Chapter 5

Our twins are born. I got to name them Luke Lars Skywalker and Leia Shmi Skywalker. I have convinced Lars, Shmi, Beru, and Owen to live on Naboo with us. Now we all live in our own homes, but fairly close to one another.

It's amazing. Owen and Beru are married now and are expecting their first child. My twin brother and sister are toddlers now and play with our twins a lot.

We are expecting another child soon. Padme is so excited. She wants to name our daugher Lillian. She says that she knows that our child will be a girl. I haven't told her, but she is right. I could tell through the Force.

And boy oh boy is she going to be a contender in Force strength against her older siblings. I know that Lillian will hold her own.

Luke has been showing some great strength, but Leia is stronger than he is in the Force. She is able to hide and she is only 23 months old. Our twins never cease to amaze me.

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Leia and Luke are angry at each other. Leia doesn't like how Luke is acting like her older brother. Luke claims that he saw her flirting with a boy at the Jedi Academy. We have moved to Coruscant to allow them to be close to us. Owen and Beru, along with Lars and Shim, visit as frequently as they can.

Lillian has started the Jedi Academy. She is thinking of becoming a Healer which is a very noble position in the Jedi Order.

Jake is still playing with the other younglings. Yoda says that he has an inept ability for the Force. Not surprising. He is our son after all.

Matthew and Melanie are also with the other younglings. Yoda calls them the endurable duo. It's rather hilarious actually.

I have the life that I had always dreamed of after I first met Padme.

Everything is perfect.

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Leia is getting married today. She met a man named Han Solo in her travels as a Jedi Knight and Senator Diplomat. He saved her life and for that I am truly grateful.

Han Solo saved a Wookie named Chewbacca. It's amazing to see the two of them again. I only saw them once when I sentenced Hans to the carbonite. It is amazing how the central parts of history have repeated themselves.

How odd it is to give my daughter away, but it makes me beam with pride. My oldest daughter. I never thought I'd see the day.

Padme is crying. It's amazing to have all these memories with her this time. She is just sitting there beaming.

Our life is about to change once again.

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Luke met this woman named Mara Jade on a back water planet in one of his Jedi missions and now he is the second one that we are marrying off. It's so weird. It was just yesterday that they were children and now our twins are all grown up and getting married.

Leia is expecting twins now. She doesn't know it, but it's a boy and girl. I asked her what names she and Han had thought about. She said that they liked the names Jaina and Jacen. I can see it. They will be extraordinary at the Jedi Academy.

Lillian, Jake, Matthew, and Melanie are all growing up. Soon they will head off on their own missions, fall in love, and get married. The thought is amazing to me.

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Now Luke and Mara are expecting. They want to name their child Ben. I never thought of that name before. It's a wonderful name. Padme is so happy. She really loves our little grand children. We have two now - Jacen and Jaina, and Ben is on his way.

Leia and Hans are expecting a boy. They told me that they want to name him Anakin after me. I am very touched. I never thought that anyone would want to name a child after me.

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Grand child count: Jacen, Jaina, and Ben.

Leia and Hans are expecting a little girl. Luke and Mara are expecting a baby girl as well.

Lillian is getting married to this man named Andrew. I think she is a little young, but I was her age when I married her mother.

Matthew claims that he isn't ever going to get married. Padme thought it was so funny. He's nearly seventeen now. Padme said to just wait, that in time that thought will change.

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I am getting so old now. My sisters are both married now and expecting children.

Let's see. . . The Skywalker Family includes: Leia, Hans, Jacen, Jaina, Anakin, Sarah,(Solo) Luke, Mara, Ben, Maddie (Skywalker), Lillian, Andrew (Hunter), Matthew Skywalker, Melanie Skywalker, Shmi Lars, Lars Lars, Owen, Beru, Joshua (Lars), Mona, Samuel (Twly), and Sandra and Tim (Nitterford).

That means there is twenty-three of us, well twenty-five if you could myself and Padme in upon that group.

And there is still the future children of Lillian and Andrew, Matthew, Melanie, and of course all these children's future children.

It's a mind boggling thought.

I never knew how much life would change if I hadn't taken the dark path. I am thankful that I decided not to follow the same path once again. I am thankful for this second change and for the lives that I have gotten to know.

I have to wonder how much of that first chance life was really just a nightmare now.

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Matthew has gotten married. It was hilarious when he first told us that he was going to marry a sweet girl named Lily. Padme started laughing and Matthew kept trying to keep her from telling Lily was he had said at seventeen.

I am an Uncle now too. Again. Both Mona and Sandra had twin girls. It's crazy how twins seem to just run in this family.

Melanie is in a serious relationship and soon we will be sending our last child off to get married. It's a scary thought, but a welcome one.

Twenty seven people. Wow. I never thought that the Skywalker family would ever get this big.

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My mother has passed. It has been hard, but at least she was able to live life this time. For that I am thankful.

Lars is taking it very hard. I can tell that he loved my mother very much. Owen and Beru are just as shaken. I wish I could ease the pain, to tell them what heaven is like since I have been, but I know I can't.

I miss my mother very much.

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My father is gone. It's not surprising. I could tell he was giving up. I just wish that he could have stayed around to see his great grand children, but he had a nice long life and that is what we should all be thankful for.

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REVIEW! Not that you really have to tell me to update at this point. Since I am finishing this fairly soon. I hope that all my fans are pleased that I wrote an entire story and then FINALLY posted it. Sorry! I have been on break away from college and the internet. I hope all my hard work has made up for it.