A long time ago, In a Galaxy far, far away...
Star Wars
Saviors of the Galaxy
Vol 1* The Chosen
Five years after the war between the New Republic and the Empire ended, a brief period of peace was shattered by the arrival of an alien race from another galaxy called the Yuuzhan Vong. Using organic technology, these invaders swarmed across space attacking many planets. This resulted in the loss of millions of lives, their homes used or destroyed by the enemy.
As the fledgling government attempts to fight this unstoppable force , the Jedi also find themselves in a dire situation not only fighting against the Vong, but also among themselves, as they wonder how to defeat them without using the dark side.
While it seems defeat is at hand, unbeknownst to anyone a plan is being set in motion by a powerful beings who can aid the Jedi and those fighting for freedom...
Chapter 1
Darkness clouded her vision, and she heard numerous voices speaking at once. This confused the sleeping woman as she saw vague images of those talking.
"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
"There is a great disturbance in the Force."
"You are beaten, it's useless to resist, don't let yourself be destroyed."
"Not the last of the Jedi...but the first of the new."
As the voices vanished her eyes slowly opened. Ahsoka Tano found herself alone at first, until her vision began to return. She was puzzled as to what just happened and tried to make sense of it.
Then Ahsoka realized that she was not in the starfigther with friends, but in a strange place looked like medical bay on a starship. There were seven other bed tables in the room, and to her left she saw Rex and Bo-Katan on two of the beds, wearing white robes like the ones she had on.
Looking to her right were three people that looked unfamiliar. One was a older man with long white hair. There was a faded scar across his eyes, and he wore a type of faded silver armor with tan cloth. The second was a blonde woman who wore a military uniform that was not known to the former Jedi. The third person was a man with short black hair, in a dark grey jacket with silver stripes and black pants
Behind them on the other two tables was a woman with long dark brown hair who looked peaceful while sleeping, and yet there was something familiar about her. Looking closer Ashoka saw that woman wore a dark blue dress with a light navy shirt, and in her hands was a small item, an unusual token of some kind. Ashoka took a closer look at the woman's face and jumped back when she realized who it was.
"Senator Amidala?" This didn't make sense. The former senator from Naboo had died not long after the Empire came to power. Ashoka remembered hearing about this on the holonet years ago. "So how is she here in person and alive?" she wondered.
"Argh..." hearing a grunting noise from the cot behind her, Ashoka turned to see it was coming from... a Wookiee?
It was indeed a Wookiee. He had dark brown fur with a silver belt around his upper body. Seeing this brought back memories of the time she was captured by a group of Trandoshons to be hunted for sport.
During her time on that planet, she and two other survivors had saved a captured Wookie whose name came back to her: Chewbacca. Seeing him here made Ahsoka fell better.
There was also someone else in the room, but this person was inside a medical tank where he was being healed. Looking inside Ahsoka saw the person had light blue skin and a well toned body. The face was covered by a breathing mask but the hair was visible as she saw dark blue hair.
This lead to more questions in her mind, but the sound of her companions waking up brought Ahsoka back to the present. She went back to them as Rex and Bo got to their feet, and the first thing they saw was her smiling face.
"Ugh my head... where are we?" the clone solider asked.
"I don't know, but we aren't alone," she repiled, then gestured to the others.
Waking up as well, Starkiller blinked several times as he noticed that he wasn't in the cockpit of the Rogue Shadow, but in some kind of room with Kota, Juno and three strangers who watched them.
"Um, what is going here?" he asked them, to which they shrugged in response, meaning they didn't know.
"That is what I was going to ask my friend, but once again you beat me to it," the blind Jedi said.
"Wherever we are, at least it's not an Imperial prison cell," Juno added, trying to lighten the mood.
Rex watched as the three talked to each other which allowed him to study them. He watched as the blond woman approached him. "Um, can I help you miss?" he asked while taking a step back."You're a clone trooper aren't you."
This question put Kota on the defensive, and he told Juno to back away from the man. But when he went to reach for his lightsaber, Kota found that the weapon was gone.
Seeing this Ahsoka was concerned, but then when she tried to grab her lightsabers, there was nothing but air. "What the... my weapons are gone?"
"Mine as well!" Bo added, and the others did the same looking at themselves.
"Okay who did this? Was it you?" Kota asked while pointing at Rex, who frowned at this accusation.
"I did no such thing. My friends and I just woke up," he retorted.
"He's telling the truth. My lightsabers are gone along with their weapons," Ahsoka stated.
Hearing that the person is front of him had a lightsaber got Kota's attention, as well as Starkiller and Juno's. "Are you a Jedi then?"
"Well I was one, but it's a long story...my name is Ahsoka Tano, this is Rex and Bo-Katan Kyrze," she repiled as she introduced herself and those next to her.
"Ahsoka Tano,mm... you wouldn't happen to be Anakin Skywalker's student would you?" the blind man asked.
"Yes, he was my master during the Clone Wars, did you know him?" Ahsoka replied.
"In a way. I'm Master Rahm Kota, and I met him a few times when I visited the temple on Courscant along with his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi."
Hearing his name made Ahsoka try to remember where she had first heard it, then it came to her: Rahm Kota was a Jedi Master who lead his own soldiers during the war instead of using clone troopers. Both Anakin and Obi-Wan said that Kota felt the clones weren't fit to fight for the Republic.
That part made her worried about the Jedi Master who seemed to have a had problem with Rex. She would have to keep an eye on this. "I've heard about you as well Master Kota, it's good to see another Jedi again," she said as she offered him a respectful bow.
