Introduction:
Welcome and come on down to Between the Light and Shadows! This is a one-shot collection focusing all your favorite father-son duo, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader! We've got all sorts of AUs! Canon-divergent AUs. Comic AUs. Time travel AU. Modern AU. Fashion designer AU! DRAGONS! We got all sort of one-shots in here. We've got those crack ones that make you laugh. Those sad ones that make you cry. *Slaps the roof of a fic* It's all in here at Between the Light and Shadows!
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: To the Past
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Original one-shot my fic In the Past is based off of. Post ESB AU. Vader and Luke got into a dogfight in their fighters. Both managing to shoot the other down. Both spun out of control. Both crashed. When they awaken they're both on Coruscant at the end of the Clone Wars. And to Vader's dismay, Luke has been taken to the Jedi Temple.
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Chapter 3: Amnesia
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Bounty hunters find Luke after he crashed his X-Wing. Vader comes to collect his son..
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Chapter 4: Born a Sith
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A Vampire AU. Fourteen year old Luke is a Sith (a vampire), though he doesn't want to be one. He's always been told by his father, Darth Vader, he was born a Sith. Then he meets a princess who tells him that's not how Sith usually come about.
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Chapter 5: The Podrace
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Marvel's Star Wars Comics Annual #4 AU. Luke goes to Hradreek to meet with an Alliance benefactor to pick up some funds. After securing the funds, he has a run with the local Imperial troops after he finds a mysterious red lightsaber. It appears his only way to escape the troops is by stealing one of the pod racers and running in a race. Meanwhile, Darth Vader is also on the planet hunting down two twin relic Sith lightsabers. Yet the Force pulls him towards watching the pod race.
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Chapter 6: Before the Emperor
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Luke is defeated and captured at Cloud City by Vader. He is then dragged before the Emperor. (Made into a short multi-chapter fic of the same name.)
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Chapter 7: The Question
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Luke Skywalker spent his early years with his father, Anakin, on Tatooine. Until one day Anakin disappeared and never came back. Everyone said Anakin died, but Luke still believes his father is alive. After the death of Obi-Wan, it appears the only person with answers about what happened to Anakin is Darth Vader.
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Chapter 8: The Thief
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A thief has snuck into a large house hoping to find something to steal. Meanwhile Darth Vader returns home to find his young twin children have escaped their nannies.
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Chapter 9: The Way of the Order
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Vader was never a Jedi. Instead he stayed on Tatooine where he discovered a Sith holocron with a Sith ghost living inside. A Sith master that will do anything so its apprentice becomes stronger in the ways of the Dark Side.
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Chapter 10: You've Got to be Kitten Me
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((Part of my Halloween Trick or Treat Luke & Vader series.)) Ensign Han Solo didn't know if this was a trick or not. He had been summoned to Lord Vader's personal quarters. Now the Supreme Commander was asking Han about . . . cats? It'll be a treat if Han makes it through this alive.
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Chapter 11: The Red Place
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((Part of my Halloween Trick or Treat Luke & Vader series.)) When Luke Skywalker sleeps he often dreams of the Red Place, a dream landscape where is able to meet with his father Anakin Skywalker. A man who claims he is alive and kept prisoner by the Empire. It's a treat to find out his father is alive, but Luke desperately wants to save his father. Plus he secretly fears this is some trick of the Force. Perhaps his father is dead, and this is all but a dream.
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Chapter 12: Vader, Lord of Fashion
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((Part of my Halloween Trick or Treat Luke & Vader series.)) Modern AU: Who knew helping out famous fashion model Han Solo with his car would lead a farmer boy to New York City? To see a real live Vader fashion show, was a treat to Luke's eyes. However, he wasn't expecting to catch the eye of the world famous designer. When Vader asks Luke if he wants to be a model, he fears it is some sort of trick. (Made into a short multi-chapter fic.)
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Chapter 13: Night of Spirits
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((Part of my Halloween Trick or Treat Luke & Vader series.)) It has been a few months since Darth Vader discovered and claimed his young son. The child asks his father if they can go to the Festival of Harvest to attend the Night of Spirits where festival goers dress up in costumes and collect treats. While Vader buys Luke a costume, the child changes it in secret to trick his father.
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Chapter 14: The Story of the Sith Dragon
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Leia, the young princess of Alderaan, finds a storyteller at a banquet to tell her the tale the of Vader, the Sith Dragon. It is a story she's heard hundred of times, but no matter what she longs to hear it again. There is just something about the story that draws her in.
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Chapter 15: Luke, Prince of Fashion
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A direct sequel to a previous one-shot in this collection: Vader, Lord of Fashion. A modern AU in which Vader is a world famous fashion designer that has recently discovered his long lost son, Luke. Now Luke is thrown into the vicious world of the rich and famous and the dread paparazzi.
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Chapter 16: tumblr One-Shot Prompts
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These are three unconnected small one-shots that come from tumblr prompts people submitted to me on my tumblr.
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Chapter 17: Vader's Baby
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Vader has tracked down Obi-Wan Kenobi and killed him. What he then finds is his one-month old son.
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Chapter 18: Naberrie's Flowers
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Vader finds his son on Naboo working as a florist.
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Chapter 19: The Recording
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Princess Leia's cell on the Death Star had security recording devices. Darth Vader views the recordings after her escape. He watches as a stormtrooper takes off his helmet and says he's Luke Skywalker.
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Chapter : Twenty-Four Hours
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An AU set directly after ROTJ, Darth Vader didn't die on the second Death Star but is gravely injured. Luke secures an Imperial shuttle, but isn't sure where to take his father to get medical help. Vader mutters to take him to Mustafar.
