Chapter 17: Epilogue

Celebrations were in order now that Jabba's Palace has been burned down by the figure who had assisted the small Rebellion and now many slavers were going to face the penalty of their crimes and the bounty hunters who had quarantined the entire cities hadn't been given the choice to leave and is also going to face trial for their crimes.

While they had lost many slaves in that Rebellion, others who had survived had vowed to bury them and make sure their names aren't lost in legacy, for they are heroes who would make Tatooine a better environment in the future.

If one was able to defeat their once slaver then they all could, and finally, after many years of suffering, people are able to leave that life behind and would be able to presume new ones and live a chance to a real-world without the beatings, without the screams and overworking, without death, and without the suffering.

After much deliberation, the once slaves agreed to build a military just in case anyone would want to continue Jabba's Legacy, and they shall remain a neutral system, willing to kill if they have to, but also accept once slaves on different planets who had brought their way to freedom and had nowhere to go.

They wanted people to live life as normal as possible after breaking free of slavery and be given a settlement, Tatooine becoming a friendlier planet with the death of Jabba and the arrests of bounty hunters and rapists, and people receiving the justice that they'd deserve at long last. While most bounty hunters were being arrested or was already dead in the fight, there were some who were assisting the Rebellion as either spies on slavers or doing what little they can and vowed to recreate the bounty hunter organization that would serve Tatooine loyally with Jabba now eliminated and his forces defeated.

People were running to the spaceports that would take them off-world, most with reunited friends and families, and a few meeting their children for the first time, and in return, a few meet their parents, and now would be able to leave Tatooine if they had wanted to so they would be able to fulfill their new lives. And others were receiving help and therapy for perhaps months to years of torture.

Although the planet was still hot, they would be able to gain surface water and water moisture now that Jabba's gone so survival would be easier for many people.

With the money of Jabba, settlements would also be built, better, approved, and anyone who ever threatens their happiness shall face the penalty of a lifetime of imprisonment or death.

Whereas some were horrified by how the man had proceeded to slaughter the bounty hunters, showing absolutely no mercy, others were clapping as they were put through a lot and didn't care about the casualties count.

A lot of applause was for that man who had happened to not be a Jedi but have excellent fighting skill in many ways. It was satisfying to watch someone slaughter Jabba the Hutt, and it would be only nicer to meet the ones who had stood up for what was right.

Jabba was a monster and had tortured a lot of innocent people to their graves. Many people had to live their whole lives as slaves and they don't have the gratitude to now live out their lives, for they are either dead or is in their Twilight years.

It had ashamed and saddened Anakin, but at least, people would be able to carry out their legacy and would be able to avenge those who've fallen.

After some time, Anakin had pulled away from the celebration, grasping at the lightsaber he had stolen and going into a hole no one would be able to find him in. He begins to dismantle with the weapon and got similar parts to his two hilts before, getting parts while the celebration roared on, but he purposely excluded himself for some time. Kitster was appointed King of Tatooine and slavery was permanently abolished. Thankfully, Commander Bacara and his men weren't executed as any survivors were shot down and none would dare to blame the clones that had assisted in their freedom.

Slowly, as the days passed, his armor was dirtier yet the slight damage done to him was only fueling his power. It gave him comfort that he was able to prove that he is far stronger and powerful than any Jedi, and he would be able to fight with a lightsaber in due time.

For many days, Anakin labored over the components, checking and then re-checking the instructions many times, taking no shortcuts. Over a month after he first began, the weapon was nearing completion with his saber crystal still not being decided. He could perhaps return to Ilum and gain a new lightsaber of his own, a third one, or he could make this one unique and represents who he is now. No true Jedi nor Sith.

He grabs the crystal and stared at it for a moment, his energy surging through the Force as he calls off the dark side and watched as the crystal begins to flash red before he quickly called off the light side and the crystal begins to purified.

When Anakin first ignited the weapon, it functioned perfectly. The white blade emitted no heat, signifying that the internal superconductors were working properly, and it sheared through a wrist-thick rock spire with no difficulty.

Anakin deactivated his lightsaber, clipped the lightsaber to his belt, and knew it was only a matter of time before he depart, but for now, he shall practice meditation to fuel his power that had rise since his departure from the Order.

