FINAL CHAPTER!

Throughout the years, more and more people started to see the truth behind the Empire's ways. More Rebel cells popped up like spring grass in the entire Galaxy, causing the Rebel Network to grow into a larger Rebel Alliance.

The Ghost Crew participated actively in the rebellion against the Empire, but they mostly worked on their own as one single cell to fight against the Empire. But occasionally, they would join up with the Alliance to work on any large-scale projects under Bail Organa or his daughter, Leia Organa. Under the guidance of Kanan, Ezra could fight with a lightsaber as well as any Jedi in the old Republic times.

Ahsoka still worked as Fulcrum, the Rebel informant. She mostly followed the main Rebellion around and would also fight if necessary (thanks to some blasters lesson from Rex). But sometimes, she would go on to find the Ghost crew to aid them on their plans. Somehow, she became pretty good friends with Leia, probably because the two shared a fiery attitude.

Some time after their trip to the past, Ezra and Kanan finally knew the real identity of Vader, because they crossed paths so many times. But fortunately, they managed to escape from the Sith Lord every time after a couple saber locks. Ezra was kind of devastated by the news, because he really liked the man. And Kanan on the other hand wondered out loud how Ahsoka managed to live with the news.

The next time Ezra saw Darth Vader after the terrible revelation of his true identity (aka used to be Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One, Hero With No Fear and The Man Squashed By Ezra From the Vent), he humorously locked sabers with Vader and looked truthfully at the Sith, ' Seriously, if you had been wearing this suit when I fell on top of you from the vent, I would have been flattened like a pancake. You used to feel so soft and squishy then. What happened?'

Let's say his comment greatly angered the Sith Lord. Cue the murderous mechanical breathing. Cue the screams.

Ahsoka said Ezra was lucky to escape in a piece (except for his charred hair) because Vader went berserk afterwards. Later, Kanan reckoned that Vader could remember vaguely about it, but couldn't recall what exactly happened.

And so the Rebellion continued for years, until a rising new hope called Luke Skywalker showed up. Ahsoka wasn't that surprised when he appeared, but Kanan and Ezra were shocked. The boy took after his father's strength and determination, and his mother's thirst for righteousness.

One fateful afternoon, when Ahsoka was still closely monitoring the rebel base, hoping to look for more information about the new Death Star, the news reached the rebels. Luke Skywalker managed to defeat both Vader and the Emperor. The others were going crazy when they heard the news and cheered for Vader and the Emperor's deaths. But Ahsoka knew better. She could sense Anakin's redeemed presence in the Force distinctly.

Celebrations went on for days.

The Ghost Crew found themselves standing amongst crowds upon crowds of people in the celebration of their hard-earned victory.

Once Chopper got off the ship, he immediately rattled like crazy and excitedly wheeled over to join R2D2 and C3PO at the corner.

' Finally, some peace and quiet,' Sabine grinned over a glass of juice.

' The threat is still here, the Empire is still not fully defeated, and-' Kanan was saying seriously.

' Oh please, Kanan. Stop being a spoilsport,' Ezra snorted. ' Just enjoy this moment of peace and quiet. It almost feels like the old days, doesn't it?'

' Talking about that entire travel to the past thing again?' Zeb snorted, and he was already eating his fifth plate of noodles. ' Are you really sure it is not a dream?'

' If Kanan says it's true, then it's probably true,' Hera said. ' Speaking of which, Zeb... You had better not eat so much now. There's still a lot more food. Don't say I didn't warn you when you are too full to eat dessert.'

' Yes, Mother,' Zeb groaned.

' And you, Ezra. Don't let me catch you drinking alcoholic stuff,' Kanan reprimanded.

' What? I'm an adult already!' Ezra cried.

' Are you sure I'm going to let you drink alcoholic stuff after the time you drank too much juma juice and vomited on the ship? It took ages to clean up,' Kanan looked at him pointedly.

' Yes, Father,' Ezra raised his hands as a sign of surrendering.

Sabine snickered, ' What's with all the Mother and Father today?' Hera and Kanan turned a violent shade of red.

' MOM! DAD!' Ezra and Zeb shouted and proceeded to hug them.

' Get off! Get off me!' Kanan fought to fend Ezra off. ' Ah!'

Ahsoka walked over to the droids huddled together at the corner of the festivity. She recognised Chopper, 3PO and R2.

R2 exploded in chirps and whistles at the sight of her, and allowed her to pat him. ' Hey there R2,' She greeted. ' Enjoying all the fun?'

' Who is that, R2?' 3PO said, confused. ' Do you know her?'

' What? You don't remember me?' Ahsoka stared at 3PO.

R2 bumped against 3PO and gave him a series of annoyed beeps.

' Mind-wiped?' 3PO repeated in shock. ' No way. They can't do that!'

