King: Okay... Seriously, guys. I've said this twice. This is your LAST explanation! If you want to suggest something, use Private Message, not the reviews! Seriously, I've gotten too many of those via reviews. If you're earnest in wanting them to be in the fic, use PM. I will ignore all suggestions in reviews.

Okay... that done, let's get on to the next one, shall we? Also, I picked the title because it's the fourth chapter, not as a reference to the era in the chapter. I thought it was fun. Hope you enjoy~

Inspiration: Star Wars

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"Alright!" King popped in again, but the lights remained faded, "Who's ready for the next one?"

"Already?" Ren raised a brow, "I thought you had to take time between them."

"I did that because the first two were… taxing."

Glynda glared to the ball, "And what were those exactly?"

"Another time. So, let's get going!"

The screen glowed slightly, remaining black. A small amount blue of text fading into the center. [A long time ago. In a galaxy far, far away…]

"Another galaxy?" Ruby tilted her head slightly.

"I guess this one's a sci fi reality." Yang sat back, unsure of how to feel. She was more the grounded action movie type.

Blake, however, loved science fiction. To be fair, she loved all fiction genres. What she hated was when someone abused the genre with terrible writing. Still, she was excited to see where this goes.

The screen changed to show a massive army of men in white armor. As they marched into giant triangular-shaped space ships, they heard a voice over. "A galaxy at war!" It kind of reminded them of the old radio news voice overs Oobleck played them from the archives.

"A whole galaxy at war?" Ironwood wiped his face with a sense of stress. He knew how terrible a war is to a single country. Just imagining that on a galactic scale was… daunting, to say the least.

"The forces of the Separatists and the Galactic Republic continue their fight across the galaxy. The Republic holds strong, but more worlds are falling in with the Separatists. The world of Kazati is torn apart by the war." The screen shows a large orange planet floating through space. Then they saw native peoples of the world; short reptilians with small, likely nonfunctional wings of a variety of colorations. "The Kazi people are torn by their allegiances to the Separatists and their need for Republic aid. Their internal war has finally boiled to the planet's surface. Now, for the good of the Republic, Jedi knight Jaune Arc is sent to Kazati to command the forces of the Republic."

"Wait. What's a Jedi?" Coco leaned forward slightly.

Winter scoffed a moment, "As if a child could lead an army…"

"You don't know! Maybe Jaune is older in this one." Velvet came to Jaune's defense rather quickly. This put her in Pyrrha's sights, her suspicions reinforced.

The screen changed to show Jaune standing in an arid waste. He dressed in a tan combat robe with a dark chocolate cloak wrapped over his shoulders. His boots were tall enough to cover his lower leg with a section sticking up to cover his knees. Something resembling a sword handle hung at his waist. He couldn't have been too much older than the Jaune they know, likely around 18 years old. His blonde hair was long, tied up into a ponytail the reached his shoulders.

Winter gestured toward the screen, "See! He looks like a bum, not a soldier!"

Yang thought for a moment, "He looks more like a monk."

Coco took in the attire. It was practical, but also rather large on him to really be functional. She had to agree with Yang, it was more a monk's style than a soldier's.

The voice over continued, showing Jaune to be looking over an enemy campsite on the opposite side of a large ravine. "His plan hinges on the arrival of the Arc Troopers. But their transport holds an unexpected surprise."

"It's going to blow up." Ironwood stated, like it was the most mundane thing he could say, prompting a knowing nod from his subordinate and everyone else moving one chair away from the general.

They watched as the modified Bulkhead dropship started to land in the clearing behind Jaune. The person they saw watching the ship, however, was an unknown armored individual. The most identifying feature was the helmet with a T-shaped visor. As the camera moved away, they found the body below the helmet was rather feminine, with form fitting armor. Said armor being primarily white with gold accenting around the visor and in various patterns about the armor.

Winter smirked, "You see? That's a soldier's attire."

The armored woman walked passed other people in similar yet bulkier armor.

Coco raised an eyebrow. "Alright. Not bad."

Ruby looked at the fashionista, confused, "Um… What?"

Coco rolled her eyes behind her sunglasses. "Clearly the armor the other soldiers have is a mass production version of hers. Her armor is likely custom, and pretty impressive."

