realizing they can never return home with the Skywalker triplets?
Gladly! This follows them throughout the trilogy and touches on some of the aftermath. It's vague on purpose, but the details here are mostly true to how things will go for them after the war (if I tweak a few minor things, I’ll edit this fic to reflect that). Also, I added some Han in here too, hope you don't mind:
War was a funny thing.
Lucy and Leia had grown up hearing stories about it, dipped into it as children, and thrust into it as adults. Luke had grown up knowing about it only from the Imperial history books, ignorant to the rest of it by design, and thrust into it with little warning as an adult, with only his mentor and surrogate sister to guide him.
But then his mentor died, he gained two friends, and his surrogate sister turned out to be the more deeply connected to the Force and lightly trained in connecting to it and holding a staff.
But she at least had resources from Ben—Obi-Wan, but Luke and Leia refused to call him that, and Lucy had always called him Obi—so the two of them muddled through.
It wasn’t easy. Between Jedi training and the fights against the Empire, sometimes it felt like only their promise kept them going through the worst of it: no more children fearing the Empire.
Lucy and Luke’s shared nightmare had turned out to be real. Leia had lost her home planet, her parents, her people. Han had been homeless all his life, bouncing around, taking odd jobs, never having a place to call home. They refused to let any other child suffer such horrors…and with the defeat of the first Death Star, it became easier to believe.
So they threw themselves into it, dedicated themselves to the cause, rose up in the Rebellion (Leia already had, but she was more than happy to pull them up as far as she could—to her, these were her best friends, her family). It became all about the Rebellion, from early dawn to darkest night, and even while they slept.
Tyranny never slept, after all, so why should freedom?
Fighting took a toll, of course it did. Physical scars abounded in Luke’s prosthetic hand, Lucy’s prosthetic arm, the small scars on Leia’s face and hands from the torture droids, Han’s torture scars and fuzzy vision in the first few seconds of a bright light. The four of them awoke screaming from nightmares, consoled only by the presence of one another. Luke, Lucy, and Leia, with connections to the Force, had it the worst, so often they’d sleep cuddled together if they could afford it.
When the war’s over, they told themselves, things will be different.
So hoped every Rebellion soldier. Everyone wanted to go home again, once there was a home to go back to…and slowly, with each battle won, with each victory, even with each loss…they held on to that, inching closer and closer.
And then Luke, Lucy, and Leia discovering they were siblings.
And then the Rebellion blew up the Death Star.
And then Luke came back, embraced his siblings—siblings, imagine that, two of them—and his best friend.
Things were supposed to get easier after that.
But they didn’t. They never got easier.
Each of them had been hurt, betrayed, in different ways throughout the war. And there was no time to linger on that in wartime, of course—but now, with peacetime nigh…there was time.
Even as peace talks were still under way…their bodies relaxed, slowly registering the danger had passed…and newly processing everything that had come before.
Luke and Lucy taught Leia in the Jedi way, and Leia took to the lessons well. Han and Leia got married, settling into Hosnian Prime, with Leia as one of the top Senators. It felt almost like a restoration.
(It wasn’t home, though, and Leia saw it every time she looked out the window.
Han had never settled anywhere long enough to call home, had never bothered about it. But seeing Leia so tearful, so bitter…he couldn’t help but weep for her.)
And Luke and Lucy…well…
“I’m leaving, Luke.”
“…what?”
“I’m leaving,” Lucy repeated stiffly. “I didn’t want to say anything until the wedding was over, so…here it is.”
“Is this about—?”
“It’s about me,” Lucy snapped, “thank you very much, and I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t make a fuss and let me go.”
Luke pursed his lips. “Does Leia know?”
Lucy looked away.
“I…I rather hoped you’d come with me and—”
“No.” her voice trembled.
“You finished my training, Lu!” He insisted. “I—”
“You’ll manage just fine without me.” She took a deep, shuddering breath. “Better, even, I’d wager.”
“Lulu…”
“My mind is made up, Luke. Don’t waste our last moments trying to change it.”
He sighed, hugging his sister tightly. “If you want to leave…then alright. I won’t stop you. But at least tell me, where will you go?”
“Home, I think. To finish Aunt Beru’s work.”
He nodded sadly. “Keep in touch.”
She smiled bitterly. “We’re already in touch, genius.” She touched her forehead to his, closing his eyes and savoring his presence for a few moments. “I’ll miss you.”
“Please don’t let this be forever,” he whispered. “You’re family, and you know how to find me. You’re welcome anytime.”
“I know,” Lucy smiled sadly. “I know, Luke. I love you too.”
So off she went, flying to Tatooine, intent on her mission.
(Her mission had more than one part to it, but Luke didn’t have to know that.
Nor did he have to know that the further she went, the less it felt like home.)
Luke, for his part, wandered about, following trails and leads to find other Jedi for his Jedi school. Other students, even.
He’d start with adults, he decided. Kids could be challenging, and Luke himself had learned as an adult—he had experience teaching that age range. When he found more Jedi…well, then he’d see about teaching kids too.
(And yet, no matter where he went, no matter how many friends he made or places he settled…his heart still longed for home.
His heart still longed for his sisters.)
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