Vader meditated, subverting himself in the dark side of the Force to fuel his power. All of his loved ones from his former life was keeping him back. Purposely, he gave his inner darkness to the Force. If anyone walked by and was a Jedi or Sith, they would sense him.

"Anakin Skywalker! Halt!" A stern voice was heard from behind.

Anakin, unaffected, spoke, "I have been dodging your patrols for probably 2 months now. You may know my location but you Jedi would never defeat me, Master Eeth Koth. My chains are broken. I could kill you all right here without completely falling into the darkness. My hatred and anger that doomed me before are no longer placing me on chains. I have been eager to test my new weapon." He chuckles slightly as he caress the lightsaber hilt in his grip. "How is Master Ferroda by the way? How does he feel now that I have his lightsaber crystal that is now tied to me?"

"You have gone too far, Skywalker. You must be stopped. We shouldn't have allowed you to leave the Temple. You always had an inner darkness and corruption within you that we should have suspected would have revealed itself in due time." Master Eeth Koth said sharply.

A few Padawans and perhaps a Knight stood beside and behind the Jedi Master, blades activated in a circle of blue and green.

"Surrender. You don't have to fight the Jedi," he continued.

Anakin's blade activated in a snap-hiss, revealing a white blade as he turns around to face them, and got into a battle position, blade angled downwards.

They glared at the man who Anakin Skywalker had become. Anakin returned their glares with an impassive look. He was too powerful to be beaten now.

Within a minute, a Padawan grown tired of this stalling and dashed forward, preparing to strike the former Jedi down, who parried his strike, blocking each of his swipes before grabbing him and impaling his lightsaber through the youngster hip, not enough to kill him but enough to leave him permanently damaged.

Anakin threw him aside casually and focused on the others, feeling his power rising.

Another Padawan; a female Mirialan dashed forward, green saber blazing furiously. Anakin blocked her blade, spinning around her blade as she continues to strike. For a moment, Anakin apparently disappeared until he had emerged from behind her. She managed to do a half about-face and swiped at him, but he blocked her strike.

"Mirialan?" Anakin spoke tauntingly. "With such aggression. Interesting."

Anakin disarmed her within a minute before slashing downwards at her leg, catching it and causing her limb to fall off. She stared at him with fear before he raised his hand and slammed her harshly against the ground.

Anakin watched as a green Lepi along with a Cerean lunged at him, slashing at him simultaneously. It was that time that Eeth Koth lunged forward and aimed for his back.

Anakin used his right robotic hand to hold his blade to blocked the Jedi Master's strike before raising his left and seizing the Cerean Padawan with the Force, causing him to drop his blue blade hilt and begins gasping desperately, squirming his legs uselessly onto the ground. He released him and caused him to fall unconscious.

Casually, Anakin dodged a strike from Koth, parried each strike from the Jedi Master and Lepi Knight. Anakin begins sending heavy strikes at the Lepi, blocking his strike before raising his saber over his shoulderblade and hacks at him before he seized the Lepi physically with his robotic hand.

Anakin stared at the Lepi in his eyes, seeing the defiance in his eyes. The long-eared alien grit his teeth as Anakin begins tightening his grip around his hands, the bones breaking inside his hands, a pop being music to Anakin's ears. The Jedi Knight shouted in agony as he was released, beginning to wept openly and grasp at the undeniable pain in his hand.

'Pathetic.'

Eeth Koth shouted as he lungs forward, aggressively hacking away at the former Jedi. Anakin's white saber deflected each of his swipes, dodging his first swing and then the next. He came to the side, sweeping his green blade at his right bicep but was elegantly blocked.

Their blades cracked, and Anakin clenched his jaw. There was no struggle within the former Jedi as he pushes his blade to the side. Anakin slashed downwards and the Jedi Master followed his swipe, assuring he doesn't impale his lightsaber through his hip.

Although he could easily end the fight right there and release his handle over his weapon, Anakin moves his blade up and would have make contact with his face with his lightsaber was the Jedi Master not quick enough in blocking his blow.

Blades again crackling, the two glared at each other, white and green saber interlocking."

"I have chosen my own way. Your Order shall no longer have any influence over me. I won't allow you to choose my destiny, Jedi scum." Anakin hissed.

The Jedi Master, angered, snarled. "Skywalker, you are a disgrace to the Jedi Order and the Jedi as a whole. You follow a path full of corruption and faults. A true Jedi does not feel betrayed even by a mistake."

