Hey everybird! What's up!?

So before we get started, I would like to say that I am very much hyped for the upcoming movie, Midway, as the second trailer for that movie came out a couple days ago! If you don't know, I love my WWII movies and it's great to see another one coming! And it's directed by Roland Emmerich, the same guy who directed Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow, so that is a very good sign!

Anyway, moving on to today's question…

What is your most favorite relationship in Star Wars?

Me: I would have to say the relationship between the Jedi knights and Clone Troopers, one of the reasons why I really love The Clone Wars series because it shows that the Jedi treat their soldiers as equals and the Clones serve their Jedi generals to the best of their abilities. They have saved each other multiple times, putting their lives in danger despite the odds, forming a very lethal combination to use against the Separatists, who relay on heartless, programmed machines. And that's why the Order 66 scene in Revenge of the Sith is very heartbreaking to me… It's tough to see that after years of fighting together, it only takes a few seconds for the Clones to gun down their Jedi generals without a second thought…

And time for your questions…

From T8ECR34TOR, he asks, "Aside from what you've already mentioned, what other feelings do you have towards Vince, Seb, and Sally, and their story?"

Me: Well I can't say that I do have any other feelings… But I will say that, like I already did… There is only one bird that Tiago's heart belongs to…

From Stormknight089, he asks, "Which Star Wars planet would you live on?"

Me: I guess a more Earth like and green planet, like Yavin 4 or Alderaan (You know before it was blown up by the Death Star!)

Chapter 25: Opposing Views

(Tyler's POV)

Arriving where Grandpa Eddie lived, the house servants brought our few stuff we packed for the trip to our guest rooms while Eddie showed us to the dining room, where a full meal was ready to be consumed. We sat down, while Alex and Ashley stayed behind us, powering down for the time being since they were not needed. As Arthur and I ate, being a little hungry since the last time we ate was shortly before we left D'Qar, Eddie started up a conversation.

"So how is it in the Resistance?" Grandpa Eddie asked, anxious to know.

"Well, so far it's not too bad, we're mostly training up our pilots, we only had one real mission to Endor, no losses so far, although it was confusing what the First Order was searching for." Arthur answered.

"Yeah, if all missions are like that, we'll win no problem." Tyler confident as Grandpa Eddie smiled.

"Well, I'm sure you boys will be fine no matter what." Grandpa Eddie giving his voice of confidence in us. "I just hope it was as easy for me…"

"Pressure in the senate?" Arthur asked.

"Ever since I heard that the First Order representatives arrived on Hosnian Prime, some senators and governors are actually sympathetic to them and want peace, it's causing quite a distress in the senate, from what I hear. "Grandpa Eddie informed us. "Of course, I am no fool, I am old enough to remember the Empire and how much the galaxy suffered and I can assure you boys that I will remain loyal to the New Republic."

"Thanks Grandpa Eddie." I smiled. "We knew you wouldn't change."

"But aren't you worried that the First Order will show up here?" Arthur asked. "I mean there's nothing stopping them from coming."

"Well, for now it would be an awful risk for them to hold this world, as long as my planet is aligned with the New Republic, we're safe." Grandpa Eddie told us. "And I have yet to contact General Organa, but when you do go back, please let her know that she has my support, the Resistance is always welcome here and I will do everything I can to help as much as possible."

"Thanks Grandpa Eddie." Arthur replied. "The Resistance is actually spending the time now to gather up allies and strength, we need all the help we can get our wings on."

"Well than, lets toast to this Alliance and hopefully the Resistance's victory." Grandpa Eddie raising up his drinking glass.

"Can't argue with that." I returned as Arthur and I raised our own drinking glasses, touching them with Grandpa Eddie's.

After the meal, Arthur and I were quite full, but happy as it was time for some much needed sleep, going to our guest rooms as we both laid down on our beds, resting up for a full day tomorrow. And as the next day arrived, a bright sunny one at that, Arthur and I decided to walk about on the streets, Alex and Ashley with us while Grandpa Eddie needed to, of course, attend to the business of being governor in the main government building in the city.

As Arthur and I walked about on the streets, wearing our flight suits, the majority of other birds waved at or smiled, obviously noticing us as Resistance pilots, but a few looked at us with either concern or even some hatred. Both Arthur and I understood that even thought Grandpa Eddie kept this world aligned with the New Republic, there were some bound to not necessarily agree with that decision. And of course we didn't rule out the possibility that there might even be some First Order sympathizers present on this world.

Not paying any attention to any hatred, Arthur and I decided to get a little something to eat for the morning, stopping by a little outdoor place, basically a food cart with a few tables and chairs down to it. As we sat down, we got our order, which the owner of the food cart took off half price for us as he smiled while giving us our food.

"I wish we could get leave more often, I could get used to this relaxation and attention." I commented.

"Lets not take advantage of it all the time brother, remember we're kinda of in a undeclared war." Arthur reminded me.

"I know, but than it just makes more sense to enjoy the time off right?" I pointed out.

"I guess so and you're right this is relaxing." Arthur seeing my view as several birds came up to us, surrounding us as they had unwelcoming looks on their faces."Can we help you gentlemen?"

"Yeah, you can help us by leaving this world and never coming back." One of them answered.

"Excuse me?" I questioned, a little surprised by the hostile tone.

"You heard him, we don't want any Resistance scum invading our home." Another added.

"Listen buddy, my brother and I aren't invading this world, in fact this is our mom's home world, we're just here for a few days for some leave." Arthur looking to calm the situation.

