Note 1:
Anakin,

What are you doing today? Would you like to play ball with the rest of us? I know that the others make fun of you, but I won’t let them. You’re my friend, Anakin.

So what’s been going on with you? Who’s that beautiful older girl, and that new droid….and that weird looking creature with the big ears?

Well I gotta go. My mom wants me to eat.

Your best friend,

Kitster
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Note 2:
Kitster,

Thanks for not letting the others make fun of me. That's nice of you to do.

Watto just said I can have the rest of today off and tomorrow too!! Right now, I'm with those three people that you mentioned. The girl is Padme, the man is Qui-Gon, and that creature is Jar-Jar. I'm going to take them back to my house until the storm passes, because they won't make it to their ship.

I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow.


Anakin
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Note 3:
Anakin,

Of course. We’re best friends, remember. A friend is supposed to stand up for their friends.

Oh!! Watto gave you the rest of today and tomorrow off too? Great! Would you like to play with me today? Can I come over?

Is the girl nice? She looks like she’s old….like a teenager or something. Is she annoying and snobby, or is she stupid like some teenagers we’ve seen? I don’t think I want to be a teenager. They’re so mean….and…and….I don’t know. I hope I’m a nice teenager. We’ll still be friends when we’re teenagers, right?

Jar-Jar looks weird, and Qui-Gon looks REALLY old.

Did I see a droid with them? How do you get so lucky? You met people with an awesome droid!


Kitster
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Note 4:
Kitster,

You're right, we're best friends and we stand up for each other. Thanks again. :-)

No, sorry, tomorrow, I'm going to enter the pod-race, and hopefully win and get the money to help the people with their ship. Sorry, I can't play.

That girl is Padme, and she's nice, but of course I guess all girls have a mean-side.

Jar-Jar IS weird and annoying, but he's also interesting. Qui-Gon, yeah he's old, I guess. You want me to ask him how old for you?

Well, I have to go.


Anakin
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Note 5:
Anakin,

LOL you’re welcome Anakin.

You’re racing tomorrow? Really? That’s awesome! You’re not racing for yourself? You’re only racing to help people get money for parts they need for their ship? I can’t believe that!

I had fun helping you finish your pod today. That was fun. That Jar-Jar thing got his hand stuck in the back. Did you see that? I don’t think he heard you tell him to keep his hands away from the energy binders. Did you see that?

I’m glad that your pod racer works. I hope that you can win. I’ll be at the race tomorrow cheering you on. You can’t let me down and lose.

Do you think you’ll actually do it this time though? I mean you’ve never finished a race before. Do you think you can do it….and do you think you can win? I hope you do it this time (finish the race).

So Padmé’s nice? Hmm….I guess so. She didn’t seem silly like some girl’s I’ve seen…but I’m a little scared of big kids. Are you scared of her too?

You think Jar-Jar is interesting? How is he interesting? To me….he looks like big goof ball with long ears that’s very stupid.

Yeah, ask Qui-Gon how old he is.


Your best friend,
Kitster
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Note 6:
Kitster,

I did have fun finally finishing my pod. It actually worked and yes I will finish the race tomorrow. I know my mom doesn’t want to me race, but this is something I have to do.

Would you like to come to the race with us? I’d really like it if you cheered me on in the pits. You can come with us in the morning. Will you come? I know Jar Jar may seem strange. He’s new to this world and has quite a few accidents. Though it was funny about the energy bar. He is interesting because he is from the same planet that Padmé is from. He once told me about his world and that he lived in water! Can you imagine a planet where creatures can actually live in water? I hope that I can go there one day and see this planet’s surface full of lots of water. It is so different from Tatooine and that makes it interesting.

Padmé is really nice and reminds me of the angels the deep space pilots sometimes talk about. She doesn’t scare me at all. Once you get to know her I’m sure that you won’t be scared of her or any big kids.

I asked Qui-gon how old he was and he said that “age is determined by how you live your life.” He always seems to talk like that. Maybe if you ask him he will give you a straight answer.

Well, mom says that I should try to get some rest before the race, but I’m too excited. Make sure you let me know in the morning if you want to go.


You podracing friend,
Anakin
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Note 7:
Anakin,

Can you believe it? It’s the morning of the race? I’m here with Greedo and everyone else. I hope you can win. Are you excited?

You better finish that race, Ani. If you don’t, I’ll have Bumbo beat you up
again. :)

So do you have any plans for dealing with Sebulba? Or do you have any plans for winning? Are you going to mess with people’s pods like Sebulba does?

