Author Note

I know that are other stories I should be writing, but I really want to write this one. I think you will all enjoy it. Star Wars is just so awesome.

I'll be using the Legacy material for this story rather than what is considered cannon now as Legacy Star Wars is the setting I know all about. Plus I don't really care for the new stuff.

Jump Chain Gothic 6 - The Phantom Menace

Part 1

Star Wars - Clone Wars Jump

Jump Setup

Budget - 1000cp

Hutt Space - Tatooine

Force Sensitive - 800cp

Allegiance - Independent

Human - Free

Perks

Melee Training - 700cp

Force Powers

Starting Powers - 700cp

(Basic Force powers that come naturally to every Force user. Telepathy, Telekinesis, Force empathy, Force speed, Farsight, Force stealth, Force sight and Mind trick)

Breath Control - 700cp

Force Stasis - 700cp

Force Listening - 700cp

Absorb/Deflect Energy - 600cp

Beast Control - 500cp

Holocron Collection - 300cp

R2 Series Astromech Droid - 200cp

Companions - 0cp

Drawbacks

The Prequel Trilogy +0cp

(This will cause the jump to start during the Phantom Menace)

Morgana Pendragon

Hutt Space - Tatooine

Allegiance - Independent

Budget - 400cp

Politician

My People Are Dying! - 400cp

In Thunderous Applause - 100cp

Ranged Training - 0cp

Miranda Lawson

Hutt Space - Tatooine

Allegiance - Independent

Budget - 400cp

Politician

My People Are Dying! - 400cp

Justified Paranoia - 250cp

YT-2400 light freighter - 0cp

Tali'Zorah

Hutt Space - Tatooine

Allegiance - Independent

Engineer

Budget - 400cp

Military Engineer - 400cp

CloakShape fighter - 250cp

Republic Vehicle Blueprints - 50cp

Datapad - 50cp

Blaster Pistol - 0cp

Seven of Nine

Hutt Space - Tatooine

Allegiance - Independent

Budget - 400cp

Engineer

Military Engineer - 400cp

Cyberneticist - 250cp

Separatist Droid Blueprints - 150cp

Utility Belt- 100cp

Stun Pistol - 50cp

Ten Thousand Credits -0cp

Samantha Carter

Civilian

Hutt Space - Tatooine

Allegiance - Independent

Budget - 400cp

Midichlorian Detector - 250cp

AT-RT - 150cp

Jetpack - 50cp

Pack of Thermal detonators - 0cp

Supplement

Jumper Shipyard

Budget 500cp

Extra Drydock - 425cp

Extra Docking ports - 420cp

Extra Waiting Areas - 415cp

Size Increase - 395cp

Maintenance Drones - 385cp

Fueling Station - 355cp

Crew -325cp

Shields - 305cp

Defence turrets - 295cp

Cloaking Device - 245cp

External Airlocks - 240cp

Starship Manufactory - 40cp

Security Force - 20cp

Size Increase - 0cp

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Coruscant. Star Wars Galaxy.

Within a chamber at the Temple sat the The Jedi Grand Master Yoda, who was the most powerful Jedi in the galaxy, and he was struggling to focus as he tried to get a sense of what was happening. While meditating he'd felt a great disturbance in the Force, which was unlike anything he had felt before.

The dark veil that had begun to cloud his vision the during Yoda's long lifetime had suddenly become more transparent, allowing the old master to peer into the future in a way he hadn't been able to do for more years than most human beings would live.

So many images swam through his mind, he saw futures consumed by wars, and futures filled with peace. He was able to foresee great change for the better, but also great disaster. He could now see more clearly, but what he saw was confusing.

Something new had just entered the galaxy rather suddenly, something that had altered the balance of the Force simply by being here, and Yoda couldn't sense if it was the cause of future worries or salvation for the galaxy. Perhaps it was somehow both of these things.

Only time would tell.

On another part of the planet Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, sneered in anger as he felt his carefully laid plans rapidly begin to fall part. In the physical world everything was in place, the invasion of Naboo, an important event that would led to him becoming Supreme Chancellor, was even now taking place.

However there a great disturbance in the Force. There was something new in the galaxy that could undo all that he and the Sith before him had worked for during the last thousand years. There was something new in the galaxy. A power so great that it caused even the Dark Lord of the Sith to tremble in fear. He didn't know what do. He felt helpless and it was not a feeling that he liked.

