ok, its been a month, can u update, like weekly or something? its like summer, thx.

Are you going to wrap up this story? Please let Vader be fine and finally free. This may not be justice, but this is a fictional world, and I don't care about those Vader has killed as much as I care about Vader. Plus, life has been pretty cruel to him since the day he was born. I doubt he would have had so much blood in his hand if he had a happy childhood like Padme's. It's only fair that we forgive his transgression because of the misfortune he has to go through.

first, i just have to say how emotional these past two chapters got me. the highs were probably obiwans breakdown and anakin and padmes reconcilliation. i work with traumatized young adults and you just captured those feelings of frustration exactly. you masterfully use the idea of love prevailing throughout this story. and then siri and al on the other end-whats real justice? execution and punishment or rehabilitation? it doesnt feel right if Anakin and padme just escape-both of them did a lot of things to hurt a lot of people-but execution is so extreme it feels unjust. i look forward to seeing how you resolve this!

Whoa, what a truly amazing chapter! So much happened! Anidala goodness, & then the aftermath of Anakin's actions...i wonder how this is all gonna go. Thnx for updating! I didn't think it'd be so soon!

Lol, i almost thought Anakin was gonna tell Obi-Wan, "I slept with Padmé" & Obi would've obviously misinterpreted that but soon after it'd be clarified. Imagine his momentary shock, lol

I was so happy yesterday to see this story updated that I kinda forgot to leave a review, ugh.
We’re all glad to get a long chapter, trust me, no one is complaining. Also I feel a little less lonely in knowing that other people had thought Siri to be dead for so long lmao. I had no idea how you would deal with the death of a main character so close to the ending. The characters deserve happiness, that’s a fact.

The interactions between Padmé and Anakin feel so lighthearted compared with before, I absolutely love the character development. Argh, they’re so cute, damn it hahaha. I liked when Anakin said he felt safe with her but could understand if she didn’t. He can finally put himself in someone’s place, that’s great.

The different ways the characters handle knowing what Anakin did truly shows their personalities, and I could totally understand the conflict within Obi-Wan, Siri, and Al. Does Anakin deserve to get punished for his actions? Absolutely. Not only for his last trap, but for all the people he killed. Even when he “killed” Padmé. But! We know him, we know what happened to him, so it gives us a unique perspective. If jail is there to protect society from the inmates, then isn’t society also safe with Anakin staying with Padmé? If jail is there to rehabilitate the inmates, then isn’t Anakin already being rehabilitated while staying with Padmé, learning how to live? And in this situation it’s not even about going to jail or not, because the Alliance would straight up execute him. This isn’t how this works in real life, but this is fiction so, hey! I’d say Anakin was punished enough by living 19 years with Palpatine. The fact that they have to exile themselves to save Anakin’s life is the only realistic solution to the situation, I think, because there is no way the Alliance or the Jedi would say “yeah okay we forgive you, poor cinnamon roll!”. It’s kinda like in ROTJ, where Vader is redeemed in the eyes of Luke, but not in the eyes of the galaxy. It’s fitting.

I also liked how their relationships with him isn’t purely one-sided anymore (as in: they give and he takes), like when Anakin decides to support Obi-Wan the same way Obi-Wan helped him before, and when Padmé says that she will now help him but also find herself in the process.

The fact that he tries to get Obi-Wan’s forgiveness by acting the same way he did when Palpatine wasn’t pleased... ouch, my heart.

“I’m buying you hearing aids” lmaooo I love this running gag. But Anakin also repeats stuff sometimes, so I can’t tell if at this point he’s slightly trolling or not hahahahaha.

I hadn’t even thought about Varykino as an hiding place, but it makes sense. It would be a nice call back to the first part. And I just love Naboo, it does feel like a haven, even in the movies. If Padmé ends up explaining her plans to her family, I’m pretty sure they won’t be happy about this.

