A/N: Updated May 4, 2021

The Will of the Force

Chapter 1:

"Long ago in a galaxy far, far away..."

What would you do if you could change the future? Would you take that chance even if it felt wrong? Wrong because it might not be the will of the force? I'm faced with that problem now. I have no clue as to what I should do, should I save the Jedi order or should I let the Sith take over?

5 Months earlier

"General, we're being pulled out of hyperspace into uncharted areas."

"General, what should we do?"

"General, the escape pods won't launch. We're trapped aboard."

Came the bombarding voices of my crew as I walked into the bridge.

Taking a deep breath I turned to my commander and said, "Commander, find the nearest inhabitable planet and set us down. We need to land this ship."

"But sir-"

"Do it commander! That is an order!"

I knew the ship was too damaged to get far. We barely managed to make the jump into hyperspace to get away from the Separatists.

"General, there is only one planet we can land on in this system."

I breathed out a sigh of relief, "Land there then," Turning to another clone I said, "Contact the council."

"Yes, Sir!"

He ran to the transmitter and punched in the code needed. Yoda appeared in the transmitter. "Trouble you are in Master Pané, hum?"

"Yes, Master Yoda we were pulled out of hyperspace in an unknown sector and we can't get the coordinates. We need reinforcements. Our ship is too damaged to go anywhere. Please help us."

Just then one of my navigational officers came in saying, "General the ship is going to explode. We can no longer land anywhere. We need to evacuate. We have secured a transport ship."

The whole ship rocked with small explosions from inside. Internally I grimaced. Those words meant that most of my crew would die. I tried to think of a way to get my whole crew out of here and not just a small party, but deep down knew that it was impossible.

"Get as many people as you can to that ship," I said," I'll be right there but I need to find my droid. Master Yoda please we are desperate."

"Send help, we will. Trace this transmission to find your location. Stop till we find you, we will not. With you Master Pané the force be." And with that I went to go find R-82.

"Eighty- two!" I shouted, "Eighty-two!" 'Where is that damn droid?' I wondered. Then I heard Beep Beep Boop. "There you are! We need to get out of here or else we'll go down with the ship. Come on and follow me!"

We tore down the hallway of the ship towards the hanger bay. We ran through the door and onto the transport ship. "GO!" I yelled as we boarded. The pilot then gunned the engines and made a mad dash for the exist of the main ship. Turning and glancing out of a port window, I saw the ship getting smaller and smaller until it suddenly blew. I moved to shut myself off from the force as to not feel anything but it was too late. I could hear a cry of hundreds of voices and then silence. Until what seemed like a mantra being repeated in someone's mind, echoed throughout my head, "They all wanted to stay behind. They all wanted to stay behind. They all-"

Shaking my head and taking a seat, I stopped listening. That started my thinking. Thinking back to when I first was a padawan and a lesson my master had taught me, "Every life is sacred. Do not destroy one life to save another. That will lead you down the path to the dark side of the force." All those lives, all those people. Not just those lost today but every life lost throughout this whole war. They can't have died for nothing, they will be remembered and we will take the Sith down. Drifting into a new plane of thought, 'Why can't the life of a Jedi be easier?' I wondered. 'Why can't we return to our peaceful ways? We have become warriors for the Republic, not the peace keepers we say we are. The Senate has corrupted the Jedi order and someone has to put a stop to it. Only one way to do that; take down Lord Sidious.' Getting back up I walked to the front of the ship and ask the pilot when we were going to land.

"Well, sir there may be some problems with our ship and we might not be able to have a smooth landing," he said, "The atmosphere around this planet may cause a bumpy landing."

"Get us the best landing you can captain," I told him.

"Yes, sir."

As it so happens the planet we "landed" on doesn't take it kindly when random ships fly into their atmosphere. In other words... they shot us down. With the crash only five survived. Me, R-82, two clone troopers, and my commander. I lost so much today. Why did Greivous have to attack us? All of this could have been avoided.

Getting up from the wreckage I assessed the damage and asked those who survived if it could be fixed. One of the clones, Blue, said he believed we could fix parts of the ship if we got the right parts. I told the commander, Steb, that Eighty-two and I were going to try and find a settlement and for them to keep an eye on the ship, "We don't where we are and the inhabitants are clearly either hostile or protective. From the looks of it civilization is most likely that way. Hopefully we be back before nightfall."

The journey was long and took almost 5 hours. As for where we were I had no idea. The settlement looked strange yet familiar at the same time. It was small and looked like it was Tatooine but with little to no sand. There were buildings and roads, but walking around the place was weird. No one used speeders nor was there normal food. I had almost given up hope of finding something for us until someone came running up asking if she could have my "autograph?"

"What in the worlds do you mean by 'autograph'," I asked her.

"You know. You're from Star Wars and I'm a huge fan of it. I still can't believe the ending to the Clone Wars, I mean EPIC!"

I gave her a strange look and asked, "Star Wars? And what do you mean end of the Clone Wars?"

"OMG! How can you not know what it is. You're dressed like a character. What character are you anyways? Is that R2-D2?" She laughed off the confusion on my face as a joke it seemed.

"How do you know R2-D2?" I asked

"Um, duh," she said, "The movies and shows."

"Movies? Shows?"

"Yeah, you know that ones with Luke Skywalker and all that? Do you really not know what I'm talking about?"

"Luke Skywalker? Don't you mean Anakin Skywalker?"

"No, I mean Luke as in Anakin's son."