#Star Wars: Rogue squadron 2 Rogue Leader

[dexter-the-inkling-boy]

"Aspyr has brought back all of these brilliant Star Wars games: Jedi Academy, Episode 1 racer, OG Battlefront 1 and 2, republic commando and the KOTOR games." A sigh escapes his mouth. "Now I believe I speak for countless star wars fans when I ask this." He takes a deep breath. "When will the Rogue Squadron Trilogy get this treatment?"

[from-a-legends-pov]

Star Wars Legends: Poll of the Week — You said WHAT?

Legends is filled with smooth talkers and brilliant strategists, but there are plenty of times when characters display a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Which of these moments is your favorite instance of “open mouth, insert foot” for a Legends character?

During a post-mission discussion on the Mon Remonda, Wraith Squadron pilot Elassar Targon comments that General Han Solo has been “running scared” from Warlord Zsinj, right before Solo turns his chair around to reveal his presence. Elassar then spends the next several days begging his squadmates to use their special skills to murder Elassar so he doesn’t have to endure the embarrassment (X-Wing: Solo Command)

Based on a brief conversation on comms with the new leader of Twin Suns Squadron, Wes Janson decides she has a nice voice and asks Wedge and Tycho if she is hot and single, clearly interested in pursuing her…only to learn (after a fair amount of teasing on their part) that she is nineteen-year-old Jaina Solo, daughter of his Rebellion colleagues Han Solo and Leia Organa (The New Jedi Order - Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand)

In the middle of a battle over the Katana fleet, Borsk Fey’lya admits to Talon Karrde and Leia Organa Solo that he only pretended to care about the New Republic military as a means to gain political power and does not care if Rogue Squadron and others in the battle die, as “anyone not on my side is my enemy” – not realizing that Leia has turned on the internal and external comms systems, broadcasting Borsk’s admission that he doesn’t care about the military…to the military (Dark Force Rising)

Wes Janson asks Reina Faleur on a dinner date; when she demurs that she has a date already, he encourages her to break it to go out with him, but she tells him “Captain Antilles wouldn’t like it” – as the date is with Wedge (X-Wing: Rogue Squadron #32, Mandatory Retirement part 1)

Corran Horn tries to play tough guy while bargaining for a cache of weapons on Tatooine, telling his opponent, “That’s Mirax Terrik, Booster Terrik’s daughter. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll go.” When the man laughs in his face and Corran wonders why that didn’t work, Mirax reveals that the man he’s attempting to intimidate is Booster Terrik (X-Wing: The Bacta War)

Let’s create more Legends moments together! Follow @from-a-legends-pov and come join us for From a Legends Point of View, a fanfiction event where we’ll be building a collection of fics featuring Star Wars Legends characters (including OT characters) during the time of the Original Trilogy. Writer signups are open now — use our Signup Form to pitch your story concepts (Signup Guidelines here), check out our Event Overview and FAQ for more information, and encourage your favorite writers to participate! Signups are open through June 2.

[queer-starwars-bracket]

Queer Star Wars Characters (Round 2): General Bracket Match 7

Yrica Quell | Identity: bisexual | Media: Alphabet Squadron Trilogy

Yrica Quell is the main protagonist of the Alphabet Squadron trilogy. In her childhood, she had multiple relationships with both men and women. One of the most important was with a woman named Nette who attempted to join the Alliance, but likely never made it. At her urging, she joined the Empire to get training as a pilot but then never defected to the Rebellion because of her loyalty to her comrades. She is an exploration of the theme of redemption that undergirds the entire saga, but specifically what comes next. She is forced to defect by her mentor after participating in Operation Cinder. Traumatized and depressed, she is recruited into a New Republic task force attempting to take down her old unit of elite pilots- Shadow Wing.

This unit becomes Alphabet Squadron, where she finds a new found family. She also becomes a protegee to Hera Syndulla, as they both learn what it takes to win and establish a new government. She grows into being a leader, but abandons them after her actual involvement in Operation Cinder is exposed. She rejoins Shadow Wing to take them down from the inside. In the process, she discovers that Emperor Palpatine had a database of every Imperial atrocity. The question is how society can move forward when a large portion of them have been party to one atrocity or another, especially her. 

After the war, she opens an intra-system cargo company and eventually properly begins a romantic relationship with Chass na Chadic, a member of Alphabet Squadron.

