Naruto: Privateer: A Lunar Eclipse Side Story

Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Star Wars

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

This installment completes Star Wars VII. Here is Chapter 2. Enjoy!

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Last Time:

A furious dogfight was swirling in the skies between Resistance X-wings and First Order TIE Fighters. Amidst the mass of destruction in the sky above, Kylo Ren ordered his men to withdraw having captured Rey personally. If the Leader of the Knights of Ren sensed his Father Han Solo's presence or Finn running after him calling out for Rey then he made no sign of it. The dark clad warrior walked up the loading ramp to his massive personal transport carrying Rey bridal style. Then he paused as a bone chilling presence washed over him….

Through the Force he heard a woman's voice say quietly, "Run away like the cowardly cur you are Kylo Ren….Run back to your ship and hide like a frightened child. You have made a terrible enemy this day…."

As the loading ramp closed Ren's transport took off and left planet Takodana behind. Snoke's protégé was both shaken and confused at the woman's presence which had revealed itself. 'There is another….I must speak to my Master.' thought the masked apprentice to the dark side….

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Chapter 2

Year 34 ABY

Mid Rim, Takodana System, Planet Takodana

It had been several hours since General Leia Organa and Han Solo left for the Resistance Base on planet D'Qar. Maz Kanata was looking around at the still smoking wreckage of her castle when she saw Uzumaki Sheena come walking towards her with an equipment bag slung over her shoulder. The redhead was fully prepared to go minus her helm. Sheena's golden eyes glowed in the light of the setting sun in the Takodana sky. She asked kindly, "Are you sure you don't want to go with me Maz baa-chan? It's going to take decades to rebuild here."

The small statured orange Pirate Queen smiled. "I'll rebound quicker than you think Sheena-chan. Where are you planning to go?"

Sheena shrugged. "I guess I'll go wherever the solar winds blow me….My quarry is out of reach and I don't have any other jobs right now."

Maz shook her head. "Don't give me that. You need to join the Resistance and rescue that Force sensitive girl. The Force didn't bring you all the way here just to run away. I can't believe that you turned down General Leia when she asked for your help."

….

Flashback….

The redheaded bounty hunter was talking to her droid friend Deter as they loaded up the Katana with supplies. She felt a force presence behind her and instinctively brushed her cloak aside showing one of her lightsabers. Sheena looked over her shoulder and saw Maz approaching with Han Solo and General Leia Organa.

Leia gave a smile and said, "I mean you no harm; I just wanted to thank you for saving Han and Chewbacca from the First Order's Stormtroopers. I'm General Leia Organa of the Resistance. May I have your name…?"

Sheena turned around and replied, "I'm Uzumaki Sheena, bounty hunter."

"You're Jedi trained?" asked the General. "I couldn't help but notice you carry a lightsaber."

The hunter shook her head. "I'm not a Jedi or a Sith. I'm something else."

Leia tilted her head in curiosity and Han said, "Well, you sure can fight like a Jedi. I should know."

General Organa said, "Jedi or not; you are very strong in the Force and you're obviously no friend of the First Order."

The redhead replied sadly, "I had friends in the Hosnian System…."

"Will you join us then?" asked Leia. "The Resistance could use strength like yours Uzumaki Sheena."

"I sympathize but I can't get involved." answered Sheena. "I'm just looking for a way back home…."

Flashback end….

….

The redhead sighed at Maz. "Alright Maz baa-chan. I'll go help them out. I have this feeling I'm going to end up smack dab in the middle of it though…."

The Pirate Queen's face lit up with a smile. "That's my girl!"

'….I'm getting soft in my old age.' thought Sheena as she boarded the Katana and put on her helmet. Pivoting around to face her droid friend; the redhead said, "Change of plans Deter. We're going to help the Resistance after all."

The droid hung his head and replied; "I just knew you were going to say that…."

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Outer Rim Territories, Sanbra Sector

Two days later; the Katana was getting close to the D'Qar System when a flight of six First Order TIE Fighters flew by in the opposite direction. They were reconnaissance unit from the First Order battlecruiser Harbinger that was several systems away. The recon group had just finished scanning the Resistance base on D'Qar and confirmed what was there for the First Order. Just as importantly they'd confirmed the Resistance's leader General Leia Organa was there. Once they relayed the information to the Harbinger it would only be a matter of time before the First Order targeted D'Qar….

