Three Eyed Theorist: Youtube.com/@ThreeEyedTheorist Half Blood Theorist: Youtube.com/@HalfBloodTheorist Discord: https://discord.gg/U5yUTamJ48 YT Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWfKsbnzZYduPNQ-4nGmbUw/join Voice Acting & Narration: Steven Waters @bobablackfly602 Writing: Myself, @quadeong7453 , @khuz377, and @risingofthethorn1197 The Father stands at the center of Mortis, the Force flowing through him like breath through lungs. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka face him across the stone platform, their lightsabers still clipped to their belts but their stances wary. The Father(calm, ancient): "There was a time when the Jedi destroyed themselves. Both sides believed they were righteous. Both sides were certain. And that certainty consumed them all." Anakin(impatient): "Every war has two sides that think they're right. That's what makes it a war." The Father(turning to him): "This one began inside your Order. Jedi against Jedi. Master against student. The same lightsabers. The same training. The same Force. And they tore each other apart.” Obi-Wan(measured): "You're speaking of the Jedi Civil War. Revan's war." The Father(nodding): "You will walk through it as those who lived it did. What you do there has already been done. The river does not change because you step into it twice. But the water remembers your hands." Ahsoka(stepping forward): "Wait. Why? What are we supposed to do there?" The Father(quiet): "Learn." The Force gathers while Anakin opens his mouth to argue, but the world folds around them. They materialize on the bridge of a Republic cruiser mid-battle. Alarms scream from every console. The viewport shows a debris field and laser fire cutting across the void. The deck shudders as a turbolaser blast connects with the port hull, and a support beam crashes down twenty meters behind them. Bridge crew scramble between stations, shouting damage reports over each other. Nobody looks twice at three strangers appearing in the chaos. Anakin steadies himself against a console and scans the tactical display. Red indicators swarm the holographic map. The Republic fleet is outnumbered and falling apart. The enemy ships carry the same hull designs as the Republic vessels. But their transponders broadcast under Revan's Sith Empire banner. Former Republic warships turned against their own navy. A young Jedi Knight grips the command rail, her knuckles white. Bastila Shan. She closes her eyes. The Force ripples outward from her. Across the fleet, gunners steady, pilots breathe, targeting solutions sharpen. But it's not enough. The fleet is too broken for her gift to hold together alone. She opens her eyes, blood trickling from her nose. Bastila Shan(desperate): "All ships, fall back to defensive formation! I can't hold them all!" Anakin steps beside her and studies the tactical display. Three capital ships bearing down on a fleet that has already lost two cruisers. The remaining Republic vessels scatter without coordination. Anakin(sharp, commanding): "You still have your starfighter wings. Pull them off escort duty and send them at the lead ship's shield generators. Concentrated torpedo runs. You don't need to kill it, just blind it." Bastila Shan(confused): "Who are you?" Anakin(already working the console): "Someone who's fought battles like this before. Ahsoka, take starfighter coordination. Obi-Wan, help her reform the defensive line…You have a spare fighter in the hangar?" Bastila Shan(bewildered): "Bay three. But..." He's already running. Ninety seconds later a lone interceptor launches from the cruiser's ventral bay and cuts straight into the heart of the engagement. Anakin threads between two capital ships trading broadsides, rolls through a screen of Sith fighters without taking a hit, and puts a torpedo spread into the lead cruiser's bridge deflector at point-blank range. The fighter wings rally behind him without being told. Obi-Wan(steady): "Your remaining cruisers need to tighten formation. Overlapping fields of fire. Make them pay for every meter they advance." Ahsoka slides into the fighter coordination station and opens channels to the scattered wings. Ahsoka(firm): "All starfighter squadrons, form up on my signal. Attack pattern delta on the lead capital ship. Target shield generators only. Hit them fast and pull back." The battle turns. The starfighters swarm the lead Sith cruiser and hammer its shield generators until the forward array collapses. #starwars #starwarswhatif #whatif