HEY EVERYONE! FINALLY! I waited so long to post the first chapter to this epic crossover that I had in the making! I thought about this idea, and I realized how much potential it has!
To those who are concerned about my other story, I will indeed finish that soon, and I will have the time I need to focus on this!
ALSO, HAPPY 15TH YEARS OF CODE GEASS! One of the greatest anime of all time! It stole my heart and I have become entrenched to its universe! The characters, history, and morals! And I'm even so excited for the re-release and new anime series coming soon!
I always loved Star Wars literature, and here I can finally do it!
Both Star Wars and Code Geass have common ground concerning war where everything is not black and white. Both sides have characters who grapple with conflict, and whether they will fall to the light or the dark side. Let us see how characters from two worlds—or should I say two galaxies… collide.
This takes place in the Star Wars Canon, and that means all other material in the timeline will be canon to this up to the point of when Episode V starts… Specifically, this will be an alternate take on Episode V!
There's a reason why I decided to post today on August 10th… and you'll find out specifically why in this chapter!
Now… get ready to relive… the wonder, the excitement, the nostalgia, the adventure…
I DO NOT OWN EITHER STAR WARS OR CODE GEASS. ALL RIGHTS GO TO LUCASFILM/DISNEY, AND SUNRISE STUDIOS.
THE CODE JEDI RECORDS
R1
"The entirety of one galaxy is only a spec in the infinite sea that is the universe itself. The greatest illusion is that each galaxy is entirely separate and devoid of any connection.
The journey of one from a galaxy far, far away continues… as well as the start of one from our own.
Both men will change both their galaxies… forever."
-Journal of the Whills
"They were at the wrong place, at the wrong time.
They came from entirely different worlds.
Eventually, they became leaders of Re;bellion."
-Princess Leia, of Alderaan
STAGE 01
THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW HOPE
(20th Century Fox theme plays)
A
LUCASFILM LIMITED
Production
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
(Year 2010/4 BBY – 4 Years before the Battle of Yavin)
Tatooine
Luke Skywalker looked over his home before looking out the wide expanse of dry land beyond the homestead. The boy had sandy blonde hair and pale blue eyes. The boy was of good build, especially as he was now 15 years of age.
15 years old. 15 years of still living his life on Tatooine.
Luke would have sighed at that, and that would have been added to the millions of sighs he had made to how long he had been stuck on this rock. This rock which had been so far his whole life, and yet there was a whole galaxy out there. He was getting older past his tweens and he was still helping Uncle Owen with the moisture farming. Never leaving the planet. Not even making past the outskirts of Anchorhead or Beggar's Canyon.
Adventure.
Ever since, Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru showed him holovid's detailing the planets out there that had forests, oceans, and ice mountains—Luke wanted nothing more than to pilot his skyhopper to go explore those places for real.
It was understandable that he was little back then, and he was still a teen helping his uncle with the moisturizers. And… there was the Empire.
Aunt Beru told him, that even if he would be old enough and able to leave Tatooine in a ship of his own, the galaxy out there was not so much a kind place. Not as it was decades ago.
The Empire will not take trouble-doers lightly and will use extreme force to establish complete order.
Luke then asked how the Empire came to be, and why they sounded so formidable.
Uncle Owen looked like he wanted to ignore this conversation, but Luke saw the look Aunt Beru gave to him, and thought it was topic the boy needed to hear.
They consented to tell Luke how before the Empire, there was the Galactic Republic: a government comprised of thousands of systems ruling the galaxy through democracy. Luke was baffled to learn the Republic had stood for a thousand years. The boy asked if the Republic stood for that long—why was it no more?
Both his aunt and uncle hung their heads down, the looks on their faces had waves of pain and sadness, as if they were going through bad memories. They then told Luke that the Clone Wars happened.
It started when thousands of star systems dissented from the Republic, claiming that the government had become corrupted and sought independence from them. Unfortunately, the tensions on both sides escalated and then came paranoia that the Separatists were planning to invade the Republic. The Chancellor in office, Sheev Palpatine, was given emergency powers to order an army to fight the Separatists, thus beginning a conflict that spread like wildfire across the galaxy for three long years.
And at the end, with the Separatists losing, Luke's aunt and uncle couldn't explain much, but when the war ended, the Chancellor immediately with the emergency powers he had—declared himself Emperor before the Senate. Thus, putting to stop a thousand years of democracy.
Luke couldn't make sense of it, and something was very off as to why the Republic will forgo democracy and embrace Imperialism. His questions of that didn't matter much to his aunt and uncle, who made it clear to Luke that the Empire was less kind and more ruthless than the Republic was, and it would mean life and death if Luke were to cross them when he decided to go exploring the galaxy.
