We're Wizards, Not Warriors: What If

Volume 5:

Chapter 1: Sequels, Babeh!

Luz once again sat with her friends in their blue cloaks.

She said, "so, I know you guys have been wanting a follow up to my last story. Well…. You wanted it, you got it! I give you my take on the sequel trilogy…."

Beru asked, "the sequel trilogy?"

Luz explained, "a few years ago they did a new trilogy that followed up on the events of the original three movies. There were some things that worked, some that didn't, so this is my own reworking of the story, as a follow up to our last story."

"Cool", Galen said.

Luz said, "so, shall we get started?"

"Yes", the kids shouted.

Luz smiled and said, "here we go…."

….

Once again, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away….

We find ourselves in a familiar galaxy.

The galaxy was saved by Sam Skywalker and the Rebellion many years ago.

For the last 13 years, the galaxy has been at peace thanks to the Jedi Order and the New Republic.

Sam's Jedi Order was indeed much more stable and kept the peace much easier.

Almost every planet in the galaxy had a Jedi Temple.

The new Grand Army was on constant vigilance.

And after the destruction caused by the Death Star, precautions were made.

On every planet, shield generators were built to protect them in case another weapon similar to the Death star would strike again.

The galaxy had been at peace for many years.

But unknown to the people of the galaxy…. That peace would soon be disrupted….

….

We then see a planet called Jakku.

To most of the galaxy, it was simply a junkyard.

But this planet would play an important part in this story.

High above this planet was a looming shadow.

It was a massive Star destroyer.

Somehow, the last few remaining remnants of the Empire had become a slowly growing threat.

Known as…. The First Order.

And the intentions of the First Order were very clear.

To bring an end to the New Republic!

And the Jedi Order!

Thus, a new Rebellion called the Resistance, which was fully supported by the New Republic, was working against them.

They were both racing against one another in order to find a certain man….

Luke Skywalker.

After a terrible event at his Academy he ran for the order, Sam and Leia's brother had vanished.

Both Sam and Leia were worried and determined to find their brother.

Thus, they sent a small group to retrieve a map that could locate Luke….

But the First Order was doing something very similar….

We then see four transport ships fly from the hangar of the Star Destroyer.

They were moving very fast!

Inside we see various scouts.

Their armor was more streamlined then before.

Then on the planet of Jakku, we see a meeting going on.

An old man named Lor San Tekka was meeting with two young men.

One was a hotshot pilot with black hair and a brown leather jacket. His name; Poe Dameron.

The other was a young man with short brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a brown cloak over a blue tunic shirt and brown pants.

It was an adult Ani Skywalker.

He had Lola on his shoulder as Poe's droid, BB-8, was outside.

A small leather sack is placed in the palm of Poe's hand.

Ani said, "so this is the map?"

"Yes, this map will help you find Luke Skywalker", Lor San Tekka said.

Poe said, "the first step in beating the First Order."

"I've traveled too far, and seen too much, to ignore the despair in the galaxy. If the Sith and the First Order continue to exist there can be no balance in the force", Lor San Tekka said.

Ani said, "my dad's worked too hard to let that happen. We'll find my uncle and save the galaxy."

BB-8 enters the tent, and beeps frantically.

Poe asked, "what? What is it?!"

"We've got company", Ani said.

The group ran outside.

Poe and Ani took out their Quadnoculars and looked to see ships approaching.

Poe growled, "the First Order…."

Ani said, "we gotta get everyone outta here!"

"You have to hide", Poe said to Lor San Tekka.

"You two need to go", Lor San Tekka said.

Lola beeped in worry as Ani said, "we can't just leave you here!"

"That map must not fall into the hands of the First Order", Lor San Tekka said.

Poe and Ani were left with a hard decision to make.

"We'll try to contact the New Republic and The Jedi Order to come and help", Pod said.

Lor San Tekka nodded and said, "may the force be with you. Give my best to Leia."

"We will", Ani said.

And with that, Ani, Poe and their droids ran off to their ship.

Lola and BB-8 beeped frantically.