Since he was lacking understanding of what was going on the Dark Lord could only allow events to unfold and follow the grand plan that he had spent so long putting together. Perhaps all was not lost, maybe the Sith could use this new power for their own ends or somehow defeat it.

Only time would tell.

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Mos Eisley. Tatooine

I'd been to many places across many dimensions, and while this place wasn't much to look in terms of appearance, I was still enough of a science fiction lover to feel a great amount of joy while walking the streets of this place. Sure it smelled bad, it was too hot, and it was full of criminals, but it was still Mos Eisley.

Most of my women weren't too impressed by this place, they'd see alien planets before, Morgana had not so she was a little more taken in. She hid her wonder, but I knew her well to know that she was taking in all the sites while trying not to gawk rudely at all the aliens that we could see.

I would never admit to the others how Morgana had become my favourite companion, and that was a major reason as to why I'd taken her as a wife, although that partly had to with helping her brother accept that his sister and I were together. The marriage had helped to smooth things over when we'd returned to Camelot. Lucky for me the rest of my consorts had been accepting of the reasons why I'd married her ladyship.

"Is this where the Anakin boy lives?" Morgana asked me.

Before replying verbally I shook my head.

"He lives in Mos Espa if memory serves" I said.

I'd spent the time between this Jump and the last inside the Cosmic Warehouse, with my companions, planning this Jump. Of course no amount of repeating of the plans would allow everyone to remember every little detail of my schemes.

One of my plans was to purchase the Skywalkers so that I could take Anakin as my apprentice. Why pay good CP to get his a companion when I could just buy him from Watto and get Anakin as an apprentice for mere money. I had no intention of taking the younger Skywalker with me on the future Jumps, but I did desire an apprentice, someone who could I leave behind to carry on any unfinished work, and he would serve the role well.

Well as long as he didn't turn evil and try to kill me. If he did then I'd have to deal with him. However I should be able to lower the risks of him turning to the darkside and trying to kill me, by destroying the Sith myself while shaking up the Republic.

Which would hopefully bring balance to the Force without requiring a couple of galactic civil wars and the oppression of the Empire. As awesome as those wars had been to watch while they only existed in fiction, there was no need to let the people of this galaxy suffer through such dark times when I could so easily prevent it.

However from a certain point of view, Anakin did bring balance back to the force when he helped destroy the Jedi Order. Twenty odd years after that he fulfilled the last part of the prophecy by offing Sidious and at least for a time getting rid of the Sith. With Luke being a barely trained novice, Anakin wiped the slate clean.

Acquiring Skywalker's mother as well as the boy himself was vitally important as I might need her as a bartering tool should Anakin ever become an issue for me. Besides from that I might as well save her from her terrible death at the hands of the Sand People by ensuring her safety.

That was a long term concern and perhaps not my problem. In the short term my plan was to buy this planet from Jabba the Hutt, or take it from him if he wouldn't sell, before turning the world into a place suitable to join the Republic. If things turned out that way. I might decided to stay independent. I might even decide to form my own union of worlds. It was best to keep my options open.

Since Tatooine had been one of the possible starting points of this Jump it had seemed a good a place as any to begin. Besides while the planet looked like a dump it had plenty of potential in my view, it had few people living on it and plenty of unused land, as such I wouldn't have to displace anyone in order to build the massive city I wished to build. Forcible moving indigenous populations was not a nice thing to do, and it hadn't worked out well for those populations back on my world of birth.

Once the city was built some of the locals might move in, and if they didn't well there was no reason why I couldn't simply leave them alone. Of course moisture farming wouldn't be required since I could easily obtain water and I wanted to stop this world from being used as haven for crooks, so I'd have to do something about the people who lived here.

I could just give them new homes and jobs, that would solve a lot of problems, perhaps not for everyone, but you couldn't please everyone and shouldn't try to as it was a waste of time.

My current plan involved using time dilation technology to build up all the industry and infrastructure within a period ranging from six months to a year. This could be done inside a time dilation field that worked like the Cloister did back in the Pegasus Galaxy in the Stargate Verse.

Since I'd be outside the field only a few hours would pass for me. No sense spending up an entire year in this setting, just building up when I could outsource the work to Miranda who thrived on massive, important projects. She'd have other companions to help her and a lot of bots.

Once everything on Tatooine was ready I'd buy slaves from the Hutts in bulk, or liberate them if the Hutts didn't cooperate, and assign them jobs that needed filling that didn't require specialised skills that they wouldn't have, or couldn't easily be taught.

