knowing.

You said there are many options available on Coruscant…options of what I can do with my life now. What are these options? Who would accept a 9 year old to work for them? And why would the Jedi Temple care whether I roamed the galaxy or not? You’re all selfish and stuck up and won’t let me train. You don’t like me, so you don’t want me to be a Jedi. I would think you’d actually be pleased if I died, because I would be one less mouth to be fed. And don’t bother looking for a home for me. No one would want a former slave, and the only home that I want to be in is my mother’s! No one could replace my mother, ever. Why would it be any of your business to get me a job? You have to have other things on your mind besides finding me a home. But…guess what Senator Palpatine talked to me, so I’m okay now.

I want my mom!

Yeah my former master used to beat me. But he was a nicer master than my master before that. My first master was a Hutt, and I broke my leg when I was 1 year old, and they refused to treat it, so my mother had to. The Hutt’s the one that broke my leg.

How can you choose a Jedi from birth? I don’t get it. I don’t like babies anyway. They’re so cute and everyone wants to be around them…I can’t stand them. It’s not fair that they get to be Jedi and I don’t! And how can you raise a child and not expose them to violence? It’s impossible. And even if you did, the child would be sheltered and wouldn’t be able to deal with the real world. You’re stupid if you prefer infants over children. You’re so mean!

Before we left Coruscant, after you rejected me, I went and sat in a corner all by myself and started crying. I’ve never been on my own before, and I’ve never been away from my mother! I don’t know if I’ll die soon or what will happen to me. I was sitting there alone, and Senator Palpatine came up to me. The first couple times I saw him I was scared of him, and I was scared of him when he came up to me and tried to put a hand on me. I’m not sure why I was scared. Maybe it was because when I was little I had this reoccurring bad dream where there was this old man that wanted me dead…and he would chase me around, but the old man had yellow eyes, and he was mean. I used to wake up crying, and my mother would always tell me that it was a silly dream, and that no old man would ever want me dead, and that no one looked like that. Ever since that dream, I’ve always been afraid of old men…and for some reason Palpatine reminded me of the old man in my dream. I know it’s silly. Anyway, I was scared of him. He started talking to me, but he was really nice. This was our conversation:

He went up to me and asked me, “What’s wrong, little boy?”

I said, “The Jedi Council won’t let me become a Jedi, and they’re mean. They said I’m too old. And I miss my mother…she’s still a slave. I don’t know what’s going to happen to me. I don’t know if I’ll die.”

He said, “Oh? You’re the little boy from Tatooine then? The former slave? I’ve heard all about you. Your name is Anakin Skywalker, right?”

I nodded.

He said, “Well, Anakin, it is a pleasure to meet you. I’m Sepr…I mean Senator Palpatine. So you’re Force Sensitive?”

I said, “I guess. I don’t know….Qui-Gon thinks I am, and he wanted me to become a Jedi, but I don’t know if I passed the Council’s tests.”

Palpatine said, “That’s interesting. The Council members are fools if they won’t let you train. But don’t worry, Anakin…I’m a politician. Perhaps I can find something for you to do. You could work for me…I need assistants. It was a pleasure meeting with you, and I look forward to talking to you later. Sadly, I must go and see what my informants have to say.”

And he left me there. He is so nice! So that means that Palpatine will let me work for him in politics! He’s the nicest grown-up I have ever met (besides my mother.) He doesn’t look down on me for being 10 years old, and he can give me a job!

Of course I think the incidents on Naboo are injustices! Anyone that would ever hurt Padmé is mean. Well anyway, I begged Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to let me go with them to the palace. They let me. When we got inside the hanger, Qui-Gon told me to stay away from the fighting, and to find somewhere safe to hide. One of the Naboo pilots got shot and killed, so I climbed into a fighter. R2 was close by and got pulled into it too. From the cockpit I watched what was happening. As they hit the door that connects the hanger from the main part of the palace, that ugly red and black thing (the same thing that was on Tatooine that Qui-Gon had to fight before we left the planet) stood in the way. He took off his hood, and he has SPIKES on his head. Ew…it was gross. I don’t like whatever he is. He had a double red lightsaber. I’m scared of him. Luckily, he didn’t see me. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan ignited their lightsabers and started fighting the THING.

Padmé and the others started taking the long way, but two droid deckas stopped them. Droid decakas have shields, so blasters can’t get through and destroy them. I was trying to think what I could do to help them. I knew Padmé and her friends were defenseless against it…so I started looking for the trigger button on the fighter. I hit the wrong button, but I eventually found it. I got those things, and knocked them down. Ha! Ha!