She walked up next to Jaune and folded her arms, speaking with an all too familiar voice, "Anything happening?"

Yang blinked in surprise, not expecting that voice. Nora, meanwhile, was shaking the brawler shouting, "It's you!"

Jaune took in a deep breath with eyes closed. He slowly reopened his eyes, not turning toward Yang, "Nothing. They're likely supplying for an advance like we are."

"Speaking of, you're Troopers are here. Might want to gather the troops and start the assault."

Jaune was silent a moment before turning back to the camp and handing Yang a device.

"Um… what's this?"

"The plan. I'm trusting you to address the troops and get things moving."

"What? Why?"

"I sense… a presence on the ship that requires my attention."

Yang sighed. "Are all Jedi so cryptic or just you?"

Jaune chuckled, "Most of us are at this point. It would make meetings with the council easier if more of us were straightforward."

Ironwood, Qrow, and Glynda all stared at Ozpin for a couple seconds.

Jaune started to walk back to the landing site as the armored soldiers moved passed him. As he started to approach, he raised an eyebrow, seeing a girl in a red hooded-cloak talking to herself.

Weiss turned away, trying to hide a chuckle. Yang, on the other hand, wrapped her arm around Ruby with a giant grin.

The girl was pacing back and forth and talking to herself.

Seeing this, Ruby sunk in her chair, fully aware of how she was.

Jaune shook his head for a moment before walking toward her. He stood there with arms folded and a smirk, waiting to see how long she would take to notice his presence.

But she didn't seem to see him approach as she continued to pace, "Okay. Calm down. You've been training for this. Just go over and…" As she turned into her pacing, she noticed Jaune and jumped in shock, falling to the ground.

Jaune chuckled and walked over, offering his hand to her, "I take it you're Ruby."

Nora moved next to Ruby in her usual Nora way and placed an arm over the younger huntress's shoulders, "Aw… A new meeting between friends!"

"Um…" Velvet looked toward Nora's shenanigans. "How does he know her name already?"

Nora froze before popping back into her seat next to Ren, "Good question."

When Ruby was back on her feet, the hood of her red cloak fell away. This Ruby looked exactly like the Ruby they all know with one difference, a long, thin braid that descended over her left shoulder. She wore garb similar to Jaune's underneath her cloak, just in black.

Yang nodded lightly, "I guess that means Ruby is also one of those Jedi things…"

Ruby chuckled nervously, "I'm sorry. I'm just nervous…"

"Don't worry. We've all been there."

Ruby took a deep breath with a hand over her heart. "Okay… My name is Ruby Rose. I look forward to learning with you. No… Wait! I mean…"

Jaune burst out laughing for a second. "Don't worry about it. Truth be told, it's my first time teaching a Padawan."

"Pada-what?"

Glynda thought for a moment. "If I had to guess," this got most of the room to turn to her, "The Jaune and Ruby in this reality are both members of a hierarchical system with names for each level. Jaune is a 'Knight' and Ruby is this 'Padawan' level."

The room nodded, finding sense in that explanation.

Ruby sighed, "Really?"

"Yes. Now, let's get started."

"Okay… How does this work?"

"According to my master, before the war, we would have travelled the galaxy to meditate and train you in the ways of the force over time. Now, your training will have to be under fire." Jaune turned and walked away, motioning for her to follow.

Ruby quickly ran up to match his pace, "What do you mean?"

"Well… this is a warzone."

As they walked back to the main camp, they saw Yang with her helmet removed and held under her shoulder.

The sight made the Yang in the theater nearly have a heart attack.

Yang's blonde hair was cut short into a pixie cut. When she noticed Jaune, she turned to him and smiled, "Welcome back. So, this is the Padawan?"

Ruby blinked, "Wait, are Yang and I not sisters?"

"Apparently not in this reality."

"Yang meet Ruby Rose. Ruby, this is Yang Xiao Long, my second in command."

Yang's eyes brightened a bit. The idea of being a soldier wasn't her thing, but she would if she had to. That said, being a second in command never appeared on her radar.

Yang waved to the young padawan, "'sup?"

Ruby bowed slightly, "Nice to meet you."

"Aw, she's so polite~" Yang's tone dropped, "That won't last."