Since Tatooine was not in the Republic's reach, the neutral planet did not fall completely into the Emperor's regime. Though that didn't mean much for the imperial patrols and ships that came their way. Tatooine was still far from a safe haven; there were the iron fist of the Hutt Clan, the Tusken raids, attacks from krayt dragons, and the bounty hunters that make their way through and would not hesitate dispose those who would get in their way. Anyway, none could be a greater threat than that of the Galactic Empire.
Luke then realized with awe and strangeness how his birthday was only a few days away from Empire Day: the anniversary when Palpatine ended the Clone Wars and declared himself emperor. Come to think of it, it meant he was born a few days after the end of the Republic and the birth of the Empire.
15 years ago.
Owen had put a hand on Luke's shoulder and said it was a coincidence and went to say there were other children out there who born around the same time.
And on Empire Day, playing on the holovid were several tributes to the 15th anniversary before the vid popped the recording of Palpatine's declaration to the Senate on that fateful day. The holovid showed a platform and standing in the center was Palpatine. On sides were two different people, his advisors. One was a blue alien with horns and held a staff and had a stoic expression. And on the other side was a bald alien woman, who looked stoic as well.
Palpatine wore red, thick, lavish robes and a hood over much of his face. Though, Luke couldn't see much of the man's face, the boy felt… a haunting feeling while staring at the image of the man.
"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire!" The Chancellor—now Emperor declared triumphantly. "For a safe and secure society, which I assure you will last for ten thousand years!" There came the sounds of applause as the Emperor raised hands forward, as if the man was basking in a long-awaited glory.
Luke couldn't describe it, but seeing the video, even though it was many years ago… but he felt… as if had been there. In some form or capacity had witnessed in secret the pivotal moment liberty fell and rose forth something… sinister.
Owens turned he holovid off, deciding the Lars Homestead had enough of Empire Day, especially when the man noticed the look on Luke's face.
15 years since the Empire was formed. And if the Emperor said it would last for ten thousand years, that meant 15 years were down… with 9,985 years to go.
Days later, was Luke's 15th Birthday.
To say it was a happier occasion than Empire Day was understandable. Luke's friends from Tosche Station had arrived to celebrate the occasion, including Biggs Darklighter, Deak, Windy, and Cami Marstrap. Despite the fact it was his birthday, that didn't stop them from calling the birthday boy the name he loathed: 'Wormie.'
Aunt Beru had baked to Luke's surprise blue bantha pie.
Owen had gifted Luke with a new bo-rifle, as long he took time to keep practicing with him.
Biggs then gave a look nice piloting helmet.
The birthday could have been worse, but it was a very nice time.
Luke was 15 now, and it seemed after all this time, Owen was trying make sure Luke never left Tatooine ever.
Even if his uncle wanted to be sure he didn't head into the Empire, Luke didn't care. He didn't care if he would risk dying, Luke wanted to see the galaxy. He didn't care if the Empire was going to stop him. Not after what he heard from Biggs at Tosche Station.
About several weeks after his birthday, Biggs had gathered the gang to tell them big news. He had heard from his father that there was something happening out in the galaxy. A spark had been ignited. Now catching fire. A birth of Rebellion.
It had started brewing in the Outer Rim, in the Lothal system. A small group of rebels had managed to mess around and evade the Empire. Even made a speech on the network. And then recently, rumors started spreading that the very same rebel group managed to take down a star destroyer outside of Mustafar. The Empire was doing all it could to contain this—to keep the word from spreading that they were vulnerable—that even the smallest people can take them down.
Biggs had been so excited when he ended the story, and he expressed hope other people will start hearing about this.
Rebellion. Luke couldn't describe it with just words, but it made him feel a spark of… hope. Even now when he was living in the shadow the empire. Just thinking of it, rebels evading and striking back at the Empire—out there in the stars. It sounded like an adventure Luke yearned for, far longer than he can remember.
An adventure far out of his reach. Not in the reach of a farm boy still too young to pilot an actual ship. Not during the preparation for the harvest season. Not when he practically had an uncle who forbade from even making it past Anchorhead. For now, it would just be a daydream.
Luke now stood outside the house, just in time to see the planet's twin suns starting to set over the horizon. And seeing the suns give out a golden-red glow horizon, the boy felt something beyond the horizon was calling out to him. A call that laid beyond the suns of Tatooine. Perhaps beyond the star system he called home.
"One day, Biggs!" Luke reminisced what he told his best friend before they left Tosche station. "I'm not gonna spend the rest of my life on a farm! I'll pilot a ship of my own, and I'll the see the galaxy with my own two eyes! I swear it!"
Biggs paused, and then he smiled and ruffled Luke's head. "If you want to be a pilot, you better prove how good you go on a skyhopper!"
"Heh!" Luke had smirked. "You just set the date! I'll be ready! And I'll show you!"