Chelli Lona Aphra | Identity: lesbian | Media: Star Wars Comics

Oh Aphra, where to begin. Honestly the best way I can describe her is that she’s Star Wars’ Vriska. She’s a “rogue archeologist” and in marketing material sometimes compared to Indiana Jones, but the only similarity is that she can feature in the same wacky stories about retrieving artifacts except with none of the mismatch between modern ideas about archeology and repatriation and Indy being the hero, because she specifically isn’t. She was originally created for the 2015 Darth Vader comic series, recruited to help Vader raise a force that would let him coup the Emperor. She was so popular she then got her own comic series, making her the breakout star of the Disney/Marvel Star Wars comics. The Fandom Menace can’t touch her.

Her comics have been a series of frankly strange adventures involving Force artifacts, Vader either working with her or wanting her dead, and double crosses that leave your head spinning. She has Thrawn level tactical abilities, but only for schemes. She is haunted by how her trauma born behaviors make it hard for her to maintain relationships and be a good person. She has so many exes it's an entire section of this tournament. Her most significant relationships have been with Sana Starros and Magna Tolvan. As of the end of the Spark Eternal arc, the comic seems to be leaning towards a poly ending with the three of them, but first Aphra needs to stop self sabotaging.

One of Aphra’s greatest achievements was at the end of her 2016 comic run, where she trapped Vader in a PTSD flashback Force artifact on Tython and hacked his suit to allow her to erase Hoth from the Empire’s records. She did this for the sake of her loved ones who had joined the Alliance. Doing this gave Echo Base enough time to build up before they were found again that they were able to evacuate much more efficiently. That’s right, disaster lesbian love saved the Rebellion.

[starwarspilotstournament]

As I begin work on making the bracket for the Star Wars Pilots Tournament, there are unfortunately many characters that will not make it into the showdown. These characters were submitted very late in the game and/or only got one submission each, so they are sadly not eligible.

So, ladies, gentlemen, and all other associations of being, I invite you to join me in raising a glass to those pilots who simply did not qualify.

Dak Ralter (The Empire Strikes Back)

Submitted propaganda: Look he's not really piloting and also he dies in his only scene but I love him

2. Col "Fake Wedge" Takbright (A New Hope)

Submitted propaganda: Totally would have kicked ass in the Battle of Yavin if he had been there

3. Thane Kyrell (Lost Stars)

Submitted propaganda: An ex-Imperial who defected and fought in the Rebellion, including the battle of Hoth, Endor and Jakku. He’s also in a very beautiful romance story with his childhood friend and Imperial pilot Ciena Ree 

4. Oddball (Clone Wars/Revenge of the Sith)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

5. Greez Dritus (Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

6. Jarek Yeager (Star Wars Resistance)

Submitted propaganda: Rebellion pilot who fought in the Battle of Jakku! Became a racer after the Empire fell but quit after his brother cheating in a race led to an explosion that killed his family. Moved to an out of the way fueling station and decided to run a mechanic's shop instead of piloting. He's drawn back into flying by Kaz when the First Order rises, and becomes a squadron leader/teacher for the next generation of pilots.

7. Venisa Doza (Star Wars Resistance)

Submitted propaganda: Badass Rebellion pilot who convinced her future husband to defect from the Empire! When the First Order started to rise she immediately joined the Resistance to fight them. Awesome pilot and really good at convincing Imperials/First Order people to defect.

8. Mara Jade Skywalker (Thrawn trilogy)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

9. Ooryl Qrygg (Rogue Squadron)

Submitted propaganda: Ooryl is unique in what his contributions mean to his people. There are very few Gand in the Lore but Ooryl qualifies for Rogue Squadron, the best pilots of the New Republic. He also arcs to earn the right to use "I" pronouns, which is extended only to Gand who are famous enough to be known to literally every Gand that exists. 

10. Garik "Face" Loran (X Wing - Wraith Squadron)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

11. Myn Donos (Wraith Squadron)

Submitted propaganda: Pulled off a nearly impossible rescue (ultimately failed as the other pilot was unconscious and unable to aid) and was the only surviving member of [???]