Resistance pilot Poe Dameron was leading four X-wings in a desperate dash to catch the escaping TIE fighters when they saw a lone U-wing diving out of the sun and blowing the lead TIE fighter to smithereens and throwing the entire First Order flight into total disarray. "I have a visual!" said Poe as the U-wing did seemingly impossible maneuvers to vaporize yet another TIE. "Let's hurry up and save that old gunship!" he said as the resistance pilots watched their target screens in disbelief. The TIEs started being cut down in short order and disappeared from the screens. Blip. Blip. Blip. Blip.

….The final TIE exploded and the U-wing rolled to avoid the cloud of debris left behind by the First Order fighter.

"W-what the hell?" asked Poe's wingman. "I thought the U-wing was being attacked….not the other way around…."

Sheena smoothly returned to her course towards the D'Qar System and noticed the four X-wings approaching. She radioed, "Resistance fighters, this is Katana. I'm answering a personal request from General Leia Organa to join her forces against the First Order. Permission to proceed to D'Qar?"

Poe's voice crackled over the intercom, "This is Black One; anyone that can do that kind of flying is always needed. Welcome to the Resistance!"

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Unknown Regions, Ilum System, Planet Ilum, Starkiller Base

Rey awoke only to realize she was being held in manacles. Then Rey realized she wasn't alone in the room. Sitting across from her was the masked visage of Kylo Ren….

She asked in a frightened tone, "Where am I?"

"You're my guest." replied Kylo in a darkened, mechanical voice.

"Where are the others?" asked Rey. The girl feared the worst.

"You mean the murderers, traitors and thieves you call friends?" questioned the dark side user. "….You'll be relieved to know I have no idea." Then he asked, "….You still want to kill me?"

Rey hissed, "That happens when you are being hunted by a creature in a mask."

Kylo Ren stood up and took off his helmet revealing a surprisingly youthful face. "Tell me about the droid…." he said in his normal voice. "….You know I can take whatever I want."

For the next few minutes he tried to probe Rey's mind and torture her with memories. He mentioned her childhood and Han Solo….

"Get out of my head!" she yelled.

Kylo Ren was surprised she could resist his will and took a step back before refocusing. "I know you've seen the map. It's in there and now you will give it to me." he said. He pulled at her mind harder using the Force.

Rey was shaken but doubled her willpower. She hissed, "I'm not giving you anything."

"We'll see." replied Ren. 'Why hasn't she given in?!' he wondered. Then he felt Rey probe his mind….

Rey strained but narrowed her eyes at Kylo Ren."You….You are afraid….that you'll never be as strong as Darth Vader!" the girl bit out.

Solo's son recoiled as if he'd been slapped. The darksider was shocked. His concentration was completely shattered. Regathering his wits Kylo stormed out of the room….

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Outer Rim, Sanbra Sector, Ileenium System, Planet D'Qar

The Katana was escorted in to land by the four X-wings of Black Flight and alighted smoothly at the main base on D'Qar. The redhead climbed out of her ship along with Deter and saw many resistance personnel coming over to service the U-wing. Several were congratulating her on taking out the six escaping TIE fighters and shaking her hand. Out of the crowd emerged a dark haired human in a pilot's flight suit. He smiled largely and said, "Welcome to D'Qar. General Organa asked me to take you to her straightaway….and I'm Poe Dameron; Leader of Black Flight. That was some great flying out there." Then he held out his hand to shake.

Sheena slowly gripped his hand and said in her usual quiet voice, "Uzumaki Sheena." She motioned to Deter and said, "This is my associate D2R."

Poe's eyes bulged at the strength of the petite woman's handshake. 'She grips like a durasteel vise!' he thought.

Deter said, "Maybe you ought to take your helmet off Sheena; the natives look curious." 'Oops! I accidentally hid your facemask back on the ship!' thought Deter obnoxiously. 'Score one for me!'

The redhead cringed. 'I don't have on my scarf or facemask either….Oh well.' Removing her Mandalorian style helm; Sheena shyly revealed her beautiful face and golden eyes to Poe and the others getting several dazzled and admiring looks as her long, fiery locks cascaded down her shoulders.

"Wow…." said Poe in a daze. Then he mentally slapped himself and continued, "….I mean; nice to meet you! Come this way please. General Organa is waiting." Smiling mentally as he led Sheena along; Poe thought, 'She's gorgeous!'

The Uzumaki hunter caught Deter silently laughing at her expense and thought; 'You'll get yours D2R! Laugh while you still can; no one out pranks an Uzumaki!'

