Hello, all! Happy Star Wars Day!

I'm so sorry that it's taken this long to update. I blame real life, which for me consisted of two almost full time summer jobs, a very hard semester, and moving to another state for an internship. Twice. Not to mention that somehow I'll be graduating college in a year *head explodes* Oh, and of course the pandemic. I would've had a third rotation at my internship but that got canned due to COVID.

Unfortunately, I regret to write the Author's Note that is the most hated thing in fanfic: the "I'm not continuing" note. I myself hate when this one comes up, but I have pretty much lost all motivation for not just this story but this fandom. It's just too much work to go through the videos and try to get a transcript typed out. The Last Jedi lowered my love of this franchise, but The Rise of Skywalker just about killed it. So here's just a quick rundown of what I had been planning for this fic.

Basically it would've followed The Empire Strikes Back fairly closely. Canon Luke would've had extensive Jedi training from AU Obi and AU Anakin on Hoth, though he would've still gone to Dagobah to meet Yoda. Canon Leia would've gotten some political advice from AU Padme. Somehow, all the AU people would've managed to not be detected by Vader. Eventually they would've gone to Cloud City, where Vader would've noticed all the AU people, who somehow manage to go undetected by the other Empire forces. He would think he's gone crazy, but eventually the dual between him and Canon Luke would happen. Honestly I might've just skipped it because I don't see any changes happening. Expect lots of angst from the fallout of that.

The Return of the Jedi would also be done. Long story short, AU Anakin would've gone with Luke while everyone else from the AU would've helped with the attack on The Second Death Star. Vader would learn what he had lost, what might have been. He doesn't need Canon Luke's life in danger to go against Palpatine. Vader would survive, and the story would end in an ambiguity, though Vader would be assumed to have somehow been tried to his crimes but ultimately acquitted due to manipulation or some other thing that would never work in real life. He would try to rebuild with Canon Luke and Leia, and the AU people would manage to be sent home.

Thank you to everyone who's read this fic. Maybe someday I'll feel compelled to pick it up again. For now, though, my sifi interests have gone across the pond to Doctor Who (I was actually a Whovian before I watched Star Wars). I plan on having a series of one-shots coming out. Maybe without the pressure to update, I'll have a better writing experience.

Stay safe out there everyone. I know it sucks, but we'll get through this.