Gentlebeings. Honorable representatives. Your Excellency the Chief of State. I am Adoven Ryner, senior member of the New Republic Diplomatic Corps, diplomat and ambassador. I stand before you today to clarify a certain matter. As you no doubt have all been informed by the Coruscant Jounal, a report that I was working on has been leaked. Remember this point: it was stolen from my workstation despite the myriad of protections and leaked to a news agency. The report was nowhere near in a final stage and I would in time have proposed it in front of the Senate.

This report, contrary to the majority’s belief, does not call for the extermination of the Jedi. Rather, for the extermination of the Sith, DARK Jedi and anyone who would use the Force to kill and destroy wantonly. They are above remorse and attempting to rehabilitate them would prove to be pointless. They, after all, would not hesitate to eliminate us to achieve their goals. This report therefore proposes the creation of a joint task force comprised of New Republic and Imperial commandoes as well as the Jedi to track, hunt and deal with those who would use the Force as a weapon to harm us.

As such, the report does look into the possibility of registration for Force-sensitive beings and Force-users. Do we not register traditional weapons such as blasters? The Force in the wrong hands can be just as devastating. That being said, the task force would be in charge of also bringing to justice rogue Force users who may not inherently be evil but still cause damage or loss of life due to their reckless behaviors.

Have we so soon forgotten Carida? Have we forgotten Dal Konur, Darwin Sky and Desann? How is the general population to fend off against people who can deflect blaster bolts with a mere waving of the hand? How are we to keep our inner thoughts private when their powers give them access to our very minds? We are at a distinctive disadvantage against those who would harm us with the Force.

As for those who bandy about words like “Order 66”… For shame. I do not want to eliminate the Jedi, protectors of the Republic and the Galaxy. I am quite aware that this Galaxy would not have been plunged into the darkness it came to know if they had not been eliminated. I helped the Rebellion. I invested money in the Rebellion. I backed it up as much as I could in any ways I could. My father DIED FOR THE REBELLION! For those who might not be aware of this, he was head of the Imperial Senate’s Intelligence Oversight Committee. He took great risks to leak Imperial information to the Alliance and was executed upon the Senate’s dissolution! So do not presume that I am a supporter of the Imperial measures to eliminate Jedi.

Given the heinous and reckless manner in which this document was brought forth, I anticipate that it will not lead to its adoption. It is quite clear that many of you are vehemently opposed to it. I understand that. I merely presented one point of view.

Now, I am not suggesting tracking devices, implants or anything that restricts their freedom or keeps them prisoner on any planet. I simply agree with precautions. Besides, all the Sith and Dark Jedi you've mentioned have burned out and been eliminated. They reached too high too fast and as such, were destroyed. Why seek them out? They come to us and we dispose of them efficiently enough. Look, if you will, the actions of the NRI against Sith Apprentice Deven Rel'kom on Endor nine years past. A shining example.

I do repudiate this report, emphatically. The New Republic is not in the business of discrimination, be it on race of propensity for use of the force. If a force user is found to have committed a crime then he should be punished to the fullest extent of the law, no more, no less.

There will be no permission to slaughter indiscriminately. We will not be having a witch hunt. However, I would propose a committee be formed to investigate this complicated topic, and to address the issue of Force user registration.

I was working on that proposal on the principle that some people are so far gone into the so-called “Dark Side” of the Force that return to the “Light” and rehabilitation would be impossible and pointless. Incarceration would also prove fruitless and costly in the worst cases. Only their deaths would prevent more crimes and taking of lives.

To address a point his Excellency Gavrisom said, the unfinished Operation: Zero Tolerance report, and again I stress the unfinished point out, did not talk about slaughtering indiscriminately. It called for the seeking and dealing with of known criminals who use the Force rather than waiting for them to come to us, as Senator Ryuun mentioned to be current practice. Happily and coincidentally stumbling upon a known Sith, Dark Jedi or Rogue Jedi might work well in the rare instances it so happens, but I’d hate for innocents to be slaughtered indiscriminately by such criminals because we’re waiting for them to come to us.

That being said, I do see that this draft has been met with reticence in lieu of its more direct… and I do admit slightly draconian… measures. As such, consider this battle to be over and done with before it was even officially introduced. The majority has spoken and are against it. I do apologize for the stir it has created, but know that I had only good intentions at heart. I merely sought to introduce measures to protect the innocents and eliminate the threats before they caused too much damage.

On the other hand, I am glad to see that the second part of the proposal has created some interest. Should a committee be formed to investigate and address the issue of Force-sensitive and Force-user registration, I would be more than happy to offer any help should you distinguished members deem me trustworthy enough to provide any assistance despite this to-do.