"You're always getting Wormie's hopes up too many times, aren't you Biggs?" Camie joked, causing Luke to lower his eyes at her. Biggs laughed.
One day. Luke thought. He just had to. There had to be more to this life than just… well… hundreds of miles of scorching sand and rock. More than just spending hours at the decade's old moisturizers. And more than just staying at home with…
Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. The only family he had ever known. That caused Luke to look down a bit. He had never known his true mother and father. Owen and Beru were the only ones of kin he had ever known. While it did shake him when they told him they weren't his real parents, it caused him to become curious who his real parents were. The best-known thing he learned from Uncle Owen concerning his father, was that he was a navigator on a spice cargo freighter. He was then told how he was not too careful during one of the trips, and he was killed.
Could that seriously be the reason why Owen wouldn't let Luke leave home?
Luke wished he had known his father, yet that didn't stop him from his dream. His dream to see other worlds. To fly on a starfighter of his own. He didn't care about the Empire. One day… he would find his destiny.
"Luke!" The boy turned his head at the sound of Aunt Beru's voice from below. "Luke! Luke? It's getting late come down!"
"Coming Aunt Beru!" He called back, before he started racing across the homestead.
Unknown to him, watching from afar while riding on a dewback, wearing a simple robe and hood, was a wise old hermit; who was known to most as old Ben Kenobi.
The old hermit continued to watch until Luke entered the Lars household. He will still wait. He will wait for the day he will finally train the boy—the same way he taught his father. And one day… the boy will change the galaxy.
Even then, across the stars… on another planet… in another galaxy.
A galaxy so very familiar.
The planet looked very familiar. Not only was it filled with oceans of water, but there were regions of forests, mountains, plains, deserts, and islands.
A particular set of large islands that stood not so far from the mainland from the east was the home of a proud culture that spanned many generations.
The islands were known as Japan.
Happening on the land, two boys of the same age were making their way up a rocky hill. The first boy was very athletic and managed to climb with no pressure, the same could not really be said about the second boy. The second boy tried climbing but was starting to lose his grip and he called out for the first boy. The first boy helped him up without hesitation.
The first boy was of Japanese ethnicity, having brown hair, green eyes, and light tan skin.
The second boy was not of the region, having raven black hair, violet eyes, and fair skin—much akin of that of his people.
Nevertheless, the two boys were the best of friends.
Unknown to them, watching them from afar was a figure who wore a dark blue robe, but her most peculiar features—were her long bright green hair that trailed down to her waist, and her golden eyes.
Then there came thundering noises in the distance. The two boys looked from afar at the great Mount Fuji and happening around it were missile explosions. The two boys looked at each other with horror-filled expressions, and they knew what this meant.
Britannia had arrived.
The date was August 10 in the year 2010 of the Imperial Calendar. The Holy Britannian Empire had declared war on Japan.
The far east island nation had held fast to its neutrality as Britannia loomed as the world's only superpower. Rights to Japan's underground resources became a hotly disputed issue straining the already diplomatic tensions between the two sides.
In the deciding battle for the mainland, Britannian forces introduced into combat the autonomous armored knight known as the Knightmare Frame. The enemy forces were far greater than anticipated and the Knightmares obliterated the Japanese line of defense and the mainland with little effort.
Japan became a dominion of the Britannian Empire. The country was stripped of its freedom, its rights, and its name.
Area 11.
The defeated and once proud nation of Japan was rechristened with a mere number.
Now on a road just next to the coast, but around them were the burned remains of what used to be houses after the attack, were the same two boys that had witnessed the invasion.
It wouldn't be long until they would depart.
Before them was a pyre held for the Prime Minister, Genbu Kururugi. The father of the first boy—whose name was Suzaku.
A soldier stood before the pyre and gave a salute.
Young Suzaku sat on a rock with his face down. With the death of his father and what had become of his homeland.
The second boy, his best friend, stood facing the setting sun over the now-conquered Japan. A place where he had come to see as a new home for him and his sister. Now it laid in ruins and its culture soon to be taken away—by none other than Britannia, led by Emperor Charles Zi Britannia. The boy felt something inside him snap.
"I swear…"
"Huh?" Suzaku turned his head towards his best friend at what he just said.
"I swear Suzaku, so help me," said his best friend, Lelouch, whose face couldn't comprehend what had been done. "I will one day…" And his face turned into a look of fury and vengeance, made more so with the spark in his violet eyes as he made the vow that he will carry on for the many years to come. "…OBLITERATE BRITANNIA!"
STAR
WARS
Episode V
LELOUCH OF THE RE;BEL ALLIANCE
It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed. Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy.
The evil lord DARTH VADER is obsessed with finding LUKE SKYWALKER, the rebel pilot who destroyed the Death Star, and has deployed his dreaded fleet of star destroyers to hunt down the Last Jedi.