"Mistake?!" He roared then he cackled. "This is a key problem with your Order, Koth! You refuse to allow attachments and then you wonder why many prized students and Knights and even prized Masters leave your Order; one such example being Count Dooku! You have so much arrogance! You are going to lose this war! Attachments are not dangerous! They are powerful and they fueled one's power! You know nothing about family nor love! You only kept me on a leash like a slave because I never broke free! So don't come over here and act like you know about family!"

"The Jedi are your family!"

"No, they're not! They're not! The Jedi don't give a bunch of kriffs about family! You don't even remember your mother! No one in your precious Temple does! You Jedi, so-called keepers of the peace, abandoned my mother in slavery! That Order isn't a family! Your Order is a bunch of people who think they know a damn when they don't! I don't need your so-called family staring at me like a disgrace because I'm different - or in my terms special! You would have never accepted me if I didn't have the prophecy of the Chosen One!"

Furiously, Anakin swiped at the Jedi Master, feeling the darkening urge to kill him increasing, even with his months of wisdom. The light side nabbed at him, reminding him what would happen if he completely succumbs to the darkness, and he accepted it within him.

Eeth Koth jumped up, spinning in the air before landing. He raised his hand, forming a bunch of sand together, and throwing an entire sandstorm at Skywalker.

He breathed as all came to a stop, and he had stared up...

Only to see, much to his horror and amazement, the former Jedi Knight, his hand outstretched and keeping the sandstorm at bay until throwing it back at Koth, and the Jedi Master attempted to protect himself but was forced back, lightsaber releasing from his hand and landing several feet away.

He had looked up to see Anakin lunging at him, lightsaber raised over his head, and barely managed to grab his lightsaber in time with the Force, blocking the gruesome blade from making contact with his physical form.

Vertically, Anakin raised his lightsaber over his head and strongly lunged downwards. He jumped to the side as the Jedi Master made contact with air. He was back on the Jedi Master, slashing away at him mercilessly. The dark side was boosting his power and lightsaber forms, provoking him in becoming more powerful. No Jedi can stand against him.

Koth deflected each of his deadly swipes, feeling a strain on his arms. The moves were mostly unfamiliar to him and he struggled to block against them. He was being forced back more and more. He was a Jedi Master! He shouldn't be struggling this much against him.

Koth attempted to regain the advantage but it was then that he had realized it was all fake; this battle as an entirety was fake. He was draining his energy pointlessly and Skywalker was only sending strikes that were small to his strike team because he was only fueling in power.

The Jedi Master flipped around and swiped at Anakin who stood behind him. With a casual bored look, Anakin pushed his saber to the side, chopping off his hand with his lightsaber before seizing him with the Force, levitating him several feet in the air pathetically.

"I sense something within you, Master Koth," Anakin states simply, closing his eyes as he dug deep into the Force. "You are unstable and corrupt, Koth. I should kill you, but I sense the Force do not warrant your death so consider my mercy."

Drawing from the light side and the dark side of the Force, he Pushed hard and sent the arrogant Zabrak flying in the air before he brought him down, standing over him.

Anakin sees Koth squirming to stand and pursue him but the damage that he had received from a very hard fall caused him to collapse.

Anakin raised his hands and Force Blasted him again inside of the cave. Casually, he placed the other Jedi Padawans and Knights inside of the cave with the Force. That would throw the Jedi off his tip.

Anakin walked inside and sensed all were alive. He had scanned the cave before reaching out with the Force and grabbed Koth's lightsaber with the Force, stating, "You won't be needing this anymore, Koth." Before placing it on his belt with the Force like a trophy.

He begins to turn and walked off before turning around and staring at the cave. Raising both hands, Anakin slammed the rocks among the Jedi, blocking them from escaping and fueling his amusement.

Through the desert, he walked, his cloak wrapped around his armored body and a cape billowing behind his person. He had heard the call of the Force and knew his destiny lies elsewhere.

In the Chancellor's Office, Chancellor Palpatine smirks as he stares at the sunset. Anakin Skywalker was now considered an enemy to the Jedi, Skywalker has given into the darkness far enough, and now he would have to find him. He had known it was best to allow that darkness to swell, to give the boy a chance to become more powerful as he was useless at the time when he had left the Order.