The idea was that slaves would be required to work until they'd paid off the cost of buying them, and then be able to leave or stay as they chose. While under my care they'd get a education, food and clothing, as well as free medical care.

To help things run smoothly I could use some of the memory tech I'd gained over the years to rapidly teach people how to do their jobs, although their work wouldn't be too complex since I'd use bots for the difficult as well as dangerous stuff, and I could buy slaves that already had useful skills.

I wanted to use people from the start because as the infrastructure grew I'd need people rather than bots as the bots were only good for simple tasks, and so I'd have to buy, or otherwise acquire, more slaves and set them up with better lives. There was no sense having a productive and prosperous world if there was no one around to enjoy it. Also there was no point having so much power and wealth if I couldn't make life better for at least some people. I couldn't save everyone, and I wouldn't try, but I could leave this galaxy a better place than I'd found it.

My factories would build many useful devices that I would sell the galaxy once I was secure in my ownership of this planet, but I would always keeping the best stuff for myself. I also planned to hold back the dangerous tech, while improving on the local stuff when this could be done easily.

Then once I had a world that was populated and prosperous I'd contact the planet of Naboo, whose leader would owe me a favour for the help I planned to bring her, and I would use that government to sponsor my worlds entry into the Republic, or to simply create an alliance.

This would allow me to build a strong relationship with Padme Amidala, who would still Queen for a few years, and when she the senator for Naboo, as well as an adult, then I would invite her to join my group. Sure she had a family, and a commitment to Naboo, but in the movies she'd risked all of that to marry the older and more emo Anakin Skywalker, and I could offer her way more than some whiny emo ever could.

An experienced diplomat could be useful to me and stealing Anakin Skywalker's future wife for myself was rather amusing even if I had nothing against the young boy he was right now. I was sure that I could recruit her as I had much to offer, and she cared deeply for her people.

I intended to save her beloved Republic, so she might join my harem just out of sheer gratitude, and it did need saving from more than the Sith. It had been a bloated and corrupt thing for a while, and this meant that it would take some major work to fix it. Some of which would Padme would see me doing sometime in the future.

Once I had the attention of the senate I'd be able to introduce new tech and warn them about future dangers, such as the Yuuzhan Vong, which I knew all about and I should be able to locate their world ships if I sent out enough probes.

At some point I'd tell the Republic the truth, from a certain point of view, letting them know that my group was from another galaxy, and that we'd come to explore their galaxy while helping out while we could. Knowing that I was going to be here in the long term should help prevent some people as seeing me as a threat. Although I doubted this would make a difference to others.

Between the political stuff I'd have time to have some fun, doing stuff like battling pirates, checking out different worlds, and living the high life. Also I wanted to bed a Twi'lek or three.

For sure I'd find a way to kill Palpatine, his Sith powers wouldn't protect him from beaming technology as it didn't exist in this universe, and it is hard to defend yourself against threats you don't know about, but I'd have to be careful as not only was he dangerous he was also the head of state and killing them tended to get you into a lot of trouble.

I'd might to track down and kill Dooku as well, again without anyone finding out that it was me behind the deaths, and if things went wrong, well there were plenty of places to hide out, I could set up a base in a totally different galaxy if needs be. Maybe I'd explore a few of those galaxies while I was there.

Plus there were other darksiders, but with Bane's line of Sith snuffed out the Jedi could handle the remaining darksiders, and with one of the major sources of this galaxy's corruption removed I could focus my efforts on dealing with problems in the Outer Rim parts of the galaxy. Which would expand my influence.

Since I wouldn't be trying to uplift many worlds, I'd simply be able to sell suitable technology to improve lives. Also since I wouldn't be spending so much trying to build a galactic government, as one already existed, my group could have more time for fun stuff than we'd had in the Stargate Jump.

As my group already very advanced tech we wouldn't need to spend so much time flying about trying to acquire every gizmo ever seen. I could instead go to different worlds simply to see them, which would be very nice for me as I did enjoy sightseeing.

Of course we'd have matters to deal with before then I foresaw that the Hutts would likely try to reclaim the planet once I had made it more advanced and productive, even if they sold it to me fairly, however if they did resort to using force they'd only be able send mercs and bounty hunters against my military might. This was not something that greatly concerned me, and if needs be I'd destroyed the Hutt cartel, and take over Hutt space.

