The street I tell you. Jedi were all spread out at the outer-rim of the galaxy.. so he picked out two fierce looking guys from the street :"Here.. grab this lightsaber and look sharp. He'll never know the diference". Mace was pretty cunning.
And yeah.. I second that: The chancelor of the republic not only has a lightsaber.. .but is constantly left alone durring the movie just so conveniently so he can fight.
Hey, I'm from Romania !
I just watched it again last night. Mace had the other jedi in his transport ship. You can see them when he tells Anakin to stay his bitch-ass home!!!