Combining the Eras: A Time Travel Index and Discussion Thread -- Important Note on pg 6!

?Mysterious thing, time. Powerful? and when meddled with, dangerous.?

Indeed, Professor Dumbledore is correct. Time is mysterious -- as is time travel. (Yes, it's not a Star Wars quote, but I couldn't think of any time travel Star Wars quotes besides Yoda's "Always in motion, the future is" which is only half time travel-ish. Anyways... )

Fan fiction authors of the GFFA seem to be captivated by the idea of time travel ? hurtling characters from one era into another. It is a fun way to solve mysteries, save heroes from tragic fates (*cough* Anakin *cough*) and, ultimately, confuse and manipulate your characters to the point of hysterical amusement.

Welcome to the Time Travel Index and Discussion Thread. Here you will find various fics dealing with time travel as well as various discussions focusing on all things related to time travel (*duh!* ). This idea was a fun one that I thought of when I noticed that there are a lot of time travel fics on the boards ? especially in The Saga.

Come in and stay a bit; discuss time travel, bring plot bunnies, new ideas ? anything goes really ? and have fun!

If you have any ideas you want to add to this thread, please contact me. And if you want to make any art to support the time travel index (and we need lots and lots of support!), please PM as well.

VaderLVR64 gave me kind permission to make this index.

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[i]To submit a story to the index, please PM it to me (Idrelle_Miocovani) using the following format:[/i]

[b]Title:[/b] (please provide the link but DO NOT hyperlink)
[b]Author(s):[/b] (please provide the link to your profile(s), but DO NOT hyperlink)
[b]Status:[/b] (Complete, WIP or abandoned?)
[b]Genre:[/b] *
[b]Era the fic starts in:[/b] (where your time traveling characters come from)
[b]Era the fic goes to:[/b] (where your time traveling characters go to)
[b]Time Travelers:[/b] (names of the characters who time travel)
[b]Characters:[/b] (all other main characters who do not time travel)
[b]Summary:[/b] *

I am currently looking for fics for the index and I know where to find them, but I won't be listing them here without your permission, so please send them to me!

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If you see a fic listed here who's status as changed, please PM as soon as possible!

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BEFORE THE SAGA

Title: Blurred Present
Author(s): Durhelediel
Status: In Progress
Genre: Angst
Era the fic starts in: Post-ROTJ
Era the fic goes to: Pre-TPM
Time Travelers: Luke Skywalker
Characters: Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Summary: Through a fluke in time, Luke becomes trapped in the past. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon have to try to help him find his way back before the Force rectifies its mistake by having Luke become nonexistant. Unfortunately, Qui-Gon comes up missing. Can Obi-Wan find his master and get Luke back to the present before it's too late?

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Title: Redemption
Author: Marnie
Status: Complete
Genre:
Era the fic starts in: Prequel Trilogy
Era the fic goes to: Pre-TPM
Time Travelers: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker
Characters: Yoda, Dooku, Qui-Gon Jinn
Summary: Obi and Ani travel to the past to kill Dooku, but shoot Qui-Gon by mistake.

**Note: This story is on the Classic Board!

 

THE SAGA

Title: Anakin & Anakin
Author(s): Dev_Binks
Status: In Progress
Genre: General, Romance
Era the fic starts in: NJO
Era the fic goes to: Prequel Trilogy
Time Travelers: Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila
Characters: Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker, probably the other people in Rogue Planet
Summary: Tahiri and Anakin find themselves tossed back to three years post TPM, and get caught up in the events of Rogue Planet.

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Title: This Time Around
Author(s): Idrelle_Miocovani
Status: In Progress
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Era the fic starts in: post-NJO
Era the fic goes to: Prequel Trilogy
Time Travelers: Jaina Solo and Kyp Durron
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, Palpatine
Summary: Jaina and Kyp travel into the past on a mission. They must save Anakin from the dark side or the Galaxy will be doomed for destruction.

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Title: Repercussions of Time
Author: ZaraValinor
Status: Complete
Genre: Drama
The Era the fic starts in: Prequel Trilogy, but deals with events from NJO
The Era the fic goes to: Prequel Triology.
Time Travelers: Ben Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala Skywalker, and Palpatine
Summary: Ben Skywalker, hoping to change a doomed present and future, goes back to the time of his grandfather to bring him back to the light twenty-yeas sooner so that his terrible time might be changed.

