Echoes of the Past
Full Summary: When Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo get sent to the past during the encounter at Jabba the Hutt's palace, Luke gets a chance to change the very future he resides in. But as they will soon learn, not all plans go exactly as they were intended to go.
Setting: Beginning of ROTJ and during the Clone Wars
Rating: T for safety, violence and language (mainly in author's notes)
Genre: Adventure/Drama
Author's Note: This is my second time travel story and I couldn't help but do another one because I absolutely love time travel stories. This takes place during the encounter with Jabba the Hutt when Leia is captured in Return of the Jedi. Please review and I honestly hope you like this story and sorry for starting another story when I have so many going on as it is. And this is going to replace "Rising Darkness" so yeah.
Disclaimer- I don't own Star Wars, George Lucas does, and I never will, I am only saying this once
Chapter 1
It was late; the twin suns of Tatooine were starting to fall into the night sky. The entire of Jabba the Hutt's palace was filled with noise and laughing creatures that showed the events that were about to take place, though serious to those of whom these events were happening to, were funny to the others. Luke Skywalker narrowed his eyes slightly as the creatures grabbed a hold of his arms and thrust him forward.
He spotted his recently released from carbonite friend Han Solo being thrust to stand beside him with Chewbacca just behind him. "Han," Luke greeted the smuggler.
"Together again, huh?" Han said turning his blank stare to Luke and he noticed that Han's eyes were milky as though he were blind.
"Wouldn't miss it," he replied with a small smile.
"How we doin'?" Han asked
Luke shrugged but, realizing Han couldn't see him, he said, "same as always."
Han grimaced. "That bad, huh?" he muttered as the guards pushed him and Luke to stand in front of Jabba in the center of his palace. Jabba let out a laugh and Han grimaced again. "Is Leia here?" he asked.
"I'm here," Leia said starting to sit up but Jabba pulled her back and she scowled in response to the Hutt.
Jabba laughed jubilantly and Luke narrowed his eyes slightly as he waited for Threepio to translate what Jabba had said. Though he understood Huttese, he only understood it slightly and what he did understand was nothing Jabba had said. Threepio glanced at Jabba as the Hutt finished speaking before turning to Luke and Han.
"His high exaltedness, the Great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately," Threepio said. "Good, I hate long waits," Han muttered and Luke glanced at him before turning his gaze back to Jabba.
Threepio glanced at Jabba as he said something else that Luke couldn't understand before turning his gaze back to Han. "You will therefore be taken to the Dune Sea, and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlaac," he said.
Han frowned. "Doesn't sound so bad," he said though Luke could detect a faint hint of fear in his voice though he knew Han would never admit to feeling fear.
"In his belly you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a thousand years," Threepio translated for Jabba.
Han frowned even deeper, his milky gaze narrowing. "On second thought, let's pass on that, huh?" he suggested and Luke resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"You should have bargained Jabba," Luke said narrowing his eyes.
Jabba let out a rough laugh before saying something in Huttese that translated to, "there will be no bargain, young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die," and Luke narrowed his eyes even more.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Han asked in a murmur.
"Don't worry, I have a plan," Luke said quietly.
"Well, that plan better be good or we're going to end up food."
"I'm still working out the details."
"Great job kid."
Luke, once again resisting the urge to roll his eyes at Han's sarcastic tone, turned his gaze back to Jabba and Leia when suddenly a bright flash of blue light filled the entire palace, causing everyone to go flying. Jabba snarled something in Huttese that Luke thought sounded like a string of curses but he was already in action. Artoo, who happened to be nearby at this though Luke had told him not to come by just yet, beeped a question.
"What the kriff is going on?" Han yelled. "Now instead of a dark blur, I see a bright blur."
"Artoo, give me my lightsaber," Luke said quickly and Artoo beeped but the lightsaber appeared out of him before it was tossed at Luke who caught it, ignited it and sliced through Leia's chains as the bright light grew more intense.
"What is happening?" Leia asked.
"I honestly don't know," Luke admitted and suddenly, the ground dropped away from them and they were thrown into an abyss of bright blue light.
~*~
Luke moaned as he slowly sat up and found himself in a grassy clearing but he couldn't seem to figure out where he was. He knew that he was unconscious because he had hit the ground hard enough to knock anyone out for a few moments at the most or maybe more.
"Where the kriff are we?" Han exclaimed sitting up and gazing around with narrowed eyes.
"I haven't seen this place before," Leia admitted.
"Neither have I," Luke admitted gazing around with narrowed eyes but a sudden appearance of a familiar wavering ghost figure. The ghost was the Force ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke narrowed his eyes as he remembered what Vader had told him a few days ago.
"Hello Luke," Obi-Wan greeted him.
"Obi-Wan," Luke said and he narrowed his eyes, "why didn't you tell me?"
Leia and Han glanced at each other as if they didn't know what in the world Luke was talking about but Luke didn't care. Obi-Wan let out a long sigh but didn't reply right away. "This is not the time nor the place, Luke, you have been brought here for an important mission," he said.
"Important mission?" Luke echoed.
"Yes, Leia, Han and yourself are going to be sent into the past by the Force, you will have a chance to change the future in which you reside," Obi-Wan replied.
"What do ya mean we're being sent into the past?" Han asked narrowing his eyes.
"I mean the Force is sending you to the past and you three will have a chance to change the future, meaning, Luke, you will have a chance to save your father from the dark side," Obi-Wan replied.
"What do you mean, the dark side? I thought the Kid's father died when he was born," Han protested.
"He isn't dead but you cannot know the truth, you, Leia and Luke are being sent into the past but I cannot tell you any more than that," Obi-Wan replied and almost instantly be began to fade.
"Wait! Don't go!" Luke protested but it was too late and Obi-Wan was already gone.
"What the kriff was that about?" Han protested.
"It would appear, as General Kenobi had said, we are being sent into the past," Leia said.
"Kriff, and to think I didn't even believe in this Force mumbo jumbo, this is defiantly changing by mind about that," Han muttered.
As if on cue, a bright flash of blue light shot through the clearing and the grassy clearing disappeared. Luke, Han and Leia found themselves tossed to the ground roughly and almost instantly a wave of unconsciousness swam over Luke and he collapsed into a dark abyss.
A/n what do you think?
Blaze: well that was the first chapterDarth: cool
Blaze: are you being sarcastic?
Darth: no
Palpypie: awesome
Blaze: are you being sarcastic?
Palpypie: (innocently) nooooo!
Blaze: (hits Palpypie upside the head with a large slab of stone before tossing him at Anakin)
Anakin: (startled and slices Palpypie in half)
Obi-Wan: not again!
Blaze: again?
Obi-Wan: Darth and Tigerstar both tossed Palpypie into Anakin and he sliced him in half
Blaze: ah
Darth: (walks off to Starbucks)
Blaze: bring me a big cookie
Darth: will do!
Anakin: me too
Darth: okay
Palpypie: me too
Darth: screw you (runs Palpypie over before driving off to Starbucks)
Palpypie's Ghost: ah come on
Blaze: (laughs) please review and I'll post the next chapter as soon as I possibly can but I doubt it will be anytime soon