Epilogue
In the predawn mist four five figures moved down the ramp of a large speeder. Three of them stood much taller of the two. They moved along the landing pad, burrowing through the mist toward the Jedi Temple. As they reached the middle of the landing pad, another short being came to meet them. This stocky creature walked with a limp, quite different than the other small ones.
As the two parties met, the five bowed low. Yoda stood tall, yet still didn't match the other short beings in height. The two smaller beings were the Skywalker twins.
Padme had given birth to two beautiful children three years prior, with no hindrances or medical complications. The nightmares of Anakin did not come to pass.
Behind the two twins were Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. They stood with smiles across their faces, but with the smiles came tears. For this was the beginning of the twins' lives as Jedi.
Yoda paced back and forth in front of the two children, eyeing them intently. He stopped at the boy, the one with tousled blonde hair.
"Have the devotion to become a Jedi, think you do?" He poked the boy in the belly with his gimer stick. The boy nodded quickly, not completely sure how to measure his new Master's personality. "You?" He looked over at the dark haired girl, poking her also.
Yoda then moved past the children to the adults. "Trust I do that the two of you will be taking these children as padawans when the appropriate age they reach, hmm?" He poked Anakin and Obi-Wan as well.
"Yes, Master," Anakin said with a giant smile. "I will take Luke when he comes of age."
Obi-Wan knelt by Leia. She ran and hugged him. Over the last few years, she had come to know him as family. "And rest assured I will come for you when you reach padawan age, my darling Leia."
Thus ends the rebirth of the Galactic Republic. An era of bright stars and limitless amibtions come to an opening close. The Universe that was once in peril has been brought back from the precipice of darkness by the valiant forces of good.
The End
(I would like to thank everyone who read my story. You really don't know how much it fueled my desire to finish this. If it wasn't for you, I probably would have stopped after the first few chapters. I've always had a problem with finishing my stories. But thanks to everyone, because I will be continuing this soon. Consider this just the beginning.
I would also like to thank George Lucas, who created the Star Wars universe. Without him, none of us would be reading and writing Star Wars fanfics. Matthew Stover himself, who's eloquent writing brought forth a depth to Episode III that cannot be rivaled. Last but not least, I'd like to thank every single one of my friends. There are too many to mention, but they've all had their part in supporting me in my works. Once again, thank you all for your support, and you can look forward to a new adventure with the Jedi Order within the next week or so. I'm a fast writer. As soon as a plot comes to mind, it will be so on paper as well).