12. Wes Janson (Rogue Squadron + Wraith Squadron)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

13. Derek "Hobbie" Klivian (Rogue Squadron + Wraith Squadron)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

14. Nawara Ven (Rogue Squadron)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

15. Temmin "Snap" Wexley (Sequel trilogy and Aftermath trilogy)

Submitted propaganda: none :(

16. Kazuda Xiono (Star Wars Resistance)

Submitted propaganda: Resistance pilot who joins the Resistance because he wants to make a difference against the First Order and the New Republic isn't doing anything. Very good combat pilot and much more graceful in the air than he is on the ground. 

17. Torra Doza (Star Wars Resistance)

Submitted propaganda: 15 year old racing pilot! Learned how to fly from her mom. Super good at flying and clearly has a lot of fun flying also.

18. Hype Fazon (Star Wars Resistance)

Submitted propaganda: Super good race pilot who has to adjust to being a combat pilot when the First Order rises. Has a tendency to run from things that frighten him at first (the First Order, added responsibility, growth) but always comes back at the end. Also is delightfully cocky about his piloting skills.

19. Isabella Garcia-Shapiro / "Pilot Isabella" (Phineas and Ferb/Star Wars crossover)

Submitted propaganda: Okay so she’s the Han Solo of the episode despite Han also being in that, but also I just think this is the funniest technically legal submission I could do I’m not a Star Wars fan <3

20. that one ufuck (???)

Submitted propaganda: hhrrhhhghgngnhghghggngnghg i hve no fucking clue what any of this means im delirious right now im not even a star wars fan either

Believe me, y'all, I am as upset as you are over some of these not making it in. However, I made the rules and I would just be a hypocrite if I didn't follow them.

BUT stay tuned for the actual bracket with the 32 characters who DID make it in!

[anghraine]

For no particular reason: a grab-bag of answers to questions I've gotten, usually more than once, on my SW fics. Austen ones later!

Lucy Skywalker:

1— Why did you use "Lucy" for your female Luke Skywalker instead of something more space-like/Star Wars-y?

Because "Luke" itself isn't that kind of name. It's the perfectly common English form of a real, old, familiar name. I was looking for something analogous—a name with a common English form, something that's been around for a very long time, ideally with a similar appearance to "Luke." I stand by my opinion that "Lucy" is the closest fit, not something "spacier."

2— Why are Lucy and Leia seventeen c. ANH instead of the canonical nineteen?

Because Star Wars "canon" is a shape-shifting void beast and I stick firmly to the films and sometimes scripts. The movies don't give Luke and Leia's ages at any point in the OT, but the ANH script says Luke is eighteen and Leia is about sixteen. For the Lucyverse, I averaged them out to seventeen.

3— Why is the wampa episode different, with Wedge Antilles captured first?

The pervasive misogyny of most GFFA societies in the Lucy fics led to Lucy being ultimately accepted into Rogue Squadron but not as leader; Wedge occupies Luke's role as commander and even gets his shifts. Consequently, he's the one in place to get mauled by the wampa, but he has less options for escape and would have died if not for Lucy and Han's impromptu rescue mission.

The other reason is that the changes to the sequence made it more interesting to write about than just ... novelization-style with a pronoun switch, which I'd already done through much of the first fic.

4— Speaking of the pervasive misogyny of the GFFA in the Lucy fics, why is that a thing?

When I look at the roles of women in the prequels and then at the near-total dearth of them in the OT, the difference is very glaring. Maybe this is just a relic of the respective times in which they were made, but idk, it feels like the domination of white human men during the Emperor's reign has a certain resonance with Imperial era politics. That includes the fact that (as depicted in the OT) the military arm of the Alliance is scarcely better in this regard. It genuinely feels to me like there's been real, in-world, large-scale change from the PT era.

And I generally prefer to lean into fucked-up aspects of a canon and underscore what's wrong with them rather than to headcanon them away. So that's what I was doing there.

And the idea that the particular misogyny of the Empire flows down from Palpatine and this minefield changes Anakin/Vader's approach to Lucy (and hers to him) was far more interesting to write about than "everything is basically the same, lala what systematic misogyny." The events of The Jedi and the Sith Lord were always part of my plan for the fic and one of the main things that made it interesting to work towards.

SW: Rogue One

1— The idea of Cassian being from Alderaan is, um, interesting, but according to the Expanded Universe—

The extent to which I do not care about the SWEU can hardly be overstated. Please feel free to stop correcting my fanfic with SWEU/TV show factoids.