I could having trouble holding onto all those worlds once they were liberated, and I couldn't simply let them descend into anarchy either, hence why I might need Republic aid, as they could take over the care of those worlds. Or I could just spare some of the Hutts and let them keep their space while answering to me, this would allow me improve things without straining my resources so much.

My plan wasn't set in stone, it paid to be flexible, so I could alter things as required. Besides I had 13 years to spend in this reality, so I had plenty of time to go do anything that I wanted to do. But for now I needed to focus on securing this world. One step at a time.

"We purchased a couple of ships" I said to the group "And this is a space port so I think the new ships should be somewhere around here".

While I already had a Aurora-class warship and Seven had a modified Asgard science vessels, as well as some smaller craft, I figured that since we'd be spending the next 13 years in this reality (I'd changed it from the standard ten by selecting a complication) that we might need some extra ships, ones that could blend in, and the vessels could be studied in order to help us understand local technology.

With the new shipyard and the extra docking bays I'd had installed we should be able to take the new ships with us on to the next Jump. And we could use the shipyards to improve upon the vessels using tech from other universes, which was a project that Tali would greatly enjoy.

Right now we needed to access to the Cosmic Warehouse from a secure location so that meant finding one of the ships. My new R2 droid, which was currently following the group as we made our into the settlement, beeped at me and twisted its head so that the eyepiece was a sign which gave directions to the docking bays.

"I have a ticket of some kind" Miranda reported "For a YT-2400 light freighter. It's in docking bay 94".

Yes that would do nicely.

"Come on" I urged "let's get out of this sun and into the ship".

Trust me to visit this planet, a world with twin suns, and forget to replicate some sunscreen. Plus it didn't help that I had a headache thanks to sheer amount of information I was getting from my Judgement Day Perk. The wars that would plague this galaxy over the next century were going to cause a lot of harm to a lot of people, and destroy entire worlds all over the galaxy.

This had happened to me once before at the start of the Stargate Jump, which had been about twenty years ago so I didn't remember it clearly, but I did recall that it was caused by the Wraith getting woken up more than a century before they were due to by the so called heroes of the Atlantis Expedition.

I'd prevented the Great Cullings by ensuring that the Stargate network in the Pegasus galaxy was shut down, and the Attro Device was kept on long enough to prevent any large scale Wraith cullings. By the time the device was destroyed, the Wraith had been hunted to the point they could no longer threaten entire worlds. Any left were in hiding and they wouldn't be a threat to human life on a massive scale for at least a hundred years. Plus I'd stopped the Ori invasion, which had helped with the preventing of annihilation on a massive scale.

How this perk worked wasn't fully understood by me, as it hadn't alerted me to End of the World level events in any of the alternate Stargate verses I'd visited, but it was working now, and well. I was now aware of the worlds that suffer the most due to Palpatine's actions. My advanced mind was able to sort out what should have been an overwhelming amount of information, and left me an even stronger motivation to put an end to the Dark Lord.

Sidious had to die.

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Jabba's Palace. Tatooine.

Upon seeing what could be generously called a palace, I immediately recognised it as the place where Luke Skywalker went to save Han Solo. My inner dweeb was super happy right now, and this was coming from a guy who got to see Seven of Nine naked when ever he wanted.

I knocked on the huge, metal door and waited for someone to notice that I was here. Soon the eyeball thingy came out of the door, before looking me up and down. This was exactly the way I'd imagined it happening if I was a Jedi in Star Wars, only as Jabba would discover I was quite willing to use violence as more than a last resort.

"Tee chuta hhat yudd!"

Even without the perk that allowed to understand alien forms of speech my universal translator would have allowed me understand Huttese.

"I have come to see Jabba the Hutt!" I declared "Tell him that I command the ship that is orbit of this world".

When the door didn't open I used my powers to trigger the mechanism which controlled the door. A few guards tried to stop me, but I batted them aside with my telekinetic abilities. Then I made my way over to Jabba, making sure that I stood directly over the trap that led down to whatever monster it was the Hutt had down there. I felt sure that there would be one.

"Who are you?" the Hutt demanded to know.

If things did got well I'd be the last face he ever saw.

"My name is Gothic" I told the disgusting creature "I've come to claim this world, you can either profit by this or be destroyed".

Jabba laughed as if I had just said something super funny. He had no idea who or what he was dealing with.

"Tatooine is Hutt planet" the horrible life form replied, via his translating droid "It is my planet".

The Hutt Clans might disagree with that claim, but they were unimportant right now.

"Perhaps Gardulla would be willing to discuss a fair trade for this world" I mused "Of course she'd want to me to remove you from power".

