Ach-To

The familiar sight of the planet brought back memories to Ben. He and Vestara had stumbled upon the homeworld of the Jedi while pursuing a lead in the unknown regions. He took the Falcon into the landing zone that existed before the Order had built one on top of the plateau.

"Any wildlife warnings this time?" Kenobi asked.

"Not really. It's about a 20 minute hike up to the abandoned Temple. There's a native critter which is rather annoying and tasty at the same time. They get into everything," Vestara said. "The locals maintain upkeep on the building and the Temple itself."

"Fascinating," Obi-Wan said. "Is there anything in particular about this place that would indicate why we came here?"

"I honestly have no idea," Ben said, "but whatever it is will likely be found in the Jedi temple."

The crew all walked up the hill. Anakin was reaching out with the Force. On at least one occasion, he thought he heard his name.

"The Force is very strong here," Kenobi said, "not as strong as the Palace of Light or Mortis, but stronger than Tython."

"I noticed I also get the feeling of being watched," Anakin said.

"Don't say that," Ahsoka said, "that usually means trouble."

They reached the top of the hill and took up residence in the various huts situated on the top.

Anakin was noticeably distracted by something he couldn't quite sense. It was a strangely peaceful place. He could sense the island was largely a light side nexus, with a smaller dark side nexus somewhere below the island's surface. He contemplated using the method of mediation that Ben had showed him. He had been secretly using it several times hoping to get back to the Palace of Light, to no avail. Maybe if it did exist in the galaxy, he could find it with Padme. He was certain it wouldn't be visible solely to Force users. Being able to show her how he could see and feel all the time would be an experience educational, if nothing else.

He suddenly realized he had been walking without even thinking towards the hill. He looked around and saw Ben watching him.

"Do you know what were looking for here?"

"No, I'm afraid my ability to predict the future with any certainty is running a bit thin at the moment," Ben said lightheartedly. "However, I will tell you this island contains one of the oldest Jedi temples in the galaxy. There's also a few books which detail ancient Jedi powers, including a rather dangerous form of Force healing."

Anakin looked around. "I feel drawn into there." He pointed towards the cave entrance into the temple.

"Well then," Ben said. "Go and face whatever you need to. I just recommend avoiding the dark side nexus near the water's edge."

Anakin nodded and turned towards the cave.

Ben sat down and watched as his grandfather entered the cave, he sensed this was the reason they had come here. Of course, he had not told Anakin his ability to predict the future was diminishing because the changes they had made were already making things different. Ben could sense there were still thousands of Jedi in the galaxy. Dooku was still alive and unless he had sensed wrong, he believed Darth Maul had fallen in Order 66.

He sat back as Kenobi came up, looked towards where Anakin had entered, sighed, and sat down across from Ben to wait. Neither spoke. They didn't have to. This was Anakin's journey and his alone.

Millennium Falcon

The brothers were more than a little restless. They hadn't had this much downtime since the war had started. Padme was too frankly as they sat around the table.

"You know," Jesse said "The kids' information was good and all, but I would kinda like to know more about them and how they got their hands on the information."

"You suspect them still?" Rex asked. "Their info saved much of the Order."

"Sure," Jesse said "But why wait til the end of the war not before Geonosis?"

"They said they didn't have any proof that would hold up in court," Padme said. "But I would like to know why they are more interested in us. They seem to know an awful lot about us."

"Agreed," said Jesse. "But how do we find out more?"

R2 at that moment came up whistling.

Padme looked at R2. "What is it?"

R2 projected footage of Ben and Vestara

"No, fountain of light," Ben said. "I was in no mood to play and just let him have it."

"Oh, yes, like that's any better. A cliched trick pulled from a cheap holofilm," Vestara said.

"Hey, that signed holofilm was Jacen's most treasured possession other than his family," Ben said. "Uncle Han let me bring it to remember what we were saving."

"I seem to recall your father saying that it was one of the worst holofilms ever," Vestara said.

"Yeah, well it wasn't very accurate and Dad, at the time, thought the investigator was going to charge him with war crimes, not figure out the events and sell it as a movie with Dad as the hero," Ben said grinning. "That incident, though, was the reason he gave up his military commission."

"A holofilm of his father," Jesse said. "Well, well, and they have it in their possession."

"What say we stroll into their room to collect and watch said holofilm? We are rather bored aren't we?" Jesse said, walking towards their room.

Padme and Rex looked at each other and didn't say a word. Maybe they could get some information on these Jedi.

Always helpful droid, R2 unlocked the room for Jesse.

Jesse took a quick look around. He saw some packages, some holopics of what he believed to be Ben, Vestara, and his family, strong box, and what he was looking for on a shelf. the disk was old, with faded signature on it that he couldn't make out.

He returned to the table and said, "I got the goods. Let's see what we got."

They inserted the disk onto the table and watched as a large orchestra gave bombastic music, and an opening crawl went across the screen.

