One of You

One of You is a fan fiction short story by SavageOpress1138, focusing on a conversation between  and the  before she leaves to join  in the. The story, which contains almost exclusively dialogue, focuses on the philosophical reasonings for and against joining the war. Elements of this philosophy were inspired by the, a scriptural poem detailing a similar dilemma regarding the question of a just war.

Publisher's Summary
On the eve of joining the Mandalorian Wars, a Jedi seeks her oldest friend in an attempt to explain why she feels she must defy the Jedi Council and go to war.

Narrative
One of You/narrative

Behind the scenes
"Statement: You cannot stop me. You cannot harm me. In order to do that, I would need to end my self-preservation programming. Conclusion: I would need to stop being one of you. I have concluded that this is something I am willing to accept."

One of You was written by Star Wars Fanon user SavageOpress1138 in early 2016. Savage combined two major influences for the short story. The major influence was excerpts from the Hindu scriptural poem the Baghavad Gita, which Savage had been reading and studying. The poem narrates the conversation between Arjuna and and Krishna, regarding whether Arjuna should participate in a war. Subjects discussed include justice, duty, emotional control, acceptable killing, unity of all creation, and reincarnation. Although Savage is no expert on Hinduism or the Baghavad Gita, he was inspired by the piece and the through line he saw between it and, specifically the HK-47 and plot line. The plot line culminates in HK-47's decision to separate himself from the HK-50s so he may destroy them. The poem and the KotOR II plot line came together in as a potential rational and philosophical argument for why the Exile went to war. Savage chose to write this as a dialogue between the Exile and Kavar.

Savage made several specific choices regarding what he did and didn't say about the Exile in the piece. While he established her as female, he chose not to give her a name, leaving it up to the reader to insert whatever Exile they wish, or otherwise. Additionally, while he did not explicitly state it, Savage vaguely hinted at rivalry and/or dislike between the Exile and Revan. This follows a theory that the two never got along, leading to Revan's placement of the Exile at the disastrous. Finally, near the end of the piece Savage included a moment where the Exile reveals she has created a new lightsaber. Per the precedent, she has built a more deadly double bladed saber. Rather than allowing the color to potentially define her Jedi class, Savage chose to use one of the in-game alternative color options: "silver, like the streams in the Room of a Thousand Fountains". This almost colorless choice was also meant to reflect the detached disposition of the Exile.