The mention of the name Gardulla made him pause a bit, but he was not convinced.

"I refuse your offer" he said.

Then he pulled the lever, just as I expected. Nothing happened I didn't move an inch, and that was because I wasn't actually here. What everyone saw was projected hologram. My ability to manipulate my environment with my powers was limited when I was a projected hologram, alas for the thugs even my limited powers were more than enough to kill them.

Blaster bolts began firing, but they passed through me as my physical body was still up on the ship, sitting in the Control Chair while under the watchful eye of Cameron. My mind however was here, and it was more than to make the bad guys do stuff like shoot each other, and for me to snap a few necks, while making stab themselves.

Before long only Jabba and those without weapons were left breathing, I had no intention of killing the Hutt's servants and dancing girls, so my attention was totally on the crime lord, who could see the two blaster pistols I had floating around which were both pointed at him.

"We can make a deal" he offered.

My smile was a cruel one. I didn't normally delight in causing suffering upon others, however in this case I'd enjoy it a little as Jabba was the kind of person who'd feed innocent people to fearsome animals just for his amusement.

"Too late" I said

The blasters opened fire.

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Aurora-class Warship. Orbit of Tatooine.

After leaving the chair room, I was summoned Miranda to the bridge. I'd left her in charge of the task of finding Anakin Skywalker. Tatooine was sparsely populated so finding him shouldn't have taken too much time, and I had plenty of cloaked probes for her to use. I'd gotten used to using cloaked probes during the last Jump, they were very useful little things.

"Well?" I asked.

My new Force Powers informed me that Miranda was feeling pleased with herself. So I knew she'd been successful.

"I have found him, my lord" she reported.

Her formal way of speaking surprised me.

"Miranda we've been together for many years you can call me by my name" I told her "You're my companion not my minion".

She stepped closer to me, so close that I could smell her perfume. I desired to reach out and touch her, however I had work to do.

"When we're alone anyway" she said "We should keep things more formal in public".

Miranda then handed me a datapad, one of the Trek kinds, which were more lightweight than the local kind I had already discovered. My group had obtained a data padd which had been manufactured in this galaxy so that we could compare it other kinds. This gave us an idea of how good their computer technology was. Having it also meant that we could make an improved version, which we could sell to the rest of the galaxy once we had everything in order on Tatooine.

"Here's a map of Mos Espa and I highlighted Watto's place of business, as well as the Skywalker home" she told me "I even found out what they use for money here".

As it turned out Hutt money was just plain old gold. I'd been sure that they used Aurodium everywhere in this galaxy, unless that was the Republic credit was based on. Not that it really mattered, all money was only worth anything because people agreed it was, and on my world of birth we used pieces of paper so who was I to judge.

"Hold the chemical signature is a little off" I noted.

According to the scans someone on my ship had taken of some local money the gold they used in the money was a little different, they must have a gold like metal they used here that was much rarer than gold and didn't exist on my world of birth. Perhaps that was Aurodim really was.

"We can replicate as much as we want to" Miranda told me "I already uploaded the pattern for some of the locals coins into the replicators on the ship".

I'd missed her for many reasons, and her efficiency was one of those reasons.

"Thank you, Miranda" I said.

I then used my powers to make my companion nearly faint in pleasure. Which was one way to show approval.

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Mos Espa. Tatooine.

I found the alien creature known as Watto dusting his wares outside his shop. When I walked up to him, the creature looked at me with what I sensed to be greed, but I was still new to Force, and non-humans were harder to read with or without the Force, so I couldn't be a hundred percent sure. My guess was that he saw me as a wealthy person that he hoped to fleece for some credits.

My wealth should be clear. After all not people around here wore such fine clothing as I did, and given that I was wearing black in this heat it made sense that Watto might think me a rich idiot. What he didn't know was that the material my clothing was created from happened to be very comfortable in a variety of environments as well as having energy absorbing properties. Also my life support belt protected me from hostile conditions, and would prevent sunburn, something I bothered to check recently.

Cameron was with, wearing her normal boots, tight denim jeans, leather jacket and skimpy top. She didn't have to worry about sunburn or heat stroke. Plus her ass looked good in those jeans, which was of course why she so often wore them. She understood that a woman's looks could be a weapon, and since she'd been created to make me happy it was mostly for my benefit.

"Welcome! What are you looking for?" asked the alien.

I smiled in what I hoped was a friendly way.