Even now, young Skywalker and his friends on board the Millennium Falcon fly towards the ends of the galaxy to ward off Vader's pursuit…
(Year 2017/3 ABY - 3 Years after the Battle of Yavin)
At the edge of the galaxy there seemingly looked to be empty space.
The edge of the galaxy—the border between known civilized star systems—and the unknown. It was a different mystery beside the mysteries of the Unknown Regions, which was a part of the known galaxy. Very few thought the rationale to explore what lay out beyond… and very well risk…
It had been quiet, with the seemingly endless black space stretching out with stars beyond.
Then came the sound of engines. And laser fire.
Speeding into the picture was the Corellian Cargo Freighter, very well known as the Millennium Falcon, and it struggled to make distance from income looming metal destroyer in pursuit of it. It was one of the flagships in the Imperial Navy. The star destroyer—the Devastator.
Inside the cockpit of the Falcon, Captain Han Solo made a swerve of the controls to avoid another green laser from the destroyer. "Damn it!" He grunted.
"Han, you got to get us out of here!" The Rebel Commander, Luke Skywalker exclaimed as he stood behind Han.
"What do you think I've been doing, kid?!" Han exclaimed at the same time he pressed more controls.
Then came a roar from Chewbacca, the wookie, who was Han's best friend and first mate.
"What is it, Chewie?" Princess Leia Organa asked from behind Han's seat.
Coming out from hyperspace and stopping right next to the Devastator—was another star destroyer—the Tyrant.
"Oh, great! Another one!" Luke cried out.
Soon after the Tyrant appeared next to the Devastator, another star destroyer, the Avenger, appeared on the other side.
"This is bad," Leia shook her head. "Really, really, bad."
"They are persistent in capturing us," Han murmured. "And for them to chase in this sector… it'll be hard to turn and evade without getting caught in their tractor beams."
Chewie roared in distress.
As Luke started to digest the situation they were in, the farm boy somehow felt a cold feeling from the back. It wasn't the physical temperature in the cockpit or the space before them… it was… a presence. A presence… of someone he and his friends all feared.
From the bridge of the Devastator, the Corellian cargo freighter looked small enough for him to grab it in his hand—in less than an hour it would be in his grasp. Not only he will have the ship that has caused the Empire so much trouble—but the passengers inside—one of them carrying an individual Vader had been obsessed with finding ever since he learned his name.
Standing on the bridge—was Darth Vader—a lord of the Sith—servant to Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire—and the most feared man in the galaxy. A tall, dark warrior clad from head to toe in black armor and cape. His mask shaped to be devoid of any emotion. And there was the deep sound of his breathing—that even echoed throughout the whole bridge.
"Lord Vader," Vader turned his head to see Captain Piett walking towards him, with his hands behind his back. "It seems we have the target surrounded with no where else to go. The rebels will have no choice but to surrender quietly. Even if they try to turn to escape, they can't get past the tractor beams." The captain smiled seeing the current situation leading to an imminent victory for the Empire—one that he will be a part of.
"Very good, captain," Vader said, which was exceedingly rare of the Dark Lord to give compliments. The dark lord turned to another imperial captain. "Captain Ronnadam."
"Yes, Lord Vader?" The captain asked.
"Send squadrons to draw them in. I want that ship in the docking bay immediately and everyone aboard delivered to me alive—and unharmed."
"Yes, Lord Vader. I'll the send Lieutenant Commander and her squadron to intercept," Ronnadam nodded and walked away.
Lord Vader looked back at the Millennium Falcon within their sights. It was tactical that in pursuit of Skywalker. After learning of rebel activity concerning the Falcon and the Ghost, he took ahold of his outdated flagship in order not to alert the Rebels' presence with his new Super-Star Destroyer, the Executor. He did not want Skywalker to know he was closing in on him. The boy had been getting good in evading him recently.
Not anymore.
Now they managed to chase the Falcon down at the very border between their galaxy and the unknown.
He will finally get his hands on Skywalker right here and now.
Down in the hangar, several pilots were getting ready as they hopped into their TIE Fighters and suited their black helmets on. One of them was a lieutenant commander.
"Checking in all systems," She said as she turned on TIE Fighter's controls, before turning to her com. "You ready Nash? Berisse?"
"Ciena!" A male voice exclaimed. "What happened to using my first name? I'm lieutenant! Remember?"
"You just called the Lieutenant Commander by her first name, Windrider…" A female voice teased.
"Berisse!"
Ciena Rhee chuckled at this. "All right, that's enough." Her face turned serious. "We have a mission! It is time to intercept the objective."
"Affirmative." Both lieutenants Nash Windrider and Berisse Sai confirmed.