Ani said, "happy beeps, you two. Happy beeps!"

Lola beeped angrily.

Ani said, "don't give me that back talk, missy! We gotta get outta here!"

Soon the group reached their ships.

An X-Wing and Jedi Starfighter.

"We have to hurry, they are getting close", Poe said.

Ani said, "thank you, captain obvious."

The transport ships land on the ground.

A squad of scouts came running out!

Villagers were running for their lives. Some were fighting back against the invading forces!

A few scouts are hit by the blasters.

We focus on one scout as he sees a fellow scour get shot to the ground!

The scout runs over to their fallen comrade.

Their ally gasps for breath as his blood covered hand touches the helmet of the scout.

Then their hand falls to the ground.

The scout begins breathing heavily as he looks around, three red streaks now adorning the face of his helmet.

We then see Ani and Poe try to start their ships.

Poe muttered, "c'mon! C'mon!"

Ani muttered, "why do these blasted ships have trouble starting up?!"

Lola and BB-8 beeped in worry.

Then the two ships are hit by blaster fire!

Ani yelled, "sonnuva Mynock!"

Lola beeped in agreement.

Poe and Ani both pulled out blasters!

They began to fire back at the scouts.

They managed to down two of them!

Poe then takes out the sack and hands it over to BB-8.

He said, "you and Ani have to get this map to the Resistance!"

Ani asked in a worried tone, "what about you, Poe?"

Poe said, "I'll buy you guys some time. Don't worry, I'll meet up with you guys later."

Lola and BB-8 beeped.

Poe said, "I promise, I'll see you all again soon!"

"May the Force be with you", Ani said.

Poe nodded to his friend as he ran into the battle!

Ani and the droids then ran off.

They had to get the map to safety!

Lola and BB-8 beeped at Ani as they ran.

Ani said, "we'll find him again, I promise!"

Just then, back at the battle, an imposing shuttle lands near the smaller transports.

The door to the craft opens, revealing a tall, masked figure cloaked in black who makes his way towards Lor San.

A senior officer moves to the blood marked scout.

He says, "stay here."

The marked scout nods in fear.

The tall masked figure stands in front of Lor San who is held by two Scouts.

He dwarfs the old man in size. Only now does it become apparent that the figure wears a very dark mask, marked by battle, and having various similarities to the mask of a once famous Sith Lord.

The figure said, "look how old you have become."

Lor San Tekka said, "something far worse has happened to you."

The marked scout is lined up with other scouts in a firing line.

The figure said, "you know what I've come for."

Lor San Tekka said, "I know where you come from. Before you called yourself Kylo Ren."

The figure, known as Kylo Ren, growls under his breath.

"The map to Skywalker. We know you've found it, and now you're going to give it to the First Order", Kylo Ren said.

Adjacent to the village, Poe watches the exchange between the two men.

Lor San said, "the First Order rose from the dark side…. You did not. Your family embraced the light…. And you wish to turn it back towards the dark…."

Kylo Ren said, "I'll show you the dark side."

Lor San said, "you may try, but you cannot deny the truth that is your family."

Kylo Ren said, "you're so right…."

Kylo ren activates his red lightsaber. It had a small crossguard and the blade looked unstable.

He lifts the saber into the air, and strikes down Lor San!

Poe sees this happen and yells as he aims his blaster and fires at Kylo Ren!

Ren quickly turns and extends his hand! It stops the bolt of energy midair, making it strain and stretch in place as he also stops Poe from moving, even as the pilot desperately struggles.

Two scouts run over to Poe and drag him over to Kylo Ren. He brought to his knees as Kylo kneels before him.

Poe asked, "so who talks first? You talk first? I talk first?"

Kylo said, "the old man gave it to you…. But I sense…. Someone else was here…."

Poe said, "it's just very hard to understand you with all the…."

Kylo says to the scouts, "search him."

Poe finished, "... apparatus."

The scouts begin a brutal tap down on Poe.

"Nothing sir", a scout said.

Kylo, "put him on board. Search the area for any sign of a partner."