Deter got chill in his neural processing net that told him to run when he caught a millisecond long evil smile on Sheena's otherwise lovely face….

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Resistance Headquarters….

General Organa and the Resistance realized that time was running out and that the Starkiller base was being recharged to fire again….And this time it would fire at D'Qar. Sheena was listening to the loose knit plan and in short, Han Solo was going to take Finn to the Starkiller Base to disable its shields from the ground which would enable Poe Dameron and his squadron to destroy the thermal oscillator on the base and cause the weapon to self destruct when it fired….

"So we take out the shields, disable the oscillator and take out the big gun." said Poe. "Let's go." Poe turned to Sheena, grinned and asked, "Are you up for this?"

The beautiful redhead shook her head and Leia looked surprised when Sheena said, "I'll be going with Han Solo's Strike Team Dameron. You and your squadron have things covered in the sky." The petite force user turned to General Organa and added, "Trust me."

Han raised his eyebrows at Sheena and said with a nod, "You know how to handle yourself. Come on."

Leia said to Sheena, "May the Force be with you."

The red haired young woman nodded and replied, "And you General Organa."

….

Main base; Flight pad….

Sheena was helping Finn load explosives aboard the Millennium Falcon and overheard Han and Leia talking down on the ground as she went up the Falcon's boarding plank….

Solo was barking out orders to Finn and Chebacca when Leia walked up to see them off. The former Princess of Alderaan said, "You know; no matter how much we fought; I've always hated watching you leave."

Han gave her a smile and replied, "That's why I did it….So you'd miss me."

"I did miss you." said Leia.

He looked into her eyes and said, "It wasn't all bad was it? Huh? Some of it was….good."

She smiled wryly and answered, "Pretty good."

Han sighed. "Some things never change."

"True. You still drive me crazy." said Leia as the two embraced warmly. Then she added, "If you see our son….Bring him home."

….

Sheena's gold eyes darkened as she saw a vision of Han Solo dying by Kylo Ren's hand….

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Unknown Regions, Ilum System, Planet Ilum, Starkiller Base

Kylo Ren had re-entered the interrogation room where Rey was being held only to find….she was gone! Rey had used the Force to influence her guard into releasing her.

….One lightsaber temper tantrum later….

Snoke's apprentice was out prowling around the base looking for Rey. He warned one of his underlings, "She's just beginning to test her powers. The longer it takes to find her; the more dangerous she becomes."

As Rey and Kylo Ren played cat and mouse in the base below, the Millennium Falcon made a spectacular light speed landing approach in the skies above….

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The cockpit of the Millenneum Falcon….

Finn asked worriedly as they travelled through hyperspace on the Falcon, "How are we getting in?"

Han glanced over his shoulder and replied, "Their shields have a fractional refresh rate. It keeps anything travelling slower than lightspeed from getting through."

"We're making our landing approach at light speed?!" asked the ex-Stormtrooper. He looked back at Sheena and said "Can you believe this?!"

The redhead put on her helmet and said, "I've done dumber things." with a shrug.

Finn had wide eyes as he stumbled back into his chair….

Chewbacca growled and Han said, "Chewie get ready. And….NOW!" Looking out through the transparent cockpit of the Falcon; Han Solo's eyes bulged as they came out of light speed directly above the rocky mountain peaks of the Planet Ilum. Chewbacca howled to pull up and Solo screeched "I AM PULLING UP!" as the YT-1300 screamed over the mountains and through a forest below the level of the treetops. The two continued to bicker about altitude as the battered freighter harvested up tree after tree.

Finally; Han yelled, "If I pull up any higher they'll see us!" The Millennium Falcon shot out of the forest; plowed into a snowfield and bounce once, twice before skidding to a halt at the edge of a snow covered cliff….

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Planet Ilum, Starkiller Base….

Deep in the bowels of the equatorial Starkiller Base; Kylo Ren was ordering the hangers to be locked down to prevent Rey from escaping when he sensed the presence of his Father. The darkside apprentice paused and whispered, "Han Solo…."

….

Up on the surface, Finn, Han, Sheena and Chewbacca made their entry through the flooding tunnel that led down into the base proper and ran straight into the Stormtrooper Commander Captain Phasma whom they quickly overwhelmed. The group ordered her to lead them to the shield control room. Phasma initially refused but when Chewbacca threatened to crush her to death within her armor she was convinced enough to cooperate….

….Captain Phasma was soon sitting at the shield control console and she said to Finn, "You're making a big mistake." as she lowered the shields. "You can't be stupid enough to think this will be that easy. My troops will storm this block and kill you."