(Sidenote: I only wrote Alderaanian!Cassian in the ad astra verse, though he speaks Alderaanian in all of them.)

2— Will you ever finish per ardua ad astra?

Yes. I'm sorry it's taking so long, but I will if it kills me.

3— You've talked about Leia/Jyn/Cassian, but ...

I do actually have two fic ideas for it. I've written some of one, but not the other (and of course, I prefer the scenario I haven't written). I do hope to write some, someday.

4— Will you ever finish the Persuasion fusion with Wentworth!Jyn and Anne!Cassian?

Probably not. ;_;

SW: Other

1— Your Skywalker headcanons about Tatooine slave culture are interesting. Are you going to do more with those?

My Skywalker headcanons are not Tatooine slave culture headcanons. The enslavement of Shmi and her surviving people happened in her young adulthood in nearly all my fics.

I will do more with my headcanons about the Alsarai, though!

2— Will you ever write the sequel to Revenge of the Jedi?

Probably not. I had it planned and outlined, but a lot of the ideas got absorbed into other fics, and I'm not feeling it these days.

3— Will you ever continue the one-shot fic where Vader defects with Luke in ROTJ?

Yes and no. I can't really say more.

4— Is Anakin really Leia's stepfather in Redemption?

Yes.

[donrufie]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Wolverines Revenge, Star Wars Rogue Leader Rogue Squadron 2, 007 Nightfire.

[jimmawww]

Fave Vidya Explosions

A good explosion is simple yet complex. It uses flash, design, sound, and debris to create the effects of heat, energy, and force.

Ocarina of Time

Fallout 3

Red Alert 2

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Duke Nukem

Crysis

Resident Evil 5

Gears of War 3

GTA IV

Metal Gear Solid 3

Final Fantasy XIV

Halo

Uncharted 4

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader

Jet Force Gemini

Helldivers 2

Star Fox 64

[hellman55]

Longplay of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader [New]

[starwarsbookclub]

Happy Pride Month Everyone! 

The theme poll has closed and the votes are in! We are excited to announce that the theme for July is NEW REPUBLIC!

The novel and comic polls are now live in our Discord Server, and you have until 10pm BST (5pm EDT) June 23rd to vote for what book/comic we will be reading together. Our options are listed below.

NOVELS

1. Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn 2. Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor by Matthew Stover 3. Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole

COMICS

1. X-Wing: Rogue Leader (2005) 2. Jedi Academy: Leviathan (1998) 3. Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand (1999)

Happy voting and may the force be with you!

- Star Wars Book Club

[theowlhousefanboy]

Great Video Games That Need To Be Ported/Relisted on Steam and/or GOG These Days.

The Operative: No One Lives Forever - GotY Edition and NOLF 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way.

Transformers: War of Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron.

Oni (by Bungie Studios).

Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II: Soulblighter+Chimera.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon expansion packs Desert Siege and Island Thunder.

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six expansion pack Eagle Watch, RSII: Rogue Spear+Urban Operations, Covert Ops Essentials,and Black Thorn, and RSIII: Raven Shield expansion pack Iron Wrath.

Aliens versus Predator 2 (by Monolith Productions).

Battlefield 1942+The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WWII, Battlefield 2+Special Forces, Euro Force, and Armored Fury, and Battlefield 2142+Northern Strike (with all their official multiplayer servers fully restored).

American McGee’s Alice and Alice: Madness Returns.

Black & White+Creature Isle and B&W 2+Battle of the Gods.

Freelancer.

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader (maybe even RSIII: Rebel Strike).

Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie.

[theguywithaplan]

List of video games that turn 20 years old in 2021

Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies

Advance Wars (Nintendo, please... a new one...)

The Adventures of Cookie & Cream (a cute, cuddly adventure game from the team that would go on to make Dark Souls. I'm not joking)

Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage (an RPG on the N64 I really liked as a kid)

Anachronox

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

Bejeweled

Black & White

The Bouncer

Burnout

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

Civilization III

Clive Barker's Undying (remember when Clive Barker made video games?)