STAR WARS

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor

Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader are dead. The Empire has been toppled by the triumphant Rebel Alliance, and the New Republic is ascendant. But the struggle against the dark side and the Sith Order is not over. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and their faithful comrades have had little time to savor victory before being called on to defend the newly liberated of the vanquished Empire, hungry for retaliation, are still at large, committing acts of piracy, terrorism, and wholesale slaughter against the worlds of the fledgling New Republic. The most deadly of these, a ruthless legion of black-armored Stormtroopers, do the brutal bidding of the newly risen warlord Shadowspawn. Striking from a strategically advantageous base on the planet Mindor, they are waging a campaign of plunder and destruction, demolishing order and security across the galaxy–and breeding fears of an Imperial resurgence. Another reign of darkness beneath the boot-heel of Sith despotism is something Jedi knight Luke Skywalker cannot, and will not, risk, but the Jedi does not realize he is being drawn into a trap by design of Shadowspawn- one of the Emperors dark acolytes, who seeks to destroy the light of the Jedi.

Rex paused it right as the crawl was coming to an ending.

"What was that? Emperor Palpatine, Luke Skywalker?" Rex asked bewildered.

Padme looked bewildered as well. "I have no idea. How long ago this was made?"

R2 chirped and on his translation screen it said, "Data disc is at least 35 years old. The dates indicated in the disk use a calendar other than Republic standard, listing the date as 5ABY."

Rex looked at Padme and they both looked like they had no idea.

"Do you think the kid's related to the General?" Rex asked.

Padme nodded. "We know nothing of Anakin's family. It's possible they are cousins. Ben kind of acts like Anakin when he gets excited, but he's much more even tempered."

Jesse nodded. "Remember that grin as we were about to do something crazy? Definitely General Skywalker though he is rather short for the General."

"Let's watch the rest of the film and see if we can glean anything," Padme suggested.

"Don't figure there's anything to be gleaned from the cast. They got a bunch of nobodies in this film. Let's see: Mark Hamill, Carrie fisher, Harrison Ford," grunted Jesse watching as the film resumed.

Padme and Rex said nothing as they both pulled out holopads to take notes.

Jedi Temple Ach-To

Anakin had never been anywhere quite like this place. He was uncertain of where to go when all of a sudden, a door appeared in the wall. Figuring that was his cue, he stepped through to find himself in a room overlooking a majestic forest. He recognized the landscape as Dantooine from old paintings in the archive. In the room was a Jedi with longer black hair and a short beard. He sat in a meditation pose with two lightsabers clipped to his belt.

The man looked up at Anakin. "Well, I never expected to see you here, but I'm proud of you for making the journey," he said in a calm voice as he rose.

"Who are you and where are we?" Anakin asked.

"Well, we better pace ourselves with the answers. I don't think you can handle it all at once." the man said with a slight smirk, "but if you want to know who I am, I figured my good looks would give me away. Anakin, I'm your father."

Anakin stumbled backwards at this statement as confusion and anger were starting to mix into his emotions.

The Jedi looked on calmly "Yeah, you inherited that emotional streak from me unfortunately."

Anger started to get the better part of Anakin. "You're a Jedi!"

"Guilty as charged," The man said calmly.

"Where were you why didn't you help my mother? How could you leave her and me in slavery?" Anakin shouted.

"I'll start with the simple answer that I was long dead before your mother was ever a slave," the man said calmly.

The anger deflated partially from Anakin but not completely "Why did my mother never speak of you then?"

The man sighed. "Yeah, this is where things get confusing. We never actually met. I promise, if I had been alive, I would never have left either of you in slavery."

Anakins anger at that statement grew. "What did you do to my mother?" At this Anakin lost control of his anger he dived to attack the man in front of him. The man dodged the attack that was meant to knock him on the ground. He Force pushed Anakin into the wall and lit his two lightsabers. Anakin responded in kind, lighting up his blue lightsaber. The two clashed but Anakin, especially in his anger, easily lost to the unusual Jar Khai form he had never seen. Within half a minute, the man had Anakin on his knees with his lightsabers across his neck.

"Nothing, I didn't do anything. However, I guess you could say I was ultimately responsible for you being born," the man said calmly as Anakin eyed the blades that were eerily similar to how he had the Count at his mercy several weeks before.

"It is an extremely long and complicated story," the dark haired man continued calmly.

"Looks like you have all the time in the world," Anakin retorted.

The man grinned. "I wonder if this is how people used to see me when I was young."

Anakin glared at him. He would have threatened if he thought it would do any good.

"Very well. Let's start at the very beginning I was born with the name Evan Starkiller, a name long forgotten by many, including myself."

Author's Notes

Emperor Palpatine cackling "Yes yes let the hate flow".

Seriously Let the speculations begin

Is the mysterious jedi being honest?

Whats with not remembering his own name?

Does the name he gives have any importance other than being George's original last name for Luke?

Didn't the author say the Sith were involved in Anakins birth?

Well wel can find out next week together it's going to be big I promise you that. Like I said last week trust me for both these chapters and come back next week. Early posting this week due to the weekend schedule if enough people ask I may post a little early next week.

Thanks for the reviews and comments we will likely hit 15,000 readers next week I appreciate that as a first time writer. Thanks Ben