The Jedi From Earth: A Star Wars Story #Wattys2023

Echo Of The Clone Wars A Jedi

Shawn stirred slightly at the sound of people talking and saw that the man was talking to a hologram of another "the blood of a true Jedi my blood flows through your veins" he heard then saw darkness again. Then he heard the voices of stormtroopers and the words "Lord Vader we've found him".

The familiar chill filled the air and Shawn heard the distinct sound of Vader breathing and he said "get him up to the front of the temple" and one replied "yes sir" and he was lifted onto a stretcher and carried out of the chamber with Vader following. Shawn faded in and out and looked to the sides and saw many stormtroopers had been killed by a lightsaber and lay dead, he was saw light and felt the breeze and realized he was outside. "Hand Jade wake him up" Shawn sensed Mara get closer and she shook him and said "Shawn come on not again wake up" and Shawn opened his eyes and if not given the situation she would have looked absolutely stunning.

"Yeah I'm ok" he said and stood up and felt for his lightsaber and Vader held it up and said "clearly you need more training" and threw it and Shawn caught it and clipped it to his belt and said "I'm sorry Lord Vader the first assailant exhausted my physical strength" Vader interrupted and said   "we will discuss this failure later" and walked past him to commander Sada who stood at attention.

Shawn and Mara stood next to Vader as he said "are you the commander of the garrison here?" Sada replied "yes lord Vader" Vader held his hand out in a choke gesture and Sada began choking and fell on his knees his face turning red before laying limp. "You're effectively relieved of duty commander Sada" and walked away Shawn and Mara followed.

As they headed to the shuttle Vader said "Hand Mendes who was this first assailant?" Shawn replied "she said her name was Asajj Ventress and she ambushed me in the archives and stole two lightsabers" Vader replied "consider yourself lucky she didn't kill you as you'll kill her".
Just as they were boarding the shuttle an officer ran over and said "lord Vader a massive droid army from Geonosis has landed on Tatooine" that struck Shawn knowing there might now be a war to fight and Vader said "dispatch the third fleet I will bring my own ship and the 501st legion in the meantime contain them where they are" and they boarded the shuttle.

Over the week the droids gained ground on Tattooine and many ships of the former Confederate Navy guarded Geonosis and engaged in many space battles along with smaller rebel ships wining many of them as the imperial forces were caught by surprise.

Meanwhile under Vader's supervision Shawn was trained further as it seemed rudimentary for him to hold the title of Emperor's Hand if he couldn't live up to its expectations and was pressed to his physical limits with hours upon hours of endless duels with various PROXY droids that used many highly skilled Jedi as their forms "again!" Vader yelled and Shawn panted then wiped the sweat from his forehead and held his lightsaber as one that took the form of Ki Mundi attacked him, Shawn blocked the saber and moved back and stabbed the droid in a backwards stab.

The droid went limp and fell over next to the twenty others on the ground. Vader said "you've improved greatly Hand Mendes faster than I thought" Shawn said "thank you Lord Vader" Vader then walked out of the room and Shawn collapsed and dropped his lightsaber as he'd been fighting for nearly five hours without stopping but the day before it was twelve hours. Vader had gone on and on about using the Force to sustain ones strength and Shawn did this and felt some of his strength return,

Then the door opened and it was Mara and she stood there smirking "what?" Shawn asked and Mara replied "you look tired" and picked up his lightsaber and it slipped out of her hand and she used her gloved hand to pick it up and tossed it on Shawn and wiped her hand on him and said "that's disgusting" and Shawn laughed and said "sorry about that where're we going now?" Mara said "well we're going to help a counterattack with the 501st in the dune sea on Tatooine"