Conker's Bad Fur Day

Crazy Taxi 2

Dead or Alive 3

Devil May Cry

Dr. Mario 64

Dragon Warrior VII (NA version of Dragon Quest VII)

Extermination (a psychological horror game from Swery65, the guy who would go on to create Deadly Premonition)

Final Fantasy X

The Game Boy Advance

The GameCube

Golden Sun (plz, Nintendo... a new one... :'[)

Gothic

Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

Grand Theft Auto III

Halo: Combat Evolved

Ico

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble

Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Oracle of Seasons

Luigi's Mansion

Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Party 3

Mario Tennis (N64)

Max Payne

Mega Man X5

Mega Man X6

Mega Man Battle Network

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Myst III: Exile

Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Oni (developed by Bungie)

Onimusha: Warlords

Paper Mario

Phantasy Star Online

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (in Japan)

Pikmin

Pokémon Stadium 2

Pokémon Crystal

Project Justice (the sequel to Rival Schools)

Red Faction

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

RuneScape

Serious Sam: The First Encounter

Shadow Hearts

Silent Hill 2

Silpheed: The Lost Planet

Sonic Adventure 2

SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader

Super Monkey Ball

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

Tribes 2

Twisted Metal: Black

Wario Land 4 (Nintendo... come on...)

The Xbox

Zone of the Enders

[chaoticevilbean]

TT SW Fic #2.1

The Trio gets sent back to the CW universe. When this happens affects what happens from there. But, and here's the Big Thing: the three are separated from each other.

They get sent back just after ANH

Luke is currently still new to the whole "rebellion against the tyrannical empire" thing. Han has decided to stay, but not really, because he's been paid, but also he has to or the kid will get himself killed, but then he's leaving, but also not bec- And Leia is busy proving that she is as good a leader in politics as she is in war.

So when they get sent back in time, Luke is at full "Aw Shucks" with a little "Why is everyone staring at me?" thrown in. He wakes up in the middle of an unknown place, likely one that either was just battling or is currently a battlefield. He's very Shook at the sight of a Jedi general fighting alongside several clone troopers against B-style droids.

Leia ends up found by a very strange and very clumsy Gungan. He says he's a representative in the Republic. Leia puts two and two together. Then she calmly begins figuring out the best way to take down Palpatine without raising suspicions. It helps that anyone who sees her with this Gungan seems to assume she has good intentions by virtue of her tolerating him. And he is rather endearing in his amusing clumsy way.

Han wakes up next to Mace Windu in a prison cell. The Jedi has been captured. Han does not know that he's back in time. All he knows is that the Jedi says he magically appeared in the cell. He isn't chained. He helps the escape, wondering how he can get back to his friends and his girl, and Leia, too. Windu is wondering what the Force is up to, besides coming up with a strange way to get him out of prison.

Luke gets fully discovered by troopers, who he tries to befriend and succeeds as much as a random person with a lightsaber can when there was a battle not even ten minutes ago. Ahsoka, Anakin, and Obi-Wan are brought to meet Luke. They assume he's a rogue Jedi. He does not dispute this, instead too preoccupied by the fact that he doesn't know much about the past and also Leia is gonna kill him.

Leia meets Senator Amidala. She begins her important work while aided by the one her parents always told her about.

Han figures out he's in the past. He does have a brief moment where he internally panics that he just freed an Imperial officer. Then he sees the lightsaber and the not-the-kid attached and finally puts it together. Windu offers to take him back to Coruscant, and expresses that the Council will want to meet him. Han decides that if there's Jedi, the kid'll find him eventually, so he might as well go.

Luke manages to keep the future a secret, but he also tells a lot of stuff that makes everyone take a step back. Like how he lost his entire squadron a short while back, not to mention his mentor, his family, his home, and now he doesn't know where his friends are. Granted, this is given over the course of at least a day, and he does get questions about the whole "fighter squadron" part, but still.

He also scrunches his nose at all the "weird" rules of the Jedi. Anakin mentions the no attachment rule and Luke gives him such a weird look that they manage to drag Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and three different clones into a philosophical debate that ends in "so long as your fear doesn't overwhelm you, attachment is okay." Basically just everything in moderation.

Leia manages to get access to the inhibitor chips. She also takes down several plots to give Palpatine more power. She befriends many senators she'd only heard about, or ones who would one day be as helpful as they could in an Imperial senate. She smirks when she hears about the rogue Jedi who keeps reprogramming droids to have free will, and getting various Separatists to desert through the power of ~friendship~ and ~sunshine~.

Han does not accept Sage Jedi Words. Not without much sass and argument. Every time Windu tries to say something about "A Jedi does not do x" or "Y is the way to z" Han responds with his own experiences. Using attachment as an example again, Han tells Windu that it's stupid.