Before long, their TIEs lifted from the floor and flew from the hangar to join the other squadron of TIEs ready to intercept the enemy.
The lieutenant commander took one more look at her left wrist; tied around it was the leather bracelet. The symbol and memento she carried all her life that connected her to the twin sister she never knew. She always looked at it before she went into battle. She took a deep breath and thought:
Look through my eyes, Wynnet.
"Great, we got TIE's coming in!" Luke exclaimed.
"Do I need to ask that, kid?!" Han muttered as he swerved the controls and had the Falcon steer away from the incoming TIE fighters.
"We need to lightspeed out of here!" Luke yelled.
"We can't!" Leia said. "With those star destroyers surrounding us—we'll risk getting caught in the tractor beam!"
Chewbacca roared in frustration.
"Were doomed," Threepio shook his head sadly. "No escape for us this time, Artoo. We better be ready when they take us on board for Imperial reprogram—"
"Threepio!" Luke and Leia shouted. The last thing they need was preparing for the worst.
BANG!
The Falcon shook.
"The hell?!" Leia exclaimed.
"Was that the back?" Luke asked, worried.
Chewie barked to Han and he realized.
"The engines!" Han scrambled back the controls. "They're targeting the engines!"
"Nice shot, Ciena!" Nash said through the comms.
"Careful!" Berisse warned. "We're to capture them alive!"
"I know that!" Ciena gritted her teeth, and she glared again at the freighter just ahead of her. The Millennium Falcon. The Falcon had been responsible for smuggling the stolen plans to the Rebellion. It was even there to help the Rebels obliterate the Death Star. Killing millions onboard in an instant.
Jude. Ciena cringed at the memory of her best friend.
Jude had been on the Death Star. And in an instant, she was gone.
Ciena focused again on the rebel ship before her. We'll capture that scrapbust and we'll bring the justice Jude and millions of others deserve.
She hovered her TIE Fighter above and dove briefly to fire a pair of green laser fire that made another hit on the blue gleaming engine that covered the Falcon's rear.
That shook the Falcon again, and Han grimaced as he saw something critical on one of his screens.
"The engines are taking a beating!" Han said, and everyone in the cockpit felt dread seeping up their spines. "If this keeps up, we won't be able to fly anymore! We need to lightspeed now!"
"Where do you think to, laser brain?!" Leia asked, not seeing a logical option.
Luke didn't like the look of this—but even though he was far from panicking—it was the best time when it seemed inevitable that they were going to captured. He can't fathom the future living behind the bars of the Empire. But if it wasn't risking skimming past those destroyers without getting dragged back or shot down—the one other opening was the vast space in front of them.
Wait… really. Luke froze. Can they really…?
Luke looked at Han, and it looked like the smuggler was starting to think the same idea as well.
Han then started scrambling to the switches and even stretch above to turn on other switches.
"What are you doing?" Leia asked, now confused.
"Light speeding now. Chewie, get ready!" Han said to his best mate.
The wookie roared.
"What?! To where?!" Leia exclaimed.
"The one direction that isn't blocked by destroyers!" Luke said.
"Through there?!" Leia said, appalled. "That's the border! Are you insane?!"
"Well, were about to have company!" Han exclaimed.
"Captain Solo! You can't be serious!" Threepio exclaimed in comical horror. "Very few to none listed that have traveled beyond the limits of the galaxy never returned to tell the tale! The odd ratio of lightspeeding into unknown territory and coming back are 310,732 to—"
"NEVER TELL ME THE ODDS!" Han roared as he set the final preparations and was ready to the action. He then looked to everyone in the cockpit, hoping to the core that he was making the right decision. "All right, this is it."
Then there came the incoming sounds of the TIE Fighters again.
"PUNCH IT NOW, HAN!" Luke shouted.
Without further ado, Han Solo pulled down the levers that activated the hyperdrive and a second later the stars before them flash around them—before the Millennium Falcon lightsped out of the galaxy.
Ciena's eyes widen at what she just saw. Just when they were on the verge of capturing the ship—it did the unexpected. It lightsped through the border of which was known as their galaxy.
"Ciena, did you see that?" Nash asked.
"Y-Yes…" Ciena stuttered. "I… they just…"
"The… They're insane…" Nash stuttered. "They just lightsped… into…"
"Yes…" Ciena said. "According to the holomap of this region: this is a border marks the boundaries of the galaxy."
"It was either that or let us capture them," Berisse said.
Ciena grunted. "We had them right there and then. So close. Next time… it won't happen again."
The crew abroad the bridge of the Devastator froze silently as they saw the Corellian cargo freighter do the unthinkable. They just had the ship within their grasp. The option it made, wasn't even something they wouldn't dare take. Captain Piett and the other officers should have been furious—but how could they—when the dark lord before them looked as though he was about to throw a fit that would have been powerful to destroy the planet Alderaan ten times over.