Raven couldn't help but feel a little pride. This Yang reminded her of herself.

Jaune walked passed Yang and grabbed a pair of futuristic binoculars resting on a nearby case, "Is everything ready?"

Yang smiled toward Jaune, "You trust me, don't you?"

"I do, but I have to ask anyway."

"Fair enough. Everyone's ready."

"Good. Begin operations."

Yang smirked and saluted, "Got it." Yang put her helmet back on and ran off to her position.

Jaune handed Ruby the binoculars, "Tell me if you can tell what we're doing now."

Ruby took the device, holding them to her eyes. Beyond the ravine, the opposing army was preparing an advance. Ruby thought for a moment, watching them. "Um… I'm not sure."

The group turned to Ironwood and Winter, expecting them to somehow know what the plan was. Both simply shrugged.

"Start from what you see now."

"Okay… They're preparing to march. Probably toward us to spark a battle." She looked to Jaune to confirmation.

"Correct. Now, consider, their route."

Ruby looked back through the binoculars, "The flat lands on either side of the ravine would let them move faster, but it would leave their tanks open to our artillery. The ravine has overhangs to prevent that, but it leaves them bottled up with only one option for movement."

Jaune nodded silently, allowing her to continue.

"Okay! They'll move over the ravine one both sides, to avoid crowding against incoming fire."

As everyone turned to him again, Ironwood thought about everything that was said. "She's… not wrong. It would be the best option available."

Jaune placed a hand on Ruby's shoulder, "You would be correct if you believe the soldiers are the most valuable part of their army."

The army opposite them started to file their tanks through the ravine in the distance.

"Remember, the Separatists use mass produced droids for their army. Tanks are more expensive to them than their infantry."

Ironwood was taken aback. An entire army of androids?! That was insane to think about. Even Atlas still utilized a majority of human/faunas.

Jaune took a deep breath and smiled. "However, you've done well. We'll continue your lessons after this battle." Jaune removed his cloak and tossed it to the side, "Prepare yourself."

Ruby nodded, determined, and removed her own cloak.

"Wow~!" Yang grinned toward her sister, "Never thought I'd see Ruby without her cape."

Ruby huffed, "What do you mean by that?!"

Blake was the first to answer, "You do wear your cape a lot."

Weiss started counting it out, "Your combat attire, you wear it over your Beacon uniform, the outfits we wore to the CCT…"

Ruby fell back into her chair, "Okay. Okay… I get it."

Jaune took his sword handle in hand.

Now, Ruby was a little miffed, "How is that a weapon? It looks more like a flashlight!"

Jaune clicked a button on the side and blade of blue light appeared from the hilt with a loud hissing. The hum following as he moved the blade.

While everyone else was intrigued, Ruby remained skeptical. How could light be a weapon? Deep down, she was excited to see how but remained of low expectations.

Ruby grabbed a similar hilt and unleashed a blue blade of her own.

They waited at the mouth of the ravine as the droids started to appear within the formation. They were almost skeletal in appearance, a side effect of minimal spending on the infantry.

Something that made the Atlassian military members twitch.

The droids started to raise their guns as they approached.

Jaune looked toward Ruby, "Go nuts."

Ruby was jumping back and forth and charged forward in a blink. She charged the enemy line with her blade held in front of her. As the droids began to fire laser bolts, (which made the Ruby in the theater practically drool at the idea of weaponized lasers) Ruby blocked the bolt with her blade and redirected the blast back at the droid's head. Ruby continued to charge and sliced through three droids at the front of the group without losing any power as she melted through the cheap, thin metal.

Now, Ruby was unrepentantly drooling at the light sword. No! Not cool enough! Lightsaber.

The Ruby on screen continued to mow down droids as Jaune watched on. As the first of the enemy tanks started to make its way through the ravine, he launched himself into the air and landed on the craft, slicing through the metal and diving inside the hole he created. After a few seconds, Jaune jumped back out and the tank fell to the ground with a small explosion.

Jaune turned back to see a few of the droids beginning to surround him, only to be shot down on masse. Jaune placed a device over his ear, "What took you so long?"

Yang's voice came in on the other line, "Maybe next time I'll just let them shoot you."

