If it had been anyone but Obi-Wan, she might've doubted him. However, the man beside her had been a friend for over a decade, helped her and her planet in its time of greatest crisis, had stood up for her husband and trained him when everyone else had been ready to abandon him. How could she doubt him now?

Her hands balled into ineffectual fists as her breathing sped up. Sheev Palpatine, Naboo's favorite son, was corrupt and had led to the Republic's fall after 4000 years. It was...devastating. But she wasn't stupid to think it stopped there.

"Tell me the rest," she whispered, arms wrapping around her. She was suddenly cold despite the sweltering heat. "There must be more."