Both hands on his desk, Palpatine waited. The thoughts of executing Order 66 was growing ever more tempting, but Palpatine shall stay himself for now; the Senate is not yet completely loyal to him.

The Chancellor watched as an aide approached and gave him a datapad, "Chancellor, this is the latest progress report. The Jedi have failed to capture Skywalker."

Palpatine expected these results. His future apprentice was proving to be more powerful than he was inside of the Order. It was beneficial to allow Skywalker to remain to himself, but soon, he would have to track him down before he becomes too much of a threat.

The comm on his desk begins to beep, and Palpatine approaches it, activating it as a voice was heard from the other side. "Chancellor, the Jedi Council wishes to speak with you."

"Allow them access," Palpatine commanded, and he had watched as the Jedi Council Members entered, taking seats. "Greetings my friends."

They bowed slightly.

"Chancellor, we have reason to believe Skywalker is proving to be more of a threat to the Republic and the Jedi Order. It's dangerous to allow him to remain in the galaxy." Windu, speaking for the Jedi, declared.

Immediately, he assumed a defensive posture, knowing that he must place a defensive act, "My friends. Anakin and I were close friends and I have yet to see a shroud of evidence that threatens the stability of the Republic." If he allows the Jedi to arrest Anakin and bring him to face trial, Skywalker wouldn't trust him for signing the warrant and thus he would lose his future apprentice.

"He has harmed one of our Masters. Master Koth and his Jedi Strike Team have made contact with him and they were all defeated and maimed. Only manage to escape and return to Coruscant with combined teamwork. They are currently receiving medical treatment, but one of the Padawans has reported to us that he now have a weapon that is considered armed and dangerous, a lightsaber. Legally, it is not accepted by the Jedi Order for a civilian to wield such a weapon." Ki-Adi-Mundi argued.

"Not to mention what happened to Ferroda two months ago," Luminara added.

"My friends, he has yet to harm any of the Republic's military or any of the civilians. I'm afraid that the Jedi and the Republic aren't the same. If you intend to arrest him, you would have to give your own trial." Palpatine replied flatly, leaning backward in his seat. Inside, Sidious was smirking; his future apprentice had managed to avoid the Jedi and bested them, yet he didn't shed Jedi blood yet. When he becomes his apprentice, Palpatine shall see to it that his being merciful to the Jedi be altered.

Even Dooku and Grievous combined cannot catch him now. His future apprentice didn't know the more that he gains power, the more that he is slipping right into his fingers.

"Chancellor, please, you must reconsider. Count Dooku has shown similar signs and we have turned a blind eye and yet he has fallen to the dark side. Now, Skywalker is showing that he's even more a threat to our Order and the Republic." Coleman Kcaj half-exclaims.

Palpatine frowned, showing an outward expression that he has snapped. "With all due respect, members of the Council, unless he kills someone within the Republic's military or harm a Republic's civilian, Skywalker is not to be pursued by the Republic. My opinion shall not be swayed nor shall there be any negotiations. Unless you have proof that he is a danger to himself or others in the Republic, he would not be arrested under the Republic's jurisdiction."

"Very well," Master Windu conceded bitterly for the Council, standing up and walking out with the Jedi Council.

All except one.

Kenobi paused for a moment. He walked. Then a pause.

"Chancellor, please tell us if you hear from him, he needs to come back," Kenobi pleaded so pathetically it made him tempted to laugh in the fool's face.

Placing on a grandfatherly look of empathy to fool the Jedi, Palpatine nodded solemnly, cackling within. His lies and manipulations were working perfectly.

"Indeed, Master Kenobi. The moment I hear from him, I shall report it to the Council."

As the Jedi Master nodded and left, he didn't see the evil grin on the Chancellor's lips. At first, he had begrudgingly believed he had lost his prized pupil, but he would now say that these were going in his favor. Skywalker... considered a threat to the Jedi Council... it would make life even easier for him to groom him.

Interestingly, none of the Jedi were killed, but they were permanently damaged. Palpatine had known that the Jedi wanted to file up charges but most of the public is on Skywalker's side and would never permit any case. Another reason why he would have to pursue him soon.

A vacation was coming soon, and Palpatine would be able to have him. He was on Tatooine. Even if he does leave the planet sooner or later, Palpatine would be able to track him down or wait for him to return to Coruscant.

