Author's note: My story, The Skywalker Dynasty is not a new one. It was originally started on an old blog in July of last year
http/alternateanakin.blogspot
(You can see the first 27 of the 30 chapters in the July 2005 and Aug. 2005 archives)
and it was completed and reposted on Alternate Anakin soon after
http/alternateanakin.hyperboards
It was written between July and October 2005, and reworked in December to extend dialogue and description in some places, though the story itself has never changed. There are two versions on Alternate Anakin, the 'original' and the 'enhanced' version. It's the enhanced version I am posting here. There isn't a lot of difference, one is just longer and a bit better written. None of it was written after December 2005 at the very latest. These dates can be verified by checking the sites mentioned above. (add the extra slash after the http and a .com at the end of them, the page would not allow the entire links.) And while we're on the subject of disclaimers, of course I must say that I am in no way affiliated with Lucssfilms and do not clain to represent them or their interests. I act alone. The content is my own creation using characters from George Lucas's Star Wars saga.Like all the rest of you, I am not condoned by them and receive no money for my work, only pleasure!
Since there is another story on this site called "The Skywalker Dynasty" I had to change the name, so it's now called "The Skywalker Destiny" but it's the same story that has been posted on the other sites under the title "The Skywalker Dynasty"
So I hope you will come along for one wild ride. I promise you, some very strange things are going to happen, and there will be many suprises! If you like the Skywalker family, you will not be disappointed! Enjoy the show!
Introduction:
Category; Alternate universe story
Setting: End of Return of the Jedi and afterward
Characters: The Skywalker family and most other Star Wars regulars, Han, Chewy, Lando, ghost of Obi Wan, and more.(can't give away any spoilers of course)
Rating K+
Brief summary:
In an alternate ending to Return of the Jedi, Luke does not throw down his lightsaber after defeating Vader, but uses it to strike down Palpatine. He then takes Vader up on his offer of ruling the galaxy as father and son. Fleeing the rebels, they return to Vader's Coruscant mansion. (the one from Shadows of the Empire, my Vader is an extension of that characterization) Vader goes in to have his hand replaced and finds out that the Emperor has been hiding healing techniques from him to keep him enslaved in the suit. With tissue donations from Luke, Vader is soon breathing again and looking like his old self. His new lease on life, and his joy over finding Luke and being free of Palpatine drive him back to goodness. His new found happiness is shattererd when Luke, fed up with his lectures, turns to the dark side and zaps his father with a new setback to prevent him from stopping his evil path to power. An old friend- and enemy- retuns to help him save Luke from the dark side. In an ultimate irony, things come full circle as the one Luke set out to stop becomes the only one who can stop him! In the meantime, Leia has been sent back to the time of Revenge of the Sith with Han when the Falcon's hyperdrive malfunctions. Can she save her parents in time? Along the way, the adventure takes a strange turn when Anakin discovers he may still have a chance to make his fondest dream come true...and finally fulfill his destiny in ways no one ever would have expected.
The Skywalker Destiny (originally titled The Skywalker Dynasty)
Chapter 1
The story begins as an alternative ending to Return of the Jedi. Everything in the movies has taken place, up until this point in time...
Luke breathed heavily, his heart pounding, as he stood over his conquered father. Vader seemed to be having breathing hard too, and this couldn't have been good considering he was using a life support system in his suit and mask to stay alive. Luke's rage had indeed made him powerful. But would it lead him to the dark side?
"Good, gooood!" Emperor Palpatine said as he smiled at Luke through rotten teeth. "Now, kill him!"
Darth Vader looked up at Palpatine when he heard these words. They were the ones Palpatine had said to him so many years ago when he had killed Count Dooku. He knew what it meant. He wanted Luke to kill him and become the new Sith apprentice. Vader knew all along this was a possibility, but always thought he could get Luke on his side. Now, he had angered his son, his son had beaten him, and now he was the old, used apprentice about to be discarded for one younger and more powerful. He stared at Palpy, and at Luke holding the lightsaber to his throat. If either could have seen his face behind the mask, they'd have seen the fear he now felt.
Luke looked at his father's arm. He had cut off his mechanical hand, and the wires stood exposed and smoking. Luke looked at it, then back to his own hand, which was also mechanical. He thought how he was becoming just like his father. And he didn't like that. But something inside of him felt such power, he didn't want to let it go. Luke's thoughts raced. "I am now the most powerful man in the galaxy. I have defeated Darth Vader, and the Emperor is old and weak. I can overthrow him." His father sensed these thoughts in Luke. He had once had them himself. He was now at the mercy of his own son. Perhaps he should have been a kinder father. What would Luke do?
Palpatine was growing impatient. "Well, boy, KILL HIM! Kill him now, he cut off your hand, you want your revenge. Fulfill your destiny and take your father's place at my side!"
Luke looked away from his father, but never moved his glowing green lightsaber from attack position. Luke stared at the emperor. Old, ugly, frail, and so evil. He ruled the galaxy. And now, so could he. But he must hide these feelings from the Emperor, or he'd sense them. He turned back to Vader, and made a motion to kill him with his lightsaber. Fury raged in Luke's eyes. Vader, still on the ground, pitifully raised his left hand in an attempt to block what was surely going to be Luke's fatal blow. But suddenly, in a flash, Luke spun around and cut Palpatine down! He barely had time to scream in his hideous voice before he died. Once he was dead, Luke picked up his body and tossed it into the reactor. Blue bursts of energy shot upward. Luke shielded his face and turned away. He walked back to his father's side.
"Thank you, Luke." He said. "You have freed me. I have been a slave most of my life. I am overwhelemed at what you just did for me."
Luke glared at him. "For YOU? You are lucky to be alive, you know. I chose to kill him for my own advantage, not only yours. And remember, my power is great. It was forseen I would destroy the emperor, and I have. But do not think I could not destroy you as well."
Vader lowered his head in shame. He knew it was true. Luke could also strike him down, right now. But he didn't That had to mean something. "Are you going to destroy me?" he asked.
Luke looked at him, blinked his eyes toward the ground and shook his head. "No, father. I will not. I do feel compassion for you."
Vader could sense this. He was relieved. Luke would not kill him. "Will you join me? The Emperor is gone. We can now rule the galaxy as father and son!" He extended his left hand to Luke, as he had in Bespin. This time, Luke reached out and grasped it, and pulled his father to his feet.
"Make that son and father!" he said with a smile.
Inside Vader's mask, he was smiling, too.