It is the closing days of the Clone Wars and General Grievous has planned an attack on the planet Coruscant.
Recieving news from Republic spies of the Seperatist's terrible plan on the capital world of the republic,
former jedi padawan, Ahsoka Tano, races back to Coruscant with a starship full of ARC troopers to warn her
former master, Anakin Skywalker, but another ship full of battle droids is hot on their tails ready
to destroy the republic heroes. But a faulty hyperdrive, may soon send both ships on an incredible journey...
New Meets Old: Part 1
(Deep Space, End of the Clone Wars, 25 years ago)
The blaster cannon fire echoed across the reaches of deep space. Three Republic attack cruisers were in combat against three Separatist dreadnoughts. ARC-170 starfighters zipped and flew about taking aim at the vulture droids out in space which have attacked the cruisers. V-wing starfighters were bombing down upon the dreadnoughts as they were gunned by droid tri-fighters. Likewise, Hyena bomber droids were bombarding the Republic cruisers as Jedi interceptors were doing their best to stop them.
Ahsoka Tano and Commander Rex looked out into the battlefield from the command center of "The Hogflume". They could see that things were not looking good as one of the Republic cruisers was going through a series of internal explosions.
"Commander..." One of the starfighter pilots stated. "Our starboard cruiser is lost. It's a massacre out here."
"I can see that." The Commander agreed. "We need to come up with better tactics in order to win."
"Rex, there is no time." Ahsoka stated. "The Chancellor is in grave danger. General Grievous will be on his way to Coruscant. Our communications are not working. We can't waste any more time with this battle."
The leader assessed the predicament that he and his unit of Advanced Recon Commandos were in.
"You're probably right, Ahsoka." Rex stated giving a sigh. "If the leader of the Republic is down, then the war is lost. These separatist bolt brains can wait." He gave out an order. "Trooper, recall all remaining fighters. And order all remaining cruisers to gear up their hyperdrives. We're going to bolt out of here."
"Yes, sir." The trooper had stated and carried out the orders.
Meanwhile, a confederate general had stood in the hanger of a dreadnought, known as "The Constant", looking over the battlefield. He was pleased with the droids that were out in space; he could see that victory over the republic was a possibility.
"This is very good indeed." The general had stated. "Hopefully, the battle will be ours." But he became puzzled as he noticed the V-wings returning to the cruisers. "What is this?" He waited for a little bit. "Oh? Preparing a hyperspace jump to flee? I'm not going to let my victory over the Republic slip through my fingers." He turned to the battle droids. "Activate the hyperspace tether."
"What's that do?" the droid asked.
"It fires out and attaches itself to another ship and accesses the ship's hyperdrive." He replied. "When the ship enters hyperspace, the attached ship will also enter hyperspace using the first ship's hyperdrive."
"Sir, using this hasn't been tested." The battle droid commented.
"USE IT NOW!" The general demanded.
"Roger, roger." The droid stated as he recalled the droid starfighters and prepared the tether. As the tether was prepared, they saw the the remaining cruisers getting closer.
"They're going to ram us with their jump." Another droid stated.
"FIRE THE TETHER!" He stated. The tether fired out after a few seconds latched onto the Hogflume. "Got 'cha. Try to get away from me."
One of the clone troopers had made it to the command center to Ahsoka and Commander Rex.
"The Hyperspace jump is ready." He stated. "And all fighters are in."
"Make the jump now." Rex stated and the hyperdrives were activated. The tether caused whiplash to occur to the Constant. It slammed into one of the dreadnoughts, smashing it to smitherens. The last dreadnought was not affected at all just pushed back.
The massive cloud of debris caused by the Constant was flung into the hyperspace jump getting in the way of the republic cruisers. Commander Rex and Ahsoka were shocked to see the massive amount of space scrap in the way.
"DEBRIS! BRACE YOURSELF!" He shouted. The debris slammed right into the two cruisers. Then, there was massive slamming that was heard in the ship. The two cruisers began to rumble.