"I disagree; what do we do with her?" asked Finn.

Han got a gleam in his eye. "Is there a garbage chute? ….Trash compactor?"

Phasma cringed and Finn smiled. "Yeah there is." said the ex-Stormtrooper.

"We should execute her now." said Sheena. "If we don't it will come back to haunt us later."

The Stormtrooper Captain felt the ice in Sheena's tone and wondered if it was all over. But Han said, "Lead the way to the compactor Finn."

….Chewbacca was restraining the struggling Captain Phasma as Finn opened the compactor chute door. Several Stormtroopers rounded the corner and opened fire enabling their Commander to get loose and dive away from Solo's group.

"Well, shit!" said the smuggler as they withdrew down another hall. "Phasma's going to alert everybody."

Sheena held up Phasma's comm link. "Not without this." she said. The kunoichi tossed it to Han and said. "I'll catch up later. Keep that on you so I can find you later."

Han caught the comm link and asked, "Are you sure about this?" seeing the petite redhead brush back her cloak and exposing one of her lightsabers the smuggler grimaced said, "Of course you're sure."

….

After Han, Finn and Chewbacca withdrew under a hail of blaster fire; the now rearmed Captain Phasma led her men down the corridor only to find the Uzumaki bounty hunter waiting for them. Sheena held out Phasma's comm link and asked with a smile in her voice, "Looking for this…?" Captain Phasma growled angrily and the redhead motioned the Stormtrooper Commander and her men forward tauntingly. "Come and get it."

"GET HER!" roared Phasma as her men charged.

"Leaf whirlwind!" said the kunoichi as she slid under the Stormtroopers and sent them flying like bowling pins. Blaster fire was all over the place as the troopers stumbled about trying to shoot the speedy redhead. As the petite woman ricocheted around and body switched with various Stormtroopers they all ended up mowing down each other. Captain Phasma was both confounded and confused as she finally took a shot at Sheena….

….Only to have the Uzumaki hunter hold out Phasma's comm link that the blaster bolt destroyed. The kunoichi said in a sing-song voice, "Game over dattebayo! You lose!"

Phasma was dumbfounded and enraged as she yelled, "Just die!" and opened up with a hail of blaster fire. Sheena kept blinking about causing the out of control Stormtrooper Captain to pepper the hallway (not to mention the bodies of her men) before Phasma was hit with a roundhouse kick in the back of the head that knocked her to the ground senseless.

The dazed Stormtrooper Captain found herself ruthlessly kicked over onto her back and when she focused the petite kunoichi was holding Phasma's custom made blaster to the Chrome wearing woman's face. "You're a hundred years too young to face the likes of me Phasma. Pfffttt! The First Order doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell if you're among the elite. Train harder."

Then Sheena shot the woman with her purloined blaster on stun. The kunoichi mused, "I like the custom grip on this blaster. I think I'll keep it…."

Then the redhead vanished in a body flicker wondering how her shadow clone she sent with Han was doing….

….

Meanwhile; Rey was reunited with Han's group and she hugged the ex-Stormtrooper Finn when Chewbacca explained that it was Finn's idea to save her. The smuggler said, "Escape now, hug later!" as he led them out. As the team got to the surface they saw the skies were full of Resistance X-wings and First Order TIE fighters. Between the TIEs and the ground fire it was obvious the Resistance was losing. And the thermal oscillator was still intact….

"We're in trouble." said Han. "We can't leave yet…." He motioned to Chewbacca. "My friend's got a bag of explosives. Let's use them."

Finn, Rey, Han and Chewbacca infiltrated the thermal oscillator by overriding the door entry controls courtesy of Rey. There were very few Stormtroopers there and it was simple enough to overcome the sentries. Han and Chewbacca quickly started setting thermonuclear detonators on the lower levels while Rey and Finn made their way to the upper levels.

Soon Kylo Ren arrived with a small contingent of Stormtroopers to take the Resistance fighters out. Han Solo was concealed and saw his son go prowling by. It was then that he made a huge mistake and decided to go after Kylo Ren….

Han saw his son walking on a narrow crosswalk that led towards the oscillator's core. He followed Kylo Ren and yelled out his son's real name. "BEN!"

Everyone stopped at the sound. Chewbacca, the Stormtroopers, Finn and Rey all locked upon the scene of Han facing his son.

Kylo Ren stopped suddenly. He slowly turned around and said in his deep mechanical voice, "Han Solo. I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

"Take off that mask." said Solo. "You don't need it."

