1:This is completely an "original character" story.
2: It takes place about 6,000 years before "A New Hope", so read the prologue I posted here to know what the heck is going on.
3: It's got some of the "forbidden love" thing going on, so if you think that's too clishe...well, I'm trying to take a new twist on it. shrug You'll have to read to see if I succeed.
4: I'm a much better writer than I used to be, but I didn't get that way with "Nice" or "Horrible" or "I want more" posts and comments. I got a lot of criticizm telling me what I did right, and what I did wrong (even if only opinions and vague posts). I welcome and actually encourage criticizm, so please, tell me what you think.
Now, on with the story!
Name: Suppression
Genera: Drama/action
Rating: PG (I will let you know if the rating changes. It will not be due to content).
Disclaimer: If I owned Star Wars, I'd have a beard, and a lot of money right about now.
Writer: Obi-quiet (aka Anne Camp)
Prologue
Sevaral forms of Republics have existed for over 25,000 years in the Galaxy, standing for peace and justice for all, interspersed with only a few uprisings and downfalls before the darkness of the Empire finally swallowed it with its gaping maw.
During one of these "Uprisings", an Alliance existed, similar to the previous "Republic" in many ways, although no where near as strong. Those who had been "elected" had maintained a shaky peace for a few decades at best. It was formed from the territories of the Galaxy finally deciding to mend their petty disputes over area, and which systems belonged to whom.
Sadly, as with many systems of ruling, corrupt leaders cut this government's productivity short.
Presidents began electing themselves within only a few short years of the Alliance forming, with little resistance from the people who no longer cared (or could afford to care), and the already shaky system fell into a brief period of war and monarchy, which itself lasted for several decades.
Of course, brief only describes this time when all of the events surrounding it are considered. The people who lived and died during this period (of which, many sad tales of destruction, heartache, and hatred can be told) lived at best in fear, and at worst as slaves or under heavy oppression...if at all. The repercussions of some of these unspeakable acts did not end until centuries into the Age of the next, Republic.
Yet many people and groups still fought for freedom. The group of students, historians and specially trained warriors, called the Jedi, was one of them.
While their origin had remained unknown for centuries, they were the most trusted with safety and security, and their skills were hightly sought after. While many worked in secret as protectors of freedom, most became hired hands for the corrupted government officials until the leaders of the Jedi School announced their intentions to become a political party. This did not grant them high favor among the officials, although it gained the admiration of the people occupying any planet that heard of them.
Many had shady bounties placed on their heads, but with closely guarded secrets and strong bonds within the newly called "order", their powers and political prowess grew. It became an accepted, although mythical established fact that only a Jedi could kill a Jedi, and anyone who had connections to them was either obliterated or exonerated by those men and women who wanted power.
Unfortunately, a dark menace that the Jedi had fought since before their records showed, began to manifest itself in the unstable monarchy systems that had begun to break off from the original Alliance.
Many feared this ancient threat, and more than one Jedi fell victim to it.
It is during this time of dissent, destruction and war that this story takes place.
(A/N: I changed it AGAIN (last time!). Sith do exist, because it's 6,000 BBY.)