"What's going on here?" Ahsoka panicked, grabbing on to a chair.
"I don't know." The commander answered. Although, unknown to the crew on the Hogflume. The other cruiser that was in the hyperspace jump was rumbling as well. It had rumbled more and more in a violent manner. It completely tilted forwards at lightspeed as it imploded, sucking in all the loose debris.
However, for the Hogflume itself, the rumbling gently died down. And the entire crew was able to give a giant sigh of relief. The commander looked back at all the troopers.
"Is everyone all right?" He asked.
"We're okay." One of them stated.
"Nothing broken?" Ahsoka added.
"None of us are." Another replied.
"Good." Rex stated. "I'll check to see if the other cruiser is okay." He went to the communications panel. "Commander Rex to Chronoscope, can you read me?" There was no response. "Commander Rex to Chronoscope, do you copy?" Again, there was no response.
"What is the communications diagonosics?" Ahsoka asked.
"The communications are good." One of the troops stated.
"That must mean that the Chronoscope must either have not jumped or was destroyed in the jump." Rex stated with a sorrowful sigh. "So much for that Poker game with them later."
"I know that we have lost men." Ahsoka stated. "But we need to complete our mission, we can't give up now. We have to keep going and fulfill our duty no matter the cost."
"You know, Ahsoka." Rex commented. "You're starting to act like your old master."
"Well," The Togruta girl replied. "I think that some traits of jedi masters are passed down to their padawans."
"What was this urgent thing again?" One of the clone troopers asked.
"I ended up hearing information of the Seperatists' endgame." She explained. "They were going to send in General Grievous to kidnap the Chancellor and hold him hostage until the Republic surrendered. I got my hands on this information by accident when overhearing two battle droids talk."
"But you were spotted and we agreed to help you get the information to Coruscant." Rex stated. "We were attacked before we were able to open communications, but at least we are heading to that world now."
"Sir, there are bizzare transmissions in the relay systems." A trooper stated. He had the two officers listen. It sounded like hundreds of communication signals mish-mashed together into a single signal.
"We'll need to check that once we are finished with this whole matter." Rex commented.
"I just hope, we aren't to late." Ahsoka stated with a worried look.
(The Day After Endor, 25 years later.)
After a while later, the Hogflume jumped out of hyperspace as it approached the planetary ecumenopolis. Ahsoka Tano rushed to see the status of the space around Coruscant.
"Everyone, get ready for battle." She stated. "The Separatist Naval force is going to attack us soon. General Grievous..." She looked up and saw the space was empty. "isn't even here?" She paused for a short moment. "I think we beat Grievous here." She cheered.
"Excellent, now we can warn the planet about the Separatist plan." Rex stated.
"Commander!" a trooper stated in a frightened tone. "A dreadnought has come out of hyperspace!"
"WHAT!?" He shouted.
"They must of followed us somehow." Ahsoka stated. "Man your battle stations."
"Looks like we're going to be the opening act for the Battle of Coruscant." Rex commented. "I believe this is going to be one extreme harsh battle."
"May the force be with us." Ahsoka commented. "And everyone in this battle."
"Sir, I think we have a rouge starfighter in the battlefield. It's already engaging the Separatists." A trooper commented.
"On screen." He ordered. Then, an image of the starfighter appeared before the jedi and the ARC commander. "What in the galaxy is that thing?"
"I don't know, sir." He answered. "It's not even in our database."
"Hmm..." Ahsoka hummed, when she heard this. "Who would be piloting that fighter as well?"
(Earlier the day...)
The Chronotone in Luke Skywalker's quarters chimed, waking the last jedi from his blissful slumber. He was still tired from his celebration with the ewoks from the previous night and he really didn't feel like getting awake. But as he sat up in his bed and reached for the snooze button, a sudden pain shot through his body.
"OW!" Luke groaned, grabbing his midsection in pain. His whole body felt like he had stuck his finger in an electrical socket; a result of the massive electrical shock he had received from the Emperor the night before. The battle with Darth Vader and final confrontation with Darth Sidious still haunted him; though at least his father was able to find peace.
