Consequences

Epilogue

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Altered Future Timeline – One year later

Luke has frankly absolutely no idea what Yoda was talking about. He still seems quite alive, thank you very much. It's been a year since Ahsoka went back to the other timeline, and nothing seems to have changed. Either the old Jedi Master was just guessing, or he was talking about something else. Maybe the connection between the two timelines, he'll probably never know.

They're still working on cleaning up the mess of the Empire, so he hasn't even had time to start thinking about re-establishing the Jedi, although he has started training Leia. Slowly the surviving Jedi are starting to turn up again, though, so maybe he'll have some help when he does reach that point.

Then again, maybe it's better than he does wait for a while, anyway. The young Ahsoka may have trained him a lot, but now he's beginning to think he really wasn't ready to be called a Knight yet. His father's Force ghost has been continuing his training, and he has to admit he really didn't know what he was doing before.

And he misses Ahsoka. She was the only people who understood Anakin, and now she's gone, too. And he knows that he'll never see her again. She's gone back to her time to stop the Empire from forming while he's here cleaning up the mess it left. He's only grateful Han, Leia, and Chewie are here, but they can't relate to what happened, and they don't truly understand why he's so upset that Vader is dead.

At least he has Artoo. Sometimes, the droid seems to understand him like no one else.

"Hey Luke," calls Han, stepping into the room. "There's some people outside who you might want to see."

"On my way," he replies, heading outside. He's not sure who he was expecting to see... but just not them. Hera Syndulla and Sabine Wren are standing near a shuttle, talking to two other people. After joining the Rebellion, he got to know Hera pretty well, considering that she was a pilot just like him. He eventually met Sabine through her and though they've had a number of interactions, they're still basically just acquaintances.

But what really catches his attention is the other two people. The dark-haired boy, who looks about his age, he's certain must be Ezra Bridger, the boy Hera and Sabine have been looking for. The other one... an adult orange Togruta with very familiar markings. And her Force presence is identical to the young Ahsoka.

This – it's the older her. For a moment, he's hardly even sure how to react. Yes, he already knew there was another Ahsoka out there, but it wasn't the one he got to know so well. At the same time, he never really thought about how he'd feel meeting her either.

"So... you're Luke Skywalker?" Ahsoka asks, approaching him.

He nods in confirmation, still feeling like he's staring a ghost. Of someone he used to know but who doesn't remember him at all. Now he really misses the other Ahsoka, her constant company and cheerfulness... and literally everything. But dwelling on it isn't going to change anything. He can only hope that wherever she is, she'll be successful in helping his father in that timeline.

A slightly awkward silence falls over the pair as they look at each other, neither seemingly entirely sure what to say. "Hey," Sabine peaks up, stepping over to them, "I'm sure you have important Jedi matters to discuss so we'll clear out of here." He's pretty sure they want to continue their reunion in private too, so he and Ahsoka head inside.

"So... how's cleaning up what's left of the Empire going?" Ahsoka queries.

"We might actually be finishing... sometime in the next few years," Luke states dryly.