Chapter 3- Jedi History

Disclaimer: see chapter 1

Author's Note: THIS HAS SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIES!!! If you haven't seen them, watch them before reading this. Some of this is from the first draft of the original movie. Thanks to Genesis and Gaia Ravyn Myles for reviewing. Please review more. Happy reading and MTFBWYA



Many millennia ago, a wise man named The Starseeker first made contact with the Force. He learned of the two sides of the Force: the Light or good side and the Dark or evil side. He aligned himself with the Light side and taught his children who in turn taught theirs. Thus the Order of Jedi Knights was started. Over a thousand generations of Jedi were the protectors of the galaxy against the Sith. Eventually the Sith were virtually wiped out. During this time the Jedi Code was developed. The most important part of this was the first part. It went like this:

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.

There is no passion, there is serenity.

There is no emotion, there is peace.

There is no death, there is the Force.

Then came the dark times; The Galactic Empire. About 40 years ago, the Old Republic was in turmoil. There was great corruption in the Senate and no confidence in the leaders. A young senator, named Ruk Palpatine, from the small planet of Naboo rose to power as the new Supreme Chancellor. It turned out that he was the last remaining of the Sith Order, Darth Sidious. He corrupted a Jedi-in-training or Padawan named Anikin Skywalker. When Palpatine completed Anikin's training he (Anikin) became the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader. Together, with the help of Mandalorian clones (**Author's note: think Boba Fett**) they started a Galaxy-wide genocide of the Jedi Order.

Soon, the Jedi, who had numbered in the thousands, were reduced to less than twenty. The few survivors hid across the galaxy. One left to go to another. That was my Father, Obi-wan Kenobi. When he met my mother, they returned to his galaxy and settled on a small Outer-Rim planet called Tattoine. This is where I was born about 25 years ago. Also on this planet was hidden the son of Anikin Skywalker, Luke.

Father and Mother trained me as a Jedi and as a sorceress. When my mother was killed, Father sent me to the Rebel Alliance to fight the Empire. When I was 15, my father started training Luke who was almost 20. They left Tattoine for Alderaan, a peaceful planet that was a center of the Alliance, when the received a summons from Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan.

When they got there, Alderaan was destroyed. Blown up. My father, Luke and the Captain of the transport, Han Solo infiltrated an Imperial space station nearby. This was the Death Star, which had decimated Alderaan. Once on board, they found the Leia Organa and rescued her. Father gave up his life so the others could escape.

They got to the Rebel base on Yavin IV and were able to find a weakness in the Death Star. It turned out that they had been tracked. The Death Star was on its way to the Yavin system to blow up the Rebel base. An attack was launched. I was sick, so I didn't get to fight in that historic battle. Luke took my X-wing fighter and actually destroyed the Death Star. That was the first major victory for the Alliance.

Over the next five years, the battle continued. At one point, Luke went to be trained by the last remaining Jedi Master, Yoda. He left before completing the training and learned of his heritage. When he returned, Yoda was about to die. What he had found of his father was confirmed and he found out that Leia Organa was his sister.

When Bothan spies brought intelligence that another Death Star was being built, the final battle of the Rebellion was planned. Over the Forest Moon of Endor, construction of the second Death Star was almost complete. At this point, there was a force field surrounding the space station. Han Solo led a team of Alliance fighters to take out the shield. With the help of natives from Endor, they were successful. During this, Luke went to confront his father and the Emperor so he could become a full Jedi Knight. In the ensuing fight, Darth Vader returned to the Light side and his true nature as Anikin Skywalker. Anikin gave his life to kill the emperor and Luke escaped with his father's body seconds before the Death Star exploded.

After this battle, a New Republic was formed. With my help, Luke established a Jedi school on Yavin IV. Since then, Jedi have been trained and sent across the galaxy to combat remnants of the Empire and other threats. Finally, this past year, I decided to return to my mother's home planet of Terra to teach Jedism and find my mother's relatives. Thus, we end up here.