Earth: A Rendezvous with Destiny

by We'retheDesperateMeasures-ODST

The 1960s as a decade was just as memorable: The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was never assassinated and Vietnam was a victory for the West. But not all was well on Planet Earth yet when threatened with conquest by the Sith Empire, the nations of the world became co-belligerents of the Republic, in a collision course that became a rendevous with destiny.

1. Introduction

Here and right now on the all-holy Bible, I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

This fic is inspired by the following stories: Strange Surroundings by PaladinDelta, Days of Fire by ghost company, Resistance by Jay Simpson, and Star Wars: A New Ally by Wolf2.

However, this is not a conventional Earth in the Star Wars universe fic because this story takes place in an alternate 1960s/70s where JFK survived his assassination attempt among other repercussions for good and for ill. Additionally, there is the fact that Earth in the story is intentionally set in the Cold War era because it makes sense for the sake of the setting and in a way to make the story unique from the other fics.

Furthermore, this story has contributions and/or input from the following individuals: OfficerDonNZ, Mandalore the Survivor, BraveSeeker3, JSailer, Squasher, and even the aforementioned PaladinDelta, the writer of Strange Surroundings.

Oh, and the Vietnam War ended by the Summer of 1967 just to let you know. I will not get into too much detail about it here in the main story since it is still a sore subject even today and there will be a prequel in the future centered around the conflict. In short, Vietnam was reunified but with Hanoi being renamed instead of Saigon.

With the above disclaimer out of the way, I hope you enjoy this unique take for an Earth in Star Wars fanfic :)

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Happening in an alternate time

And with a galaxy not so far away...

[*Cue the Star Wars theme immediately followed by Dawn of Instruction by The Jayhawkers*]

Earth: A Rendezvous with Destiny

The 1960s as a decade was just as memorable:

The Thirty-Fifth President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was never assassinated and Uncle Sam as well as his allies were victorious in Vietnam.

But not all was well on Planet Earth: The United Nations and the Congolese alike had retreated from the breakaway State of Katanga. France also endured a significant loss of face and the New Frontier agenda had imploded in the wake of civil unrest.

Despite the lack of public confidence, President Kennedy was gradually redeeming himself by engaging with the Galactic Republic yet diplomacy in time brought attention, including those with malicious aims.

Now with the intent of conquest by the Sith Empire disclosed, the nations of the world were dragged into a war, one which was not sought, and circumstantially became co-belligerents of the Republic for the inevitable confrontation with the 'SPACE NAZIS', in a collision course that became a rendezvous with destiny.