Vader froze numb when the Falcon disappeared from his sights, and along with it, Skywalker. After managing to catch up to the Falcon after months—it escaped him again! Vader gripped his hand very tightly—the leather texture rubbing hard.
Captain Piett stood feeling numb just a few feet away from Lord Vader. Moments ago, his pride was swelling and was about ready to see the look on the rebels' faces when they dragged them out from that scrap-metal they called a ship—now he feared the unimaginable fury that was Lord Vader's now that they had failed to acquire the ship. He could only think back to when Admiral Ozzel told him about the demoted Tagge's fate at the hands of Vader.
The dark lord stepped towards Piett with his cape roaring violently and the captain gulped when Vader stopped before him.
"L-Lord… Vader…"
"Order the TIE Fighters back," Vader said with edge. "I want the coordinates to where the Falcon lightsped towards."
Piett felt his jaw hanging at what Vader was saying. "M-My lord, are you asking… that we follow them? W-What they just did… they practically signed their dea—"
"I WANT THAT SHIP!" Vader bellowed, causing everyone on the bridge to look at him. "If the rebels believed they had a better chance into whatever lies beyond the limits of our galaxy—then there is no doubt that they are alive! No matter the cost—I want the Millennium Falcon captured!" Vader finished and moved past Piett and departed from the bridge.
The Millennium Falcon continued traveling lightspeed with the ship speeding through the stars swirling around them. That was until…
"Aw, dang it…" Han tapped on a screen going red. "Our fuel is getting hot."
"I guess it's wise we land then," Luke said.
"Land where?" Leia asked. "We are light speeding into unknown territory. We won't even know if there are any civilized or habitable planets for us to land on."
"Oh… dear," Threepio said, feeling uncomfortable about the possibility.
"Ugh, sheesh," Han grumbled. "Well, I'm sorry, for escape with our lives back there. Too bad I wasn't able to make up for your accommodations, your highness."
Leia lowered her eyes at the smuggler.
Han pulled down the lever to finally cease light speeding. They were not greeted by the stars again—then something caught their attention. It looked like they had traveled directly into the middle of a solar system. In front of them looked to be a planet.
The planet looked so much blue with no doubt oceans and the clouds obscured most parts—but there were the shapes of green and yellow continents scattered across it.
Chewie roared.
"We lightsped in front of another planet?" Leia asked, almost baffled.
"Well… that is strange…" Han said. "Maybe… it's our luck kicking in."
"We don't even know if it's hospitable or not," Luke said.
Leia looked closely at the planet. It was actually quite beautiful—it the planet look similar to that of her lost homeworld, Alderaan. Could it be that this world was like it?
"What is that?" Luke pointed at what appeared to be a gray shape hovering near the planet.
"What the?!" Luke shouted as the gang saw what appeared to be a satellite not far from them.
"A satellite? So, that means…" Leia said, starting smile.
"That the planet is civilized!" Han grinned.
Chewie barked.
"That means… were saved!" Threepio said happily. "Oh, thank goodness! And I was worried we have to face the possibility of losing fuel and spending the rest of our lives out in the unknown!"
"We should land," Leia said.
"Of course, princess, but where exactly?" Threepio asked.
"Maybe we can get in contact with whoever is charge down there and ask for help," Luke said.
"Wait!" Han said. "How do we know? How are we to know who to contact down there? Who is to say if they are friendly or not?"
"Well, we are not from this galaxy," Leia said, understanding. "And they might—"
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
The alarm came from the console. Chewie roared.
"What is it?" Luke exclaimed.
"The engines are taking a bad toll. We really need to land!" Han said.
"But where?!" Leia asked.
"I'm on it!" Han said as he tried to steer the Falcon as the ship started descending towards the atmosphere.
The descent wasn't going smooth that much, as they felt the atmosphere pushing its force against the surface of the ship and it almost started to feel heat on all sides. Soon, the cockpit could only see clouds pushing against the window and they were practically landing blind.
Chewie roared.
"HAN!" Luke and Leia cried.
"OH! OH! OH! OHHH!" Threepio cried.
Han gritted his teeth as he stirred the Falcon with his all his might.
It soon felt like they made it through the atmosphere, and it looked like it was nighttime around them. Below them looked like the vastness of an ocean around them.
"Do you see any land, Han?" Leia asked.
Then before they could explore a bit, everyone in the cockpit looked to see bright lights in the distance. The Falcon moved closer, and they could see thousands of lights in the distance in what looked like a city.
There came a flood of relief among those in the cockpit.
"Artoo, do you see it?! A city!" Threepio pointed ecstatically towards the city across the waters. "Back to civilization at last!"
"Were not out of this yet," Han said. "First we got to make contact." The smuggler went to a few controls.