I’m glad he told her to call him Anakin (and again, I gotta say... that was cute...). I wonder how he feels about Shmi, if he now accept that she did love him as the doctor said. Poor Shmi, by the way.

I wonder if it’s plot relevant that Padmé thinks that Tarkin died, hm.

Another great chapter, thank you very much for sharing it with us! This review got way too long again, damn it.
I saw in your notes that you were starting your MSN next week, and though I have no idea what that is, I wish you luck!
Have a lovely day.

Aaaaaaahhh... I’m crying! THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND HEARTBREAKING AND HOPEFUL ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

WOW Wonderful! A new chapter. GREAT chapter. Many thanks.

Padme assaults Anakin with her lips.

Oblivion guard: STOP, YOU'VE VIOLATED THE LAW! PAY THE COURT A FINE OR SERVE YOUR SENTENCE!

Why...do I have a feeling this will not all work out? (Haha, I’ve been with this story too long to trust that things are going to settle peacefully)

Great chapter! I really though Obi-wan was going to leave when Anakin & Padmé left him on the ship. I’m glad he & Anakin has some resolution - though I know they still have a long way to go.

The scene with Anakin & Padmé was beautiful! It’s so nice to see them reunited & not hating each other. They’ve both been through so much (though a lot of their pain came from hurting each other!)

I can’t wait to see what happens next! Keep up the amazing work 3

Everyone has different levels of culpability in this mess. Anakin does carry a large part of it but with his lack of understanding lessens his actions can mostly weigh on Obi-Wan and Siri as they both knew that Anakin isn’t emotionally stable and is mentally a child with deadly training. If they had put their foot down about rejoining the Rebellion this mess wouldn’t have happened.

In all honesty I don’t think that there’s a mental institution properly equipped to handle trained and emotionally unbalanced Force Users. Yes they would have the training and expertise to help him and no doubt have more success in helping rehabilitate him but they can’t protect themselves if he has an outburst and unless they were Force Sensitive and learned how to read people’s emotions without realizing it they might not realize that they need to let sleeping dogs lay for a bit; but maybe they would recognize that they are on thin ice and back away from experience.

*shrugs*

Al is understandably upset and I don’t blame him. It’s a massive blow that didn’t have to happen.

I just hope that he doesn’t betray them since he knows where they plan on going.

I'm very happy to see Padme make a good decision. I admit her decision to marry someone else irritates me to no end. Now I am looking forward to their return to Varykino. I agree that the prequel is such a tragedy and Palpatine fools everybody and remarkably completes his mission as a good badass. But I still have hope because there are a lot of things that could have been done differently, such as getting immature Anakin away from Palpatine and the war.

My favorite fic got updated one month ago and I’m only finding out now? Maybe I should make an account just to get alerted. I had stopped checking regularly because I thought you had lost all interest on it.
And I also missed the first chapter of the anthology, which I’m going to read as soon as I can.
This chapter was really good, well worth the wait! Padme was able to reason with Anakin,yes! Ouch, poor Obi-Wan. At least Siri is okay! I truly thought for one whole year that she was dead. I didn’t expect her appearing at the end. I feel like the characters learning that Padme is actually alive. What a rollercoaster.

Intense chapter! :O
Great to see you are back! :D

I just spent I don’t know how many hours reading this story in one take and I don’t regret a single second of it. I love this story. Love the arrival of Master Yoda in the latest chapter and I’m so happy that you didn’t kill Siri. She’s my favorite of the bunch

I feel like the end is near and I’m so not ready to let go (even though you’ve already done a titanic job here; it’s the longest and best written and characterized fanfiction I’ve ever read. I’m just being incredibly selfish!).
I was already old when I watched Star Wars and, though I liked it, I was never truly emotionally attached to it. So it was mostly by accident that I started to read this story. I can say without a doubt that the attachement I never really felt towards the movies, I felt it for your universe.
Thank you for taking us on this journey with you and sharing your worlds and words with us.
I hope you are doing well.
Cheers!