But then my ship started taking off, and I couldn’t stop it. It was on automatic pilot. It took me to the Droid Control ship, so now I’m part of the battle. It’s actually fun! It’s just like pod racing! I love it.

After R2 got me off auto pilot, I started shooting at the enemies…but my ship got hit and started spinning out of control. Because I couldn’t avoid it, I accidentally flew into the bad guy’s hanger. There are droids everywhere, and my ship is over heated. I can’t do anything. I hope that I don’t die, and that the ship can cool off so I can get back in that battle! This is not good!


Anakin
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Note 8:
Anakin,

Looking back at our previous notes, everything seems rather ironic, doesn’t it? You were certain you’d never become a Jedi and that your dreams would be crushed, and look how things have turned out. The situation on Naboo has ended and you have a chance of being a Jedi.

The Council meeting that will determine your future as a possible Jedi apprentice will be held tomorrow evening. I look forward to see you there. Just to ease worries, your chances stand good. Adi Gallia, Plo Koon, and Yaddle are all firm supporters. Ki-Adi-Mundi is wavering between allowing you to stay or not. And I for one support your training to be a Jedi. Knight Kenobi also stands firm on this issue.

See you tomorrow, Anakin.

PS: My personal congratulations on destroying the Droid Control Ship. The Force was with you and let it continue to be.
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Note 9:
Mace Windu,

You mean the Council is considering me being a Jedi Knight now? Why? What made you change your minds? I don’t understand how other people think. Why was everyone so against me, and now you want me to become a Jedi Knight? Was it just because I destroyed the Trade Federation Control Ship?

Well what is your final decision? Please tell me. I attended the meeting, but Yoda said he’d have to talk to Obi-Wan privately. Is he still against me? (Yoda, I mean)?

You mean Obi-Wan WANTS me to be a Jedi now? How come? He seemed so against me, saying that I was dangerous to Qui-Gon before we left for Naboo. I overheard the conversation…I was standing behind R2-D2, but they couldn’t see me.

Oh yeah…that was an accident…really it was. I didn’t mean to destroy the Droid Control Ship. I’m glad I did. But my fingers slipped when I was trying to shoot the droids in the Trade Federation ship…and it just happened.

I’m really sad about Qui-Gon though. He really liked me, and he was the only one pushing me to become a Jedi Knight. Are you sure the Council will want me to become a Jedi Knight without Qui-Gon pushing for it? And what is going to happen to me if they don’t? I REALLY miss Qui-Gon. I was crying for an hour in the bathroom after Obi-Wan told me. Why did he have to die? I didn’t think anyone could kill a Jedi. Is there going to be anything to honor him with? He’s my favorite grown-up, well besides my mom…and Palpatine’s nice too.


Anakin
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Note 10:
Anakin Skywalker,

There is an old Jedi saying that reads that although the Jedi can predict the future, it is never certain. Matters and situations change and the only constant we can rely on is change itself. That certainly seems to be the case here, if I might say so. You ask why the Council is suddenly considering you to be a Jedi. It is not because you destroyed the Droid Control Ship. Rather it is the strong sense of the Force the Council felt and the ‘change’ within your very core. Those changes have influenced the Council decision.

I cannot inform you of the conversation that took place between Master Yoda and Knight Kenobi merely because I know the same as you do: nothing. I’m sure Knight Kenobi will inform you when the time has come.

As for the Droid Control Ship, part of the change that I mentioned earlier was in the way you viewed that ‘accident.’ You did not shoot for glory. Only for the purpose of trying to defeat a greater evil. Moreover, the Council saw the power you possess, the potential there. They saw that power can be harnessed and controlled, that it is not too late for you, Anakin. Qui-Gon saw it. The Council is coming to see it. And on a more personal not, I see it now.

Qui-Gon Jinn maybe be dead now, but the Jedi believe that they never truly die. When you learn to connect with the Force, you’ll feel him around you. You’ll feel him in the energy, the life Force. Do not worry about these matters now; answers will come to you in time.
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Note 11:
Mace Windu,

I’m sad because now I won’t be able to see Padmé anymore. At least Senator…I mean Supreme Chancellor Palpatine likes me. I found out he was elected Supreme Chancellor. I’m glad, because he seems really nice. I miss Qui-Gon, though.