Jaune rolled his eyes and looked toward the second tank starting to approach. He looked up to see a large bolder resting on a ledge above them. He held out his hand toward the bolder, which started to lift off the ledge.

Yang leaned forward in surprise, "Woah! What?!"

"It's like Professor Goodwitch's semblance." Weiss thought out loud.

Jaune quickly moved his hand to the side and bolder flew off the ledge and fell into the tank, crushing the craft enough to render its guns useless. Jaune held his hand up again and one of the droid lifted off the ground. Pulling his hand back a bit he snapped it forward and tossed the droid into its own army lines, knocking a few more over. "Ruby, retreat to the entrance!"

Ruby seemed to debate this but relented to her Jaune's order.

Nora might as well be standing with how far on the edge of her seat she sat, "What are they doing?!"

The sound of a planned series of explosions echoed through the ravine. Ruby turned to Jaune, "What was that?"

"Before you said they'd have one direction to go if they entered the ravine, but they'd have two, advance and retreat. If they retreated back to their camp, they'd have advantage of digging in and we'd be back where we started. Now, they only have one option."

Next, they saw Yang with a hand raised upward. She dropped her arm forward and shouted, "FIRE!"

The soldiers to either side started to unleash a series of rockets into the droid line. The resulting explosions ripped the droids apart without mercy. The soldiers continued to fire more and more rockets for a solid minute before finally stopping. When they were done, the droids were decimated, and their tanks were in ruins. With the threat gone, both Jedi switched off their blades.

Ruby looked over to Jaune, "Where did you get all the rockets?"

"The same ship they dropped you off in." Jaune's thoughts were cut off, seeing something in the dust. "Ruby, get back to the camp."

"What?"

A figure walked through the dust in a dark robe. Removing her hooded cloak, a dark-skinned woman with red eyes and short, mint-green hair continued walking forward. She dressed in a black crop-top and a pair of tight pants and tall boots.

This time Cinder, Roman, Neo, and Mercury turned to Emerald. The thief took in the vision, unsure of what she was supposed to believe.

Jaune reignited his lightsaber and held his off hand to the side in front of Ruby, "Get out of here! Now!"

Ruby looked between Jaune and the woman before stepping backward before spinning on her heels and heeding Jaune's order.

Jaune held his saber firm and focused on the woman before him. He dug his foot forward a moment before charging forward.

Mercury laughed, "Emerald's doomed."

Emerald glared to her associate.

"What? You see one of those light sticks on you in that?"

Ruby jumped up shouting, "LIGHTSABER!" Fully committed to her new name for the weapon.

Emerald grabbed something from behind her and ignited two red lightsabers with shorter blades.

Emerald felt a certain pride in the idea her counterpart was showing up Mercury.

Jaune and Emerald's blades clashed with a sickening hiss. Each time the blades struck, they unleashed the sound. As they fought, Jaune and Emerald were moving with speed and acrobatics that put most of the viewers in the room to shame. Jaune ducked and jumped each attack while Emerald moved like a well-oiled machine, dodging and counter striking with ease. One such counter had her kicking Jaune to the ground and flowing into straddling his chest with one blade raised and ready to fall into his head.

"Jaune! No!" Nora was tightly hugging Ren to the point where he was starting to lose air.

Emerald looked up from Jaune and found herself face to fist with the armored badass that was Yang Xiao Long.

"Yeah! Eat it!" Yang had stood up with one foot resting on the top of the back of the chair in front of her. She had one hand resting on her muscle of the other arm flexing, making a sign of 'up yours.'

Yang helped Jaune back up and pulled a pair of laser pistols from her holsters. "What are we dealing with?"

Jaune leaned forward with his saber held in a defensive stance. "She moves like a Sith, but something feels off."

"Sith? Right, that's those evil Jedi you told me about."

Emerald stood back up and smirked toward them both, never saying a word.

Yang looked over to Jaune a moment before a pair of thrusters were revealed on her back. With a loud burst of fire, she airborne.

Yang was having a field day seeing that, "Jetpack! Yes, I'm awesome in this one!"

Jaune charged forward and swung toward Emerald, who blocked his attack. Meanwhile, Yang flew over Emerald and fired several bolts toward the Sith. Emerald jumped away before impact only to have Jaune redirect Yang's blasts with his lightsaber back toward her. Emerald was able to block all but one bolt, which struck her shoulder. Once hit, Emerald seemed to glitch somehow.