Thank you for inviting me to go with you to the race. I had lots of fun riding over. Your mom’s really nice. She was talking to me on the whole ride over. How did you like riding with Padmé? What did you think of the flag ceremony?

He’s from the same planet is Padmé? Is Padmé from the strange underwater species too? Do the females look human while the males look goofy? Jar Jar lives under water? Are you SURE about that? Maybe he’s lying. I’ve never seen a body of water that someone could live in. You don’t actually believe him do you? You HAVE to be kidding me. NO Planet could have water like that. Don’t believe that Jar Jar creature! He lies too!

Why do you like Padmé so much? Do you have a crush on her? Ani and Padmé sitting in a tree…kissing. First comes love then comes marriage, then comes Padmé with the baby carriage. Ha ha! How could she remind you of an angel? She’s just a boring teenage girl.

I don’t understand Qui-Gon either. He’s weird. No one says, “age is determined by how you live your life.” That’s just weird.

What did you think of the flag ceremony? I thought it was awesome. I can’t wait for the race to start.



Your friend,
Kitster
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Note 8:
Kitster,

I’m so nervous right now. I’m giving this note to my mom to give to you. If she seems nervous just reassure her. I’m waiting for the pods to be called to the starting line. If you want you don’t have to watch the race with Greedo. You can cheer me on from the pits. You can be the head of my pits. The flag ceremony was totally wizard! And don’t worry I’ll finish the race I guarantee it! Besides you know I can beat Bumbo up. I think I’ll call Sebulba a slimeball today. I think he may have a few tricks up his sleeve but I’m ready. All I have to do is keep up with him and pass him when he least expects it. I won’t sink to his level and cheat. I’m going to win fairly. Other than that the race will be very unpredictable. Who knows? Maybe there will be Sandpeople; I heard some other racers talking about another race where they were hiding. I don’t like them. Someday they’ll pay for what they do.

Riding with Padmé was nice. I asked her about her planet. She said that humans live on the surface and Gungans (that’s the alien species that Jar-Jar is) live mostly underwater. Jar-Jar said he lives in an underwater city. Qui-Gon said he actually was there! I may not believe Jar-Jar but I believe Qui-Gon. I can’t imagine that! Padmé even said there are things called waterfalls. Where it’s rivers that fall from high up places like mountains. Can you believe it? We heard a space pilot talk about it once remember? Though we didn’t believe them. They were drunk after all.

Hey! Don’t make fun of me liking Padmé…maybe I do like her. Okay, so I like her a lot. Not all teenage girls are like the boring ones on Tatooine who all want to settle down on a moisture farm. Where Padmé comes from her queen is her age! She’s been on space ships and has probably had adventures. I’ll have to find out later…I can hear the call for racers to take their pods to the track. I’ll see you in the pits hopefully!


Anakin
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Note 9:
Anakin,

YOU WON THE RACE!!!! That race was totally wizard. I wonder how everyone who was in the race feels to have a human 9 year old boy win the race! Greedo, me, C-3PO, and that other droid were cheering you on. I’m sure your mom was proud! I was proud to have you as my best friend. I bet EVERYONE wants to be your friend now. You’re going to give the money to Padmé and Qui-Gon, right? I bet you’re sad that they’re leaving. I can’t believe that you raced and won, just for them. You are so unselfish….you’re the most unselfish person that I know.

How did you do it? You have to tell me everything that happened, all right?

Greedo got mad and doesn’t think that you could win. He says that he thinks you cheated. What are you going to do about it? Are you going to beat him up? I think you should. You shouldn’t have to take everyone being mean to you. I can teach you how to beat him up if you want me to.

Yeah…sandpeople are mean, but dangerous too. Did you hear that they go out and kidnap little kids and kill them? Did they try to mess up the race? I heard the announcers say, “Looks like some Tuskan Raiders are camped out on the Canyon Dune Turn.”

All right, all right……..so maybe there is such a thing as an underwater city, but I still can’t imagine it. Water falling from up high? They call them waterfalls? That seems like fantasy to me……but hey, she’s your girl. I guess you’d have to expect that. I don’t remember space pilots talking about them. Of course you have a better memory than I do…so whatever.

Ha ha ha! So you admit it! You like Padmé! I knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know if you kiss her. I bet you’re REALLY sad that you can’t see her anymore. Too bad for you. Yeah tell me all about Padmé’s adventures. I know you want to.