The funeral was sad. Padmé let me stand by her. Qui-Gon was the first real live Jedi I had ever met. I’m never going to forget him for as long as I live!

I have to go. Obi-Wan wants to talk to me about something. He said I’ll like it. I’m surprised that Obi-Wan’s talking to me now. I didn’t think he liked me.

Obi-Wan says I get to be a Jedi now! Thanks so much for changing your mind. Did Palpatine talk to you? I asked him to.

I get to make a lightsaber, and all kinds of wizard stuff. I can’t wait! Obi-Wan said that I had to get my hair cut, though. I can’t wait until the parade. I’ll already have my lightsaber and haircut then. I hope people don’t try to mess with me now…because I’ll look like a Jedi.

I’m glad that Jedi don’t know for sure what the future would be. Because if they did, it would be scary!

You think I had a big change inside of me? Really? I don’t know about that…I…I don’t think I’m any different in the inside. I think you just never really tried to get to know me, and you didn’t really know what I was like on the inside. You judged me without finding out what I was like. I HATE it when people do that. Will you give me a chance to get to know you now? I’m glad you don’t think I’m bad anymore. I’m really not…honest. You can even ask my mother, my friend Kister, or my friend Jira.

Jira’s an older lady that sells stuff on the streets. I made a cooling unit for her once, because she always gets hot. I love building stuff. Do I get to have enough time to build stuff as a Jedi? I think it’s fun.

You have no idea how happy I am that I get to be a Jedi. It’s what I’ve always dreamed of doing, and maybe I can help my mother now. I hope so. Can I free her when I’m a Jedi? Please?

Can you find out about the conversation between Yoda and Obi-Wan? You’re the head of the Jedi Council, right? So you should be able to find it out. I just want to know.

But it WAS an accident that I destroyed the droid control ship. I’m serious about that.

So I am Force Sensitive? I’m glad. It means I can do stuff and help people, like Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon did. I like helping people.

I’m really glad that the Council doesn’t think I’m too old to be trained. :)
How do you connect with the Force? I still don’t understand what it is all about. Qui-Gon kind of explained it to me…but I don’t understand it.

Are you going to the parade? I can’t wait…I think everyone is happy that the Trade Federation Invasion is over.

What’s going to happen to the bad guys who invaded Padmé’s planet?


Anakin Skywalker
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Note 12:
Anakin Skywalker,

The death of Qui-Gon Jinn has severely impacted all of the Jedi. I have already suggested to your Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, that you see a mind healer to assist you through this difficult time of losing a friend. Qui-Gon Jinn was a close friend of mine as well; we knew each other as initiates. You can rest assured that he will be remembered.

And Anakin, you were accepted into the Jedi Order because of the enormous potential you have. I do not know what the rest of the Council thinks, but please stop worrying that you will be kicked out of the Jedi Order. Obi-Wan will not allow it. I won’t allow it.


~ Mace Windu


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Note 13:
Mace Windu,

I’ve just heard from…I don’t remember who it was…but some Jedi that I didn’t know. I think it might have been someone on the Jedi Council…anyway, they told me that I wasn’t allowed to contact my mother or Padmé or anyone outside the Jedi Order. But can I at least talk to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine? He seems really nice, and I don’t really know much about the Republic. Please?

Anyway, they said I wasn’t allowed to contact anyone because I have not been trained since I was a baby, and that I need to be surrounded with only Jedi things so I can learn the Jedi ways.

Thank you for your help and your understanding (about the whole mind healer thing because of losing Qui-Gon.)

I’m glad that Qui-Gon will always be remembered. He should be. What will be done to keep his memory alive? And you said you were a close friend with him and were initiates at the same time? Really? What was that like?

Okay, so I was allowed in the Jedi Order because of my potential. But doesn’t everyone have potential? Thank you so much for allowing me to become a Jedi. Obi-Wan said my training starts immediately.

What did you think of the parade? I liked it. Did you see how Obi-Wan cut my hair. Now I really look like a Jedi Padawan…well at least I hope I do. Do you think I do?

Thanks for assuring me about not being kicked out of the Jedi Order. I am really looking forward to my training.

One other thing…I was told that since the Naboo crisis is over, we’re not going to write letters as often. Someone told me that was standard Jedi procedure…that in times of peace that we are supposed to write once a year to keep informed about the galaxy, but not any more than that. So I guess this is my last letter until next year.


Anakin Skywalker
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