Chapter 1: Getting a Ship to Alderaan

Luke and Obi Wan (or rather Ben) entered the cantina in Mos Eisley, R2 and C-3PO following them. They came to the town to get themselves a pilot who'll take them to Alderaan. In the mind of Luke, going to Alderaan and learning the ways of the Jedi with Obi Wan was exciting as the youngster had never had a taste of real adventure in the galaxy. However, in the mind of Obi Wan, he never imagined that he'd come out of hiding after a distress call was sent to him by Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. The Jedi have been out of the picture for 19 years, and a Jedi on Alderaan, a large imperial controlled world located in the Core Worlds, especially one who is still well known to the Empire, would be a major thing. As Obi Wan went down to the bar to look for a pilot, the bartender turned to Luke and the droids as they took a few steps into the bar area.

"Hey! We don't serve their kind here." he said.

"What?" Luke asked.

"Your droids. They'll have to wait outside, we don't want them in here."

"Look, do what he says, we don't want any trouble." Luke said to 3PO.

"I heartily agree with you, sir." the golden protocol droid replied, him and the blue astromech leaving the bar, while Luke went to the counter. He took a seat, tugging on the bartender's shirt, requesting a beverage. The bartender placed a cup on the counter. Luke thanked him and looked around the bar. He saw that there were plenty of aliens here. Some of them being duros, some of them devaronians, who looked to be quite devilish in appearance and behavior, and various other alien species and some humans. Some of them were smugglers, others bounty hunters, others pirates...There were many people who worked in different fields all across the Outer Rim in this bar.

Suddenly, Luke got shoved, and saw that the person who shoved him was a male aqualish. He said some syllables that Luke didn't understand. He ignored him and looked away. Then Luke got tapped on the back by a guy whose nose looked rather odd. "He doesn't like you." the guy said.

"Sorry." Luke responded.

"I don't like you either!" the guy said, getting up in Luke's face. "You just watch yourself. We are wanted men. I have the death sentence on 12 systems."

"I'll be careful."

"You'll be dead!"

"This little one's not worth the effort." Obi Wan intervened. "Now let me get you something."

The guy snapped, yelling as he shoved Luke into a table, knocking it down. Obi Wan drew his lightsaber as the guy pulled out his blaster pistol. Obi Wan slashed the pistol then sliced an arm of the aqualish off. Obi Wan deactivated his lightsaber, the people returning to their usual things, taking their attention away from what just happened. As Luke lay there as Obi Wan was about to help him up, Obi Wan gave the person next to him a nod. The person was female Mandalorian in armor that was mostly colored around pink or maroon, with some designs drawn on it. On her chest plate she had an orange Rebellion symbol. She wore her helmet to keep her face concealed. Obi Wan helped Luke up, the youngster grunting as he got up.

"This Mandalorian is a part of a crew of a ship that just might suit us." Obi Wan informed Luke, all three of them walking to a nearby table and taking a seat.

"I'll be right back." the Mandalorian said under her helmet, walking away from the males and going elsewhere. She came back a little bit later with a human male. This human had a slender build, a buzz cut that was colored raven, ocean blue eyes, and tan skin. He also had one or two scars visible on his left cheek. He wore a long sleeved brown henley with three buttons, with only the first two being unbuttoned and his sleeves rolled up past his wrists, black fingerless gloves, brown cargo pants, and black boots. He also wore a utility belt that had a DL-44 pistol in a holster attached to it, and he carried a silver cylinder like object on his belt. Judging from this cylinder like object, Luke thought that this was similar to the lightsaber that he was carrying. Also judging from this human's age, Luke believed that he was around his age, maybe a tiny bit older, or younger possibly. As the human took a seat next to his Mandalorian companion, both of them sitting across Luke and Obi Wan, she removed her helmet. The Mandalorian was a human female with tan skin that was more tanner than her friend, chocolate brown eyes, and hair that was dyed purple with maroon tips.

"So you're the guys that need a ship to Alderaan?" the male asked.

"Indeed, if it's a fast ship." Obi Wan said.

"A fast ship, huh? We can get you there." the Mandalorian replied.

"My girlfriend and I are a part of the Ghost. Our crew does extensive missions in the Outer Rim for the Rebellion." the male explained.

"But is it fast though?" Obi Wan asked.

"A fast ship? Have you two even heard of the Ghost?" the Mandalorian female asked.

"Never. Obi Wan?" Luke asked. Obi Wan shook his head.

"It's the ship whose crew freed several wookie prisoners from the Spice Mines of Kessel years ago." the male explained.

"And my boyfriend and I were there, back when he first joined our cell." the Mandalorian added.

"Our ship outruns imperial star destroyers frequently. Thanks to our extensive modifications made to it from over the years, it's fast enough for you two. Are you bringing anyone or anything else with you guys?"

"The only passengers: myself, the boy, two droids, and no questions asked." Obi Wan answered.

"Sounds fair enough. What are your names?" the male asked.

"Luke Skywalker."

"Ben Kenobi."

"Nice to meet you two. Ezra Bridger."

"Sabine Wren."