"Ugh, I wonder what time it is." Skywalker groaned, sitting up and pulling off the sheets. "I don't remember what time I set that blasted clock for. R2, 3PO, are either one of you there? I think I need some pain medicine."
"Luke..." A stern but familiar voice told him. "Luke, you must get up." The sound of that voice made Skywalker jump straight out of bed. Looking towards the doorway, he saw an elderly man in jedi robes standing there. But Luke was not surprised to see that the wall was visible right through him.
"Obi-wan... I didn't expect to see you here." Luke smiled, used to these ghostly visitations by now. "What? Don't force ghosts have hangovers after victory parties?"
"This is no time for levity, my former apprentice." Obi-wan stated, walking towards Luke. The old jedi sat down on the bed but made no impression and didn't move the sheets. "A visitor will soon be coming to you, an old friend of your father's."
"A friend? Is it someone from home?" Luke asked, excitedly. "I've always wanted to meet someone else who knew dad back in the day. Well, meet someone who still has a body."
"Very funny, my student." Obi-wan shook his head. "Travel to the second moon of Coruscant. There you will meet a stranger from another place."
"Huh?" Luke asked in confusion. "What do you mean? Is this person from the outer rim?"
"All will be revealed, Luke." Obi-wan replied as he stood up and started walking towards the wall.
"Ben, wait. I need to know something." Luke asked. "Is Darth Vader... I mean, my father at peace? Is he with you and Yoda in the force. I saw the ghost last night and..."
"Your father with free with all the jedi who gone before. And Darth Vader lives no more." Obi-wan turned away and vanished through the wall. "Good bye, Luke. We'll meet again. And may the force be with you."
Throwing his covers off and getting out of bed, Luke threw on his black jump suit, attached his green lightsaber to his belt and pulled on a black glove over his mechanical right hand.
Racing out the door, Luke headed for the hanger bay. But as he passed the command ship's strategy room, he heard two familiar voices arguing and the last jedi stopped to listen.
"Mon Mothma, you can't be serious." The voice he recognized as his sister, Leia, yelled. "It's treason against the rebellion to restore the restore. We can't just quit."
"I'm sorry, Princess. But the Rebel Alliance is finished." The leader of the rebellion's voice carried a sad tone. "Things changed forever last night. When your father through Palpatine down into the Death Star's main reactor, all of the Imperial soldiers and officers everywhere in the galaxy suddenly acted as if they had been broken from a trance. They all started to run, grabbing every starship they could and kept running towards the outer rim. Now, there's less than a hundred stormtroopers left in the entire galaxy; most of them are prisoners. There is literally no enemy left to fight."
"But the politicians want to break the empire up into indepedent worlds." Leia protested. "This Galaxy Alliance is not what we were fighting for. None of us wanted the republic broken up into a bunch of small feudal kingdom. This is the beginning of a Galatic Dark Age."
"Nevertheless, Leia, it is the will of the people." Mothma replied, sadly. "It is time for us to all return to civilian lives. I hear your fiance has been offered a job as President of the INCOM X-WING Manufacture Company."
"Yes, he's replacing the Imperial scuzball who ran the company during the Galactic Civil War." Leia sighed. "And I've been asked to begin diplomatic work on establishing New Aldaaran on a colony world."
"What about your brother?" Mon Mothma asked, being one of the few people in the high command aware of Luke and Leia's little "secret". "Surely, the Galaxy Alliance could use the last of the jedi as one of its leaders."
"No, Luke is probably going to go somewhere and try to restart the Jedi Order." Leia looked towards the doorway, sensing the eavesdropper listening to them through the force. "He's probably going to start traveling the galaxy looking for those who are strong in the force."
Having heard enough of the conversation, Luke raced down the hallway towards the hanger. Inside Wedge and Lando were playing a game of Sabbac.
