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AN: An idea for a possible Prequel AU. Enjoy!
Luke remained quiet as his X-Wing descended through the atmosphere of the desert planet Tatooine. As he did, the Jedi's mind replaying the events that occurred after the Battle of Endor.
Years passed since the end of the Galactic Civil War, and now the Galactic Empire was destroyed with its capital taken by the Rebel Alliance. With the Galactic Empire scattered, the Rebel Alliance took the former Imperial capital and made into their own capital for the New Republic. Though there were still some remnants of the Empire in the galaxy, the New Republic was capable of maintaining the peace.
Thanks to the New Republic, Luke was able to rebuild the Jedi Order, starting with a Jedi Praxeum on the moon of Yavin IV. Many students from across the galaxy traveled to Yavin IV to learn in the ways of the Force. With more Force-sensitives gathering at the Praxuem, the number of Jedi increased, giving the New Republic an advantage over the Imperial Remnant.
Fortunately for the leader of the New Jedi Order, the two forces recently agreed to a cease-fire, allowing the New Republic and Jedi to relax. The young Skywalker thought it would be best time to travel to Obi-Wan's home, in respect for his old mentor. He had been given permission from his twin sister, Senator Leia Organa-Solo.
Peering out of the cockpit's window, Luke could see the familiar terrain that made up Tatooine's Dune Seas before he spotted Obi-Wan's old home. Carefully piloting his starfighter, the X-wing landed a safe distance away from the hut as the dust was blown into the air. Soon, the cockpit window opened, allowing Luke to exit his X-Wing and land his two feet onto the sandy desert.
Luke proceeded towards Obi-Wan's hut, but he stopped when he heard the familiar sound of R2-D2's loud beeps and whirls, making him turned towards the astromech droid in the X-Wing. "Don't worry, R2," Luke assured his droid companion with a smile. "Just stay with the fighter."
R2 let out a low-pitched whirl of disappointment, but the droid understood Luke's orders and stayed with the X-Wing. Luke, then, returned his attention back to his old mentor' home as he walked towards it and approached the entrance to the hut.
Upon entering the hut, Luke's eyes came across the home that Obi-Wan lived in during his self-imposed exile and memories flooded into his mind. It was in this hut that Luke learned of his heritage as a Jedi, the power of the Force, and was given his father's old lightsaber. This hut was also the same place where Luke constructed his own lightsaber, basing the designs from Obi-Wan's own weapon. To the Jedi Master, it was where it all began for him and though Luke learned the awful truth of his father being Darth Vader, he was feel grateful to Obi-Wan for opening his eyes to a "a larger world," as Obi-Wan once put it.
As he walked into the living, Luke could sense an ominous feeling through the Force. Whatever the feeling was, it was something old and ominous, something that Luke never bothered to notice the last time he came here. There was also an air of familiarity around the feeling, but Luke could not put his finger on it.
A strange wave of the Force overcame Luke, causing the Jedi to freeze for a moment before he turned around towards a small corner in the hut. It was the same place where Obi-Wan told the young farmboy of the Jedi, and where he was given his father's old lightsaber. Placed in the same area where the Jedi Knight sat was a small tarp covering an object of some kind. Though it was hidden from his sight, Luke could see the small edges on the tarp that could make anyone assume it was shaped like a cube.
Walking over to the object, Luke pulled the tarp off of it, revealing the object was indeed shaped like a cube. Its faces were made of a blue, transparent glass with a golden trim around the edges. The Jedi Master recognized this device as a Jedi Holocron.
Short for holographic chronicle, holocrons were device that the Jedi used to record and store their knowledge that could be accessed by future Jedi. Each holocron contained a Gatekeeper, an artificial personality that was usually based on the maker of a holocron. Luke knew of such devices for he held the holocrons of many Jedi Masters, including the famous Krevaaki Jedi Master named Vodo-Siosk Baas.
Curious, Luke's gloved hand slowly went towards the holocron until his prosthetic fingers brushed against its cool, glass edge. Knowing the holocron could only be activated through the Force, Luke slightly extended the Force into his fingers, so it could travel to the holocron.
As Luke expected, the holocron would activate and its Gatekeeper would appear before Luke to teach him the knowledge stored within the holocron. What Luke did not expect was the Gatekeeper to take the form of his first mentor, the man who introduced the Jedi to the Force. "Obi-Wan," Luke gasped with recognition.
The Gatekeeper was indeed indeed the same Jedi who began Luke's journey as a Jedi, and his learning in the ways of the Force. The Gatekeeper's image looked exactly like Obi-Wan, at least as Luke remembered him. He had the same goatee, combed white hair, and warm smile upon his face.
"Greetings, young Luke," the holographic image greeted. "I knew you would find me, eventually."
Though surprised at the image of his old mentor, Luke was able to regain his posture. "Greetings," Luke returned, trying to keep his voice calm. "I never knew Obi-Wan left a holocron."
"At some point, I knew you would find the truth of your origins," the Gatekeeper explained. "If that happened, I left this holocron behind to tell you the story of your father's fall. Do you wish to listen?"
Luke just stood there, surprised at the words coming out of Obi-Wan's holographic recording. He intentionally came to the hut to respect his old mentor, but he came across something that would reveal why his father fell to the Dark Side of the Force. The Jedi did inform Luke that Darth Vader was once Anakin Skywalker, but he never explained how it happened.
Nodding, Luke answered, "I do, master."
"Very well." The holographic recording of Luke's mentor paused for a moment before he began his story.
"Before the Empire, the Jedi Knights acted as the guardians of peace and justice for centuries, drawing our power from the Force. I trained your father, who eventually became a full-fledged Jedi Knight. Together, we went on missions and became good friends over the years. It was during one of these missions, your parents first met each other."
"Your mother was a member of the Organa family's guard named Padme. At first, you parents did not get along, but they developed eventually feelings for one another. The Jedi Council, the leaders of our order, forbid any marriages, for they believed it would lead to the Dark Side. Despite this, they married in secret. I did not agree with the council's ban on marriage and kept their marriage a secret."
"After their marriage, tensions began rising in the Galactic Senate with issues over cloning. At the time, cloning was a recent scientific breakthrough, but it brought consequences. Forming their own clone armies, many star systems broke away from the Republic. In response of the seceding star systems, the Republic formed its own army after a millennium of peace, and thus, the Clone Wars begun."
"During the Clone Wars, I was a general, under the command of Viceroy Bail Organa, with your father as my commander. Together, we were able to bring back many planets into the Republic."
"Unfortunately, the Clone Wars devastated many from all over the galaxy, Jedi included. As our numbers dwindled, millions of innocents suffered as they found themselves without homes, if they were lucky. The rest were killed in the crossfire. Anakin witnessed this first hand. It was there that Anakin saw the horrors of war, and I believe it was when Anakin began to fall."
AN: Now, this is a basically AU for the prequels, but I will to make it fit with the continuity established by the Original Trilogy and the EU. This includes adding Darth Bane's Rule of Two, the Emperor's Hand, the Outbound Flight, etc. By doing this, I hope to also explain what the heck the Sith are, something which the Prequels never did.
However, I'm not if this bit will be in the final draft of my fic. I've tried to written this story a few times, and whenever I had someone look at it, they always say it's crap and to be honest, they were. I just hope that this time my story will work out.
Okay that's enough of me rambling-Raika out.