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would be safe once we entered hyperspace, but that he had no doubt the warrior knew our final destination.
    The thought of meeting up with the dark warrior again made me shiver. I asked what we could do about him.
    Before Qui-Gon could answer, the other Jedi gave me a puzzled look.
    “Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi,” Qui-Gon said.
    I held out my hand to shake his.
    But when we shook, the new Jedi stared at me with one eyebrow raised.
    I didn’t think he liked me.

    We were in hyperspace. The parts Qui-Gon had purchased from Watto had done the trick and we were now moving faster than the speed of light. Hyperspace is a silent vacuum, and the only sounds in the ship were the hums of the navigational and life-support systems. Obi-Wan Kenobi had taken Qui-Gon to his quarters to rest after his battle.
    Obi-Wan was shorter than Qui-Gon. Except for the braided pigtail that hung over his right shoulder and a small ponytail, he had short hair. I figured that he was an apprentice to the older Jedi.
    With Qui-Gon in another part of the ship, I was alone, and cold.
    In fact, I was shivering. The Naboo spacecraft was freezing.
    I sat down in a corner and pulled my knees under my chin to try and stay warm. Now that it was quiet, I felt very lonely. I’d left my home with strangers to go to a place on the other side of the galaxy. Coruscant was so far away that I might never be able to go home. I knew Qui-Gon wanted to take care of me, but after his battle with the dark warrior he had his own problems. It was still hard to believe that there were warriors in the galaxy who might be equal to, or even greater than, a Jedi Knight. But now I knew there were. And if something happened to Qui-Gon, who would present me to the Council? Who would train me in the ways of the Jedi?
    Who would believe that I even had what it took to become a Jedi?
    I felt someone watching me and looked up. It was Padmé. She asked if I was cold and I admitted that I was. She gave me her jacket and teased me about being from a hot planet like Tatooine. She said space was cold. I told her that I’d already figured that out.
    Padmé looked worried, so I asked her what was wrong. She told me the Queen had problems. The people on Naboo were suffering. Some were even dying.
    I was sitting there wishing I had a way to cheer her up when I remembered the japor pendant. I took it out of my pocket and gave it to her. I told her that it would always remind her of me and bring her good luck.
    I have to admit that I was more than a little nervous. Not only was Padmé beautiful, but I could tell by her delicate clothes and her gentle manner that she was used to very fine things. I wasn’t sure how she’d feel about wearing a wooden pendant carved by a boy.
    But Padmé smiled and immediately put it on. She said she loved it. And she said she wouldn’t need anything to remind her of me. She promised she would never forget me.

    I was in the cockpit of the spaceship when the pilot brought us out of hyperspace. We were at the inner core of the galaxy. The sky was dense with brightly twinkling stars and systems.
    Directly below us was Coruscant, the capital of the Galactic Republic. I’d dreamed of visiting Coruscant, but it was even better than I’d imagined. The entire planet was covered by a huge sprawling city with every imaginable size and shape building. Some were so tall their metallic spires pierced the clouds.
    We started to drop down toward the planet. The endless city had canyons like Tatooine, but they were the canyons between buildings. The airspace was clogged with hundreds of different vehicles—from small messenger speeders to huge, slow-moving transports.
    We moved into a traffic lane and then onto a floating landing platform. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Kenobi joined Jar Jar and me near the hatch.
    An important-looking group of people was waiting on the landing platform. Before the hatch opened, Qui-Gon instructed Jar Jar and me on how to bow and show respect.