A Change in the Force

The day after Luke arrived in the past the Jedi Council decided to test Luke and see what he knew and what could be improved upon. Though when they had Obi-Wan go fetch him from the guest chambers that they provided him Obi-Wan found that Luke was meditating after eating a small breakfast

"My Luke I've haven't met many other Jedi that meditate the way you do" noted Obi-Wan

"Trust me I learned the hard way no to be so rash" replied Luke with a forlorn smile

"Oh? How?" asked Obi-Wan curious

"I lost my hand in a duel with a Sith" answered Luke who frowned at the memory "Master Yoda told me I wasn't ready to face him, but I had to go save my friends and found that it was a trap set by that Sith"

"I see, I wish Anakin learned that lesson when Dooku cut off his arm for a similar reason" said Obi-Wan

"That's terrible" said Luke who felt sorry for his father

"Yes well are you ready to be tested?" asked Obi-Wan

"Yes, I'm centered and ready" answered Luke as he got up and walked to the door

"Oh! Anakin I didn't know you were there" said Obi-Wan with surprise when he saw Anakin standing off to the side

"It's fine Master, I have our next mission after Luke is tested" replied Anakin

"I see, well let's get going then" said Obi-Wan

Obi-Wan and Anakin led Luke down to the training area where different members of the Jedi Council would test Luke in all aspects of the Force

"Alright Luke let's test your knowledge on Force abilities" said Plo Koon

"What do you want me to do?" asked Luke

"Use all the powers you know of at me, don't worry I'll be able to take it" replied Plo Koon

"Considering a found some texts that came from an order of Grey Jedi that spoke of a particular Force power that's regarded as part of the Dark Side when it's not I think I'll start with that" said Luke

"An order of Grey Jedi? I know only of one such order" said Plo Koon "but they haven't been heard or seen in a thousand years"

"What was it?" asked Luke

"They're known as the Order of the Disciples of Balance, they that most powers of the Force had no true alignment mainly when speaking about Force Lightning and said that the Dark Side version was called Sith Lightning" answered Plo Koon "Sadly many of their texts have been lost to us"

"Huh, that's exactly the power that was described in the text I found" said Luke

"Ah I see, but can you use it?" said Plo Koon with some interest as he got ready to defend himself

Luke took it as a go a head and blasted forth a torrent of grey/white lightning from his left hand that while not as deadly as Sith Lightning, was still powerful. Luke though couldn't maintain it for very long due to not having quite mastering that power yet

"My my, you've learned quite a powerful technique" noted Plo Koon after Luke ended the attack "but it's appears as though you haven't fully mastered it yet"

"No I haven't" replied Luke "I know how it works as I was hit by Sith Lightning before, but it's a bit hard to maintain focus as well as not calling upon the Dark Side to help"

"Well from what I've seen I can help with that by teaching you Force Judgment, the Light Side version that I developed" offered Plo Koon

"I didn't even know that power existed" said Luke

"Well then I'll start teaching you after we're done here today" said Plo Koon

"Master Yoda did you see that?" asked Mace Windu who was impressed by Luke's use of Force Lightning without the use of the Dark Side

"Indeed I did" replied Yoda "Much power young Luke has"

"I wonder what else he has in store for us" pondered Mace

Luke then showed them his use and power of Force Push, Force Pull, Force Jump, Force Speed, Force Repulse, Force Wall, Force Wave as well as how powerful his telekinesis was

"My word Luke you know quite a number of powers the Force offers" noted Plo Koon

"Thank you Master, it was an honor to show you" replied Luke with a bow

"It's funny Anakin, that Luke grew up with hardly any Jedi around and yet shows more respect to the Council than you do even though he's just met them" noted Obi-Wan

Anakin didn't like that suggestion so he went into the room and challenged Luke to a lightsaber duel

"If it'll help you let go of your frustration, then yes I accept" replied Luke smoothly and calmly as he got out his lightsaber

The duel between both Luke and Anakin was quite a marvel to behold as Anakin had an early advantage, but Luke slowly managed to out think him as he adapted his fighting style until he managed to disarm Anakin who was in shock from being beaten

"Feel better?" asked Luke as he put his saber away with real concern

"Sort of, but how did you beat me?" replied Anakin

"I've learned how to adapt and overcome in a fight" answered Luke "and it helps to remain focused and not let my emotions cloud my vision"

"So you seal away your feeling when in a fight?" asked Anakin

"I've never closed off my emotions, I just manage to keep them in check" answered Luke "It can be hard at times, but my heart always knows what's right"

"That's not the Jedi Code says" said Anakin with surprise

"It's dead and gone in my time, though my two masters tried to teach me it" said Luke "and some of it I understand, but other parts make no sense and aren't going to be used in my order"

That statement gave the Jedi in the room quite a start as Luke had little regard to the Code that guided and led their lives, but then remembered that Luke came from a time when their code no longer existed and had his own understanding of the Force

"Luke we have some missions that we must attend to, but in the meantime feel free to use the archives as much as you wish" said Mace

"Thank you Master Windu" thanked Luke with a bow "but I must let you know that the Force has asked me to help with some missions from time to time when it calls me to do so"

"Fair enough, we'll get a fighter ready for you for when the time comes" complied Mace "plus I'm interested in seeing you in action on the battlefield"

"So where are we off to Anakin?" asked Obi-Wan once him and Anakin arrived at the hanger

"To capture a Sepertist Mining Operation in the Outer Rim" answered Anakin

"Tell me Anakin what do you think of Luke?" asked Obi-Wan

"He's powerful and well centered" answered Anakin with some annoyance

"Do I detect some jealousy?" teased Obi-Wan

"Maybe, though I can't shake the feeling that I have some sort of connection to him" replied Anakin

"Well, we'll have to wait until the Force tells Luke when it's okay to revel that kind of information" said Obi-Wan "like who was his first master before Yoda"

The Jedi latter found Luke meditating in the gardens of the temple and asked him what should they say when others ask about him. Luke told them to say that he's been on Dagobah where he trained with an unorthodox master and he's just arrived at the temple for the first time as that's mostly true. This told them that Yoda had gone into hiding on Dagobah at some point and trained Luke there as Luke said there weren't many Jedi alive in his time and most were either in hiding or part of the rebels