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Darth_Djinn Title: Retired Councilor Heart of the Alliance KC, MO FF Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 12/16/04 8:43am Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/09/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	up -----signature----- For Mirax80... MEOW!!! MRM '06 -- May the Goldenrod be with you always!!! Jacen Solo= Darth Schaduwen
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 12/16/04 1:32pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/09/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	obaona Still reading, still loving. These people are so messed up - Obi-Wan, Anakin, Ben, Padme . . . you can feel the pressure of unresolved emotions in every scene, between Anakin and Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan and Ben, Ben and Anakin . . . Anakin's turning to the Light Side was very sudden in the movie, but I don't think it's going to be like that here (assuming it happens at all ). Aren't they terribly and delightfully messed up. It was rather abrupt in ROTJ but it was a split second decision and who is to say that Anakin would have stayed true to the ligh tif he had lived. There are a lot of issues and each of them have valid points but it doesn't stop the pain. Darth_Djinn up Thanks. More either tonight or tomorrow. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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StevioM Registered: Jun '03	Date Posted: 12/19/04 1:01pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/09/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Any chance of an update before Christmas? P.s. Great Fic! -----signature----- You, you, & you... Panic. The rest of you, come with me If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly The enemy invariably attacks on 1 of 2 occasions: When you're ready for them. When you're not See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Sp
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 12/20/04 3:53pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/09/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	That's my goal. I've caught another cooled, this winter is kicking my butt, so I've been struggling to get my aching body to the computer. But I'm working on something now. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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Darth_Djinn Title: Retired Councilor Heart of the Alliance KC, MO FF Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 12/23/04 7:51am Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/09/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	As a Sith Lord I will see this story continue and not be lost in the infinity of the JC boards UP -----signature----- For Mirax80... MEOW!!! MRM '06 -- May the Goldenrod be with you always!!! Jacen Solo= Darth Schaduwen
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Darth_Djinn Title: Retired Councilor Heart of the Alliance KC, MO FF Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 12/27/04 5:29pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/09/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	FORCE CHOKES JEDI You have failed for the Last Time Jedi up -----signature----- For Mirax80... MEOW!!! MRM '06 -- May the Goldenrod be with you always!!! Jacen Solo= Darth Schaduwen
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 12/28/04 4:31pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/09/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	He was far too old to pout, had far too many obstacles to mount and had little time to sulk and brood on the object of his intense dislike. As much as he tried to muster the feeling, he could not hate his grandfather out right. Perhaps he had come to be filled with that same sort of idealism his mother used to jib his father about, despite his steely reserves and outward cynicism. His grandfather had abandoned the dark side for the sake of his son, for the sake of Ben's father. But indirectly he had been responsible for the second destruction of the Jedi, because he had been one of the sole prevailers of the first. The Anakin sitting desultory with Master Yoda, as the diminutive Jedi Master walked around him muttering words that only Anakin could hear, was not Darth Vader. He had neither condemned the Jedi nor had he saved his son, Ben's father, but the potential for good and evil wagged a war inside of him, which would win out was what concerned the young Jedi the most. Part of him had hoped that Anakin would look down at his son, the babe that would become the man who fathered Ben himself, and realize his folly. But from what Obi-Wan had told him, Anakin had practically fled from the family that he had given up so much for. “I know that face,” Obi-Wan said, suddenly above his shoulder. Ben started, his body reacting faster then his mind. His lightsaber was half off his belt before he realized that the man to his side was friend not foe. Sharply chagrined, Ben turned away from Obi-Wan's surprised expression. “What face would that be?”he asked, hoping to direct the subject from his overreaction. You are getting sloppy, Skywalker, he chastised himself. What he refused to admit was that the Yuuzhan Vong poison was taking a tool on him both physically and spiritually. If Obi-Wan saw the tremor of Ben's hand as he drew his jacket tighter around