"What do you think you'll see if I do?" asked the darkside apprentice.

Han looked anguished but said, "The face of my son."

Kylo Ren slowly took off his helmet revealing his face to his Father. He said, "Your son is gone. He was weak and foolish like his Father….So I destroyed him."

"That's what Snoke wants you to believe…." replied Han. "….But it's not true. My son is alive."

"No." declared Ren. "The Supreme Leader is wise."

Solo pleaded with him. "Snoke is using you for your power. When he gets what he wants he'll crush you….You know it's true."

"It's too late." said the darksider shaking.

"No it's not." Han retorted. "Leave here with me; come home! ….I miss you."

Kylo was shaking all over by now. "I'm being torn apart. I want to be free of this pain! I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it….Will you help me?" he asked.

Solo stepped forward and said, "Yes; anything."

Snoke's apprentice held out his lightsaber in front of him to give to Han. Han gripped the saber to receive it but found his only son wouldn't let go of it….

….Kylo Ren ignited his lightsaber and ran his Father through. Han had a terribly pained look on his face.

Chewbacca howled in rage and Rey cried out in horror.

"Thank you." said the darksider sadly.

As Han fell back he was replaced with a….comm link (?) in a puff of smoke. The comm link transformed into Sheena's shadow clone who Force pushed the injured Han far away from Kylo Ren. Kylo stared in shock as the redhead whispered, "Kinslayer….I'm coming for you!" Then she turned into a puff of smoke confusing everybody….

….AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE.

Everybody started shooting at once Chewbacca shot Kylo Ren in the abdomen making the darksider fall to one knee in pain.

Han Solo was wide eyed as he sat there clear of the catwalk wondering how he landed there. He had a lightsaber burn on his chest but it penetrated to his sternum but no deeper. Chewbacca was enraged and started shooting Stormtroopers down left and right before he punched the detonator switch and set off all the charges. In the confusion Chewbacca managed to scoop up the injured Han leaving Finn and Rey to deal with the ire of the now angry Kylo Ren.

The darkside apprentice ignited his lightsaber and pursued the retreating pair out of the damaged thermal oscillator and out into the snow….

Finn and Rey were headed towards the Millennium Falcon when Kylo Ren intercepted them. He hissed, "We're not done yet!"

Rey said angrily, "You're a monster!"

"It's just us now." said Kylo Ren as he bled from the wound Chewbacca gave him. "I don't know what sorcery she used but the redhead is dead! ….And Han Solo and Chewbacca can't save you now!"

The scavenger girl went for her blaster but Kylo Ren Force pushed her into a tree knocking her senseless. Finn ran over to Rey to make sure she was alive only for Snoke's apprentice to scream "Traitor!" at him.

Finn was angry like he'd never been in his life. He picked up the lightsaber that once belonged to Anakin Skywalker and charged into combat with Kylo Ren. The two had several exchanges but the ex-Stormtrooper was no match for a true Force user. Rey came out of her daze just in time to see Finn go down and the blue lightsaber go flying.

Kylo Ren calmed himself and used the Force to pull his Grandfather's lightsaber to him. In his weakened state the saber shot past him and right into the hands of Rey….

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In the skies over Ilum….

Poe Dameron saw an opening. The thermal oscillator was blown open by the charges Chewbacca and the others set of earlier. Black Leader streaked inside the massive oscillator structure and unleashed every proton torpedo he had remaining which set the entire structure alight. As he flew out the inevitable chain reaction predicted by the Resistance planners began to happen and Starkiller Base and the planet Ilum only had minutes to live as the Resistance fighters began to pull out….

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Down on the surface….

Rey felt terrified but also felt the will of the Force flowing through her body. She ignited the blue lightsaber that heeded her call and furiously engaged the injured Kylo Ren. But she was exhausted….and inexperienced. The enraged darksider was overwhelming her. The ground started shaking from the oscillator's explosion and both of them were knocked off their feet. Snoke's aprentice knocked Rey back and said, "You need a teacher! I can teach you the ways of the Force!" He swung his blade down with the intention of knocking Rey's weapon away and capturing her….

….Only to have a different lightsaber parry his strike….and orange one. Uzumaki Sheena had appeared in a body flicker and blocked his way to the scavenger girl.

Kylo Ren was shocked. "B-but I killed you!" Seeing Sheena's unmasked face smile beatifically he felt doubt creep into his mind and asked, "….Didn't I?"

