Author's Notes

Hey guys. Welcome to my mammoth fic. I've worked on this since uni finished for the year, and am finally pleased with the result. Complete, this story is 14 chapters and about 24 000 words, and will be updated regularly. I don't know if I'll continue with a sequel. This will depend on reader responses.

I'm quite proud of this, as it's the longest fic I've written, and has (what I hope is) a solid plotline and developed characters.

Please note, while reviews can and will prompt me to revise the story, I have already finished writing it, and so I won't be changing plotlines or characterisation.

Also, please note that this is a timetravel AU, and though Obi-Wan's 'original universe' parallels almost exactly with canon, his 'new reality' is changed dramatically by his decisions and actions.

Discalimer: If I owned Star Wars, Obi-Wan would have all the screen time, Siri and Bant would appear in the films, Sabé would be a main character, and Anakin wouldn't fall to the Dark side. Quite obviously, I do not own Star Wars.

Prologue

Obi-Wan approached Padmé's space cruiser, and her prone body, with a defeated air about him. Despite his victory against Vader, he felt as if he had failed, as the entire Jedi Order lay beyond any hope of rescue. He checked her wrist for a pulse, and upon finding it weak but present, he attempted to pick up the pregnant woman to take her someplace, anyplace, else.

Obi-Wan had only reached the entryway before he felt sensed the Force screaming at him, signalling great danger. Obi-Wan reached out to identify the source, and found a veritable black hole of dark energy, sucking a void into the fabric of the Force. Palpatine, he thought grimly. Nothing but an uncloaked Sith Lord could have such a Force signature. Placing Padmé's body down, Obi-Wan descended the landing ramp, drawing his lightsaber in preparation to meet the Sith Master.

Obi-Wan moved through the structures of the once-proud facility, with the intention of confronting the Sith Lord in an area free of any damage from his battle with Ana-Vader. Obi-Wan stopped on a raised catwalk when he felt the Sith Lord's presence draw near.

"Master Kenobi," a mocking voice called from the shadows. "I see that you are still alive. How … fortunate," Sidious said, his tone making it clear that he thought Kenobi's continued survival anything but fortunate.

"Sidious," Obi-Wan hissed. "How did your little talk with Master Yoda go?" As he spoke, he removed the blocks around his mind which masked his Force presence, as the energy required to maintain them would be desperately needed if this came to a lightsaber duel. Sidious betrayed no hint of surprise upon feeling the Master's Force signature, and narrowed his eyes as he replied.

"He wasn't quite the challenge I'd come to expect," Sidious returned, lighting his crimson lightsaber with the all too familiar snap-hiss. "I see that you've defeated my apprentice. What will you achieve even if you kill me? The whole Jedi Order is extinct, Yoda is dead, and you, my friend, are the last Jedi standing between me and absolute power."

"I stand for what is right, Sidious, and I intend to defeat you, as I have every other enemy I have fought." With this declaration, Obi-Wan raised his lightsaber, ignited it, and suddenly Sidious attacked with a fierce leap and overhead swing of his blood red blade.

Sinking into the familiar Soresu form, Obi-Wan let the Force guide him, striking at any weakness the Sith Master displayed, though those were few and far between. Already exhausted from his fight with Vader, Obi-Wan gave it everything he had, but Sidious had access to unlimited power. The Dark Side gave extra force to all his blows, and the fight was abruptly cut short as Sidious neatly sliced deeply through Obi-Wan's unintentionally exposed neck, attempting a Sai Cha, his useless lightsaber slipping from nerveless fingers. Obi-Wan faltered, unable to breathe or move, as Sidious triumphantly grinned, letting the Last Jedi Master fall backwards off the edge of the landing and into the bubbling lava below.

Obi-Wan could feel every nerve in his body screaming as he burned, and his electrocuted heart mercifully stopped beating as he fell, but not soon enough, for he felt the lava close around his body, burning his flesh, and then, finally, mercifully, his consciousness faded away as he accepted his failure, and his death, trusting in the Force.