He would always return for that whore, Amidala, and when he does, Palpatine shall recruit him to his side. His time of abandonment, neglect, and struggles have provoked him in attacking the Jedi. The boy was already a Sith in all but blood and he probably didn't know it. Once he has Darth Vader within Anakin Skywalker, he shall be more powerful than anyone could ever imagined.

All he needs to do is knead the straw with his future apprentice and Skywalker would be his.

Obi-Wan slammed the datapad on his desk, another false alarm of Anakin. He had missed his apprentice and would always check his datapad, assuring that it wasn't a false alarm, despite how irritating these progress reports could be. He would check them all and continue to do so as he had wanted to be at the Temple once his former padawan and friend is found and neutralized.

When Obi-Wan heard that Master Ferroda's transport has returned to Coruscant, he would admit that he was eager slightly as part of him wanted to be certain that the Jedi has gotten Anakin so he could help his friend.

Thoughts of what he could have said to Anakin behind the Jedi's prison, thoughts of how he could help him, and even go as far as to console him and give him the council he desperately needed so he could rid him of the darkness had almost made Obi-Wan excited. Almost.

When the Jedi decided to board the shuttle as it didn't open, much to their horror; especially Obi-Wan, the Jedi Master was completely decapitated from arms to legs. There was even a scar on his throat from what must have been an Anakin placing him into a position of nearly killing him.

It was at that moment; Obi-Wan knew what happened. His former student, his friend, hasn't given into the dark side completely. The possibility that he had placed the Jedi Master in a position to kill was a dead giveaway.

For days, Ferroda received a slow recovery, and prosthetic legs, a hand, and an arm were arranged. When propped by the Council after finally being able to speak, Ferroda had reported all he could to the Jedi Council, telling them that he had barely remembered what happened after he lost his other arm and both of his legs.

To many Jedi Council Members, Skywalker's fate was sealed, and it was more imperative than ever to locate him, even Yoda as he had beliefs that none was able to return from the darkness. Shaak Ti, Kit Fisto, Plo Koon, and Obi-Wan had problems not to object but they were overwhelmed by the Council members who believe that Anakin Skywalker was a dangerous enemy.

Obi-Wan vowed that even if he runs into Anakin again, he would not hand him over to the Council as his trust in them has been shaken. Earlier, he wanted to place the galaxy above Anakin as much as he loved the idiot, but Obi-Wan composed that he would save Anakin if he ever crosses him. He cannot give up on the fool as he didn't want to cause Anakin to truly be lost in the path of darkness.

The Jedi Council only won't send Obi-Wan after him because of the personal attachment between the two, yet Obi-Wan knew, that anyone going after his former student would only end in failure each time. Even Yoda and Windu combined can't catch him at this state as he would either avoid them or separate them.

If Anakin wasn't genuinely a good person, Master Ferroda would have never again returned to Coruscant. Obi-Wan had little doubt that Ferroda would have been able to emerge victorious to begin with. Anakin was the most powerful Knight in the Order, going through the impossible itself and managed to return with a victory with little more than a scratch to a small wound. Only Obi-Wan could stand a chance against him, yet the Council would never send him after him as the personal attachment between them would disturb his judgment.

Going after Anakin would only result in a failure, despite the fact that Obi-Wan is more than enough to stand a challenge against his former student.

The Jedi Temple decided to placed Jedi Protection around 500 Republica. Padmé had been adamant in stating that either Ahsoka is her protector or she would convince the Senate to warrant a restraining order.

After some back and forth for hours with the Senator, wanting more things on their terms, the Council begrudgingly agreed to hand Ahsoka as her protector and bodyguard. Contrary to her earlier words, she didn't cut all ties with the Jedi but she had been colder and didn't even make attempts to defend them except Ahsoka and Obi-Wan which caused more backlash which had resulted in more clones being deployed outside of the Temple.

Ahsoka was more than happy to work with the Senator, much to Obi-Wan's shock as he had thought Ahsoka couldn't handle such a job. The almost 17-year-old proved him wrong, being beside her side, and it was obvious Padmé enjoyed Ahsoka's company. Obi-Wan and the Jedi Council knew that if Ahsoka comes across Anakin, she wouldn't report him to the Council so they decided to have more Jedi surrounding the perimeter.

They were just hoping Anakin would return to his wife and that they would be able to catch him, an action that disturbed and bothered the Jedi Master to no end. They are attempting to lure him there, to his wife's apartment, so they could have him.