"Artoo, see if you can get a lock on any signals," Luke said to his astromech. The droid beeped and then popped an antenna from his head.
After a few moments, a voice started speaking on the console.
"Unidentified aircraft! I repeat! Unidentified aircraft! Identify yourself at once!"
"Uh, yes, hello there!" Han answered. "Were sorry! But… uh… we would like to request permission to land!"
"Permission to land? What kind of aircraft do you have? Who are you?"
Han felt a bit awkward. Well, this was going to be complicated to explain.
"Uh… we don't want any trouble. Really, we don't. We're looking to be friendly."
"Are you from the homeland? Or are you from another area?"
"Homeland?" Leia said, now starting to feel uncomfortable.
"Area?" Luke said.
"Uh, what is your point exactly?" Han asked again, though now feeling more nervous to ask. "Where are we exactly?"
"You are approaching with unregistered access into Area 11—of the Holy Empire of Britannia!"
That was when everyone in the cockpit froze. It happened the man on the radio said the magic word: Empire.
"Empire?" Luke breathed out.
"What is Britannia?" Leia said, having never heard the name before.
"Is something wrong?" The voice questioned.
"Uh…" Han didn't know how to respond, feeling nervous. "Well, uh…"
"If you are spies, then you will be taken in by force for trespassing!"
Leia, Luke, and Chewie looked at Han, all of them not liking the tone of the voice.
"Hello? Hello?!" The voice called out, but Han didn't answer. "Identify yourself at once or we will have no choice but to send a unit to detain you!"
Han turned off the communication. "Okay, that does it."
Chewie roared in exclamation.
"I'm not taking any chances, Chewie!"
"Holy Empire?" Threepio said. "Britannia? I have no records of this Britannia."
"I don't think we want to find out from them when they'll try to come and grab us." Luke said.
"Han, what's that?" Leia pointed, and everyone looked to see coming from the city, a different set of lights coming at full speed towards them. And then the shapes became obvious. Shapes that look like airships in the air, with some bulkier shapes connected below them.
It looked like the wrong kind of welcoming party.
"I got a bad feeling about this," Han said, and he quickly went to the controls.
"Attention! In the name of Britannia and our Holy Emperor, Charles Zi Britannia—you are ordered to stand your hovercraft down! If you try to flee—you will be shot down!"
"Exactly like our kind of empire!" Han grumbled.
Chewie made a bark.
"Holy Emperor? Charles?" Luke said. "You don't think…"
"We can't know for sure if they are affiliated with the Galactic Empire or not." Leia narrowed her eyes. "Although, I don't think they'll take kindly to intruders."
"Yeah, if so that means we stumbled upon another problem!" Han shouted as he boosted the Falcon's speed away from the incoming 'welcome party.'
"Stop where you are! We will have no choice but to shoot you down!"
Chewie roared.
"Not gonna let that happen!" Han said.
A moment later there came the sound of weapon fire!
Leia and Luke cringed, while Chewie roared with distress.
"Oh! They're firing at us!" Threepio exclaimed with great distress.
"You think, Threepio?!" Luke yelled.
Artoo beeped at Threepio in a chastising manner.
"Han!" Leia said.
Han didn't say a word as he focused on swerving the Falcon up in the air. The Falcon boosted higher in the air near the clouds.
"Han?" Luke said.
"Wait…" Han said. He then brought the Falcon out of the clouds, and the ships started diving towards a forest area near the city.
Chewie roared in shock
"Solo! What are you doing?!" Leia exclaimed.
"Just trust me!" Han yelled as the ship got closer.
"Were gonna crash!" Luke yelled.
"OH NOOOOO!" Threepio cried out in distress.
Han gritted his teeth at the risk he was taking. Soon, the Falcon started skidding against the trees, before it started to skid against the ground of the forest.
Lelouch abruptly opened his eyes and sit up straight from his bed. He had felt a rush feeling course through him, as if something sudden had happened. The seventeen-year-old took deep breaths. It wasn't like he had a nightmare; it was just… a feeling. As if his instincts were telling him something. He looked around his room in dark, with only the moonlight shining through the window. It didn't look like no one came to attack or disturb him, though he didn't know. Lelouch rubbed his eyes, and was about to lie down again…
"Lelouch!" His eyes widened when he heard his little sister's voice from her room. "Lelouch!"
"Nunnally!" He gasped, and he quickly hopped off his bed and put his bathrobe on over his pajamas. He didn't care to slide his slippers on, and he dashed out of his room towards Nunnally's. He opened her door and saw Nunnally.
"Lelouch!" Nunnally gasped as she sat up straight from her bed, awakening from the dream she just had. "Lelouch, please!" The girl stretched her arms in the air, desperately needing her brother after what she had just felt.
