De acordo com a romanização oficial do filme, Mace Windu e Master Yoda vêm discutindo a possibilidade de alguém perto do Chanceler ser um Lorde Sith, de acordo com a admissão de Dookan no filme anterior.
Com o que só poderia ser descrito como uma falta de julgamento verdadeiramente impressionante, eles descartaram Palpatine em consideração quase que imediatamente, argumentando que ele é muito poderoso para ser um cara realmente mau ou já teria feito algo ruim.
Não há nenhuma indicação de que na reunião anterior (em AotC) eles suspeitassem seriamente que Palpatine era um usuário sombrio da Força ou que ele era algo diferente de um político faminto de poder por excelência.
“But he doesn’t have the authority to interfere with a Jedi investigation …” Obi-Wan frowned, suddenly uncertain. “Does he?”
“The Senate has surrendered so much power, it’s hard to say where his authority stops.”
“It’s that bad?”
Mace’s jaw locked. “The only reason Palpatine’s not a suspect is because he already rules the galaxy.”
“But we are closer than we have ever been to rooting out the Sith,” Obi-Wan said slowly. “That can only be good news. I would think that Anakin’s friendship with Palpatine could be of use to us in this-he has the kind of access to Palpatine that other Jedi might only dream of. Their friendship is an asset, not a danger.”
“You can’t tell him.” “I beg your pardon?”
“Of the whole Council, only Yoda and myself know how deep this actually goes. And now you. I have decided to share this with you because you are in the best situation to watch Anakin. Watch him. Nothing more.”
“We-” Obi-Wan shook his head helplessly. “We don’t keep secrets from each other.”