RISE OF THE RESISTANCE

PROLOGUE

LUKE AND LEIA

STAR WARS AU

EPISODE II

RISE OF THE RESISTANCE

The galaxy is in turmoil. The Galactic Empire, ruled by Darth Plagueis' iron fist, has managed to conquer much of the galaxy.

The Jedi are hidden on the planet of Tython, waiting to appear and fight.

The Resistance has held on to as many planets as they could.

Small rebel groups have been fighting for years, but now the Resistance is about to find something that could turn the tide of the war in their favor...

3 BBY, TYTHON

"C'mon, Luke!" Leia Skywalker yelled to her twin Luke while they ran through the forest. Both of them were 17, but their parents loved to point out how they still acted like children.

They both continued to sprint through the forest, when Luke suddenly fell to the floor.

"Luke?" Leia asked, slowing down and walking back to where he had fallen. There was a fallen tree branch he must've tripped over along with several rocks. He had hit the grass, trying to jump over the tree. "Are you okay?"

Luke didn't move. Leia began to shake his body. Out of nowhere, Luke started to laugh, then pulled Leia down onto the dirt.

"Luke, that wasn't funny! I thought you were unconscious, or worse!" Leia exclaimed. Luke just laughed, and they both stood up again.

"You don't like fun?" Luke questioned. Leia rolled her eyes.

"C'mon, funny, let's keep going. I want to see what's up that hill. We have to be back for dinner in an hour." Leia stated, and they began to run again. This time, they ran slower than before. Luke and Leia stopped once they reached a river, and Leia picked up a small purple flower that had been bent.

"Someone was here." Luke said, knowing what Leia was about to say.

"Do you think its who we saw a month ago?" Leia asked, turning to him. Luke shrugged, and stepped onto a stone in the middle of the river, waves crashing against it. Luke jumped from rock to rock until he was on the other side, almost about to go up the hill.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Leia yelled, then ran after her brother, jumping across the river. Luke smiled and they both slowly walked up the side of the hill, avoiding trees that had somehow grown on the incline. They reached the top, and looked around, when they spotted the Temple off in the distance, its colors making it easily recognizable. Luke and Leia both turned around and walked in the opposite direction of the temple, towards where the sea was. They stopped when they heard footsteps.

It was the woman.

One month before...

Luke and Leia were standing near the edges of the front part of the Temple, when they saw movement on the hill in front of them. They moved closer, and saw a Togruta woman in her thirties walking through the forest, holding a map of some sort, making markings on the map.

She was mapping out Tython.

Back to the present...

"It's her." Luke whispered as they ducked below a bush. When they had asked their parents who the "lady in the woods" was, their father said "someone I knew" then walked off. Their mother had shook her head and walked to follow their father.

Luke and Leia continued to follow her around, and eventually she stopped, so they stopped as well. The woman walked towards what looked like a stone wall overgrown with vines and bushes. There were broken columns out front of it, and Luke and Leia realized it was a temple of some sort. It had to be a very old temple, due to all the overgrowth. Leia motioned for Luke to be quiet as they slowly moved closer.

Luke replied with a "she can't hear us!" but Leia rolled her eyes. She had heard from her master, Shaak Ti, about Togruta's great hearing. Luke hadn't, because his master was Obi-Wan Kenobi, and was likely losing his hearing at his age. The woman obviously did hear them.

"You aren't the best at spying." she said, turning around and staring at their exact location.

Only then did Luke and Leia notice there were two lightsabers hanging from her belt.

"I'm not a Jedi, if you're wondering."

There we have it! The prologue. Second chapter will be up soon, I hope.