They all shook hands firmly.

"Hang on. Before we finalize this, I just need to check something with our captain." Ezra said. He pulled out his commlink as he headed out of the cantina briefly. "Specter 2, respond." the other three heard him say before he disappeared. About five minutes later he came back. "Okay. So I talked to our captain, and even though we are technically smuggling you, you don't need to pay since our crew is good on credits."

"Thanks, I guess." Luke said.

"Okay, boys, you got yourselves a ship." Sabine said. "Whenever you're all ready, come meet us at docking bay 94."

"Ninety four." Obi Wan repeated.

Ezra looked up, his eyes widening a bit. "Looks like we got some entanglements here." he said, seeing the bartender point over to the table where the four of them were sitting as he was being questioned by stormtroopers.

"Alright, we'll check it out." one of them responded, he and his squad walking over to the table. However, they only found Sabine and Ezra, with no signs of Luke or Obi Wan. They eyed them suspiciously for a moment under their helmets, then took off.

"Something was rather odd about them. I could just sense it in both of them." Ezra said.

"The force?" Sabine asked, grabbing her helmet in her hand as the couple were heading for the exit.

"Yup. Both of them were force sensitive from what I could tell. Maybe it's possible that Luke may need training."

"Right. Anyway, let's get back to the Ghost, Ez."

Later

Obi Wan, Luke, R2, and C-3PO were all ready to go. They met with Sabine near docking bay 94, the Mandalorian leading them to their ship. They saw that the Ghost was a Corellian VCX-100 freighter. Upon seeing this thing, they also noticed four other crew members there. One of them was a human male who had a full beard and his brown hair wrapped in a ponytail, and he wore a black long sleeved shirt with gray pants. He also had what looked to be a lightsaber on his belt, as well as a pistol inside his holster. He was on one knee fixing something.

The other was a lasat, who was just polishing his rifle as he sat on the ramp.

Another human male was seen, one who looked like around the same age as Ezra, maybe a year older. He had a muscular build, dark brown hair that was cut relatively short, dark brown eyes, and he had tan skin. He wore a white long sleeved henley that had its sleeves pulled up past his wrists, and a chest plate that was black (that wasn't Mandalorian) above it. He was also wearing dark blue jeans with black boots, black fingerless gloves, and he was also wearing some type of gray desert scarf around his neck. He wore some type of weapons on his wrists by the looks of things. He too was fixing something, but he was on top of the Ghost.

The last member they saw was a twi'lek female with pale green skin and emerald eyes. Judging from her appearance, most notably her flight cap with goggles, she looked like the captain of the Ghost. Luke, Sabine, Obi Wan, R2 and 3PO approached them.

"This is the Ghost?" Luke asked.

"Yup. Looking good for an old timer." Sabine answered.

"These are the guys?" the twi'lek asked.

"Yes they are. Crew, meet Luke, Ben, and their two droids, R2 and 3PO." Ezra said. "Wait!" he said in realization. "Didn't we meet these droids some time ago?"

"We did." the older human male from the Ghost said, turning around and answering Ezra. When he turned around, Luke and Obi Wan noticed that he was blind. "Back on Garel when you first joined, remember?"

"Yes I do. Guys, meet my crew. The lasat's Zeb, Hera's our captain, the guy repairing something on top is Alex, and that's Kanan over there." Ezra said, introducing the others. They all waved. Just as he finished introducing everybody, an astromech with an orange dome rolled out, grumbling. Ezra sighed. "And that's Chopper. He's rather a drag here sometimes." He got zapped by Chopper for saying that. "Ow! Chopper!" Ezra groaned.

"Cut it out! Pleasure to meet you guys." Hera said, Luke and Obi Wan shaking the twi'lek's hand. Alex jumped down, brushing off his shoulders.

"Welcome aboard. Alex Shepard. Pleased to meet ya." the human greeted, extending his arm out.

"Nice to meet you. Luke Skywalker." Luke replied, both of them shaking hands.

"Ben Kenobi." Obi Wan introduced himself, the Jedi Master and the Ghost crew's seventh, and second youngest member, shaking hands.

"Get onboard, we're almost ready to go." They made their way into the VCX freighter. Suddenly, stormtroopers showed up.

"Stop that ship! Blast them!" one of them ordered. They attacked the rebels. They all returned fire as they boarded their ship. Alex was the last one to board the Ghost, firing his weapon on his right wrist as he shut the door.

"Get us out of here!" Alex yelled as he sprinted to what Luke and Obi Wan thought was the gunner position as they and the droids sat in the common area.

"Oh, I just remembered just how much I hate space travel." 3PO groaned. The Ghost took off into space, reaching space a few seconds after taking off. However, they weren't out of the woods yet.

"Star destroyers inbound!" Zeb alerted everybody.

"Jumping into hyperspace right now!" Hera said over the intercom. The Ghost jumped into hyperspace, and they were all off to Alderaan.

I've had this idea for a while. What do you guys think? Let me know please.

And in case you are wondering where Han Solo and Chewie are in this AU, they are working as smugglers for the Alliance.

In the meantime, have a good one. :)