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Title: Always in Motion, the Future Is...
Author(s): Jadie
Status: Complete
Genre: AU
Era the fic starts in: Post-ROTJ
Era the fic goes to: Prequels
Time Travelers: Mara Jade, Luke Skywalker
Characters: Padmé Amidala, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Palpatine (I don't know if any other characters will appear, since I haven't finished the story)
Summary: Before they get married, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade must face one last trial - the Past.

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Title: Don't Look Back
Author: Starshine
Status: In Progress
Genre: Action/Adventure, Romance, Drama
Era the fic starts in: Original Trilogy
Era the fic goes to: Prequel Trilogy
Time Travelers: Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, Palpatine
Summary: After celebrations on Endor Luke, Leia, Han and Chewbacca are heading to Coruscant. As they are in hyperspace something happens and they will arrive at Coruscant but not the one they know. They arrive in the middle of Clone Wars. It is dangerous to change the past because the future shall be unsure but maybe they will try, even if it won`t work.

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Title: Sanctuary of Time
Author(s): AngelofDarkness
Status: In Progress
Genre: Drama/Action/Angst
Era the fic starts in: NJO
Era the fic goes to: Classic Trilogy
Time Travelers: Jaina Solo, Ben Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan

 

BEYOND THE SAGA

Title: If
Author(s): NYCitygurl
Status: Complete
Genre: angst
Era the fic starts in: NJO (Dark Journey)
Era the fic goes to: NJO (Star by Star)
Time Travelers: Jaina Solo
Characters: Luke Skywalker, Kyp Durron, Tahiri Veila
Summary: Jaina is transported from Hapes back to the time before the Myrkr mission, where she has to convince her other self not to go on the mission.

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Title: When Last I Knew You
Author(s): VaderLVR64
Status: WIP
Genre: drama
Era the fic starts in: Post NJO
Era the fic goes to: Just prior to the Thrawn Era
Characters: Ben Skywalker, Mara, Talon Karrde, Luke
Summary: Ben Skywalker, through one of those odds quirks of fate that seem to stalk the Skywalkers, finds himself meeting his own mother during her days working for Talon Karrde. Chaos, as always, ensues.
Notes: Written for the ?I Dare You? Challenge


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Title: Joiner
Author(s): DARTH_MU
Status: In Progress
Genre: AU
Era the Fic Starts In: ESB
Era the Fic Goes To: Dark Nest
Time Travelers: Darth Vader, Mitth'raw'nuruodo, Mara Jade, Han Solo, Leia Skywalker, Yoda
Characters: UnuThul, Unu (The Will), Gorog (The Mastermind), ReyaTaat, Taat (The Stoic), Wuluw (The Communicator)
Summary: In an Alternative Universe, while hunting for Leia Skywalker in the asteroid field after the attack on Echo Base, Darth Vader, along with Thrawn, in the Executor, gets transported into the canon universe in the middle of the Swarm War.

 

*Raises hand* That's me! Although, at this momet in time, I'm just a reader (hope that's okay). I've had a lot of time travel ideas, but never written any. I do have plans to write one, but it will be a while until it is started.



Methods of Time Travel ? How Do You Get Your Characters Backwards/Forwards in Time?

Hmmmm, I've had a million different ideas. Things ranging from spatial distortions to characters just being plucked from their timeline.

I guess it all depends on where you want your time traveling characters to end up and how they encounter the past/future characters.

But, since I?ve got to pick one, I?ll go with the wormhole. The wormhole is very handy, not only can it send your characters to vast distances, it can send them to different eras. Meaning, you can place your time traveling characters at any place or time.

The problems with this method is they need a spaceship to use it. Unless they happen to be floating around out in space. They also have to be in space, so they don?t just appear on a planet. This can be a drawback if you want your characters to meet face to face right away.

Of course, these may not be problems for certain stories. With your imagination you can do anything, even the impossible. It really depends on how, where, and when you want the story to go.

