The Will of the Force
Chapter 1
Long ago in a galaxy far far away...
What would you do if you could change the future? Would you take the chance even though you it is wrong? Wrong because it might not be the will of the force? I'm faced with that problem now. I have no clue as to what I should do, should I save the Jedi order or should I let the Sith take over? ...
5 Months earlier
"General we're being pulled out of hyperspace into uncharted areas."
"General, what should we do?"
"General the escape pods won't launch. We're trapped aboard."
Came the bombarding voices of my crew as I walked into the bridge.
"Commander, find the nearest inhabitable planet and set us down. We need to land this ship," I told him.
"But sir…"
"Do it commander! That is an order!"
I knew the ship was too damaged to get very far. We barely got away from the Separatists that time.
"General, there is only one planet we can land on in this system."
I breathed out a sigh of relief, "Land there then," Turning to another clone I said, "Contact the council."
"Yes, Sir!"
Yoda appeared in the transmitter. "Trouble you are in Master Pané (AN: pronounced pan-A), hum?"
"Yes, Master Yoda we were pulled out of hyperspace in an unknown sector and we can't get the coordinates. We need reinforcements. Our ship is too damaged to go anywhere at the moment. Please help us."
Just then one of my navigational officers came in saying, "General the ship is going to explode if we don't get off right now. We have secured a transport ship that we can take."
The whole ship rocked with small explosions from inside the ship. I had to think of a way to get my whole crew out of here and not just a small party of 6 or 8 people.
"Get as many people as you can to that ship," I said," I'll be right there but I need to find my droid. Master Yoda I'm sorry but I have to go."
"Send help we will. Trace the transmission to find your location. Stop till we find you we will not. The force be it with you Master Pané." And with that I went to go find R-82.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ Line Break ~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Eighty- two!" I shouted, "Eighty-two! 'Where is that darn droid?'" I wondered. Then I heard Beep Beep Boop. "There you are! We need to get out of here or else we'll go boom. Come on and follow me!"
We ran down the hallway of the ship towards the hanger bay. We ran through the door and onto the ship. "GO!" I yelled as we boarded the small transport. When I say small I mean small; there was barely enough for the 10 people on board. I walked up to the pilot and asked about everyone else and he said," They all said they wanted to stay behind for the sake of everyone else."
I nodded my head and took a seat. Thinking back to when I first was a padawan and a lesson my master had taught me, "Every life is sacred. Do not destroy one life to save another. That will lead you down the path to the dark side of the force." All those lives, all those people. They can't have died for nothing, they will be remembered and we will take the Sith down.
Flying through empty space is not a good thing for a Jedi with a mind full of difficult thoughts. 'Why can't the life of a Jedi be easier?' I wondered. 'Why can't we return to our peaceful ways? We have become warriors for the Republic, not the peace keepers we say we are. The Senate has corrupted the Jedi order and someone has to put a stop to it. Only one way to do that and that's to take down Lord Sidious. But who is he?' Getting back up I walked to the front of the ship and ask the pilot when we were going to land.
"Well, sir there may be some problems with our ship and we might not be able to have a smooth landing," he said.
"Get us the best landing you can captain," I told him.
"Yes, sir."
As it so happens the planet we "landed" on doesn't take it kindly when random ships fly into their atmosphere. In other words... they shot us down. With the crash five survived. Me, R-82, two clone troopers, and my commander. I lost so much today. Why did Greivous have to attack us? All of this could have been avoided. Getting up from the wreckage I told the commander Eighty-two and I were going to try and find a settlement.
The long journey took almost 5 hours. As for where we were I had no idea. Walking around the place was weird. No one speeders or normal food. I had almost given up hope until someone came running up asking if she could have my "autograph?"
"What in the worlds do you mean by 'autograph'," I asked her.
"You know. You're from Star Wars and I'm a huge fan of it. I still can't believe the ending to the Force Awakens, I mean EPIC!"
I gave her a strange look and asked, "What's Star Wars?"
"OMG! How can you not know what it is. What character are you anyways? Is that R2-D2?"
"How do you know R2-D2?" I asked
"Um, duh," she said, "Almost everyone knows he belongs to Luke Skywalker. I mean that was at least Episode V."
"Luke Skywalker? You mean Anakin Skywalker?"
"No, I mean Luke as in Anakin's son."
To be continued...