Kylo Ren regards the scouts with the rounded up villagers, then turns to a chrome-skinned armored Scout Captain in a red cape.

The Scout Captain asked, "Sir, the villagers?"

"Kill them all", Kylo Ren said.

The Captain, known as Phasma, nods as she steps forwards, points towards the villagers and says, "on my command!"

All of the scouts, including the marked one, point their blasters at the villagers.

Phasma yelled, "fire!"

Poe is roughly pulled into a transport ship, the ramp lifting up.

All of the scouts begin firing, except for the marked one, who doesn't fire his blaster.

Kylo Ren begins to walk towards his ship.

But suddenly, he stops. His gaze slowly turns towards the marked scout, who stood there in fear.

Kylo Ren then walks past the frozen blast, which after a beat, goes free and slams into a nearby structure!

This scares the Hell out of the marked scout.

At the edge of the village, a scout climbs down from the cockpit of Poe's X-Wing.

Several troopers move the Jedi starfighter over to the X-Wing with all of the strength they can muster.

The trooper that left the cockpit says, "nothing here. Go ahead!"

The group of troopers all fire at the ships, blowing them up in a huge inferno!

….

Far away from the village, Ani, Lola and BB-8 turn from their path to see the fire ball.

BB-8 beeps in fear as Ani looks down at them.

"Poe is okay…. I can still sense him", Ani whispered.

BB-8 looked up at Ani and Lola.

Ani said, "c'mon. We gotta find a way off this planet."

Lola beeped at Ani.

"I don't know how, but we will find a way", Ani said.

BB-8 beeped.

"I know, my fathers are going to be worried sick", Ani muttered.

Ani and the two droids began walking through the desert in hopes of finding a way off Jakku.

We see a strange animal, its red eyes lifting from the sand, watching the rolling droid, floating droid and man, who just keep going.

….

Troop Transports and Kylo Ren's Shuttle approach a massive Star Destroyer.

As we see the inside of the large ship, Poe, shackled, is ushered from the transport through the hangar.

Poe, "alright! Alright!"

The marked scout moves fast into a troop transport and removes his helmet, revealing the terrified face of a young African man.

After a beat, behind him, Captain Phasma enters.

"FN-2187. Submit your blaster for inspection", Captain Phasma said coldly.

"Yes captain", FN-2187 said.

Captain Phasma asked, "and who gave you permission to remove that helmet?"

FN-2187 said, "I'm sorry, Captain."

Phasma demanded, "report to my division at once."

Phasma heads off. Shattered, FN-2187 puts his helmet back on.

….

A metal sheet is pulled open to reveal the wrapped up face of a scavenger in a pair of large goggles, a face mask and gloves. They wear a backpack with a staff strapped tightly to it. They use tools to remove various small parts from inside the wall. They are in an upside-down, canted corridor. The Scavenger finds a valuable piece of tech, and drops it in a satchel they carry with them.

The scavenger then climbs down a cable.

Alone and tiny in this massive, sideways wreck, the Scavenger descends, climbing down a two-hundred foot-long cable. They land hard onto rusty metal.

The Scavenger carries the satchel and another large piece they found through the enormous space, and head toward a distant slit of sunlight.

The Scavenger arrives from the darkness and pulls off their goggles and gear, revealing the dust covered face of a beautiful, young woman.

This girl is named Rey.

She opens her canteen and shakes out the two final drops into her mouth. She hits the side of the canteen again and again for whatever she can get. Rey is rendered minuscule, standing at the bottom of an epic of her canteen-hitting. She sets her things on a piece of sheet metal and sits next to it, sliding down the sand dune.

She rides down the mountain of sand for a long while, as she recedes towards the sand below. She passes by many random pieces of debris. Her speeder looks very tiny from where she was.

Rey moves to her junker speeder, jumps on, fires the sputtering engine and drives off.

She races along the desert floor, which is a huge graveyard of ships, including an enormous Star Destroyer.

We then see Rey's speeder heading towards a small town.

Niima Outpost, a dusty desert town. Known for refueling, small trade and scavenging.