him, he was kind enough not to point it out. “That's the face he makes when he is only half-listening. I wonder if he even is registering what Yoda is telling him, I wonder if he ever bent his ear to me,” the Jedi Master continued on a sigh. Ben wanted to run from Obi-Wan's pain, to flee from his own. Instead he remained silent, unable to utter any words of consolation for a man who perhaps was not yet ready to hear them. The silence was not at all comforting. They stood side beside watching Anakin and Master Yoda, each lost in his own musing. “What happened?” Ben finally asked, unable to endure the impregnated silence any longer. Obi- Wan looked questioningly at him, his head tilted to one side as though to keep an eye on both Skywalkers. “Between the two of you, I mean.” Ben clarified. “My father told me that when you spoke of him, you spoke with fondness, not the hatred you had every right to. You still love him.” “And you do not,” Obi-Wan answered with a strange affirmative. Ben shrugged, turning form his questing gaze. “It is not my place to love him. I'm here to save him for the good of the galaxy. My father can love him.” “Can you save what you do not love?” Obi-Wan said. “That was the question you brought to me, remember. Your continued antagonism of him will not help matters, nor will you glaring at everything around you, treating even Padme as a possible enemy.” “I'm not expecting you to understand,” Ben replied folding his arms around him, grasping on to what little warmth was left in his body. He hated this disease, hated feeling so weak and vulnerable. What would his father think of him right now, if he was what he had once been, what he will be, instead of the tiny babe lying helpless in his cradle. Obi-Wan shook his head. “I don't think that I could understand all that has happened to you Ben. And perhaps that was my same fault with Anakin. There was a war. Palpatine insinuated himself between us while appearing to be forever trying to keep us together. I was too young, too set in my own ways, yet so willing to heed the council of others before my own. I knew Anakin's faults and yet trusted the judgement of other's who perhaps did not see them as clearly as I saw them. Part of me hoped that they were only bubbles waiting to be smoothed out by age. Sixteen standard years separate us, Ben, and still I am the only father figure he can claim. I raised him as I had been raised, without thought that he needed something different or when it did occur to me, unsure of what it was he truly required. I knew how to be a Master, I did not know how to be a father.” An indecorous snort sounded from the younger Jedi. “My families down fall was the result of innocent ignorance and tenacious denials. Not very reassuring.” “I'm not expecting you to understand,” Obi-Wan threw his previous words back at him. “Regardless, it matters little in the wake of the present. You have been the only person to go back in time and even if I could, what would I tell myself. Vague compunctions that would only confuse me more. I tried my best with Anakin, but there is no success in my attempt.” “Do or do not there is no try,” Ben murmured. How many times had his father drilled that in him and yet only now did he truly understand the meaning behind it. “Yoda.” Obi-Wan made the name a praise, a compulsion For it had once been the clawed hand that had guided his own. Ben shook his head, feeling a wave of dizziness sweep over him. It was all he could do not to sway on his feet. “My father.” But that was only a half truth and it cracked on a note of sadness. Yoda had been the one to train a callow Luke and in return father had past on to son. He told himself firmly that he would not cultivate Padme's suspicion of him by seeking out the tiniest touch of what his father had once been. Azure eyes suddenly snapped onto him, abandoning his former apprentice and the great Master. “You aren't well,” he stated. “No, I wouldn't be, would I,” Ben replied with a razor edge of purpose. Why did the older Jedi have to bring up the very subject that Ben was trying to avoid. He did not want to admit that he was afraid. Afraid that when he slipped away into the Force that only his essence would remain, that he would have no clarity of person, not definition of self. He would only be a thread in the tapestry of the Force. “I'm meant to die here,” he whispered, a confirmation of his fears. A period of awkwardness, more intense then any since that first moment Ben had appeared in this time, filled the space between them. A petulant boy, he knew that was what he had become, but he could find no way around his emotions. He hated that Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker had not been perfect, that the isolation of the Jedi had separated them from the rest of the galaxy so far that their cries had fallen on the deaf ears of a society that did not care enough to rise against an empire, and he despised them all for their lack. Yet, he could not help but feel a certain kinship for the man he'd been named for and his future grandfather. The confusion of his commingled emotions and the continue battle of his Force strength against the might of the Yuuzhan Vong disease had caused him to be irritable and snappy. He could barely remember the time when he'd been just an innocent boy. “You flicker, like a repulsor engine spurting to life. I haven't felt that since...” he