This story is based upon the events Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy but instead of it being just Jaden alone, I've added another main character, Eric Kane. Follow the lives of these two students as they fight to become Jedi. Please Read and Review. Thanx.

I do not own Star Wars and any of the characters here except Eric Kane and maybe one or two others. I have also changed the dialogue in most parts for the simple reason that I no longer have a copy of the game and it's been along time since I played it. Also, I've modified the storyline a little.

Jedi Academy I: The Next Generation

Ten years after the Battle of Endor, the IMPERIAL REMNANT continues to be driven back by the NEW REPUBLIC, forcing the Imperials to adopt increasingly desperate tactics in the ongoing struggle.

Meanwhile, Jedi Master LUKE SKYWALKER moves to restore the JEDI to their formal place as peacekeepers of the galazy at his JEDI ACDADEMY on YAVIN 4.

JADEN KORR and ERIC KANE, two promising students from Coruscant and Tatooine, are en route to the Academy after achieving the impossible: creating a lightsaber without any formal Jedi training ....

Prologue: Going Down!

(From Jaden's Point Of View)

"We have almost reached our destination."

Those words couldn't have made me happier. This ride was killing me. I actually had the urge to claw my own ears off, because if I heard one more time about how excited everyone was to be going to the Jedi Academy to learn how to become a Jedi one more time, I would have taken my saber and impaled myself then and there. Yes, I said lightsaber. I know, trainees aren't supposed to have them yet, but I do. It's sort of the reason I'm being sent to the Academy anyway.

My name is Jaden Korr. I am a 25-year-old human female, who was able to construct a lightsaber (mine's yellow, in case you're wondering) without any help or Jedi training. Don't ask how I did it, because I don't even know. I just did it. One minute I'm experimenting and the next, there it is. I was born and breed on the planet of Tatooine. Because of this fact, I'm not exactly the nicest girl in the universe. But, If there is one thing I pride myself on, it's my great sense of character (for example, I think the guy sitting next to me is a pansy and we haven't even spoken yet) and my ability to make people believe me when I talk. My mom died when I was young and my father had been looking after me, until he got into a bad deal with thugs and they killed. I know the thug too, but I can't prove it and even if I could, who'd care. But, mark my words, once I'm a Jedi, or have at least trained a bit, I'll hunt that man down and make him pay. But, enough about my past. I'm just going to look to the future.

I started examining the room around me. Everyone else seemed my age, maybe younger or a year older. No one really caught my eye except the guy sitting on the other side of my row. He was well built, had longish blonde hair, intelligent blue eyes and, most important, was the only other trainee who had a lightsaber. I got really powerful vibes from this guy. I wonder if he'd been picked for the same reason I had. I wanted to go talk to him, but the guy next to me decided it was okay to talk to me.

"Hey," he said, all energetic. It was as though he'd been plugged to a battery. He was so excited. He had short black hair, dark eyes, and seemed younger than me. He held out his hand. "I'm Rosh…Rosh Penin."

I shook his hand. "I'm Jaden Korr."

"Nice to meet you," he smiled. "Are you excited to be training to become a Jedi or what?"

Or what is more like it. "Yeah. Sure."

He studied me "Why do you have a lightsaber? Aren't you a student?"

"Yeah, I am. I just built this, that's why

I was chosen."

"Cool," he replied. "Can I see it?"

"I really don't think we should open it up in the ship."

"No, we shouldn't. Good call."

"I'm known to have my moments." Now please go away.

Before he could say anything else, the entire ship jolted. It actually felt as though we were being swallowed. If it hadn't been for the explosion, I would have thought we were being eaten. But no, we were just under attack. Much better. The guy with the lightsaber stood up and was alert. I looked around. Everyone was mumbling as the ship shook. Panic was starting, but wasn't there yet. And then came the announcement.

"Students," a voice came over the intercom. "This is your pilot. We have been hit by an unknown source. Please stay calm and prepare for an emergency landing."

When, or if, I get out of this, I need to remember to tell this pilot that calm and emergency landing do not, by any means, work well in the same sentence. The ship shook more and it was kind of obvious that it wasn't moving straight anymore. We were going down and it wasn't pretty. Everyone was in their seats in complete hysteria, screaming. I'm surprised no one had said "We're going to die!" yet.

"We're going to die!" Rosh screamed. Of course he did. "I'm too young to die. I didn't even get to hold a lightsaber."

Stop whining you little wimp. "We're not dead yet."

And then came the impact. We hit the ground, with a force I might add, and skidded for a while. And then we must have hit something, because suddenly, we were in the air again. Up-side down. Great stuff. At this point, to be honest, I also thought we were all dead. The ship hit the ground again. Students were flung out of their chairs because of the impact. But we weren't done yet. The ship proceeded to roll and roll and roll. We were actually going at an impressive speed, but most of us were too busy holding on for dear life to say anything. And then came the last bump, lifting us into the air and into the side of what I presume was a mountain. There was a crash and then a slight fall. I looked next to me. Rosh had been flung out of the ship. I looked out the window. He was at the other side of the river. He seemed fine though. As for everyone else, there were minor injuries and shock, but that was about it.

After all this, I had three questions. The first was how did Rosh, with the way he was quivering, not faint or wet his pants? Two was how hadn't the ship hadn't actually blown up by the crash and no one had died? And C, is this the extent of the academy's security? I hope not, because if it is, we're all screwed.

I apologize if it's short, but it is just a prologue. Please Review.