Blaze: here is the last chapter of this story, the Epilogue

Darth: that's cool

Blaze: yup

Darth: so…?

Blaze: some questions will be answered in this chapter

Darth: ah okay

Blaze: and there will be no sequel. So here is the epilogue and reviews are much appreciated and sorry about the lack of a reaction from the others upon learning that Luke could speak.

Epilogue

Four Months Later…

Coruscant hadn't changed much in the sixteen years since Obi-Wan Kenobi had last set foot on it. But four months was enough to change many things. The Jedi Temple was under repair, Grand Admiral Thrawn was in charge of the Empire until Anakin woke up and was working closely with Mon Mothma to try and reinstate the Senate and the Republic. Obi-Wan knew that it was spending so much time with Yoda and Mon Mothma during the battle above Galidraan and the journey to Coruscant that convinced Thrawn to change his allegiances.

Now Mon Mothma, Leia, Thrawn, and Master Yoda were teaming up to make sure the Empire and the Alliance as well as the Chiss Empire did not fall to chaos. The Imperials were reluctant to accept orders from an alien, let alone two, but they gradually accepted Thrawn when Thrawn told them that Anakin, himself, entrusted him with this task. It was partially a lie because Anakin said no such thing that Obi-Wan knew of. But Obi-Wan knew that Anakin would have wanted this to happen anyway.

Obi-Wan walked toward the hangar bay that lay outside of the Jedi Temple with Yoda at his side. The two of them were on their way to visit Anakin again at the Coruscant Medical Facility that lay next to what had once been the Emperor's palace before it was torn down four months earlier.

Luke and Mara were with Leia, Chewbacca and Han in Senator Padmé Amidala's old apartment in the Senate Apartment Complex, given to Leia by Mon Mothma. Obi-Wan figured it wouldn't be long before Luke decide to visit his father but for now, he was spending time with his friends and his sister.

"Luke how is now?" Yoda asked.

"Still withdrawn, Master Yoda," Obi-Wan admitted. "He hardly responds to anything nowadays and whenever he isn't with his father, he is unusually quiet. Leia, Han and Mara are worried about him."

"Accepted Anakin's comatose state of mind, he has not yet," Yoda said softly.

"I think so as well," Obi-Wan replied. He guided the speeder they were in toward the facility before he landed it and climbed out of the speeder. He and Yoda walked into the medical facility and were immediately met with a young medic, known as Lila, who nodded her head in greeting.

"There isn't much change, Master Jedi," she said. "Although he was responsive for a brief while earlier, he has been still since then."

"See him I wish to," Yoda replied.

"Of course Master Jedi. He is in the third room down that hallway," Lila replied pointing down the corridor and Obi-Wan and Yoda immediately walked down the corridor before entering the room that contained Anakin.

As usual, Anakin looked like he was sleeping; peaceful yet motionless at the same time. Obi-Wan walked to Anakin's bedside as Yoda followed him. Yoda climbed into a seat beside Anakin's bedside before examining him.

"Responsive he was the medic said. Wake up soon I think he will," Yoda said.

Obi-Wan nodded once before he stretched out with the Force and he immediately sensed his former Padawan's Force presence. His eyes widened. "I can sense his Force presence, Master Yoda," he said.

Yoda was about to reply until Obi-Wan felt Anakin stir in the Force. Eyes widening, Obi-Wan turned his gaze to his brother's body. "He's waking up," he whispered glancing at Yoda.

"Go get Luke I will," Yoda said before he climbed out of his chair and quickly waddle away.

Obi-Wan turned his gaze to Anakin as his former Padawan continued to stir. A moment later, Anakin's eyes flickered open and Obi-Wan, for the first time in four months, gazed into the crystalline electric blue eyes of his former Padawan and brother.

"Master?" Anakin murmured softly.

"I'm here, Anakin," Obi-Wan murmured gazing at his brother. "It's good to see you alive and awake."

"How long?"

"Four months."

"Where's Luke?"

"Master Yoda went to go get him."

Anakin smiled faintly. "Did we win?" he whispered.

"Yes. Luke killed Shimmra and Jacen killed Tsavong. Jacen, Jaina, and the younger Anakin went back to the future along with the Yuuzhan Vong," Obi-Wan replied.

"Mmm…I'm glad my sacrifice hadn't been for nothing."

"Did you know the real meaning behind that portion of the prophecy?"