drew off and Ben could not guess at what tumbled in his mind. “If I could save you, Ben, I would. But death is something no one can escape.” At least he was not offering a promise he could not fulfill, though his words stabbed at him like a vibroshiv through his belly. He was well aware that death was unavoidable, he'd offered his father up to the inevitability of death before he'd come to this time. A thought occurred to him. “Are you saying that I should not have come here?” he asked, letting his own worry and doubt about moving through time, manifest through his trembling voice. Obi-Wan's concern showed on his bearded face. “The Force lead you here for a purpose.” “To save Anakin?” Ben forced himself to ask. “That is what I hope,” Obi-Wan said noncomittally. The younger Jedi would not be sated by that answer. “What do you suspect?” “I have no clear foundation for suspicion and therefore couldn't express one, but I fear that the Force might have other plans for us,” he said, a hand waving to take not only Ben and himself, but Yoda and Anakin, and the ship at large. He pointed his piercing gaze on Ben. “And for you.” Ben shook his head, bitting his lip to keep a grip on his nausea. “You're wrong. You have to be.” The Jedi Master was saved from reply by the sudden arrival of Padme. Her gait was a determined one and her liquid brown eyes scrutinized him and Obi-Wan as though they were obstacles to be surmounted. It was at that moment, with her face so pink and young, that she reminded him of Jaina, Aunt Leia's daughter and his cousin. “Master Kenobi, I would think that you have indulged in an indiscretion by the shared scowl on your faces. Padawan Jade, however, shares Anakin's pout. Are these factors inbred in all Jedi or are they learned from Master to Padawan?” she snipped. For a moment Ben feared that she had discovered what he fought to keep hidden, but realized that Padme was lashing out at the only people around her, as he had been not seconds ago. Abandoned by her husband, left to raise her two children alone, children who had become the mark of a veritable mad man; Ben found little reason she should not carry her righteous anger. Still he could not let her even entertain the notion that he was somehow related to Anakin. Sometimes the best deception is a subtle one, his mother had once instructed him as they had worked the coral patches of the Yuuzhan Vong. “You're not wrong,” Ben said, a lilt of humor in his tone. Let her ponder that! Obi-Wan turned a chuckle into his hand. The baleful glare Padme sent his way, instantly melted his humor. “May we be of assistance, m'lady?” “Bail has informed me that we will be arriving at Natheana soon. And I would speak with Anakin,” her tone commanded that no argument be brooked. Seeing Obi-Wan's prepare to disagree, Ben returned to his study of Anakin and Yoda, and his mind turned to their next move. The Empire would spread quickly throughout a passive and uncaring galaxy or so he recalled from the brief history that Aunt Leia had deigned to teach him, before she'd been taken by the Vong. Strikes would have to be crucially timed and placed if they were to impede the Emperor's ambition. He thought Wayland was perhaps a good place to start. He and his father had hid among the Nagori there after his mother's death. It was only a short time after that they feared to lead the Yuuzhan Vong into a people who were still struggling to rebuild their culture after the derogation of the Empire. His head reeled with everything that must be done. He needed to find out if Natheana held any starfighters, weapons, or troops that could be used against the Empire, or would they be forced to send out their slim Jedi contingent, on foot to face the increasing might of the Empire. It had become a habit of Bail and himself to watch the holonews each day and learn of the sweep the Empire was making. Alderaan already had a large garrison of stormtroopers, warriors Ben had been surprised to learn had originated from clones, as was most of the inner rim. Bail's absence from his planet could only be extended so far. Which left Ben and the Jedi in another predicament if they did not have transportation. One of them would have to accompany Bail, most likely Ben, for he would be the least likely recognized, to gain transport. That left Obi-Wan and Yoda to handle the Jedi and Anakin, something he knew they could handle, but felt he was abandoning them to. Over the years he had gotten used to handling everything himself and he could imagine how his mother would tell him it was his inherit Skywalkerism. Something he had cultivated deeper then his own father. And when he had found his tasks completed unsatisfactory, she would point out that he could not do everything, Ben thought sadly. Like the rolling of the tide, his grief came afresh, knocking loose his walls of protection and sweeping them away in its recess. It was all he could do not to give vent to the emotions wailing inside of him. His doubts and fears blended with his aching loneliness until they all combined to form a lump inside of him. Something he could not dispel despite his desperate attempts. Even the argument between Padme and Obi-Wan, so genteel heightened the difference Uncle Han and Aunt Leia had gone at it or the insults his mother used to toss so deftly at a restrained Luke. It hurt to think he would never hear their arguments again. “Ben?” Obi-Wan cut