In a war, attachment is how you remain sane. Yeah, it can make you worry and fearful because there's a kriffin' war going on, but if you learn that fear and worry are natural, learn that they're just like when you're excited or angry, then you learn to live with it. You learn to just take a deep breath and keep going. Also, if you don't properly teach emotional control, you end up with repressed adults who will break at the worst possible moments. This is all said in the most casual way possible, with lots of salt and sass, but still said.

Luke, being peak Sunshine Farmer from Two-Sun Tatooine, manages to give Ventress a headache from his bright, unshielded Force presence. He befriends ALL THE CLONES, and also that Separatist, and those droids over there, and that one feral loth cat, and also that bear. By the time they get to Coruscant, most of the army is willing to die for Luke, who would rather die than let that happen.

Upon arriving on Coruscanat, Anakin decides that he needs to save Luke from a meeting with the Council. He takes the kid to the Senate building, so he can meet Padme's new friend and Anakin can also 'say hello'. Luke enters the building with his father-who-doesn't-know-he's-a-father and goes to meet what he assumes is his mother because Anakin talks about her just like Leia talks about Han. They make it to Senator Amidala's office.

Anakin and Padme suddenly lose their hearing. Luke squeals, legitimately squeals, and rushes to hug Leia. She's not squealing, but she is ecstatic to see her friend. They start babbling to each other, and it sounds very much like a code to the other occupants of the room, but it's just because they're talking about "the Empire" and "Rogue One" and "Vader" and "Death Star". A lot of what they say makes no sense outside of context.

Luke: It's so weird to be away from the Empire but it doesn't feel that way. I nearly thought the clones were stormtroopers!

Leia: I know! And here, the Senate can actually do things, even if it's just as corrupt. But Palpatine's the Chancellor.

Anakin, about to interrupt to ask what that's supposed to mean: Wait just a minute, what's so bad about-

Luke, ignoring his father: At least he can't send Vader after us!

Leia: Yeah, and no Death Star to blow us all up.

Luke: And there's Jedi! They even have a temple! It's so cool!

Leia: You could actually be a real Jedi!

Etc. They talk for awhile.

Han makes it to Coruscant, and actually gets to meet one of his childhood heroes, Obi-Wan "The Negotiator" Kenobi. Who looks alarmingly like- Oh, kriff. Ben. The old spice-using hermit was his childhood idol. Kriff it all.

Ben tells him that the kid was here, but got dragged off by Han's other hero, Anakin "The Hero Without Fear" Skywalker- kriff, that's the kid's dad. He'll have to make a good impression. But apparently the Skywalkers took a trip to visit a senator. Leia's probably there. She was a senator until the whole Death-Star-and-Rebellion stuff.

Ben goes to comm them. Han can hear Luke and Leia in the background. Han snatches the communicator and starts yelling.

Han: WHAT THE KRIFF DO YOU TWO THINK YOU'RE DOING‽ DO YOU WISH YOU'D NEVER BEEN BORN‽ CUZ THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN! *insert rant that makes both complete and no sense*

Han: *breathing heavily into the comm*

Luke, a little muffled: Sorry, Han.

Leia, also a little muffled: Didn't know the nerfherder was a Mama Bantha.

Han: Oh, is that how you wanna play? Listen here, you sh-

Anakin, speaking really fast: I'll have them back at the Temple by midnight, they love you, bye!

*comm clicks off*

Ben: ... Want a drink?

Han: Kriff yeah.

Palpatine fails because 1) Leia is a horrible goose 2) Luke is Tatooine's third sun 3) Han has common sense, no filter, and a will to live.

[yunharlaquin]

@ncxile​ asked:      “plots please” shamelessly drop either hux or finn here fdhsaio

HOW ABOUT SOME OF BOTHHHHHHHHH because i love both of them and i need both.

Hux:

1.  Star  Wars

LISTEN I NEED THESE TWO TO MEET.  I got the briefest thing with a Hux like a year ago set in the imp verse, but that’s it and I need to cause Hux a pain in the neck.   Hux, prior to probably about.... just post TLJ, doesn’t even know Jaina exists.  If he ever knew she was alive in the first place, he probably, like every other person in the first order, thinks she died at the Jedi Temple as this is what her parents made people believe.  And bless the bits of Ben Solo left in Kylo because he never had the will to disprove it and put a target on the back of his baby sister, not before she very much is on their radar anyway (at least those I’ve written with do this xD).  I have a few ideas of potential ways they could run into each other that more or less canon comply at least some of which might work for you.

