My friends.

I regret being unable to attend this year's anniversary, thoroughly besieged as I am with kingly duties. I pray this humble recording will not earn any ire from either of you, but it is the best I can do under the circumstances. Though I cannot see you, I need only close my eyes and picture the two of you, lost in endless desire and devotion. It is a joy to behold, and a kind of deep-sated love I have a great deal of experience with.

Valery Noble

Our shining star. Our unceasing champion. Our Shield. I could continue, yet nothing I say will ever do you justice. You're everything a Jedi should be: Kind, compassionate, wise, strong. There is a warmth about you I've only sensed in a select few, inspiring fealty and love in the hearts of all. I felt it the moment we first met, that day on Coruscant — you had my heart there and then. I rest easier at night knowing you're out there, somewhere amongst the stars, fighting the good fight I left behind so long ago.

Kahlil Noble Kahlil Noble

The Will of the Force moves in mysterious ways. I've often stated how, over the course of countless encounters, had It willed otherwise, I might have ended your Creator's life long before you came into existence. I see now why I was kept from delivering the killing blow so many times; the light you've brought the galaxy shall ever outshine your Creator's shadow. Worse, had I succeeded, I would have denied the woman by your side her true love. You are His worst failure, and our greatest victory. I look at you and see none of the creature I've hunted all my life, but a good, decent man.

Cherish the time you have, both of you. Etch into memory every moment spent, good or bad. Decades will go by in the blink of an eye.

The love I hold for the two of you knows no bounds. You've given me so much. You've given me grandchildren whom I adore. You've given me hope, and restored my faith in life being worth living. My only regret is that you never got to meet... She would have loved you like a mother. She'd be proud of you, as I am.

May the Gods bless thee, my children. Hug the little ones for me.
Keep each other close at all times. Enjoy tonight, for tonight will never come again.

Until next we meet, in this life or the next.