Star Wars: The Skywalker Chronicles Vol I/Prologue

Prologue

"There are many things that happen to a person throughout their life. Some of these things are good, and some not so good." A soft female voice said to the group of teenage students that were sitting behind their desks listening as their teacher spoke. "However there are also many things that happen to a person that they are not even aware of and the life of Anakin Skywalker was one such case." She added with a little sadness in her voice. "Throughout his youth and early adulthood, there were those around him that were manipulating him for their own ends." The teacher stopped speaking for a few seconds to check if she had her students full attention and noticed that two in the back of the room, a young boy and girl were quietly talking to each other and ignoring what was going on around them. "Jaina, Jacen. Could you please stop messing around and listen?" The Teacher asked with a little frustration in her voice. They were both so much like their grandfather that it was often annoying. Although, Anakin Skywalker had a habit of just laughing such statements off.

The two students in question looked up at their teacher with an apologetic look on their faces. "Sorry Master Tano." The said in unison.

Ahsoka Tano, once the padawan of Anakin Skywalker just shook her head at the pair as they looked up into her eyes. Just like their grandfather, she just couldn't stay mad at them when they looked at her they way they were right at this moment. After a few seconds she shook her head slightly and focused back on the task at hand. "You see. Anakin's childhood and his early adulthood was manipulated by those in power. Both the Jedi and the Sith saw him as a means to an end. For the Jedi, he was their Chosen One. Their weapon to use against the Sith. And as for the Sith, well Sidious wanted Anakin to ensure Sith domination over the galaxy." By now all the students were paying attention to her as she spoke, even Jaina and Jacen. "It was also this need for power and control over Anakin that would cause the Jedi Council to go to the extremes that they did." Letting out a small chuckle, Ahsoka again shook her head as memories of past arguments and battles came to her mind. "You all know how things went in the end because you all know about the Last Force War as it's called and the Last Galactic War. In the end, it was the fear the Jedi had and still have of Anakin that started both wars. All because they believed that they were right about everything and that because Anakin is the Chosen One, then he pretty much belonged to them. To many on the Council, Anakin wasn't a person, but a tool to further their own agenda and religion." Before Ahsoka could continue a young red skinned Twi'lek girl raised her hand. "Yes Liva?"

"Master Tano," The young girl began. "Why were the Jedi afraid of him?"

"Power." Ahsoka simply answered before waiting a few seconds to continue. "Anakin is the most powerful force user to ever exist. In fact there will never be another force user as powerful as he is. Both the Jedi and the Sith had different ideas on how to use Anakin to serve their own agendas. As i said they both saw him as a weapon but had different ways of going about gaining and maintaining control over him. The Sith wanted to unleash Anakin upon the galaxy. The Jedi however, wanted something else entirely."

"What do you mean?" Jaina asked from the back as she and her brother had never heard this story before.

Ahsoka let out a deep sigh as she thought about how to explain this to the class. "You see, while many on the Jedi Council believed Anakin may have been the Chosen One." She began before again pausing to think of a way to word things so that the younglings could understand what she was saying. "They were also aware that he was different from them. Anakin unlike the other Jedi was not raised in the Temple as he'd lived with his mother for the first nine years of his life. Because of this, many in the Order viewed him as an outsider. So much so that even believing that Anakin was the Chosen One, did not stop many of them thinking that he should never have been trained."

Ahsoka again paused as she realised that she was going off the topic she was on and decided to go back and answer the question about what the Jedi really wanted from Anakin. "Anyway, as i said the Jedi wanted something different from Anakin. You see while they wanted him to fulfil their prophecy, they also wanted to ensure that he remained subservient to them. They never allowed him to learn more about the Force than what they taught him. While other Jedi Padawans and Knights were allowed to continue learning about the force, the Council did everything they could to stop Anakin from learning too much. All because they knew that if he reached his full potential power, he'd grow beyond them. And this was one of the reasons that many of the Jedi Council were so fearful of him. Because they knew that he was potentially more powerful than the entire council combined."

"Master Tano, why did Master Skywalker leave the Order?" Liva then asked with genuine curiosity in her voice.

"Well, that's a rather complicated story." Ahsoka answered honestly. "You see, almost a year and a half into the Clone War, Anakin was shown a vision of the future. The future he saw at time was not a good one and he knew that he needed to do something to stop what he had seen from coming to pass. To that end he realised that the first changes he had to make, was to himself. He realised that he needed to stop letting those in power use him for their own ends. It was not an easy beginning for him and the Jedi were instantly aware that something in him had changed. This was when the Council's distrust of him began to really turn into a fear of him. Because they began to realise that they didn't have the control over him that they thought they had."

Before Ahsoka could continue her story, the class bell went off indicating the end of the school day for her students. "Alright class, we'll continue this next time." She said as her students began to quickly pack their things so that they could leave for the day. It only took about a minute or so for the students to pack up and leave the classroom which give Ahsoka chance to sit down and relax for a few minutes.

As she sat at her desk, Ahsoka picked up a datapad and began to read over a report that she'd been sent by Anakin. He was currently aboard an experimental starship that was going through it's shakedown cruise. She knew just as well as Anakin did about what was coming. They had both been out into the dark space between galaxies and knew what was coming. The massive fleet was about a decade away from invading and both she and Anakin hoped that the galaxy would survive what was to come. It would be a hard war, she had no illusions of this. It would be far worse than the Clone War and the Galactic War she had fought in. The coming war would be a war that would shape the galaxy for centuries to come.

As she continued to read through the report, Ahsoka couldnt help but begin to think about the past and how everything had changed after the events on Mortis.