Hey everybird! What's up!?

So we're finally here… The last chapter of this story, this is until The Rise of Skywalker comes out and the big finish!

But before we get to the last chapter, lets get to today's question…

How would you feel if you were one of the lucky survivors abroad the Falcon?

Me: I would feel so happy, but yet so sad that so many perished, in fact part of me would probably feel selfish for surviving, the feeling that many others are gone and I was allowed to walk free.

Moving on to your questions…

From Nightfly123, he asks, "If you were directing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, what would you have done in terms of story?

Me: To be honest, I don't think I would change much from what we have seen, I guess if there is one thing I would have done differently is change the bombers the Resistance used against the dreadnought, I know the Resistance was literally scraping up whatever they could get their hands on and use, but I would have loved to see the Y-Wings being used in the attack.

Chapter 53: To Live Another Day

(Arthur's POV)

Taking a seat down with Tyler and Grandpa Blu, I couldn't quite relax yet, since the First Order was certainly still behind us, until I heard the freighter's engines start up as we took off, climbing into the sky, through the clouds back into space. I still didn't let go of my breath until I heard the humming of the freighter's hyperdrive start and the ship entered through it, finally gone from the space around Crait and the First Order fleet. Knowing we were now completely safe, I let go of my breath, finding it hard to believe we managed to escape.

"You alright brother?" Tyler asked me as I looked around to see everyone else relaxing.

I saw Finn get Rose comfortable, the Jedi, who's name was Rey speaking to Poe's droid, BB-8, Poe hugging onto one of his pilots before speaking to Rey, Alex and Ashley were resting, having powered down, and others all thankful they were still alive. I smiled, but also felt very sad… Just the few of us made it out alive, so many had perished since we had to evacuate D'Qar with the First Order chasing after us following our very successful attack on Starkiller Base. However we certainly showed them we were not cowards, destroying the dreadnought, Holdo's sacrifice in ramming the only cruiser against the massive star destroyer, taking a stand on Crait, we gave them everything we could, despite the odds and tasted victory in defeat.

But it wasn't enough to free the galaxy and get rid of the First Order…

"Well yes and no…" I answered. "We're alive, but at what cost, this ship, the few of us… May only be the one piece of resistance in the galaxy left and the First Order is still as powerful as ever."

"I know, but that doesn't mean we lost, we're still here and we can inspire others to fight back, we can still win." Tyler encouraged me.

"Yes, as long as there is hope in the galaxy and those who are willing Arthur, we will prevail." Grandpa Blu agreed. "We lived so we can fight another day."

"I know, I'm not giving up, but than yet again how do we start this rebellion?" I sighed.

"Well, first thing is we get some rest, we had a long and hard day and gave it our all." Grandpa Blu advised us.

"Yes sir." Both Tyler and I replied as Grandpa Blu got up to talk to the general, but said one more thing to us.

"I'm happy you boys are still alive, you're the only sort of family I have left, I have lost my whole family and a lot of friends, seen them get torn and destroyed by war." Grandpa Blu told us. "I have always wondered why I managed to survive for so long, why the Force has decided that I should keep on living while taking away almost everyone I ever loved and cared for, but I realized as long as I live, I will continue to try making sure others just suffer the same fate I have." Grandpa Blu finished as he then left us alone.

"So how do you think mom and dad feel wherever they are about us being on Crait?" Tyler asked me.

I don't know, but just like them brother, they survived that and everything thrown at them, if they survived a whole war, I guess we can too." I tried to sound cheerful.

"What happened to the negative attitude just a few minutes earlier?" Tyler playfully punched me in the side. "And we will survive, as long as we're still here, the First Order will never be able to rest, they'll soon enough be the ones who are running, defeated and in pieces."

"I hope you're right brother, but it's going to be very difficult and will take a lot of time and lives…" I pointed out, but I still held on to that last bit of hope inside me.

And so with the very last of the Resistance, in one small freighter, traveling through hyperspace, to survive and to fight another day, having barely escaped from the First Order, we clung onto that vain piece of hope. The hope that we can restart the rebellion, let the galaxy know we were still in this fight and will not give in until the very end of the First Order and their reign of terror on the galaxy. We will not let all those sacrifices along the way and have yet to come be for nothing, it's what mom and dad did and now it was up to us to take their places, fighting for the light and a brighter future.

The real war has only just truly began…

And cue the credits music!

Man I can't believe I came this far with the story and how long it turned out to be! And yet there's still the final, big act to come with the events in The Rise of Skywalker!

But yeah… It has been an absolute joy and pleasure to bring this story thus far to this point, just like with The Scarlet Rebel, to bring my imagination of what Star Wars is to life! I'm not going to lie when I say I wish I could see my Star Wars stories as real movies, but I guess this is as far as this will go!

I can't wait to come back and finish after Rise of Skywalker comes out and with that…

See everybird later!