Anakin shook his head as he pushed himself into a sitting position and Obi-Wan helped him up. "No," he replied. "I did not know that the prophecy would mean I would sacrifice time. I did not know the real prophecy until the Force told me it just before I woke up."

"I see."

Anakin smiled at his brother. "It's good to see you again after four months, Master," he said softly.

"You too, Anakin," Obi-Wan replied.

Luke glanced up as a speeder landed on the veranda just outside of his mother's apartment. He had learned everything about his mother from Obi-Wan and, although it took a couple of days, he finally accepted what his father had done and put it behind him. Now he was merely waiting for his father to wake up; that was what he wanted more than anything in the galaxy right now.

The speeder landed and Mara stood up before walking over to open the transparisteel windows. Master Yoda climbed out of the speeder before walking into the living area of the apartment.

"Master Yoda, what brings you here?" Leia asked curiously.

Yoda glanced at Luke. "Waking up your father is," he said.

Luke's eyes went wide with shock and he was on his feet and halfway toward Master Yoda's speeder before anyone could say anything in reply. "I'm borrowing your speeder, Master Yoda," he shouted to Yoda before he climbed into the speeder and flew rapidly toward the Coruscant Medical Facility. He wasn't all too surprised when Mara, Leia, Han, Chewbacca and Yoda climbed into a second speeder and followed him.

Landing just outside of the facility, Luke shut down the speeder, leapt out of the speeder before hurrying into the building. Lila glanced at him. "He's in the third room down, Master Jedi Obi-Wan is with him," she said once she saw who it was.

Luke nodded before he dashed down the corridor and came to a stop outside the door. For a moment, he stood still before he pressed the door release button and entered the room.

Obi-Wan glanced up along with Anakin. The instant Luke saw his father, alive and awake, he broke down before rushing toward his father. "Father!" he cried throwing his arms around his father before sobbing quietly.

Anakin gently put his arms around his son. "Calm down, son," he murmured softly.

"I will leave you two alone," Obi-Wan said before he walked out of the room and left father and son alone.

Luke swallowed before gazing at his father. "I…I thought you weren't going to wake up," he whispered.

Anakin smiled. "I'm too stubborn to stay in a coma, son," he said.

"So Ben said but I…"

"I know, son, I know."

Luke sat down in the chair beside Anakin's bed when his father released him before he gazed at him, tears streaming down his face. Anakin stretched out a hand before wiping the tears from his face. "Calm down, son. I am fine."

"I can see that but…"

"Son…" Anakin sighed as if knowing that Luke wasn't likely to calm down for a while now that he knew his father was alive.

Anakin kept an arm around his son's shoulders as more visitors came into the room. Luke had finally calmed down enough to speak coherently and was busy explaining everything that had occurred in the last four months.

"Obi-Wan, whenever he can drag me away from here, has been trying to teach me the Force. Yoda took over Leia's training. Thrawn, Mon Mothma and Yoda are teaming up to reinstate the Old Republic. Thrawn is also helping to search the galaxy for any Jedi that may, or may not, have survived the Jedi Purges. So far, we've found a few who were hiding out deep in the Outer Rim," Luke said.

"They did?" Anakin echoed.

"Yes. A Togruta and a Mirilian. We've also found many Force sensitives that were hidden away by their parents during the Purge," Luke said.

Anakin's eyes went wide. A Togruta? Is it possible…? He thought. "Who is this Togruta?" he asked after a moment's thought.

"She said her name's Ahsoka."

It is her! "Where is she?" Anakin asked.

"At the Jedi Temple," Obi-Wan said walking into the Medbay. "She doesn't know who you had once been, Anakin, as she was hidden too far away to be noticed by the Empire. The other is Barriss."

"Barriss survived the Purges? But I thought she died along with Luminara."

"She faked her death and hid along with Ahsoka near Wild Space," Obi-Wan replied. "I have a feeling that Barriss's survival as well as Ahsoka's survival had to be something else that was caused by the Yuuzhan Vong being sent to the past too early just like the duel on Mustafar and Luke being mute."

"I suppose so," Anakin said softly.

Leia walked into the Medbay at that moment with Han, Mara, and Chewbacca just behind her. "I haven't seen a smile on Luke's face in more than four months," she commented.

Luke was smiling, Anakin noticed.

"It's good to see ya awake, Anakin," Han said. "That means Luke can stop moping all over the place."

"Oh shut up, Han," Luke protested.