There’s pre TFA things where Jaina is a smuggler for the resistance, passing it off as just being a freighter shipping supplies to small outer rim planets.  Is it likely that his ship would stop and search her ship and that he would run into a clearly annoyed tiny woman waiting for it to be cleared?  No, but it’s possible.  Especially if he then gets the realization when intel comes along of rogue squadron being resurrected post TLJ and the new squadron leader?  That slip of a young woman he stopped.  And she’s Leia Organa’s daughter (let alone Kylo’s sister). bahahahaha 

Post TLJ things would likely be entirely antagonistic??? unless he does happen to have a reason to spy but also probably still.  She’s a Jedi and one of the best pilots the resistance has and he’s... Hux.  And she has a mouth... I just don’t see things being civil when they interact (at least to begin with, on the off chance she somehow really gets to know him idek).  But it could be anything from running into each other accidentally and chaos ensuing to one or the other being captured.  I just need to find out what happens when you put Miss Ben Solo light side edition and Mr. We have no leader now in a room.

2.  Fantasy

Okay so this could mix with your lovecraft-esque verse or not, but I think it would be interesting to see him part of the fantasy verse that is sort of kind of based on my imperial au... Palps being the ultimate evil overlord and the force being magic etc etc.  Jaina doesn’t have the Force (supposedly) but she’s still Vader’s granddaughter, probably has a small holding in her own right and, depending on how misogynistic the world is, is an excellent horseback archer in spite of it.  Or just is.   If he’s not a horror beast, she’d be potentially interesting to him due to the fact that she’s the granddaughter and daughter/niece of arguably the most important people in the Empire besides the decrepit emperor (also more than intelligent enough to provide interesting conversation at an event if they get even a smidgen along).  If he’s horror beast, well, idk, still interesting target?  IDK.

Finn:

1.  Star  Wars

I personally think Finn and Jaina would at least get along, if not quickly become fast friends.  She's a little hesitant to get to know people at first, but she trusts Poe’s judgement on people and she’s kind.  She’d meet him post TLJ more likely than not...  And well, she’d always be willing to help with any questions regarding the Force.  Besides getting into shenanigans as young military people do even in a combat zone (bonding material), I’m sure they’d work together on at least a few missions, especially if it calls for knowledge of the First Order, good flying, and the Force.  Thanks to the very abbreviated timeline of the new trilogy, a LOT of what I could see them getting up to is post movies, whether helping to build whatever replaces the republic or helping Finn train as a jedi... I’m not giving my ideas justice here but gah, I just find the idea of Finn and Jaina getting to know each other at the very least and fighting together so interesting.  

2.  Imperial

I had to sneak this in for ONE of the two you offered, but something attached to Jaina’s Imperial Verse, whether sort of connected to your first order verse or even just a version of your normal verse.  Just, Jaina being part of that even though it’s the Empire and not the First Order and interacting could be very interesting in either case.  Like with the first, he’s rising up in the ranks and she’s sort of kinda stuck where she is and happy about it, either as a fighter pilot or the leader of a squadron, plus the whole, granddaughter of Vader thing that people probably like to gossip about since she does not have the force like every other one of her siblings... plus the actual, she’s ordered to Imperial Center for certain events in the year sort of side of it.

And that latter side of things could also play a part in a verse where Finn is not decided and if given the opportunity, would leave, but there’s other parts of her that that Finn might get to see like the fact that she, an officer, is intensely unhappy with everything but getting to fly, distances herself from her family as much as possible, and would probably leave herself if she didn’t fully believe the reaction would make her wish to be dead.  Like where their thoughts are and why they are wavering in their loyalty are fairly similar at the least.  And even though it mostly presents toward pilots and, in particular, her pilots as a squadron leader, if she gets to know him to at least some degree, I could see her being protective over him as well, throwing her connections around if necessary to help him.  (maybe even get him out alive and without consequences even though she’d never be able to do the same)

So either would be interesting, either the sort of opposing dynamic in why they’re there and how ambitious they are or the one where they have thoughts heading in a similar direction.  Just the potential opposition and parallels are delicious.

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