Disclaimer: first and most important, if i did own the great obi-wan kenobi, do you think i would be writing fan fiction? since the answer is obvious to that question, i hereby declare that since the star wars universe belongs to the great flanneled one and not me, that i am not making any money off of this. if i was making money for my writing, again do you think i would be posting at fanfiction.net??? now that answer isn't as obvious as the first for honestly i don't know. okay now i'm ranting yet again. the eleutherian race, jyana tinu jade, wokki the jedi ewok among other characters you see here that are not in the movies or books of the star wars genre were more than likely created by me and i do claim them as my own. the things you recognize from the star wars genre, of course, would not be mine. also later in the story there will be an appearance of slight star trek crossovers and lord of the rings crossovers. trek also does not belong to me, and as much as i would love to own a ravished legolas and let my roommate borrow him as body pillow, such is not so.

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PROLOGUE



A battle raged, a war being fought in solar systems far away. Away from it all and innocent or ignorant of the happenings in other parts of the galaxy, lived a tree dwelling community on the Sanctuary Moon of Endor. There lived a race of humanoids, called the tree people, or the Eleutherians, among the smaller race called ewoks. The ewoks viewed these people as gods for they were virtually unstoppable and the ewoks had never once heard of one dying, and thought that death for the Eleutherians was impossible. The Force was strong in these people and had little or no desire to be Jedi... and little contact with the Republic.

Until about 35 years ago, the Force declared one woman, a young one just 3 weeks old, to be trained as a Jedi. The Eleutherians agreed that she should train, and sent for the Jedi. Jedi Master Mace Windu came himself and she went with him. Being a special case, he decided it would be best for her to be trained by him alone (well with Yoda as well as course).

She grew up knowing her heritage and skills blessed to her race, but not knowing her family and having complete emotional ties. She knew where she was from but could not go there til she became a full Jedi Knight.

The shroud of the Dark Side was growing steadily. The Eleutherians sensed it and grew afraid. Their first settlement on Yavin 4 had been destroyed by the first Sith and they did not wish to evacuate their home again. So they used their ability, the gift one calls shapeshifting, and transformed themselves to hide from the Sith. There are limitations on all races of shapeshifters, or changlings, but with the Eleutherians these limitations were few. They normally could shapeshift with ease, no effort... but they could only be one gender and they could not stay in a form with a fixed mortality rate for over a year.

But the Dark Side was strong and instilled great fear into the Eleutherians. They shifted themselves into the forms of ewoks, and took on the appearance of a peaceful ewok tribe to hide from the dark growing threat. They had lived great long lives and the ewok form eventually claimed them in a year. They started to dye out as the ewok forms became who they were and the Eleutherian race vanished from existence.

Except for Jyana Tinu Jade. Now a Jedi Knight, the girl, now a woman, could see what happened to her people. After she passed the trials she requested an unknown amount of years in solitary meditation on Endor. She found the status of her people and was distressed. She climbed into the Great Tree, a god to the ewoks and stayed there in mediation, occasionally giving the ewoks a prophecy which she was revealed herself with her strong connection to the Force. She knew thanks to her race she had the capacity to become more powerful than any Jedi, even Yoda, but she knew her place. She preferred hiding than to show her powers true form. But the time of hiding had killed her people, and she could not follow their path. Her humanoid form had always been her form of choice, thus sustaining her for her longer, practically immortal life. She had remained in the Great Tree far long enough.

The Great Tree had been silent for some time and the ewoks were worried. The Jedi Ewok, or speaker for the Great Tree said that she was greatly distressed.

And then a prophecy was made. A great war will destroy the Republic and build an Empire. A small band of people with a "golden god" would come and the ewoks were to help them. They would prove themselves worthy with miraculous signs. And then the Great Tree was silent.

Her hazel, changing gems of eyes looked up. Last of her people, but a Jedi. She could sense the evil happening in the galaxy. She knew what she needed to do. Exiting the tree, Jyana left for Coruscant and the Jedi Temple.

She shifted into a red head, green eyes form, that of a human. When in her normal humanoid form her hair was long and dark brown and her eyes, a brown- green mix normally called hazel (but most eyes that can change colors are classified as hazel). Her normal humanoid form gave her pointed ears, the tell-tale sign she wasn't human. But the ears had shifted to look normal and rounded and she traveled in a human form to protect herself.

She told her Jedi Ewok counterpart to stay behind and if she needed him, she'd send for him if he did not feel it first within the Force.

The galaxy was changing. The future was constantly in motion and Jyana Tinu Jade could no longer remain in seclusion from outside influences... or she feared she would suffer the same fate of her people. She knew what was needed of her and she was willing to do it. She would fight with the Jedi for the Republic as was her duty. She would gladly give up her own personal desires and even her life for the galaxy, no matter how dark the future was becoming.