Anakin Skywalker by Todd Strasser

Author:Todd Strasser [Strasser, Todd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Media Tie-In, Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780590520935
Google: djqCGwAACAAJ
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1999-03-14T23:00:00+00:00

Jar Jar and I were taken to a large building. We were sent to a waiting room and told to stay put. Padmé had to go somewhere, and I watched through a doorway as Queen Amidala sat on a throne and had more meetings with important-looking men in uniforms. Their faces were very grim and there was a lot of head shaking.

Something was seriously wrong. From the bits and pieces I was able to overhear on the air shuttle, I knew that a group called the Trade Federation had surrounded the planet Naboo with huge battleships. No supplies were being allowed in or out of Naboo, and that was why the Queen’s people were suffering.

But what did that have to do with the dark warrior? That was the part I still didn’t understand. He was only one being. I decided that he might have been part of the problem, but there had to be more to it. Something even more serious was happening.

Jar Jar and I waited. I felt bad for him because he looked as lonely and lost as me. At least I had a reason for coming to Coruscant. Qui-Gon had brought me to see if I could become a Jedi. Jar Jar seemed to be here because he had no place else to go.

I asked him why he wasn’t with his people. In his strange language, Jar Jar explained he had been banished for wrecking his leader’s favorite vehicle. The rest had all happened by accident. He’d been sitting in a Naboo swamp one day enjoying a meal when he got caught in an invasion! He was saved by Qui-Gon, and had been with the Jedi Knight ever since.

A messenger arrived saying that in a little while I would be picked up by taxi and taken to the Jedi Temple. Qui-Gon’s words came back to me. I remembered that if I was accepted for Jedi training, I would be busy for a long time. I realized this might be my last chance to see Padmé. I wanted to find her.

I left the waiting room and started down a hall. Of course, I had no idea where anything was, or where I might find Padmé. So I watched for clues. Finally I found what I was looking for. A handmaiden came past me carrying a bowl of fruit. There was a chance she was taking it to the Queen’s quarters, where I hoped to find Padmé.

The handmaiden turned down several halls and then went through a door watched over by two guards. That looked promising, but I hesitated anyway. I felt nervous. I didn’t know what the guards would do when they saw me. What if this was a restricted area and I wasn’t supposed to be in the hall?

It took more courage to walk down that hall and face those guards than it did to get in my Pod and race against Sebulba. But I did it. For Padmé.

Lucky for me, the guards were friendly. I guess being nine years old has its advantages.

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