"Man, now that he can talk, he's gonna be annoying us constantly," Han protested.

Luke narrowed his eyes. "I'm not annoying," he protested.

Obi-Wan stepped out of striking zone. "Tell that to everyone you were speaking to telepathically," he said.

Anakin chuckled. "Truly," he agreed.

"Hey!" Luke glowered at his father who merely laughed.

"I'm only kidding, son. I just have an odd sense of humor."

"That's an understatement."

Anakin rolled his eyes skyward before smiling. "Maybe it is."

Luke chuckled and Anakin smiled at hearing his son's laugh. This was the very first time he's ever heard his son laugh and it was refreshing. Anakin was more than happy that day, four months since the defeat of the Yuuzhan Vong.

"Luke wasn't moping all over the place, Han," Leia commented. "He was sad."

"Why? His father was alive."

"Yes but Lila did say, just as Anakin's medic had said, that he might not wake up."

"So?"

"Are you that insensitive, your scruffy looking nerfherder?"

"I am not insensitive…or scruffy looking!"

"You sure do look like it…the scruffy looking part at last."

"Stop calling me scruffy looking."

"I'm only pointing out the truth."

"It ain't the truth, Leia."

"Isn't it? You really do look scruffy."

"Stop saying that."

"No thanks, it is too much fun."

"That sounds like something Anakin would say," Obi-Wan commented.

Anakin grinned. "Well she is my daughter," he said.

"Oh Force."

Anakin laughed. "She isn't exactly like me, Master."

"True. She never lost the lightsaber that Master Yoda helped her create."

"Did you have to bring that up?" Anakin protested.

"Leia, here's some advice," Obi-Wan said glancing at Leia. "Do not lose your lightsaber more than twice like your father, who lost his lightsaber…actually, I don't know how many times. I lost count at sixteen."

"It's better than being saved ten times by your Padawan," Anakin shot back.

"Nine times, Cato Neimoidia didn't count!" Obi-Wan protested.

"Sure it didn't."

Leia snorted. "I will not lose my lightsaber, Master Kenobi," she said.

"Don't break it either," said Obi-Wan and Anakin scowled at that. "Oh and since Anakin is your father then it's likely you will lose or break your lightsaber at least once."

"Really, Obi-Wan? Do you really think that particular gene was passed on to Leia?" Anakin asked.

"Well it did go to Luke. He's lost his lightsaber three times since you fell into a coma."

Anakin glanced at his son with a raised eyebrow.

Luke flushed. "Er…it was an accident," he admitted.

"Your weapon is your life," Anakin said smirking. "Ha! I knew I would get to use that line on someone someday!"

Obi-Wan rolled his eyes.

Luke smiled.

"Kid, didn't ya break your lightsaber last week when it fell out of the Jedi Council spire in the Jedi Temple?" Han asked suddenly.

Luke scowled. "Did you have to mention that, Han?" he protested.

"Your weapon is your life," Obi-Wan said smiling. "I knew I would use that again someday."

Anakin rolled his eyes. "Sometimes I wonder about you, Master," he said.

"Yes, I wonder about you as well, Padawan."

"I haven't been a Padawan for eighteen years!"

"Then why do you act like it?"

"I do not act like a Padawan."

"Sure you don't and I am not old."

"Well…"

"Don't even think about it, Anakin."

"But you are old! I mean, look at all that gray hair."

"I got this gray hair because of you, Anakin."

"Did not!"

"Same old Anakin."

Anakin smirked. "Did you honestly think staring death straight in the eye and returning to the living would change me?" he asked.

"Honestly, yes I did."

"What was it like, Father? Staring death straight in the eye?" Luke asked.

Anakin was silent for a long moment. "That is something for me to know and for you to find out in the future, hopefully several years from now," he said finally.

Luke gazed at his father before nodding slowly in reply.

Anakin smiled before he gazed at his family and friends for a long moment. "You know what I want to do now?" he asked.

"What?" Leia asked.

"Joy ride across Coruscant," Anakin said happily.

Luke grinned. "I'm in!" he replied happily.

Obi-Wan sighed before rolling his eyes skyward and saying, "Like father like son."

-The End-

a/n what do you think?

Blaze: that's it. No sequel, zip, nada, nothing. This is the end

Darth: cool

Blaze: (laughs) please review and I really do hope that you enjoyed this story and reviews, as always, much appreciated.