"Hey Luke." Lando called out. "Want to join us in a round of cards? Wedge keeps getting a winning hand. Maybe you can use your jedi mind tricks to keep him from cheating."
"Not now, Lando. I've got a mission to run." Going over to the droid lockers, he opened one of the doors. "Come on R2, let's get my X-wing fueled up and ready. It's time to go."
"Where are you heading?" Wedge asked. "Haven't you heard the empire is in the garbage shoot. We're at peace."
"Wedge, I'll be never at peace." Luke replied, as he pulled his flight suit on. Reaching down and tearing off his commander pin. He threw it to Wedge. "Here's your promotion, Captain Antilles. Rouge Squadron is yours now. Treat her with respect and she'll you with respect."
"Luke, wait. You're quitting?" Wedge replied in disbelief, catching the pin. "But where will you go?"
"It's time to rebuild the Jedi Order." Skywalker replied, climbing into the cockpit. "Lando, say good-by to Han and Leia for me; and tell Chewie to stop chewing on my boots."
Lowering the cockpit lid, Luke turned his instruments on as the crane lowered R2-D2 into the droid slot. The hanger bay airlock doors slid shut to protect Wedge and Lando as the outer doors opened in front of the X-wing.
"This is the control tower." Admiral Akbar's voice came over the radio. "Rouge 1, you are clear for take-off." Luke's X-wing shot out into the blackness of space leaving the rebellion command ship behind him.
"R2, lock in the hyperspace coordinates for the second moon of Coruscant." Luke stated. R2 beeped and whistled in response. The fighter shifted its wings into an x-formation and then jumped to hyperspace.
Luke came out of hyperspace above the capital world's second moon. Looking down at the large planet below him, he saw the lights from the giant city that covered the entire world's surface.
"Looks like their still celebrating the emperor's death down there." Luke smiled. "I guess my father made a difference after all." R2 beeped again and Luke looked back at him in annoyance. "I know R2, there's nothing out here." He replied. "But Obi-wan told me that I would meet an old friend of my father's here. Though, I don't know what they would be doing out in the middle of..."
Suddenly, the X-wing's hyperspace jump warning beeped and there was a large flash of light. Two battle cruisers emerged from light-speed and appeared in front of Luke's view port.
"What in the... A STAR DESTROYER!" Luke called out in a panic. "And what is that other ship?" The last jedi watched the two cruisers for a few seconds before hitting a button on his console. A message popped up on his screen that read 'Starship Database... searching'. After a few seconds, an image of the first ship appeared 'Republic Attack Cruiser - Clone Wars Era'. Then, an image of the second ship appeared 'Separatist Dreadnought - Clone Wars Era'. "The Clone Wars?" he asked in shock. "What is this some kind of reenactment?"
At that moment, several droid fighters scrambled towards his X-wing and opened fire on Luke. He heard over his radio, 'ship matches republic fighters, destroy. Roger-roger' The droid fighters swarmed over Luke's X-wing but the last jedi easily dodged all of their blasts.
"Ha, these antiques can't even touch my X-wing." Luke chuckled. "Now, let's show these Seperatist wanna-bes what a rebel fighter, can do?" He opened fire on the vulture droids; blowing them away like tissue paper.
As the X-wing flew circles around the Separatist fighters, two figures watched the battle from the bridge of the Republic cruiser.
"Rex, what kind of ship is that?" Ahsoka asked, not believing the little craft had so much firepower. "That thing makes a jedi starfighter look like a landspeeder."
"I don't know, Miss Ahsoka." Rex replied, shaking his head. "It looks like one of those experimental fighters the INCOM company was working on but it looks way smaller and more powerful."
"Well, who ever it is. We better get out there and help him." Ahsoka replied, eager to dash down to the hanger bay. "We can just leave him to fight the droid ships alone."
"Begging your pardon, Miss Ahsoka." Rex stared out the window. "But I don't think he really needs any help from us. We've got our own problems." At that moment, two grapple beams fired out of the separatist cruiser pulling the republic ship alongside it. "A BOARDING SHOOT!" Rex called out as he put on his clone trooper helmet. "Everyone, battle positions."
Having finished dealing with the droid fighters, Luke saw the Separatist ship docking with the Republic vessel.
"Uh-oh, looks like things are getting serious." He shot toward the two ships. "R2, brace yourself, we're going in." Luke narrowed his eyes as he flew the X-wing towards and open hanger.
Aboard the Republic ship, everything was chaos. The battle droids had several ARC troopers pinned down in a hallway with blaster fire. Rex and Ahsoka hid behind some steel crates, turning and firing over their cover when they could.
"Blast it. We are better fighters, but they have us pinned down." Rex snarled. "We need re-enforcements on the double."
"I won't worry about that commander." Ahsoka replied, smiling as she stared at the wall. "I think the cavalry just arrived." Rex followed her gaze and saw what appeared to be a green lightsaber carving a whole in the wall. A tall figure dressed in black kicked out the open wall segment and jumped between the ARC troopers and the battle.
"Alright, tin heads." Luke yelled. "Time to get scrapped." The droids openned fire on him; Luke easily deflected the blaster bolts back at them, destorying the five battle droids. More came rushing down the boarding shutte and Luke lunged at them with his saber, slicing through them like swiss cheese.
"IT'S A JEDI!" Rex called. "Let's get out there and help him."
"Anakin?" Ahsoka thought. "Can it be?" Rushing forward, Ahsoka gave several droids a force push, clattering several of them to the ground.
"A force user?" Luke asked in shock, but before he had time to think about it. More droids came swarming towards him. "Here kid, take this." Pulling an extra lightsaber off his belt, he tossed it to Ahsoka; who immediately activated the blade.
"Oh yeah." Ahsoka smiled, raising her saber. "Just like old times."
The two jedi slashed through the battle droids cutting off heads, hacking limbs, and impaling robotic body parts. The ARC troopers followed suit destroying the rest of the battle droids as they came down the passageway.
"Oh no, we got all the battle droids." Rex called out. "But here come the destroyers." Three metal spheres rolled down the boarding shute and uncoiled into insect-like droids.
"What in the...?" Luke asked in shock as bubble shield formed around each droid. They opened fire on Luke and Ahsoka who deflected the blaster bolts away. "What are these things?" Luke asked.
"They're destory droids, remember?" Ahsoka replied, as they deflected the shots.
"Wait, those are droidekias?" Luke asked. "I thought those things were illegal."
"Well, someone forgot to tell the Confederacy." Ahsoka replied, thinking its a joke. "Hey Rex, we can use a little help here."
"Alright, jedi. Out of the way." Rex replied, crossing his arms over his chest. He ran straight towards the destroyer droids and rolled two beeping spheres on the floor towards them. Motioning for everyone to flee, Rex activated the airlock letting the three droid and the spheres get sucked out into the vacuum of space. "Let's see how they like the test of thermal detonator." The ARC commander smirked. Suddenly, there was a large explosion outside the ship which only rocked the Republic cruiser. But the detonators had blown up inside the exposed boarding shoot spreading the explosion all throughout the Separatist cruiser which went up in a ball of fire.
"Whoa! How did you do that with two grenades?" Luke asked in shock.
"Their engines are close to the boarding shoot. The detonator's explosion set off a chain reaction." Rex replied. "The oldest trick in the playbook of the Grand Army of the Republic."
"Wow, you guys really are clone troopers." Luke replied, staring at them in awe. The ARC troopers did feel a bit proud of their victory. "But seriously, what's going on here? Why are you guys so young?" The crew and Ahsoka looked at him in confusion, staring at the jedi who was only a few years older than her. Ahsoka was disappointed that it wasn't her former master, but there was something so familiar about him that reminded her of Anakin.
"Who? Who are you?" She asked.
"My name is Luke Skywalker." the jedi knight replied. "And I am the last of the jedi."
"What do you mean last jedi?" Ahsoka asked.