The petite redhead said to Rey; "You're not quite ready; not yet. Reach out with your feelings and you will sense the ebb and flow of battle. The Force will show you the way. Watch with your own eyes and sense with your own unclouded thoughts." As she sensed Rey opening herself to the Force's living will and focusing; Sheena said, "….Good….Now I will show you how it's done."

The darksider asked the Uzumaki Hunter, "Who are you?!"

The redhead roared, "Defend yourself!" and unleashed a brutal Teras Kasi taijutsu combo that pummeled the already injured Kylo Ren. Her lightsaber was just a distraction as Snoke's apprentice was completely overwhelmed. When the battered darksider tried an offensive slash Sheena disarmed him and scarred his face in one move leaving the utterly defeated Ren lying on his back in the snow. As the ground crumbled and Sheena said lowly to Kylo, "Snoke's just a puppet you know. There are even additional clones of him serving their true Master. Think about that next time you see your so called Supreme Leader."

Seeing there were no other options, Sheena walked over to Rey and said, "There isn't much time. Let's get Finn to the Falcon and leave….

"….

The Millennium Falcon blasted away from the self destructing Starkiller Base along with the remaining Resistance X-wings from the assault and jumped into hyperspace towards D'Qar….The injured Han Solo was just unconscious but Finn had lapsed into a coma….

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Outer Rim, Sanbra Sector, Ileenium System, Planet D'Qar

When the tired Resistance fighters and the crew of the Falcon made it back to D'Qar they were given a hero's welcome. The injured Han and Finn were rushed in for medical treatment and that left Rey, Sheena and Chewbacca to sit worriedly and wait on their wounded friends. The Uzumaki hunter didn't have the connections the other two did but stayed to show her support. General Organa came out of the infirmary, talked and exchanged hugs with Rey and Chewbacca before she turned to the petite redhead and said, "You saved Han from certain death Sheena; you don't know how thankful we are."

Sheena smiled and said, "It wasn't his time yet. I could tell."

"But you knew." said Leia. "That was the whole reason you went along wasn't it?"

"The will of the Force is a mysterious thing." replied the kunoichi. "I'm glad I was able to help though. How long will it be till you husband recovers?"

Leia smiled at the thought of her estranged husband being back with her and thought, 'I'm not losing you again Han. We've been through too much to let go of each other now.' She looked at Sheena and said, "He's going to be sore and grumpy for about three weeks. He's just sleeping right now."

A few hours later; R2D2 awoke from a long period of being powered down and provided the rest of the map to the location of the planet that Jedi Master Luke Skywalker was residing on. "Hmmm." pondered Sheena aloud. "Planet Ahch-To….makes sense."

Leia asked in surprise, "You've heard of it?"

The kunoichi nodded. "It's in the Unknown Regions. Legend has it that it was one of the possible places the Jedi Order started. The others that were theorized about were Tython, Coruscant, Jedha and Ossus. Scholars argued for centuries about it."

"Han told us that Master Skywalker left in search of the First Jedi Temple." said Rey.

"Odds are he's found it then." replied Sheena. "It wasn't that important to us but we knew it wasn't Ossus or Coruscant and Tython was out of the question."

"Who is 'us' Miss Sheena?" asked C3PO. "You speak as if you are not a Jedi Knight."

"….I'm not." said Sheena. "I'm from an Order that's older; much older than the Jedi or the Sith."

C3PO replied, "I'm afraid that such an order is unknown to me."

Sheena smiled mysteriously and said, "That's because the Sith and the Jedi did their best to erase us from history…."

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POSTSCRIPT:

Okay; a little bit of a cliffhanger but nothing major. This chapter ended up short because it was a good stopping point to kick of the next arc. Canon is officially flying off the rails from here.

Phew! Well, we struggled through Jar Jar Abrams Star Wars VII this chapter with some changes by yours truly. It was downright painful transcribing all those lines directly from the film and I hope no one got too bored with it. I am intending to expand a bit on Phasma and give her some character development for those who haven't guessed. I'm hoping to try to expand on Kylo Ren/Ben Solo as well (or at least try to take him a little more seriously….He's just a brat in Star Wars VII). As for General Armitage Hux….I can't decide if he should be Larry, Moe or Curly. I may try to flesh out Snoke as well….

Anyway, Han Solo's death was so expected (not to mention uninspired) in the film that I couldn't leave it be. Was changing it too predictable? I hope not but if it was I hope it was at least entertaining. See you next time. Blue Out. 2/19/20