"Good day" I said "I'm here to purchase Anakin Skywalker and his mother".

The alien looked surprised.

"What?" he asked.

I also sensed that he was surprised with the Force. Perhaps aliens weren't so hard to read after all.

"Money is no concern. I will pay you well" I said.

Now, Watto was interested.

"The boy is talented, and he has much potential… he is going to be expensive" the junk dealer was now saying "Not to mention buying his mother as well".

Sure I could barter, but since news about Jabba's death would soon get around and Gardulla would make her move to take control of the planet, this would shake up the local economy and perhaps drive Watto to sell his slaves to someone else, as such I wanted to conclude this bit of business as quickly as possible.

I had plans to set up on this world, but that was going to have to wait until the events of the film were dealt with. Then I could deal with Gardulla the Hutt as I'd done with Jabba.

"Will this be enough?" I asked, throwing down some money onto the store's counter "I'll pay extra for a speedy transaction".

Watto's eyes gleamed with greed for a few seconds. Then he narrowed his eyes and looked at me.

"Why do you want them? Why are they so valuable?" he asked "If they have a value to you, I'm sure someone else will also want them".

I couldn't help smiling again. Watto more clever than he seemed. This made the process of buying the Skywalkers less tedious for me as now I was a little entertained.

"You're right of course" I said while throwing down some more high value coins "I should be paying for privacy as well".

Watto decided to take the money. This was wise of him because if he hadn't I'd have taken the Skywalkers any way and he'd be a more poorer life form.

"I'll need to disable their bombs" I mentioned to the junk dealer.

Watto waved his hand in a dismissive gesture.

"I never had those installed" he told me "They were too expensive".

That I totally believed, but I would scan both of the Skywalkers just to be sure. It would be embarrassing, not to mention messy, to find out later that the Skywalker's owners before Watto had paid for the bombs to be installed and had simply forgotten to mention it to Watto.

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Mos Espa. Tatooine.

Even for me a Jumper who'd been to half a dozen different universes, not counting alternate versions of Stargate, life could be very strange at times. Not long ago I was killing Jabba the Hutt, and now I was sitting down to tea with Miss Skywalker in her kitchen, while waiting for her son to come home. It was odd.

"So what will happen to us now" Shmi Skywalker asked of me.

Her home was surprisingly nice considering that she was a slave to someone like Watto, or at least had been until very recently.

"Well I don't keep slaves so I guess you're free to go" I told the human woman "But since Watto owns this place you can't stay here, so I'd like for you to stay on my ship for a few days until I can settle you somewhere permanent".

I was sure that she wanted to know more, so I supplied the information. She already knew some of what was going on as I'd explained that I was the captain of ship that was currently in orbit.

"My main interest is in Anakin" I told the boy's mother "He's strong in the Force, stronger than I am. But without a teacher he'll never fully develop his talents".

I doubted that I'd have much time to devote to teaching him directly, but that was schools were for and partly why I'd spent some of my CP on a set of holocrons. And that was assuming he became a true Jedi. When he was older Anakin might decided to become an engineer, or a professional swoop racer, the choices were his. My main concern was with him not becoming Darth Vader.

"He's a special boy" Shmi said "Can you really help him?".

I was sure that most mothers thought that their children were special, in this case Shmi happened to be right. Even if I defeated the Sith, possibly ensuring that Anakin wouldn't need to bring balance to the Force, he was still going to be a powerful Force Users. Plus destroying the Sith might not bring balance to the Force, the Jedi might need to go to, but if that was the will of the Force then it would happen, perhaps long after I had left this galaxy. So the best I could for Anakin was to train him well and to ensure as best I could that he grew up to be a well adjusted adult with plenty of options in life.

"How long do we have?" I was asked.

I assumed that she was concerned about packing what few possessions she had.

"Soon you'll be hearing that Jabba is dead" I informed the older of the two Skywalkers "Things will be hectic around here, it would be best for you and your son to leave during that time. I'll ensure that you're provided with everything you need".

I passed over a comm device. It was a modified version of the metal spheres that the Goa'uld used. Small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, and with them you could contact someone who had a similar device regardless of where they were in the galaxy thanks to the subspace connection.

"Call me when you're ready to leave" I instructed "Just hold it and say my name".

With that I finished my tea and headed out of the house. While recruiting Anakin was important to my plans I didn't want miss the arrival of the Jedi, and for that I needed to be on board my ship not down here on the planet. Which meant finding a empty place I could use as a beam up sight.