"Or you're just here to bring trouble!" A third joined in as he grabbed onto my brother and slammed his face down on the table.

Another of the attackers went for me, but I quickly threw a punch against his face, causing my attacker to land backward on luckily a currently empty table. As I shook my wing from the pain of the hit, another attacker grabbed hold of me, while another landed several punches against my belly, that is until I kicked him in return with my talons. Meanwhile Arthur recovered from getting his face planted down on the table, wing fighting a couple of the attackers, defending himself, but slowly losing. While that was happening Alex and Ashley were busy using their robotic arms to shock a couple of attackers going for them, but they ended up bring tipped over.

However there was one thing our gang of attackers missed…

"Hey!" Somebird shouted as we all stopped fighting. "How dare you attack a couple of paying customers!" The food cart owner demanded of the gang as he was holding up a small blaster and pointing it at our attackers.

"Easy there…" One of the gang replied, raising up his wings. "No need for that…"

"Yeah, it was stupid anyway…" Another added as several of the city's cops came, apparently having answered a call from the food cart owner and proceeded to arrest the gang, taking them away.

"Thanks for that." Arthur thanking the food cart owner, who shook my brother's offering wing while I went to help Alex and Ashley back up on their legs.

"Well son, it's the least I can do, I only keep this blaster in case I will get robbed or attacked, but if I have to use it to protect others, I will." The bird replied. "Just as I know you two will protect the galaxy."

"Well, we're working on that." Arthur replied.

"And sorry about the mess made here." I also apologized as I finished helping up Alex and Ashley.

"Nothing I can't fix." The bird replied. "Nice meeting you boys."

"You too." I added as I shared my own wing shake with the food cart owner.

As Arthur and I decided to head back to Grandpa Eddie's house, to just spend the rest of the day sitting down on the balcony, with the servants bringing us a few refreshing drinks. I thought a lot about the fact not everyone agreed with the Resistance, I thought after hearing all the stories of the war mom and dad fought in that everyone would aid us, but obviously not…

"Something bothering you brother?" Arthur asked me.

"It's nothing…" I sighed back.

"Tyler, we known each other for a long time now…" Arthur reminding me.

"It's just I never expected such hatred towards the Resistance, on mom's home world as well." I revealed. "Maybe it was a mistake to come here and we should have visited mom and dad instead?"

"Well brother, no matter where we go, there will always be some who don't like us, but we know what we're doing is right and so do our friends and family." Arthur stating as he took a sip of his drink.

A few minutes later, Grandpa Eddie came back to his house, joining us as one of his servants brought over a drink for him as he took a seat next to us.

"Another day at the office, another boring day too…" Grandpa Eddie commented. "But I heard something interesting happened with a rowdy gang harassing a couple of pilots over at a local food cart… Care to explain?" Grandpa Eddie giving Arthur and I a smirk.

"Well, lets just say we're just glad we had some local help." I answered.

"Good thing too, I hate to think you boys would get hurt, I didn't imagine your leave would be like this." Grandpa Eddie replying as he touched glasses with us. "Such a beautiful sky, I always love coming here and feeling at peace with myself." Grandpa Eddie commented as he closed his eyes, feeling the slight breeze running through his feathers as he laid back down on the chair he was sitting on.

"I just hope it lasts…" Arthur added as he took another sip of his drink before joining Grandpa Eddie in laying down on the chair he was sitting on.

"Me too…" I said softly as I joined in on the relaxation.

Arthur and I stayed for a couple more days before it was time for us to get back, and during that time Grandpa Eddie made sure we had some bodyguards with us when we went out so another incident wouldn't happen. As it was time for us to head back to D'Qar, Grandpa Eddie of course went with us to see us off, our X-Wings all fueled up and ready for the trip back.

"Safe travels boys, I hope to see you again in the future." Grandpa Eddie hugging both of us. "And show the First Order what you're made of."

"Thanks Grandpa Eddie." I smiled.

"And we'll come back." Arthur added as we then jumped into our cockpits, turning on the engines and putting on our helmets as Grandpa Eddie waved us off, returning the wave as I got back to finishing the startup sequence.

"Ready with the coordinates back to D'Qar Ashley?" I asked the droid who was behind me as she gave a "Yes". "Well than lets get ready for the jump to hyperspace." I returned as Arthur and I flew through the atmosphere, out of it, back into space as we got clear of the planet's gravity pull which would prevent us from jumping into lightspeed.

Before we made the jump, I took one last look at our mom's home world, a planet at peace, a planet which I hoped would stay that way as I lost focus for a minute, that I didn't notice Arthur talking to me through comms.

"Hey captain, you alright back there?" Arthur spoke as I finally heard him.

"Huh?" I replied. "What is it?"

"I said are you ready to get back?" Arthur asked.

"Yeah, coordinates set and ready to make the jump." I replied as I shook my head to free my current thoughts as I held onto the flight stick with both wings.

"Good, hyperspace in three, two…" Arthur spoke as I saw him make the jump, as I then pressed the button myself a second later, seeing the blue tunnel of hyperspace through my cockpit as we returned to the "undeclared war".

Yup enjoy the peace while it lasts, soon enough things are going to get really serious…

Anyway… I have been thinking about some things, I did say I wouldn't include the events from Star Wars: Resistance, but there will be a lot of inspiration taken from that! So expect Arthur and Tyler to go through some similar things that Kaz went through with Poe!

And with that…

See everybird later!