Qrow leaned toward his companions, "Okay, you guys saw that too, right?"

Jaune caught this jumped up after her. He slashed at her, being blocked again, but used his new position to grab her other arm and take one of her blades. He used the Force to push her back down to the ground. Emerald landed hard enough to break someone's back. As she tried to stand again, Jaune landed and reeled back with her weapon in hand. He launched the blade toward her and pierced her through center mass. Emerald then fell to her knees.

"Holy shit!" Mercury actually winced seeing that, a smug look on his face.

Jaune took a few deep breaths as Yang flew back down next to him. She observed the Sith, ready incase adrenaline somehow kept her going. After a few minutes, she let out a breath, "I thought Jedi weren't supposed to take life unless absolutely necessary."

Jaune walked over and grabbed the still ignited blade. Turning it off, he revealed the person before them was robotic. As she fell over, her holographic form flickered away, revealing the robotic core beneath.

Mercury leaned back again, "Hmm… Appropriate."

As much as she hated Mercury and the idea of agreeing with him about anything, she had to here. A droid disguising itself as her using a holographic filter reminded her of her semblance somewhat.

Yang walked over and lightly kicked the droid. "Okay… That's fun."

"Assassin droid. Designed to look and move like a Sith… Our job just got a lot harder."

"Then you better train that Padawan like no body's business."

"I should. Wait. If you're here, then…"

They both froze, realizing that as a Jedi Padawan, Ruby was granted the rank of Commander and was technically the highest rank in the camp.

"What?!" The Atlas duo nearly had a heart attack hearing that. The idea that a teenager could just become a Commander because of some outside force rather than through military achievement was foreign to them.

The two rushed back and sighed in relief seeing Ruby doing rather well in her role. She was running among the soldiers helping and giving orders as best she could. She was far from a natural leader, but she had to start somewhere. Jaune couldn't help but smile at the scene.

Yang saw the smile and removed her helmet, "Think she's got what it takes to be a Jedi?"

"Not yet. But she will."

"You see a bit of yourself in her, don't you?"

"No. Not really. She won't have to deal with someone like you 24/7."

"Jerk." Yang chuckled and lightly punched Jaune's arm. "Should probably get to the troops and debrief." As she started to walk away the world slowed, showing a long blaster bolt traveling straight for her. Yang continued walking, unaware.

"No! Look out!" Ruby tried to warn her sister in the other reality.

They heard a strange sound and the world continued on normally again. Yang smirked, "Oh! Before I…" She froze seeing the bolt suspended midair in front of her.

Everyone was awestruck. It seemed impossible.

Then they saw the why. Jaune had his hand outstretched and was straining himself, "Maybe move to the side. This is kind of hard to hold."

Yang collected herself again and jumped away from the bolt. Once safe, Jaune allowed the bolt to continue its path into the ground.

Jaune turned back to where the attack came from and found another assassin droid with a sniper rifle on the ridge above them. Its cover blown, it attempted to escape. Yang used her boosters to fly up to the ridge and fired multiple shots toward the droid. The droid was running rather fast, making it harder to attack without the force. Alternatively, you could be leading them off away from the ridge and targeting the droid with a system in your helmet. Yang leaned forward showing a small cone on top of her jetpack. After a moment, the cone fired forward, revealing itself to be a mini-missile. The missile hit the droid dead center and erupted in an explosion.

Ruby felt a dramatic tear fall on her cheek. A backpack that could double both as transportation and as a missile launcher?! It was beautiful.

Yang flew back down and landed next to Jaune as Ruby ran up, "What happened?"

Jaune walked passed her, placing his hand on her shoulder as he passed, "You can worry about that later. Right now, we need to focus on your training."

Ruby had a confident look and followed after him. "Yes, sir!"

Yang smiled and shook her head. "What am I going to do with you?"

The screen showed Yang watching them walk off as the picture gave way to a quick fade to black.

As everyone was silent for a while, Yang finally spoke up, "That…"

Ruby picked up the next word, "…was…"

Nora jumped up and joined the two, all of them shouting at once, "AWESOME!"