Hey everybird! What's up!?

Now before we get to today's questions…

If you haven't figured it out yet, this chapter's title is actually taken from the musical piece, "March of the Resistance", one of my most favorite musical bits that goes along with one of my most favorite scenes from The Force Awakens. The scene of the X-Wings charging above the lake towards Maz's castle to the rescue, battling the First Order always brings a smile to my face! However, I do associate the word "March", when it comes to Star Wars, with the imperial one and here… The Resistance isn't really marching into battle are they?

Now onto today's question…

The final trailer for The Rise ok Skywalker came out, so what did you all think of it!?

Me: I mean I think you all know how I think of it… Duh… I loved it! It really does get me all hyped for the movie, which is coming out in two months' time! It seems we're going to get a lot of Rey and Ren interaction and what the two are doing on the ruins of the Death Star. It seems we're going to get a lot of combat, especially space combat, which I always relish and adore in Star Wars! And oh boy… Rey confronts the Emperor by the looks of it… If only we could have seen his face! I have a ton more to say, but if I go on, we'll be here all day!

Now on to your questions…

From Nightfly123, he asks, "Is it possible that Eric (from A day in the life and young love) was once an earlier boyfriend for Lisa before the events of the Scarlet Rebel, who probably sacrificed himself for Lisa after one of the boys on the planet Belladoon nearly got Lisa enslaved or killed by the empire after one of the boys accused her of supporting the Rebellion?"

Me: Well possibly yes, but to be honest I was thinking that maybe Lisa had childhood friends who had that experience and hearing of that, she stayed away from boys, that is until she met Tiago, but I guess since I left that part vague, it's up to your own interpretation

From T8ECR34TOR, he asks, "Even if you haven't read the books, how many of the 'Legend' Star Wars stories do you know about?

Me: I can't say the exact number… But I will say I know a lot about the Thrawn trilogy and of course as I mentioned earlier the X-Wing series.

Chapter 38: Flight of the Resistance

(Tyler's POV)

Coming out of hyperspace, alongside the rest of Blue Squadron, I saw Black Squadron appear on the right, and on the left Red Squadron as we arrived at Takodana, no enemy forces were visible, which disappointed me at first because I really wanted a fight. That is until Arthur's voice came in as I saw a blue and white X-Wing with three stripes on each wing come up alongside me. Since Arthur's fighter was… Well nothing more than a pile of scrap metal on Jakku, he had to borrow Tally's fighter, while Tally stayed behind, so we only had ten fighters for now in the squadron.

"Everyone, Alex is reading contacts near the surface, next to a large lake and what appears to be some ruins." Arthur reported in before he switched comms to me only. "Looks like you're going to get your wish brother…"

"First Order, no doubt…" Poe's voice came in. "Okay everyone stay tight and keep your eyes open." Poe told everyone as we all made our way down towards the surface.

As we got down through the atmosphere, through the clouds, we could more clearly see our objective up ahead as we saw smoke pillars and ships flying in circles around an area. And as we got even closer, we could see tiny white dots moving along the ruins, no doubt the same kind of troopers Arthur and I encountered on Ilum.

Seeing a forming mist near the edge of the large lake that sat across the pile of ruins, I thought it would be a nice spot to come out of, to surprise the First Order and hopefully catch them off guard, that is if they didn't spot us yet.

"Poe, we can hide our approach in that mist, give us some time to surprise the First Order." I suggested as the I knew the First Order would be quite surprised to see us already.

"Nice idea Tyler, everyone head on down into that mist." Poe ordered as we all dived down, very close to the water's edge, as we then appeared out of the mist, in line formation, wingtip to wingtip, as we all opened up our wings in attack position, our engines kicking up the lake water as we charged headfirst into the fray. "Go straight at em, don't let these thugs scare you!" Poe urged us.

"Copy that." I heard Red Leader reply.

"We're with you Poe!" I yelled out as I tightly gripped the flight stick, feather tip ready on the trigger as I looked back to Ashely. "Ready for some fun Ashley?" I asked as she gave me back a positive beep.

As we all began to split off, out of the line formation, the TIE fighters circling above began to respond to us as they flew to meet us while the troopers down below started to shoot their blasters at us, not that their weapons could really harm a fast moving X-Wing. I kept my focus on the TIE fighters as I began to pick a target, firing my own laser cannons and quickly shredded a TIE to pieces, watching the fighter break into nothing.

"Yeah, scratch one!" I shouted into the comm unit as I heard Arthur chuckle back.

"Captain, you got a hot comm unit and having too much fun too." Arthur told me as I blushed, but quickly put it away as I returned to focus on the battle.

Picking another target, I watched the TIE dive down, right above the water's surface as I chased him, keeping up my laser fire as he climbed up, trying to get away from me, but I stayed hot on his tail, never letting go of the trigger as I kept my target in my crosshairs. As he was diving back down towards the surface, I finally found my mark as my laser fire ripped through his right wing, shredding it as I moved my fire slightly to the left, engulfing the ball cockpit in red laser fire as the TIE turned into a ball of fire, whatever was left crashing down by the shoreline.