Where are you anyway? I can’t seem to find you anywhere.


Kitster
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Note 10:
Kitster,

I can’t believe I won! Well, actually I just knew somehow I knew I was going to win. Before the race Qui-Gon told me to ‘use my instincts.’ I did just that. Sebulba was cheating the whole time, but I managed to get by him without cheating. And yes there were sandpeople camped out beside the course. They even shot at me! I really do not like them, someday they will get what they deserve.

Oh yes, the most important news of all is that I’m not a slave anymore! It turns out that Qui-Gon is a Jedi helping Padmé’s queen. I saw his laser sword and he made a bet with Watto and he won. He’s using the money for the parts for their ship which is stranded in the outskirts. The other money I gave to my mom. Though my mom is still a slave…anyway Qui-Gon wants me to come with him. I’m going to become a Jedi! Do you remember the stories we’ve heard from all the pilots telling of the Jedi? I really want to become one but I’ll have to leave my mom, my home, and you Kitster. Everyone may want to be my friend, but you’ll always be my best friend. Before I go I’m going ot go beat up Greedo for making fun of me, he’ll pay. I hope that I’ll get to see you before I go, but I promise that I’ll keep in touch. I have to pack now!


Anakin

PS I’ll be traveling on an actual ship with Padmé! I’ll get to spend time with her and I’m going to find some way to get to that cockpit…I hope I’ll see you before I go, meet me near the alley where Greedo lives so I can beat him up and say goodbye to you. Well I better pack.
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Note 11:
Anakin,

How did you know you were going to win? Sometimes you freak me out, Ani. Qui-Gon told you to use your instincts before the race? That’s a little weird. How do you “use your instincts?” I didn’t even think humans had much of an instinct.

Sandpeople are dangerous, though. They shot at you? I don’t think you want to try to beat THEM up EVER. They’re so mean! Have you heard the horror stories about what they have done to people…and kids? They kidnap little kids and cook them in a huge pot. I thought it was just a story until a kid next door almost died from it. I heard that Mr. Whatever and Nobody finally got together and have joined league with the sandpeople. That’s a little scary. I bet you’re glad you’re leaving Tatooine, huh?

You’re freed? That’s great!!!!! Are you going to be a pilot and shoot ships down? Or are you going to become a Jedi Knight? Nevermind…you answered my question. You’re going to become a Jedi? That’s so wizard. You’ll have to show me your Jedi moves the next time you come back to Tatooine. Everyone here will miss you, but we’re cheering you on. Go for it…get out of here. You know it’s something you’ve always wanted to do.

I liked the fight you had with Greedo. You sure kicked his butt! I thought it was funny. You’re a good fighter, Anakin. I didn’t know you knew how to fight. Who taught you?

Of course I remember those stories the pilots used to tell us about the Jedi. I can’t believe you get to become one!

Yeah, you have to tell me all about the Naboo ship. I want to know all about your trip to Coruscant. I can’t believe you get to go to the capital! I’ve never been there before…but we’ve both heard hundreds of stories of how awesome that place is. Be sure to tell me all about everything……

Well I better get going.


Your best friend forever,
Kitster
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Note 12:
Kitster,

I’m glad that I’m getting away from Tatooine and the Sandpeople. I don’t think I’d beat up Sandpeople…unless they did something really bad to you or my mom. I’m really going to miss you…and mom. You’ll never believe what happened when Qui-Gon and me were going to the ship! A guy rode up in a speeder and started attacking Qui-Gon with a laser sword! He almost ran me over, but Qui-Gon told me to duck just in time! I ran to the ship because he told me to tell the pilot to take off. Qui-Gon made it on the ship just in time and he introduced me to another Jedi! His name is Obi-Wan Kenobi though he seems a little boring even if he is a Jedi. No one’s really sure who that guy was though; he had horns and had a tattooed black and red face. He was very creepy though and I hope he’s not on Tatooine anymore. I don’t think that he is…I can sense it somehow. I know much about instinct, but I guess if I have it I might as well use it. You haven’t seen this guy around have you?

The Naboo Cruiser is wizard! The pilot was showing me the cockpit controls and I”ve been exploring the engines. Though it’s very cold in space. Padmé seems worried so I gave her the good luck charm I carved for her. You remember me carving it right? I said it’d go to someone special. She said that when we get to Coruscant things will change. I’m not sure what she meant…but she did say that she cared about me. I hope I’ll get to see more of her.