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Chapter : Battle of Corellia Bay
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Historic War AU. Based on the Battle of Mobile Bay from the American Civil War. Newly appointed Rear Admiral Han Solo is on a personal mission to break the blockade of Corellia Bay so the Alliance can seize Coronet City. But getting through the heavily guarded channel, known as the Kessel Run, will be tough. Luke Skywalker has a bad feeling as he spies Darth Vader aboard one of the Imperial ships.
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Chapter 22: Retribution
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The Imperial Prince Luke has been killed by Rebel assassins. The Emperor looks over the body with a smile. Darth Vader looks over the body with barely held back rage and grief. Yet the Emperor doesn't know is that Vader has been planning for this event for years.
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Chapter 23: Malfunction
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Crackfic. Luke hangs on to the gantry above the reactor shaft. Darth Vader is ready to tell his son the truth, except there seems to be a malfunction with his vocoder.
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Chapter 24: Luke Amidala
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Luke is raised by his mother, who becomes the leader of the Rebellion known by the code name Lotus. When Luke is captured on the first Death Star and questioned, he recalls his mother's words to use his real name.
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Chapter 25: Luke Amidala, part 2
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Sequel to the previous fic. Padmé Amidala and her daughter Leia Skywalker go to the Imperial Palace to save Luke Amidala from the clutches of Vader.
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Chapter 26: Luke Amidala, part 3
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The last in the series. Luke Amidala slowly fights his way free of his coma, but is kidnapped by Palpatine and goes missing for two years. When the second Death Star is stolen, Luke's family believes they will finally face Palpatine and find Luke.
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Chapter 27: The Sith Dragon and His Baby
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A prequel to the other dragon AU. The Sith dragon Vader takes care of his young son. However, something else keeps brushing against his mind. It feels like another dragon, and it isn't his son.
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Chapter 28: There's Too Many
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Luke Skywalker was on the second Death Star being electrocuted by the Emperor begging his father to save him. He passed out, but when he awakes he finds himself in a strange featureless foggy place. He quickly discovered he is not alone. There he meets another Luke Skywalker and then another.
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Chapter 29: On the Run
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Han Solo has gotten to know a young teen named Luke, who drifts between jobs in spaceports. He's not surprised when Luke shows up one day and asks for a lift. He knows the kid is running away from something. However, that something has found Han Solo first and wants his assistance in getting Luke back.
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Chapter 30: Tumblr Quote Prompts
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Six different short ficlets based on prompts given to me over on my Tumblr. All unconnected to one another.
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Chapter 31: The Lost Commanders and Son
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(Rebels AU) Luke lives on Seelos with three old clone commanders. One day the crew of The Ghost arrives trying to recruit the clones to join the rebellion. However, the rebels draw the attention of the Empire including Darth Vader. He has been searching for Captain Rex ever since he stole something very important to him.
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Chapter 32: In the Shadows of the Woods, Part 1
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(Horror Movie AU) A group of college students go out to a secluded and hidden lake in the forest. One of them spies a large house near the lake, and takes a group to check it out. Soon screams fill the forest, so the rest of the group investigate. Arriving at the house they see something lurking in the shadows . . .
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Chapter 33: In the Shadows of the Woods, Part 2
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(Horror Movie AU) Anakin Skywalker is trying his best to be a good husband and father. But it's hard to raise two wonderterror babies who can shapeshift and bend the rules of reality. What's worse is when a group of punk teenagers show up to his secluded house when he's already in a bad mood and hungry.
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Chapter 34: A Rumor in Coruscant
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(Anastasia AU) Luke and Han are on a mission to Coruscant. They plan to pass off Luke as Darth Vader's long lost son, at least just long enough for them to get into the Imperial Palace to plant some spy devices for the Alliance. The plan goes a bit too smoothly, and soon Luke finds himself face to face with Darth Vader, who does not believe Luke is his son.
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Chapter 35: In the Dark of the Night
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(Anastasia AU, Part 2) Darth Vader is holding a ball to announce he has found his long lost son and heir. Luke is unsure if he wants to become a prince to the Empire, but doesn't want to leave his newly found family. On the night of the ball, an attractive young woman lures Luke out into the gardens and Luke goes willingly . . .
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Chapter 36: Ficlets Collection 1
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A collection of ficlets I originally posted on my tumblr I've been collecting over the last few months. Some of these are short. Some of them are a bit longer. There are all sorts of little fics in here. Serious ones. Crack ones. Almost all of these came from people providing me the first line or two as a prompt and then I would write the rest of it.
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Chapter 37: Ficlets Collection 2
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This is another collection of ficlets I originally posted on my tumblr that I've been collecting over the last few months. Some of these are short. Some of them are a bit longer. Some expand on some other fics / AUs I've written before. Most of these were from people giving me a prompt for the first line, and then I wrote a ficlet based on it.
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Chapter 38: Drawn to You
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The young little Prince Luke Palpatine isn't afraid of Darth Vader, much to Vader's annoyance. In fact, the boy seems to like him.
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Chapter 39: The Last Mission
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Luke is determined to defeat Vader as lands on Cloud City at Bespin.
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Chapter 40: "Are you lost?"
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Vader runs into a mechanic fixing his TIE who goes by the name Skywalker. The more that is revealed about this boy and his similarities to himself, the angrier he gets.
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Chapter 41: Child of Mine
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Vader has discovered his son amongst the Force sensitive children kept at Fortress Inquisitorius. Despite trying to give Luke a normal childhood, the poison of the Inqistors training in the Dark Side runs deep.
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Chapter 42: Empire in the Sky
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(Fantasy AU) Amongst the magical floating islands of the Empire, Prince Luke is on his way to be coronated after the death of his father, Emperor Palpatine. There are concerns about Darth Vader starting a civil war and whispers of islands falling out of the sky.
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