Even though he couldn't see this, he felt her gesture and accepted it. Then, after hearing Juno cough at him, Kota introduced the other two. "This is Starkiller and Captain Juno Eclipse."
"It's nice to meet you all, I apologize for his behavior before." she said offering an apology to which the others accepted.
Starkiller simply nodded at first then waved at them. Ahsoka could tell he wasn't much of a talker around strangers.
Hearing several groans, the six turned to see the other two in the room wake up. Walking over to her cot, Ahsoka stood over Padme as she was coming around.
"Um...Ani...Ani," she whispered quietly then grabbed a hold of Ahsoka's hand squeezing it. Padme thought it was her husband at first, but when her eyes opened she saw it was someone else. "Who are you? Where's...?"
"Senator Amidala, it's me, Ahsoka Tano," the woman replied.
This was a name she hadn't heard in some time, but Padme was puzzled by her appearance, as the young woman looked different. "Ahsoka, what's happened to you and who are they?" she asked, looking over at the others.
But before the answer came, the female Togruta saw Chewbacca get up. He looked confused at seeing the people in front of him. Letting go of Padme's hand, Ahsoka went over to the Wookiee who looked the young woman curiously. "Chewbacca, do you remember me? We met on Wasskah when you were captured by the Trandoshans."
Thinking back the Wookiee remembered meeting a trio of Jedi students on that planet, one of which helped him contact his people on Kashyyk who came to their rescue. After this Chewie looked carefully at her face for a moment then let a growl of joy as he hugged her. "I'm glad you remember me my friend, it's good to see you too."
After he let go, Chewie asked about the others to which Ahsoka introduced them. When it came to Padme, he asked if she was related to the senator of the Galactic Republic. That was something that Ahsoka wondered as well, but the only way to find out was by asking her.
"Senator Amidala, what is the last thing you remember before waking up?" Padme sat up on her cot as she began to remember. The first thing that came to her was being in a hospital with Obi-Wan Kenobi on Polis Massa.
"I was with Obi-Wan, he was there with me as I..."
she started to say, then grew scared upon remembering what happened.
"Where are they, where are they?" Padme asked over and over again looking frightened.
Ahsoka and Rex tried to calm her down, and the others wondered what she talking about.
"Calm down Senator, who are you talking about?" Ahsoka repiled putting her hand on Padme's shoulder, then saw tears going down her face as the woman started to cry.
"My children," Padme said in a sobbing tone. "Where are my children?"
Ahsoka sat down next to her and tried to comfort her friend. "I wish I had the answer, but I don't know.".
"Perhaps we can give you the Answers that you are looking for," a booming voice announced.
Everyone looked around but saw nothing, then a flash of light appeared which blinded them. When it died down, two figures stood there wearing dark robes which hid their faces.
Lowering their hoods, they revealed themselves. The first was a tall man with long black hair and a calm looking face with a slight smile. The second was a woman of the same height, with short purple hair. Her face was smooth and there were two markings underneath her eyes of two black pyramids pointing down.
"I'm glad to see you are all awake," the man said in a deep tone.
Reaching out through the Force, Ahsoka, Kota and Starkiller sensed great power from the two strangers.
"Ah, you can feel how powerful we are, Jedi," the woman said, which shocked the others.
"Yes, I've never felt someone so powerful in the Force," Kota repiled.
"There is a reason for that, General Kota," the man added.
"How do you know who I am?"
"We know much about you," the man said, "And everyone else here."
"But we don't know anything about you, so are you going to introduce yourselves?" Bo asked rudely.
He stared at the woman a moment before he let out a sigh, then spoke. "I am called Magus, and this is my associate Temporal," he said as he gestured to her.
"While we may appear human to you all, we have merely taken these forms in order to speak to you," Temporal stated.
"We have done this because both of us are beings of great power, whose true forms are too great to been seen in person," Magus added.
"So are you gods then?" Ahsoka asked.
"No. Gods are known and worshiped. We are those who remain unseen and have been since the beginning. We are the Observers."
No one said anything as they looked confused at this.
"Observers are beings of pure energy who's job is to watch over the different aspects of existence such as: Time, Power, Light, Shadows, Death and so on," As Magus spoke, he created a image that showed the various things he spoke of.
"For centuries, our mission has been to watch and study, to understand the meaning of the universe, how it affects those from your galaxy."
"If you have been around for that long, how come the Jedi or Sith haven't heard of you?" Kota questioned the two.
"It's because of our one rule: we never interfere in the affairs of mortal plain. If we did, both sides would want us to join their never ending battle," Temporal repiled.
"So why have you two chosen to reveal yourselves now, and what does it have to do with the eight of us?" Rex asked.
The two beings glanced at each other, then asked everyone to take a seat on the cots as it was going be a long talk.
Author's Note
The Inspiration for this story came from me wondering how certain characters stories like Ahsoka, Rex, Starkiller and etc meeting Luke, Han, Leia, Mara Jade, Jacen, Jaina and the other characters from the Expanded Universe.
Since some of these heroes were created after certain stories in the EU were written, many fans including myself wondered about their fates like how would Ahsoka react to meeting Luke and his Jedi Order, Padme to meet her children and their families and for the other characters to find their place in this new galaxy.
There will be plenty of surprises as well to look forward to in Future chapters including the group learning about Darth Vader's identity and his connection to them all.
The story takes place during The New Jedi Order series in the Expanded Universe, so none of the characters from the Sequel Trilogy will be part of this story, certain events from the books will happen like before but others will be different in this story.
Star Wars is owned by Disney and Lucasfilm, everything written in this story is pure fiction, I own nothing.