I think that we’re getting closer to Coruscant the pilot said we’d be coming out of hyperspace soon. I think I have to go to some kind of Jedi meeting or something. I tried asking Obi-Wan about it but he doesn’t talk much and Qui-Gon ahs been filling out some reports. Well we’re going to be landing soon. I’ll write back to you later. How are things on Tatooine? Is my mom okay? I hope Sebulba is embarrassed and that Greedo doesn’t give my mom a hard time.


Friends forever,
Anakin
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Note 13:
Anakin,

I can’t believe you’re gone. I hope I can see you again soon, because you are my best friend. Promise you’ll come visit me, okay?

So you’re on Coruscant now? I’ve never been there, but I’ve been to other major planets a few times when my dad had business to do. He let me come along…it was neat. There were buildings everywhere. But those planets couldn’t have been like Coruscant. I felt bad for you because you had to stay on Tatooine because you were a slave and I wasn’t. Now you get to go on the adventures. And you get to go to the JEDI COUNCIL. Wow. I never have seen a Jedi…well until we met Qui-Gon, but you get to see the top Jedi. Tell me what they’re like. I’m sure Coruscant is more wizard than the planets I went to.

Do you get to meet important people? I’ve always wanted to meet someone famous. The few times that I went to important planets I never saw anyone important. The planet is the biggest city in the galaxy, and there are so many people there. Make sure you see someone famous for me, okay?

Yeah…they sandpeople are mean. I wouldn’t want to beat one up either. They can kill grown men very easily. Sandpeople are strong…and…and very dangerous. Of course you know all that because you grew up on Tatooine too.

Everyone here misses you already. I hope that once you’re a Jedi you can visit us often.

I didn’t see that strange guy that you were talking about (the red and black one with horns). I hope he’s not on this planet. The way you made him sound, he must have been scary. I hope he’s not on our planet either.

You said he had a red laser sword? Wow…I heard that laser swords could only be blue or green. Was it pretty neat to see a red one?

Wait, you told me about a dream you had once…where there was an old man chasing you with yellow eyes and a red lightsaber. He was trying to kill you or something, right?

I’m glad Qui-Gon was able to get away from that freaky sounding guy with the red lightsaber. Like I said, I haven’t seen him around. It’s possible that you could be right and that he did leave Tatooine. I don’t know, though.

You met another Jedi? How do you get so lucky!!!!!!!!!!! So his name is Obi-Wan Kenobi, but you think he’s boring? Why? Just because he doesn’t talk. Do you think he hates you? You can sense things? Like whether people are there? That is SO weird.

You got to see a Naboo Cruiser’s controls? That’s so unfair! Anakin, you really ARE lucky. You gave Padmé your good lucky charm? Doesn’t she think you’re just an annoying little boy like all teenagers think of us little kids? Why do you think she’s so special? She’s just a big kid…and she’s OLD. I heard she was 14 or something.

Yes, I remember you carving the charm. She said that when you got to Coruscant things will change? Well, did they change? I remember you said you had a crush on Padmé.

She cares about you? Does she have a crush on you too? Ask her out, or kiss her. That’s what the big kids do when they like someone. Haven’t you seen it on the vids?

You get to go to a Jedi meeting? Oh……….wow…….What is a Jedi meeting like?

And will you get to start your training right away? That would be so cool. I get to tell everyone that my best friend is a Jedi Knight!


Everything here is the same as always. Someone came by and tried to free your mother, but it didn’t work. Sorry. I don’t know who the guy was, but he offered to buy her. Watto refused. The guy had gray hair, and he looked pretty old…maybe 40 something. He had blue eyes, and I think when he was younger he had blond hair, but it’s mostly gray now. I could see a little blond in it. He was strange looking. I think he was a moisture farmer from another section of the planet, and his last name was Lars.

Other than that, Watto’s still mad that you’re free, and he won’t even look at your mother. He’s not being mean to her; he’s just angry.

Your mom seems to be fine. She misses you, and she cries sometimes. I’ve tried to be a comfort to her, and she is doing better than she was after you first left.

Sebulba’s REALLY mad at you right now. He’s been going all over Tatooine saying angry things. I don’t know…I hope he doesn’t decide to hurt your mom. Greedo’s been okay. He said he still thinks you cheated, but he’s been nicer to your mother.

I have to go now. I need to help my dad with something. I hope to hear from you soon.



Your best friend,
Kitster
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