As Rey arrives, her sack of pieces crashes to the ground with a loud crash! She hauls her large sack towards the town.

Rey scrubs clean her day's salvage. Rey glances up: she looks at an old woman, also cleaning some salvage. Rey watches her and gets lost in the simple moment. A small, passing alien underling barks something to her in another language. She returns to work.

Later, we find Rey at a service window, showing her loot to her boss, Unkar Plutt, who looked like a huge blobfish.

As he examines her pieces, he says, "what you've brought me today is worth…. Hmmm…. One quarter portion."

Though disappointed, Rey barely shows it. She nods as Unkar pushes through his transfer drawer a sealed packet of dried green meat in one section, beige powder in another. She takes it, swallows her resentment and heads off.

We then see Rey's speeder race off across the desert.

Later, we find Rey in her home, scratching a mark on her rusty wall.

Another mark, another day. And there are thousands of marks. A Sizzling sound is heard.

We see her decor. A Dried Desert flower in a rusty Engine Piece. A rough, stuffed Handmade doll, made from what looks like orange Rebellion flight suit material and twine. Rey opens the powder, moves to the makeshift wok, where the Green meat sizzles and then she pours the powder into milky water in a tin. She Stirs it. It grows into a Loaf as she puts the meat on an old plate, and then she grabs the loaf.

Rey sits and eats like a starving child. Every last drop. She licks the metal plate and looks out at the horizon. A single silent ship heads off, a shimmering, thin contrail. She wipes her mouth and picks up an old, broken Rebellion helmet.

Pretty much just for fun, she puts it on, as we see her sitting under the shade of an AT-AT leg. Isolated from everyone.

That's when she heard three distinct noises.

One was the loud squeal of a droid, Astromech most likely.

Another was a high pitched beeping.

The third was a voice yelling, "let go of him before I gut ya like a Mynock!"

Rey instantly stands up and she runs over to pick up her quarterstaff.

She then runs towards the direction of the sounds.

She climbs a dune, and sees an interesting sight.

BB-8 is stuck in a net, fighting back against a small, brutish desert tyrant named Teedo, riding a Luggabeast.

And trying to tear the net as Teedo tries to whack him with a big stick is Ani, with Lola screeching in anger.

Ano yellef, "I have met Jawas more polite than you!"

As BB-8, Lola and Ani try to fight off Teedo, Rey yells, "Tal'ama parqual!"

Ani, Lola, Teedo and BB-8 all turn to the woman, silent.

Teedo then yells something at Rey.

"Parqual zatana", Rey shouted as she ran over to help the trio.

As Teedo and Rey go back and forth, yelling at one another, Ani, Lola and BB-8 look back and forth at them.

Rey quickly pulls out a knife as she tears the net off of the little droid.

"Noma", Rey said to Teedo.

Teedo barks a sort of, "AHHHHH", and then he heads off on his beast.

BB-8 tries to beep angrily at his would-be captor, but both Rey and Ani shush him.

BB-8 quiets as Teedo goes off and then beeps a question at Rey.

She kneels down and says, "that's just Teedo. Wants you for parts. He has no respect for anyone."

Ani said, "we noticed. I swear he's worse than my Aunt Eda after too many cocktails."

Rey raised an eyebrow in confusion and then she noticed BB-8's antenna was bent.

She said, "your antenna's bent."

As she began straightening the antenna, Ani said, "thanks for helping us with that little nerf herder. We owe ya one!"

Rey said, "no need. Anyway, where do you two come from?"

Ani said, "uh, well…."

BB-8 beeps.

Rey said, "classified. Really? Me too. Big secret."

Ani asked, "know any place where we could find transport?"

She pointed to the horizon and said, "Niima Outpost is that way, stay off Kelvin Ridge. Keep away from the Sinking Fields in the north, you'll drown in the sand."

BB-8 beeped and began to follow Rey.

Rey said, "don't follow me! Town is that way!"

The little droid beeps again as Ani and Lola glanced between the two.

"No", Rey said.

BB-8 beeps to her again, and Rey turns around to look at the droid.