~KT

 

Two possible ideas for time travel:

-The Force (the thing that could work for everything)

-Hyperspace (a PT ship makes a hyperspace jump, but there is a malfunction in the modivator, and instead of going across the galaxy, they reappear in the OT, or something like that.)

 

I love the concept of time travel, and I've had a plot bunny nipping at my heels that involves it. Yes, time travel and a certain senator from Chandrila. (If confused, glance at bottom line of bio.)

I'm trying to figure out how to go about doing it, and I'm running up against walls. It takes a lot of planning to pull off a time travel story. That, and creativity.

I agree that wormholes are awesome, but now that you mention the Force... Oh no! Plot bunnies! They're coming!

This is a good idea for a thread! Since I don't have a lot of time to spend reading SW fanfic anymore, I haven't had a chance to browse the boards for time travel stories. This index will get them all in one place! (And make my life easier.)

 

When writing the beginning of my time travel fic, I payed very close attention to the way my characters got from post-NJO to ROTS time. I didn't want their travel to be an accident when travelling through hyperspace. I wanted them to know where they were going, how they were going to get there, why they had to go and what they had to do. Therefore, I fell back to using the Force and created a huge plot bunny as well as time travel theory.

Although I have only written one time travel fic so far (and it's in progress), I have been planning to do others. I've considered a massive time machine or portals on weird planets. But so far, my favourite method is the Force. Unfortunately, that means that no non-Force-sensitives can time travel.

Let's try to think of unusual methods of time travel, for the sake of it! ::grins::

 

*See my above post, for 2 methods of time-travel, including one for non-Force users*

 

Yes, I see it jedi_master362, but I meant no time travel for non-Force sensitives when using my favourite method. Actually, I'm not too fond of hyperspace time travel, but that's just my opinion.

 

Eh. Whatever works for you.

 

There's also the time machine method.

~KT

 

I've had a time travel bunny sniffing at the edges of my garden for months now. But I told that bunny to get away from me!

 

Well, in Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home, in order to travel back to the 20th century the Enterprise sling-shots around a sun at maximum warp speed... I guess that's sort of similar to the hyperspace thing, only sling-shotting is intentional.

And yes, I am a Star Trek fan as well. Please don't flame me!

 

Laura, you would never be flamed! Flaming is bad! Flaming is not allowed!

 

*Flames everyone on the boards*

 

Laura, you would never be flamed! Flaming is bad! Flaming is not allowed!

I know. It just seems like Star Wars fans are expected to hate Star Trek. I love them both. Why can't everyone just get along?!

Naughty, naughty, naughty. Shame on you.

 

Preferably we could always get a longneck.

And I have my timetravel fic, which Idrelle should be posting soon enough. To get 'em to go back I used hyperspace and a Vong created blackhole, see they get pulled in, but because of the hyperdrive they only hit the edges. Or something, I know it should be they would go forward, but whatever.

 

Oh, Dan! You are evil, flaming everyone on the boards...

Laura -- I think there are a lot of Star Wars fans who also love Star Trek out there. I've never really had the chance to experience Star Trek, So I can't say too much.

Dev -- a Vong created blackhole... I think you're the only one so far who has done that!

And now. A drum roll...

We have the first fic in the index! Anakin & Anakin by Dev_Binks!

*clap*

Okay, I admit, I'm a little crazy right now.

 

Yes, and much more plausible than my original one.

And I'm so proud, my wittle baby's the first one here! Oh and I like Star Trek too.

 

The Trekkies are uniting in the thread! Oh my!

Not that that's a bad thing.

The index has been updated again; with my fic "This Time Around."

 

Woo-hoo, finally somewhere to keep all of the time travel fics together!!!

Oh and want any help with it?

 

Hmmm... maybe. You could go searching for time travel fics that I'm not aware of! But for right now, I'm fine. If I get a surplus, I'll ask you to help me. Thanks, Dev!

Oh, and I added NYCitygurl's fic to the Beyond the Saga part.

 

Aye aye, Ma'am! *salutes and runs off*

Would you consider the OT bunch going to 1930's era time travel?

 

This is a lovely idea

For mind I just had a Jaina have some sort of weird rage-induced combustion that transposted her back in time and was never fully explained