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Title: The Righteous One
Author: Keira Marcos
Fandom: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars
Genre: Romance, Science Fiction, Time Travel
Relationship(s): Cal Kestis/Merrin, Jaro Tapal/Eeth Koth, Anakin Skywalker/Padmé Amidala
Content Rating: R
Warnings: Slavery, Violence-Graphic, Violence-Against Children, Major Character Death, Suicide, Off-Screen Suicide
Author Note: BD-1 uses droidspeak, which is a language made of electronic sounds. His dialogue will thus be considered translated in the story and in italics. I have zero respect for canon. Star Wars canon is dark as fuck and contains slavery, murder, extreme acts of violence, torture, and injustice.
Word Count: 156,487
Summary: The loss of another friend was a blow too many for Cal Kestis. He could blame the Empire for the loss of Master Tapal. But he had no one to blame but himself for Bode Akuna, and the betrayal cut so deep it’s all he can think about. When given the chance to time travel, he agrees. Cal will take whatever time the Force will give him to save everyone from the Empire.
Jedi Master Jaro Tapal must deal with the consequences of his padawan’s choices in a future that no longer exists as he deals with a child who has memories of a wretched future full of grief, loss, and the consuming avarice of the Sith.
Artist: Westwind
Artist Appreciation: My sincere thanks to Westwind for their hard work on my story. The artwork really embodies themes and characters in the work in a breathtaking way.
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Okay I admit it I haven’t watched Star Wars since I was pretty young.
Any chance of getting a list of must watch movies before reading this one so I can get the full experience? I mean before diving headfirst in to this ‘new’ fandom you are writing in now I’m sure I should probably watch something lol
It’s set during the prequels (Revenge of the Sith) to be specific. My main characters come from a game, however, and there is no official movie to help you on that front.
I try to make all of my works readable as original works.
I found you a video. I’m going to add it to the story summary: https://youtu.be/M8XeSOwAnlw?si=rhNrmrl8zQ5TD_Qy
Thankyou so much
I absolutely adored this story. I will admit to being less than thrilled with the prequels, but I always love your world-building. We shall not speak of the Weird Al soundtrack that played in my head while I was reading. Inappropriate musical choices should be allowed to reign.
I! Have college orientation tomorrow! I am going to have to spend an ENTIRE DAY before I can read this! I have cried, laughed, and lost entirely too much sleep over your previous Quantum Bang story that involved the Mandalorian.
I do not know how I am going to wait, but oh my god, this is in my top 5 ‘Best Things that Happened This Year’ list.