Ani says, "c'mon BB-8, we've gotta run if we wanna get to the Outpost before dark."

This makes Rey turn her head to the trio. She gestures with her head, silently asking them to follow her.

BB-8 quickly speeds to her, with Ani giving a relieved smile as he follows with Lola following close behind.

Rey said, "in the morning, you three have to go."

BB-8 beeps as Ani says, "not a problem. Thank you so much, uh…."

Rey said, "Rey. You're welcome…."

Ani, "Ani. And the droid's are Lola BB-8."

The four disappear behind a dune….

….

Later, we find them in Rey's home.

"What an interesting home", Ani said.

Rey said, "it's nothing special. It's just a derelict war machine."

Ani said, "well, as someone who's been across the galaxy, I can say I've never been in this kind of place before."

Rey asked, "really?"

Ani nodded and said, "yeah. So…. What's someone like you doing on Jakku?"

Rey froze at this question and Ani could sense her emotions.

Ani said, "I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pried."

"It's okay", Rey said.

The two sat in silence for a moment.

Rey asked, "so what about you? What's your life like?"

Ani said, "me? Oh, well…. I've got a big family. I've got like four siblings. Droids and pets. Various aunts and uncles. My grandparents. Heh, and there's my parents of course."

Rey asked, "what are your…. Parents like?"

Ani said, "well…. They're kind. Gentle. Brave. All three of them."

Rey asked confused, "wait, back up. Three of them?"

Ani said, "yeah. One of my father's is human. The other is an Abedo Nightbrother. They used a spell to conceive me and my twin sister. Eventually they married another man they fell in love with. A Twi'lek."

Rey said, "now that is kind of strange…. And cool. I thought marrying two people was illegal?"

Ani answered, "it was until the Chancellor made it legal years ago."

"Oh, that makes sense", Rey said.

Ani said, "yeah. Either way, I've got a big family."

"Lucky you", Rey whispered in sadness.

Ani said, "I…. I'm sorry…. I'm guessing…. You're not on Jakku by choice? Unlike me?"

"You could say that", Rey said.

Ani and Rey were both silent for a moment.

Ani said, "well…. I'm sure things will get better. That's what my uncle Rex always used to say."

Rey smiled a little at Ani.

Ani smiled back.

Lola beeped at her master.

Ani looked at his droid.

Lola beeped again.

"Don't worry about it Lola, we'll be safe here", Ani said.

Lola beeped in concern.

"We'll worry about that tomorrow." Ani said.

BB-8 beeped.

"And we'll rescue Poe." Ani said.

Lola beeped.

"I know…. I am gonna get a huge scolding from my fathers", Ani said with a roll of his eyes.

Rey asked, "your fathers are that protective?"

Ani said, "yeah. Hell, when my sister Polly said she wasn't gonna settle down until she was thirty, they threw a party, they were so relieved!"

Rey let out a chuckle.

Ani chuckled with her.

….

Meanwhile in space….

We then see inside the Star Destroyer.

Poe is shackled to a chair and looks beaten up, and then he wakes up.

Kylo Ren said in a mocking tone, "I had no idea we had the best pilot in the Resistance on board. Comfortable?"

Poe said in a smug tone, "not really?"

"I'm impressed. No one has been able to get out of you what you did with the map", Kylo Ren said.

Poe said, "might wanna rethink your technique."

Kylo Ren says nothing, and reaches out to Poe, who flinches in the chair as Kylo Ren reaches for his face, not touching him. Poe is soon in agony, but remains silent.

Kylo Ren asked, "where are they?"

Poe growled, "the Resistance will not be intimidated by you!"

Kylo Ren said, "where…. Is it?"

Poe can't take it anymore. He screams in pure agony!

….

We cut to later, daytime, as the door to the cell opens. Kylo Ren exits and confronts a man named General Hux and says, "it's in a droid. A BB unit. It's being accompanied by Anakin Jr Skywalker and his personal droid."

"Well then, if they are on Jakku, we will capture them", General Hux said.

Kylo, "I leave that to you…."

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