LUKE SKYWALKER has seen the future. The galaxy has a threat of a future that is unfavorable for the NEW REPUBLIC, and LUKE'S family.
While GENERAL LEIA ORGANA and CAPTAIN HAN SOLO revel in their newborn child, while LUKE, the last hope of the Jedi, desperately tries to undo what he has seen.
Meanwhile, sinister powers begin to fully unravel the threat to the galaxy, in areas of space unknown...
PrologueThe desert planet of Jakku reminded him too much of Tatooine, but that's where the story began. A resistance fighter, a droid, and a curious girl, Rey, who reminded him of someone yet unnamed. In an interesting development, a Storm Trooper was an ally encouraging descent.
A young Kylo Ren is the terror of the stars, and was the son of Leia and Han, having turned evil with encouragement from a new master. He had an arsenal at his disposal under the First Order, the likes of which reminded him way too much of the Death Star. The Resistance was strong, and defeated the weapon with heavy losses, including Han.
Rey turned out to be strong with the Force and came to an old Jedi for training. The tides turned for her, though, as the Jedi had renounced his old ways and refused to aide in her learning.
The link between Rey and Kylo distressed him greatly, as their relationship grew. The two were clearly drawn toward each other through the Force. Together they defeated Snoke, Kylo's master, but they were unable to agree on which path they should take together. They ended up separating.
Rey trained, under Leia, and learned about the Force as much as she could. She was drawn to Kylo still, which became quite unfortunate as she tried to hide from him. The Emperor was back! And Rey was his granddaughter, with potential evil running through her veins! This couldn't be possible…
Leia dying caused Kylo to pause just enough for Rey to deliver an ending blow but seeing the scared child peeking through the mask of a monster, she rushed to heal him. She had felt Leia die as well. Though she rushed away from him, he followed and helped her end the Emperor once and for all, at a high cost of Kylo – no, Ben! – losing his life.
Rey had helped save the galaxy, but would be alone since Han, Leia and Ben were all gone.
Luke shook his head and glanced around him quickly, as a trained Jedi would who sensed danger and death. The hallway of the medical center in Hanna City, Chandrila was vacant around him as he tried to calm himself. He could see Leia and Han in the room opposite where he sat, holding a small bundle. His brain began to sweep through what he just saw, and he got caught up in the future vision once again.
"Luke?" He felt someone place a hand on his shoulder. He shook off the vision and stared up into the face of his friend Han, who was smiling down at him. "Do you want to come meet my son?"
"Your son? Who just spent three days trying to deliver him? Can we at least agree he's our son?" Leia chided from the room, laughing softly. "Luke, get in here and meet him before I have to put him down to bed."
Slowly, and with every effort to block out what he had just seen, Luke stood up and walked toward his sister and nephew. Leia saw right through him, of course, and gave him a curious look. He shook his head and reached out indicating he wanted to hold the baby. Without a word, Leia handed him his nephew.
Big brown eyes stared up at him, seemly wiser than his scant age of a few hours. Luke became disengaged immediately as the vision came back in full force as the realization of the child's future hit him. Now, Leia was more than curious.
"Luke, what is it?" She asked, leaning toward him, the smile having fallen off her face.
"Nothing, truly. I am just amazed to be holding such a beautiful child…and realizing that I'm related to him!" he joked, hoping she wouldn't probe too far now. The panic from earlier was definitely coming back.
Han sat down next to Leia, still smiling, reaching for her hand. "I don't know why you are surprised, kid. With a handsome man like me, and a beautiful woman like your sister, it makes sense our kid would be so nice on the eyes."
Leia rolled her eyes but smiled up at him. Luke was struck by the love in the air between them. For a few moments, while they concentrated on each other, Luke took the opportunity to probe the child. 'Death, destruction, hatred…it's buried but it's there. There is at least one other presence here, waiting for him to come of age and display his powers before they dig in deeper!' Luke's thoughts churned quickly, realizing he would have to cut off those channels or the child would definitely fulfill the vision he had just seen.
Breaking the concentration, the baby began crying. Luke handed him over to Leia, leaning down and kissing her on the forehead. "Ben is a beautiful baby, Leia. I'm so happy for you both."
Leia smiled, while Han looked up at him. "How did you know we were going to name him Ben?"
He looked at his sister and smiled back at her. "A feeling," they both said together. Han shrugged and shook his head, muttering something about 'Force users.'
Luke made his way out of the medical center, and toward the outreaches of the city as quickly as he could. Most of the inhabitants lived within the city, but he found that it was too hard to live in town, so he had a small cottage in the outskirts of the plains. It was positioned right near the calm ocean; whose tide was so light it never seemed to pose a real danger. The sounds lulled him to sleep quite often.
As he topped the final hill leading to his home, he saw the familiar silvery wisp starting to take form next to the ocean. Luke was not surprised; in fact, he was grateful. He needed someone to talk all this over with.
He passed his house and made his way to the slowly forming figure. While he wasn't surprised to see the person taking form, he was in absolute shock when he saw more wisps joining the first. Soon, Luke found himself staring at the faces of the last several hundred years of fallen Jedi.
'Much to discuss, have we,'
A/N: Hello lovelies! Welcome to a new story that I've been working on. As you can tell, this is my own interpretation of what I would have liked to see for the sequel series. I do not dislike all of what was done, but I had my own idea of what I wanted to see. There may be moderate mention of things in the sequel series movies, but mostly this is going to be my own story.
I am pulling from the EU for some names, planets, etc., and ultimately this universe belongs to Disney - this is just my spin. I hope that you will find EU Easter eggs that I've scattered throughout the story. I will post sources for each chapter, in case you want extra reading and enjoyment of this amazing universe.
This will be a three part story arc, with Part 1 fully written already. Part 2 is already underway and will be complete by the time I am done posting this part. I hope you enjoy my little story!
Also, this story will be posted on AO3! Come find me there!
Chapter Sources:
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wiki/Ben_Solo
wiki/Chandrila
Movies:
Star Wars The Force Awakens
Star Wars The Last Jedi
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker