1 Who's Certain Point of View?
Lucas owns Star Wars. Don't sue the poor college student/author. 'Nuff said.
1.1 Chapter 1: Wild Mynock Chase
The Millennium Falcon raced through hyperspace on a course for the planet Ossus. On board that famous ship, the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, an argument was brewing.
"Just what is your problem with our current mission?" asked the woman seated in the ships co-pilot seat. Her hair, once long enough to wrap up into two pastry shaped buns over her ears, now barely touched her shoulders.
"Nothing - other than I think your brother has lost his mind, sending us on it!" replied the man sitting in the pilot seat.
"Han, what do you mean?"
"I have three reasons" Han stated hold up three fingers on his right hand. "The first is that Ossus - our nice little vacation destination - is Rimword of the Vong advance. The second is that it lies between the Cron Drift and Tion Clusters. Both of those areas are full of Peace Brigade and Vong."
"We can't -" Leia interjected, "- be sure of that."
"Well, I got sources that tell that the two are thick as thieves. And then there's the fact that both of the afore mentioned areas have governments that actively hunt down Jedi and give them to the Vong. Therefore, you know that Ossus has made some deals with the Vong, so we must be flying into a trap, and your brother is the NUT that's sending us to it!"
In her best official princess voice, " Han, I want to congratulate you on achieving such highly developed reasoning skills," she said snidely. "I am so glad to see that after 20 years of marriage your powers of deduction and articulation have increased so dramatically. You know, you should really consider joining the New Republic Diplomatic Core!" Leia replied.
"Yeah dad! You almost sound like an adult. Maybe you could talk the Vong into going back home," his son Jacen Solo stated.
The elder Solo's reply consisted simply of a grunt as he turned back to the controls of his ship. After a moment's thought, he came back with a more verbose reply.
"I prefer to convince others to see my way." tapping his blaster, "Still, I suppose taking care of a few thousand refuges for the better part of a year contributed to my current leadership skills.
Right now though, I'd like to use my skills to convince both of you that we need to turn this ship around and go back to the Errant Venture."
"I think you would have a mutiny on your hand if you tried that, captain." Leia replied.
Jacen seconded the motion before saying "I had the same vision as uncle Luke did dad. Something on or around Ossus will help us defeat the Yuuzhan Vong. He hasn't sent us on a wild mynock chase."
"So what's out there? Is it some sort of super-weapon like the Death Star or Sun Crusher?" Han demanded.
"We aren't sure", Leia said before continuing with "It could be, but whatever it is we probably will have to get it from the Ossusian, and that's why the three of us are going. I'm supposed to get them to hand it over peacefully, and you" she said to Han while pointing at his blaster, "are here in case we have to use 'Plan B'!"
"Mom, what's my place the grand scheme of things?" asked Jacen.
"We will barter you over to the Vong in case "Plan B' fails" replied Han.
Jacen and his mother's response consisted of reaching over and giving Han a solid smack to the head while the elder Solo tried to duck. Han's verbal defense consisted of "The last time we got stuck you didn't seem to mind the idea of surrendering. And remember, I can always make more of you!"
"Not with this princess!" Leia declared, "Three is enough!"
Things settled down in the cockpit for a while after that as Han consigned himself to going to Ossus. A sense of doom slowly impressed itself on him, constricting his throat seemingly tighter than Vader ever could with his force grip. He looked over at his wife thinking 'this war is taking us a piece at a time. It swallowed Chewie whole, and almost did the same to you. Your lucky you can walk, after they tried to sacrifice you to their gods. They want to do that to the rest of my family, and they have a bounty out on both of my son's heads.'
'Like father, like son' Han mused to himself. 'Still, they have made this war personal. I must reply in kind'.
Turning to his son Han spoke saying "We've to five minutes 'till we get to Ossus. You better go back and get that top turret powered up."
"Alright!" his son replied.
"All right, your worshipfulness. Let's get ready to take her out of hyperspace" Han said.
End Chapter 1. Feel free to send me constructive criticism.
Special thanks goes to my friend J.T. for being my editor. It wouldn't be half as good a story without you!
I apologize if this fanfic doesn't match up with the current Star Wars cannon in regards to the New Republics war with the Vong. This is due to the fact that at the time I wrote this I hadn't read anything past "Edge of Victory II, Rebirth". So, I missed out on Anikin's death.
I got my idea for this fic after a friend in Highschool posed this question to me: "When George Lucas stated in the films that everything in Star Wars happened 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away' what the heck did he mean. All galaxies are greatly distant from each other. Also, from whose perspective is Lucas talking when he said 'long time ago'".
I guess it just depends on your point of view.
Lucas owns Star Wars. Don't sue the poor college student/author. 'Nuff said.
1.1 Chapter 1: Wild Mynock Chase
The Millennium Falcon raced through hyperspace on a course for the planet Ossus. On board that famous ship, the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, an argument was brewing.
"Just what is your problem with our current mission?" asked the woman seated in the ships co-pilot seat. Her hair, once long enough to wrap up into two pastry shaped buns over her ears, now barely touched her shoulders.
"Nothing - other than I think your brother has lost his mind, sending us on it!" replied the man sitting in the pilot seat.
"Han, what do you mean?"
"I have three reasons" Han stated hold up three fingers on his right hand. "The first is that Ossus - our nice little vacation destination - is Rimword of the Vong advance. The second is that it lies between the Cron Drift and Tion Clusters. Both of those areas are full of Peace Brigade and Vong."
"We can't -" Leia interjected, "- be sure of that."
"Well, I got sources that tell that the two are thick as thieves. And then there's the fact that both of the afore mentioned areas have governments that actively hunt down Jedi and give them to the Vong. Therefore, you know that Ossus has made some deals with the Vong, so we must be flying into a trap, and your brother is the NUT that's sending us to it!"
In her best official princess voice, " Han, I want to congratulate you on achieving such highly developed reasoning skills," she said snidely. "I am so glad to see that after 20 years of marriage your powers of deduction and articulation have increased so dramatically. You know, you should really consider joining the New Republic Diplomatic Core!" Leia replied.
"Yeah dad! You almost sound like an adult. Maybe you could talk the Vong into going back home," his son Jacen Solo stated.
The elder Solo's reply consisted simply of a grunt as he turned back to the controls of his ship. After a moment's thought, he came back with a more verbose reply.
"I prefer to convince others to see my way." tapping his blaster, "Still, I suppose taking care of a few thousand refuges for the better part of a year contributed to my current leadership skills.
Right now though, I'd like to use my skills to convince both of you that we need to turn this ship around and go back to the Errant Venture."
"I think you would have a mutiny on your hand if you tried that, captain." Leia replied.
Jacen seconded the motion before saying "I had the same vision as uncle Luke did dad. Something on or around Ossus will help us defeat the Yuuzhan Vong. He hasn't sent us on a wild mynock chase."
"So what's out there? Is it some sort of super-weapon like the Death Star or Sun Crusher?" Han demanded.
"We aren't sure", Leia said before continuing with "It could be, but whatever it is we probably will have to get it from the Ossusian, and that's why the three of us are going. I'm supposed to get them to hand it over peacefully, and you" she said to Han while pointing at his blaster, "are here in case we have to use 'Plan B'!"
"Mom, what's my place the grand scheme of things?" asked Jacen.
"We will barter you over to the Vong in case "Plan B' fails" replied Han.
Jacen and his mother's response consisted of reaching over and giving Han a solid smack to the head while the elder Solo tried to duck. Han's verbal defense consisted of "The last time we got stuck you didn't seem to mind the idea of surrendering. And remember, I can always make more of you!"
"Not with this princess!" Leia declared, "Three is enough!"
Things settled down in the cockpit for a while after that as Han consigned himself to going to Ossus. A sense of doom slowly impressed itself on him, constricting his throat seemingly tighter than Vader ever could with his force grip. He looked over at his wife thinking 'this war is taking us a piece at a time. It swallowed Chewie whole, and almost did the same to you. Your lucky you can walk, after they tried to sacrifice you to their gods. They want to do that to the rest of my family, and they have a bounty out on both of my son's heads.'
'Like father, like son' Han mused to himself. 'Still, they have made this war personal. I must reply in kind'.
Turning to his son Han spoke saying "We've to five minutes 'till we get to Ossus. You better go back and get that top turret powered up."
"Alright!" his son replied.
"All right, your worshipfulness. Let's get ready to take her out of hyperspace" Han said.
End Chapter 1. Feel free to send me constructive criticism.
Special thanks goes to my friend J.T. for being my editor. It wouldn't be half as good a story without you!
I apologize if this fanfic doesn't match up with the current Star Wars cannon in regards to the New Republics war with the Vong. This is due to the fact that at the time I wrote this I hadn't read anything past "Edge of Victory II, Rebirth". So, I missed out on Anikin's death.
I got my idea for this fic after a friend in Highschool posed this question to me: "When George Lucas stated in the films that everything in Star Wars happened 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away' what the heck did he mean. All galaxies are greatly distant from each other. Also, from whose perspective is Lucas talking when he said 'long time ago'".
I guess it just depends on your point of view.