The fact that they sent someone after an innocent man was viewed as self-defense so the recommendation of bringing up charges was all but a useless attempt. If they sent him to face trial before the Republic, most of the Senators would vote undoubtedly for Anakin and stand against the Jedi.

Much more arrests have been arranged for anyone who was attempting to enter the Temple and more clones who didn't have that much of a role in the war unlike the 501st and 7th Sky Corps was to be returned to Coruscant and received different roles from their original tasks and keeping the Jedi Temple on high protection.

Protesting was allowed, but the Council would not allow someone to riot on their Temple doors. Several times, people nearly got in, but each time they have been neutralized by either the clones or Jedi Temple Guards and sent off for prison and most are awaiting trial right now.

Obi-Wan sighed as he stares outside of the window at the dawning sunset, and for a moment, he had pondered when would Anakin return to Coruscant. So far, sightings of who might be Anakin hasn't been spotted from the Jedi surrounding the perimeter of the 500 Republica.

Contrary to other's beliefs, the Jedi Master knew his friend would return sooner than expected, and he had known that his friend became the very thing the Jedi wanted to prevent. What's worse is that he is in possession of a Jedi's lightsaber and in fact corrupt it his own way.

With all said and done, Anakin Skywalker is a dangerous foe to the Jedi. He has injured two extremely skilled Masters, and once they sent another strike team to Tatooine, the natives treating them with hostility, they have found only trails of Anakin Skywalker but he and Asajj Ventress were far gone.

Jedi Masters and Knights have checked planets for their former Chosen One, but none have reported contact with him, much to either Obi-Wan's relief or sadness. He hadn't wanted for Anakin to be wrongfully treated but the man missed his friend. He had wanted nothing more but to save his friend from the dark side, to stop his brotherly figure from becoming a Sith.

Sooner or later, something was going to come up that would provoke him in returning to this planet, and maybe that would be an opportunity to question him to why he had done the things he did and probably still does. To Obi-Wan, he can't understand why Anakin would succumb to the darkness or give into his inner feelings about the former Queen of Naboo. According to the Jedi Council, those attachments can corrupt him and any threat of the Order must be stopped.

'He's not a Jedi any longer.' A dark voice echoed inside of Obi-Wan's head. 'He would never be one again anyhow. Your Council cast him out and not to mention the attachment he shares with Senator Amidala.'

'Perhaps,' Obi-Wan thought, hating this feeling rising in his gut with an absolute passion, 'the Jedi would be able to use his eventual returning to apprehend him and bring him before the Council. Perhaps I could see him again.'

Obi-Wan was wrong, and so was the Order about Anakin Skywalker. Even if he touches the dark side, even deep down, Anakin Skywalker would always be the man that Obi-Wan had known, watched grown up, and trained.

"Master Kenobi, report to the Council Chambers," the voice of Master Windu ringed through his comlink.

And like a good pet, he would listen to the Council as he always has. They are the only people who he got now beside Ahsoka and his men.

Obi-Wan turns and walked off, hesitating for a second, turning to look back, and continuing to move, his head drooped as Jedi stares at the Master of the Chosen One. The Chosen One who is now as much as a threat to the Order as much as Dooku and Grievous if not more and some of them wondered how Kenobi was able to last with Skywalker.

It was humiliating to be embarrassed and watched as Jedi stared at you with wonder because you've failed your student, but Obi-Wan proposes he deserves this humiliation because the fact that he had practically deceived Padmé about not harming Anakin and abandoned Anakin in his time of need.

It was painful but manageable to let Qui-Gon, Siri, and Satine go, but now, now the man that had been his pupil for over 12 years, the man who he had trained like a little brother; a little annoying stubborn and troublesome brother, is now counted as an enemy to the Jedi Council. He had tried to forgo those attachments, but the man knew; he knew he would always love Anakin Skywalker.

Arthur's note: There is one more chapter before off the sequel we go. This story is probably going to be my least favorite one as it was mainly about Anakin's conflict and how it impacts everyone around him instead of fighting Jabba and his gangsters. The next one is going to be about other characters, especially mainly about a certain arc trooper and Anakin. I think season 6 is at least 5 months after Season 5 as the characters appear several months older.

This next chapter would have a Legends character that I don't see much in other stories. I can't wait for that.

May the Force be with you all always.