Jedi Storytime: Rise of Fantastical Forces

Super Lawsuit

Captain Hardwear, under the guise of Qui-Gon Jinn, was very happy that his new wife was accepting of him and his daughter being revealed as superheroes. She also stayed true to her word of keeping their identities secret, and she asked nothing in return except that they keep no more secrets from each other.

Qui-Gon and Shmi thought they couldn't be happier.

Very soon, however, Qui-Gon and Shmi were proven wrong, as Shmi took a pregnancy test, and... it was positive!

Qui-Gon happily spun his wife in his arms, and they were both ecstatic to tell Kara she was going to be a big sister.

Kara wasted no time helping her parents set up the nursery for the new baby, which came easy for her and her super speed. And Qui-Gon wasted no time making sure his wife had a safe, comfortable place to rest while she was progressing in her pregnancy. Of course, Shmi was concerned for Kara's education, but Qui-Gon reassured her that there was a very special set of schools exclusively for superhero children where Kara would not arouse any suspicion.

One day, Qui-Gon dropped his daughter off at preschool, when he suddenly got an alert on his monitor that there was an emergency at the headquarters of Cantina Brands, a high ranked marketing company, and in fact the same building where the jumper Captain Hardwear rescued had jumped from.

Qui-Gon quickly got back into his speeder and inconspicuously changed into his super suit as he rushed right over to the building. Except, when he got there, he didn't see anything that looked dangerous, but first rule of superhero work: looks can be deceiving. So, Captain Hardwear exited his vehicle and entered the building, where he looked all around and saw nothing out of the ordinary.

"Captain Hardwear?" a woman said, startling the great hero into a defense stance. But it turned out to just be the receptionist. "You're needed on floor twelve, Room 12B."

Captain Hardwear regained his composure and took the elevator, and sure enough he made it to the room he was told to seek, and like every other time, he made an entrance. This time, in the form of a tumble and quick stand up.

"Time to play hard!" Captain Hardwear shouted, only to find no danger.

"Mr. Hardwear." said a Dathomirian man in a suit.

"Captain," the hero corrected.

"Whatever." The man then proceeded to take out a pamphlet of some sort and hand it to Captain Hardwear. " Consider yourself served."

"What?!"

Captain Hardwear couldn't believe what he'd just heard. He was even more shocked when he opened the pamphlet to see that he was being sued by Darryl Arkinson, the jumper, for infliction of bodily harm and emotional distress.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Captain Hardwear said angrily. "Where is this man?"

"That is confidential information."

"No judge is going to side with him. I saved that man and got him treated!"

"Tell it to the judge, Captain. We'll see you in court."

Captain Hardwear looked at the pamphlet again. This wasn't good. He had to tell the other heroes about this.
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It quickly spread all over the news that Captain Hardwear was being taken to court. Twi'lek news anchor Ramar Nova was the head reporter on this breaking news story.

"Ramar Nova here at Scanti City Court, where for the first time in history, a superhero is being sued after saving someone who, apparently, didn't want to be saved. We have attempted to reach any hero acquainted with Captain Hardwear and the hero himself with no success."