"Nunnally!" Lelouch opened the door and entered his sister's room quickly. "Is something wrong?! Are you alright?"
Lelouch approached and took hold of her hand and the girl quickly grabbed hold of it with both hands and brought it towards her. She held on to it as if it were her lifeline.
"I…" Nunnally sniffed. "I… I thought I had a nightmare."
"A nightmare?" Lelouch said, feeling concern for his little sister. It wasn't good when she had nightmares.
"I thought… I felt… that something happened…" Nunnally tried describing. "And then I felt danger…" She almost shivered a bit. "And it started feeling fast and…"
"It's alright," Lelouch said as he cupped her hand. "It was only a dream. Nothing more. And you are safe."
"You think so?"
"Yes," Lelouch smiled. "I'm quite very sure."
Now the girl looked more relaxed now and stopped shivering. This was Nunnally Lamperouge, sister to Lelouch. The girl had long wavey light brown hair that resembled the color of sand. Her hair had been allowed to grow almost below her waist, and her skin was of a fair complexion. The color of her eyes was concealed, and she could not open them, as they were sealed shut. They had been shut for nearly eight years.
"You need anything else?" Lelouch asked. "I can have Sayako to get you some water—"
"No, Lelouch, I'm alright." The girl tug at his hand. "Can you… stay with me. Just until I fall asleep… I just..."
Lelouch gave his sister a sad smile and wondered if she was still afraid to sleep. "Of course, I will."
The big brother sat on the bed next to his sister, and he held her in his arms as she rested her head next to him. Nunnally smiled so warmly, having her brother this close to her. She hugged him and took hold of his hands and held them so dearly. The girl finally felt safe and relaxed, and it wasn't long before she resumed her sleep.
Lelouch didn't go to sleep just yet, as he held on to his sister as she rested peacefully. He really hoped she would not get another nightmare and she would get a good night sleep. He wished she never had any nightmares at all. The fact that Nunnally felt danger… it felt like a bad omen to him.
Lelouch shook his head from such things and went rub Nunnally's back and her very long hair. It was not the time to be paranoid. Just holding her close was enough to calm him. To know firsthand that she was safe with him. It reminded him of when he watched over her when they were given the storehouse to sleep in all those years ago. He would sleep next to her while she slept and made sure no one entered the storehouse to take her.
To think it had been several years since then.
Lelouch looked once more at the bedroom window, at the moonlight that shined through the glass. It was peaceful enough. And quiet. It was starting to make Lelouch fall asleep, the teen resting his cheek next to Nunnally's sandy-haired head.
Yet, in the very back of Lelouch's mind… it felt like… something had happened.
Somewhere, in a top-secret location. Even though enclosed in darkness, a young woman opened her golden eyes.
Somehow… she had sensed it as well… a sense of… arrival.
And it will change everything… forever.
(Only Red is Missing – Iris)
There!
And so it begins! The Alternate Episode V of the Star Wars Saga… and the revision of the Code Geass Saga as well!
Technically, the alternate title to this would be Star Wars Episode V: Lelouch of the Re;bel Alliance.
You understand why I decided to post this on August 10th… the day the Britannian Empire invaded Japan!
I had the flashback showing what Luke was during that same time, still on Tatooine. The flashback timeline takes place just after the Star Wars Rebels Season 1 finale.
And as for Millennium Falcon Star Destroyer chase—it's supposed to be a callback to the very first Star Wars scene, A New Hope (1977). Paralleling when Leia's ship Tantive IV was trying to escape Vader's ship over Tatooine. In here… it's the Rebels in the Falcon escaping Vader—only this time they successfully escape! Only for them to get out of the frying pan and into the fire!
I may detail later why the Falcon crew got themselves in that situation later.
Surprise for the appearance of the Lost Stars book characters: Ciena Rhee, Nash Windrider, Berisse Sai, and Captain Ronnadam! For those of you who do not know of them, they are characters from the canon book by Claudia Grey! And they are here to play big parts in the story, along with certain other characters from the book.
And don't worry, other familiar characters from the Clone Wars, Rebels, Bad Batch, Resistance, Mandalorian, Sequel Trilogy… many other characters who were around during the Rebellion Era will be making appearances in this story!
(Plus note, that soon the Bad Batch finale is coming!)
Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2 have lightsped from their galaxy and into our own! They have entered Earth, into the Tokyo Settlement and are once put through a chase!
Darth Vader will not stop at this, and he will do whatever it takes to follow to where the Falcon lightsped to…
Next chapter, we'll see how our Rebel Heroes be introduced to the society of Area 11 and of its history! On the way, very familiar characters will be introduced early! It won't be long until the rebels from a galaxy far, far away… will cross paths with one of the greatest anime characters of all time!
Post a review, and I will see you next time on Code Jedi!