into his thoughts, bringing his attention back to his future grandmother and himself. When had they stopped bickering? At the sound of his name, he turned to face the older Jedi. It was cut off, his body hitching, as a pain as great as but different from his grief gripped. He cried out, crashing to his knees, his every nerve thundering with pain. The Force flickered from him, like gossamer threads in the wind, and he reached in vain to grasp them. Strong arms gripped him or he would have keeled over on the parasteel deck. “Ben what is it? Is it the poison?” Obi-Wan hissed in his ear, as Padme begged in a tight voice, “What is wrong with him?” “Help,” Ben grunted past the pain. Obi-Wan's hold on his shifted as he put a hand to his forehead. “I can't get in. You're repelling me.” “Not me, poison,” Ben protested weakly before darkness encroached over his vision. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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Kynstar Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 12/28/04 5:01pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Oh that was great! Loved the lil talk between Ben and Obi! Poor Obi and Ben. Both have their sorrows and supposed failures to contend with. Oh man! Ben! Not now kid... don't go now! Awesome job! Keep up the great work! -----signature----- Paddy sis to t_s & SarkaVrae/Master to hyperspace_police Member of Rebel Legion and Jedi Assembly (Kynstar Lans) Only thru fear, hatred, and pain will the true power of the Force be revealed. See stories/viggies in bio
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JediFalcon Registered: Feb '02	Date Posted: 12/28/04 5:15pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	ohhhhhh poor Ben need more of this -----signature----- Rogue Three in FFC Rogue Wing, Ward rm #306 Council Member of the Lightside Master to Stridarious Crimson makes my heart go Master of BYS AHBY The Impeccably Patient Drugged-Out Lunatic of the Skies I wonder whats my purpose in life
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PadawanKitara Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 12/28/04 7:13pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	How sad. And now it appears that Padme will find out a bit more than she should (unless Obi-Wan can down play the illness) -----signature----- Courtier of the Royal Order of Shambling Dufi We are Dufi...Resistance is Futile! UCLA BRUINS
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Laine_Snowtrekker Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 12/28/04 11:17pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Great posts! If you would send a PM when you add another post, that would be great! I don't always get to check the pages for updates. Please? -----signature----- Stealth and subtlety work well, but for making lasting impressions, a blaster does just fine. -Han Room full of gold and jewels, and Dr. Daniel Jackson finds the one book. -Cam Palso's #1 Fan JO: RS1, Admiral, SC Fanfics are linked to in my bio
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 12/29/04 5:11pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Kynstar Oh that was great! Loved the lil talk between Ben and Obi! Poor Obi and Ben. Both have their sorrows and supposed failures to contend with. Oh man! Ben! Not now kid... don't go now! Awesome job! Keep up the great work! Thanks, yeah, everyone's got to sort out their issues if Ben's hope for the future is going to happen. JediFalcon ohhhhhh poor Ben need more of this More sooner. Thanks. PadawanKitara How sad. And now it appears that Padme will find out a bit more than she should (unless Obi-Wan can down play the illness) Oh, Obi-Wan will try, but whether he succeeds is the question. Laine_Snowtrekker Great posts! If you would send a PM when you add another post, that would be great! I don't always get to check the pages for updates. Please? I'll be sure to let you know. Thanks. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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Alikhar Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 12/30/04 7:11pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	I love this fic i love the cross between the saga and the beyond the saga. UP!!!! UP!!!! -----signature----- “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” “There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.”
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ZaraValinor Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 12/31/04 5:33pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Thanks, more soon. -----signature----- Proud Master to Meredith_Kenobi & Lolly_Tolly "He full-on Obi-Wan'd me!" Dean Winchester - Supernatural
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Kazzy Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 1/1/05 2:29pm Subject: RE: Repercussions of Time 12/28/04 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ben Skywalker? Epi III AU
	Amazing work. You've done a fantastic job with Ben's character. I really enjoyed reading tis so far, but I hope you can post more soon! -----signature----- If you could touch the alien sand, and hear the cry of strange birds, and watch them wheel in another sky, would that satisfy you? - First Doctor Looking for me? For my fic? Try my LJ. http://bytheseaside.livejournal.com/profile
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