I very much hoped that the crashing TIE also took out some troopers as I watched the other X-Wings engaged in their fight, shooting down TIEs left and right as others were performing strafing runs against the troopers. I really wondered why the troopers were standing up, firing their blasters meant for infantry targets against fast moving starfighters, because they made themselves easy targets and while their shots did nothing against us, our laser cannons were more than powerful enough to not only take them out, but literally send them flying.

I soon enough joined in, no TIEs close to me at the moment as I made my own run against the troopers, watching as my laser shots sprayed against the white dots scrambling for any kind of cover, while weak return fire came up, that missed me or harmlessly impacted against my fighter's shielding. As I let loose with my fire, watching a few troopers fly back from the impact, I very much hoped that whoever I hit was feeling the same kind of pain my parents must have felt as they were completely vaporized. I wanted to make the First Order feel the same kind of pain I was feeling as I couldn't help but shed some tears as I continued spraying red laser fire down on my helpless targets. I even hit a couple of troopers who were sitting next to three different birds, one of which looked like a wookie and as I saw the troopers next to them hit, they themselves ran to grab weapons to fight back.

As I finished my strafing run and turned back around to now target any remaining TIEs, I saw Poe, one of the best pilots along the three squadrons present run rampant through the battle, showing off his skills as he quickly cut through nine TIEs, as well as performing a quick run against some troopers, all in one run…

"Show off…" I commented as Ashley laughed at me. "Quiet Ashley, I know I'm just as good as Poe is…" I said under my breath as I looked for more targets.

Continuing to shoot down TIEs and troopers, the First Order was starting to thin out as I hardly noticed any of our own fighters getting shot down, at this rate we'll finish off every single one of them here. I smiled as I expected more from the enemy than this, how tough could they be if this was their showing…

However remembering to focus on the battle, I quickly found another TIE as he tried very much to make me lose the target lock, zigzagging his flight path as he flew away from the majority of the battle out above the lake. Weaving my way through the battle, avoiding both enemy and friendly fire, I chased the TIE, not letting him take a breath as I waited patiently for my crosshairs to turn a solid green, before letting loose with red laser fire, watching as my fire torn through the TIE's ball cockpit before exploding, the wings spinning out of control as they crashed into the water below, the flaming ball cockpit following as I flew right above the patch of fiery debris.

As I turned back around towards the main part of the battle, I saw the troopers retreat as they boarded their troop transports, while the few remaining TIEs themselves retreated into a defensive half circle above, protecting their troopers down below. Kicking my engines into full power, I made for the TIEs protecting the transports, eager to knock them out before taking out the transports. However while some TIEs were in their stationary positions above the transports, some TIEs still flew around, which were the ones I should have been paying attention to…

Getting one of the TIEs into my crosshairs, I focused on them as they themselves sprayed the area with their laser fire out randomly, watching my front, dodging the fire as I kept my eye on my target. Suddenly Arthur's voice came through comms.

"Tyler, break off now!" Arthur shouted at me.

"No, I'm close to a target, not letting it go." I replied as all of a sudden green laser fire came at me from the side as I watched the shots light up my cockpit from above as I quickly executed a sharp turn to the right.

I was about to redirect my attention to my attacker, but another blue and white X-Wing came in from the TIE's own side, blowing it apart as the X-Wing came up alongside me.

"You never listen brother…" Arthur teased me as I saw him shaking his head at me from his cockpit.

"Thanks for the save brother, should have listen to you." I thanked Arthur.

"You're welcome, just remember to keep watching all around, I can't always be free to save you." Arthur advised as the troopers by now were all boarded and the transports were starting to lift off and retreat, the few remaining TIEs covering the rear as I was all ready to go and finish the rest of them off, although I was very much denied that chance…

"Let them go everyone." Poe's voice came through. "They had enough, we won this round."

"Oh come on Poe!" I urged. "We have them running, we should go after them!"

"Poe's right Tyler, we had enough for one fight, I promise we'll get another soon enough." Arthur told me in a calm manner as I knew I had to listen as the skies above the ruins were completely in Resistance control.

"Fine…" I sighed as I closed my wings back up into flight mode.

As the remaining First Order forces retreated, going back to wherever they came from, we made sure the skies and ground were clear of enemy forces before a single transport of ours came, landing down, letting out some of our own soldiers as well as General Organa herself.

As I circled around the ruins, keeping watch with Arthur for any signs that the First Order was coming back, Arthur spoke to me through comms.

"So, enjoyed yourself today?" Arthur asked as he already knew the answer.

"Yeah I did, thanks for allowing me to fly brother, I really needed it." I answered. "Still doesn't fix the fact that mom and dad are gone."

"I don't think nothing ever will Tyler, but I promise as long as we're still alive, we'll continue to give the First Order trouble wherever they are." Arthur encouraged me.

"Thanks brother, we surely did teach the First Order a lesson today, did we?" I chuckled.

"We sure did brother, like mom once told me, they messed with the wrong family." Arthur replied.

After some time, with General Organa and our soldiers back in the transport, having recovered Poe's missing droid, we all headed back to D'Qar with some addition guests as well. And well our luck would soon enough change…

Well as most of you probably know… What comes next is the preparations for the attack on Starkiller Base! I hope you're all excited! I know I am!

And with that…

See everybird later!