' Ah, I see,' Ahsoka nodded in understanding. ' They must have done that to prevent any information to fall into the wrong hands. Anyways, R2, where is your master?'

R2 whistled.

' No? Never mind, I think I can sense him over there,' Ahsoka searched the Force and found herself looking at the dark corners of the party square.

Luke leant against a tree in the quietest area he could find with a glass of blue milk. He was trying to escape attention, because he was quite tired of people coming forward to congratulate him. Seriously, he couldn't walk a mile without anyone clapping him on the back to congratulate him or shaking his hand. One girl even asked for his signature.

Plus, he was really upset when some people said, ' Good for you! Darth Vader is dead at last!' He had seriously hoped that people would look upon his father and think of him as Anakin Skywalker the Chosen One and not Darth Vader. After seeing his father with Obi-wan and Yoda as Force-ghosts, he told himself that one day he would get people to see Anakin Skywalker as a hero.

' Hello, Luke Skywalker,' A voice to his left said and nearly scared him out of his wits. He hadn't expected someone to spot him.

' Er,' He jumped. It was a Togrutan woman, who looked kind of familiar. ' Yeah. You, er, know my name.'

' Come on. Who doesn't know the name of our little hero?' She smiled. ' By the way, I am Ahsoka Tano, but you may know me as Fulcrum.'

The name rang a bell. ' Oh... Fulcrum... You are that informant lady... That Leia talked about the other day,' Luke snapped his fingers while he retrieved his memory. ' Is that right?'

' Yes indeed.'

There was a polite pause. And Luke noticed the pair of lightsabers attached to Ahsoka's belt. ' Lightsabers,' He murmured and his eyes widened. ' You are a Jedi? I thought... All of them died in the purges, you know...'

' I was a Jedi, but I left the Order before the purges,' She corrected. ' Not all of them died, really. Kanan and Ezra over there practice the Force, but they didn't really receive full Jedi training.' She nodded over to the direction of the drinks table (non-alcoholic of course), where Ezra was scowling at Kanan over a cup of caff.

' Oh,' Luke said. In his heart, he was dying to ask Ahsoka whether she knew his father back in the Clone Wars times, but he thought that Ahsoka might be rather bitter towards his father for killing all the Jedi.

But what he didn't expect it when Ahsoka smiled at him, ' Your father was a great man, Luke.'

' You...' Luke almost choked in excitement. ' You knew my father?'

' Of course! I used to be his Padawan back then...' She said. ' Sure, he did make a couple wrong choices here and there, but he is still a good friend to me. And yes, I know your mother as well.'

' Would you mind telling me a bit about... My parents?'

' Sure! Your mother used to be a Senator of the Republic. She was a powerful woman, fearless of everything and she would speak out her opinion to the Senate no matter what. But outside Senate hours, she was a nice and gentle woman. She was almost like a sister to me,' She reminisced dreamily. ' As for your father... He unlike most other Jedi, was compassionate, confident, determined and strong. He wouldn't give up easily and was always willing to risk his life in order to save someone.'

' Wow,' Luke breathed.

' But actually... He is sometimes very annoying, over-protective and cocky,' She laughed. ' He is just one big kid!'

' HEY!' The Force-ghosts of Anakin and Obi-wan materialised next to them. Obi-wan was laughing his head off while Anakin looked kind of angry.

' Father! Ben!' Luke jumped.

' Why helloooooooo there, Skyguy!' Ahsoka smirked.

Anakin huffed, ' I actually liked your description, but I disagree with the last point! And then... I haven't even told you off for not telling me that I will end up in this giant mess! You could have done me a favour the last time you travelled to the past with that Kanan and Ezra boy.'

' I can't,' Ahsoka said, annoyed. ' And, don't you deny that you are one big kid.'

' BIG KID?' Anakin repeated incredulously, while Obi-wan awkwardly slid away to Luke's side. ' I am older than you now! In fact I'm a ghost!'

' Technically, you still look like you are 20. So I am older than you.'

' Are you challenging me, Snips? I'm a ghost! I can do anything! I... Can even haunt your house if I want to!'

' Go on then! I'll challenge you to a duel if you do.'

' You can't kill me! I am immortal.'

' Who says I can't kill you twice?'

' Me!'

Obi-wan and Luke simply stood aside, shaking with inward laughter at the sight of the arguing pair.

' Do they always argue like that, Ben?' Luke asked.

' All the time,' Obi-wan sighed dramatically, but that didn't hide his amusement. ' Actually... They are both big kids.'

Luke smiled as a response.

SHOULD THERE BE A SEQUEL? :DDDDDDDDDDD Cuz I am thinking of doing one.

Anyways... Thanks so much for reading Talk of the Past! I had so much fun writing all the characters and scenes... And thanks so much for all the kind reviews! :)))) I appreciate all of them.