Wild Space: Star Wars Legends (The Clone Wars) (Star Wars- The Clone Wars Book 2) by Miller Karen

Author:Miller, Karen [Miller, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780307795991
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

After sharing a mealpack and drinking five capfuls of water each, they crawled into their twisted, tilted bunks and tried to sleep as daylight slowly drained into night. But sleep was elusive, for so many reasons.

“I’ve been thinking,” said Organa, breaking the brooding silence.

Obi-Wan sighed. “In my experience, no conversation that starts with those three words ever ends well.”

“Ha. I’ve been thinking about something Padmé said. About the Sith. In her apartment. She said: They’re behind this war with the Separatists.”

He knew what was coming. Bail Organa was too intelligent for anyone’s good. “Don’t,” he said, staring into the darkness. “What does it matter now?”

“Count Dooku’s one of the Sith, isn’t he?” said Organa, relentless. “I just realized it. He has to be. He’s the Separatists’ leader.”

I knew it. “No.”

“Sorry. I don’t believe you.”

“Senator—Bail—” He sighed again. “You’re wasting time that would be better spent sleeping. I will not confirm or deny any name you suggest.”

“I know,” said Organa, after a moment. “You’re answerable to the Jedi Council. But I give you fair warning, once we get home I’ll be taking this up with them.”

Good luck. “You must do what you feel is right, of course.”

A shifting creak of metal as Organa turned in his bunk. “Just—tell me this, Obi-Wan. If you know who they are, and where they are, why haven’t you taken them?”

He smiled. Deep in his mind the dark whispered its desire. In his slow blood, it festered and burned. “If it were that simple, Bail, don’t you think we would have? We are doing our best to apprehend them.”

“I know. But—do better. Please? They have to be caught. Justice must be done.”

Justice? “Are you saying we should put the Sith on trial?”

“I don’t know,” said Organa. Now he sounded uncertain. “I never thought about it. Before now I never had to. But—yes. There should be a trial. The Republic is founded upon principles of law. If the Sith are in violation of those principles, they must answer for it. Publicly.”

He doesn’t understand. It’s not his fault, but still. “No Sith can be tried in a court of law, Bail. For one thing they’d never recognize its authority. And for another, you’d never get them there.”

“So what’s your solution? Kill them out of hand?”

“It’s the only solution. The Sith are irredeemably evil.”

“What? There’s no such thing as irredeemable,” said Organa. He sounded almost … shocked. “Every sentient being is capable of change.”

It was hard not to be impatient with his naïveté. “I know you believe that, but where the Sith are concerned you could not be more mistaken. You must realize: they do not want to change. They live for death and domination. Every dark emotion feeds them: fear, anger, jealousy, hate. The things we find abhorrent are meat and drink to them. After what’s happened, I would have thought you’d at least begin to comprehend that.”

“Obi-Wan …” Now Organa sounded deeply troubled. “You’re talking about murder.”

The accusation was unfair. To his surprise, it rankled. “Really? And

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