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Setup
After an adventure where the Force sends Anakin to the past to fix his mistakes, he tries to jump back to the future. However, the Force neglects to send him back, so he, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka spent their spare time during the Clone Wars (which was not very often) to build a time machine.
However, the time-travel device has one slight, back-to-the-future-esque problem. It has to get up to a certain speed, well past lightspeed, meaning going into hyperspace wouldn't quite get them there. So they had to make it so fast is began ripping past star systems and even galaxies before it finally deposits them into future.
But they land on the planet in the galaxy they'd begun to near as they'd reached the correct speed instead of their actual galaxy. Not to mention, they totally crash land.
So now they're stranded. On this planet called Earth. In a town called Greenwood. A long time in out into the future. Not to mention, Ahsoka is a Togruta, a species not native to the planet, which is raising suspicion... and Anakin and Obi-Wan look like a certain two beloved actors.
Welcome, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka, to a galaxy far, far away.
Disclaimer
The characters and events of the Star Wars Universe do not belong to me but to George Lucas (and unfortunately, J. J. Abrams and Ryan Johnson and all that).
Also, I created the town of Greenwood, so if you live somewhere with that name, it's probably nothing like your town.
Chapter 1
"I knew I never should have let Ahsoka take the controooools!" Anakin shouted as they came in, extremely hot, to a planet he'd never seen before. But soon they'd be transported to the future and everything would be okay, right?
"Anakin never let your Padawan fly us anywhere ever again!" Obi-Wan replied, also slammed to the back of his seat.
"One of you try handling this time machine!" Ahsoka yelled in defense.
"Yeah, let's try that!" Anakin commandeered the ship from Ahsoka as they crash landed, the ship smoking as they coughed and exited it. Once they all made sure they were okay and nobody was hurt, they surveyed the ship. "Aw, nuts," Anakin lamented. "It's broken."
"Yeah, and Ahsoka and I are stranded in the future!" Obi-Wan added. "We're not from this time."
"Or this planet," Anakin pointed out, gesturing around them. "I don't think this time machine took us back to our galaxy, Obi-Wan."
He cussed under his breath, which Anakin sensed Ahsoka pretending to ignore. "Let's see, what planet could look like this where we're from?" He thought for a minute. "Uh..."
"These buildings werenot built in our galaxy, Master," Ahsoka interrupted, gesturing to the... what was this? There was neatly paved black gravel underneath their feet, and white lines were painted in little boxes where... ships? were parked. There were rather big wheels on these ships, like they were designed to travel on the ground for an extended period of time. And around them...
They were surrounded by block-shaped buildings with basic writing on them, the main entrance reading:Greenwood Mall.
"What's a mall?" Anakin said in a low voice, so he wouldn't attract unwanted attention from anybody around them.
"I have no idea," Obi-Wan answered in a similar tone of voice.
A group of girls approached them and elbowed Anakin. Once they had his attention, they giggled, and one of them said, "You'd better get a haircut, or people are gonna star thinking you're Anakin Skywalker." Then her gaze turned to Obi-Wan. "And they'll thinkyou're Obi-Wan Kenobi." (What? I mean, Anakin knew they were famous, but not intergalactically.)
"They've got to be in costume, they're spot-on," another said. "And O-M-G." (What did that mean?) "They are definitely dressed up - look at this girl! She'sexactly like Ahsoka Tano. I'd almost think her lekku were real."
Anakin, through their bond, nudged Ahsoka tonot tell them they were real. He had a feeling Togrutas weren't native to this planet. He hoped they could survive in the environments.
"I'm glad you're fans," Anakin said slowly, "but do you no what planet we're on? We're kind of stranded."
The girls giggled again. "Oh, you are definitely Star Wars roleplaying." (Star Wars? Roleplaying? Anakin needed to learn the local jargon.) "Alright, we'll play along. You're on planet Earth, in the country of America, in the state of New Jersey, in the town of Greenwood. Good luck, Jedi, and may the Force be with you!" They giggled as they walked away.
Anakin stared after them, and almost under his breath, he answered, "And you."
"That was weird," Ahsoka decided. "I have a feeling they're not accustomed to seeing Togrutas around here, since they were certain my lekku were fake."
"And they know who we are," Obi-Wan added. "That's... weird. The planet Earth is not in our galaxy, so unless we're far enough into the future that they've renamed another planet and evolved to where Ahsoka's species is extinct..."
"That's actuallyvery possible," Anakin realized. "Ahsoka's species extinct, evolved and renamed planet... that would explain the unfamiliar terms and buildings and... speeders? What are these?"
"That's a Honda. Unfortunately, I don't know what a Honda is," Obi-Wan admitted. "And wait. How would they know our names if we're that far into the future?"
Anakin shrugged. "Maybe we're a legend?"
"I don't think so, Skyguy," Ahsoka told him teasingly. "You're notthat famous, and besides, she knew who Obi-Wan and I were too. You can say what you want about you and your children's Skywalker legacy, but... we're not a part of that. In fact, you said I wasn't even a part of that story once I left the temple."
"Well, we did see each other again..." Anakin trailed off. "That's actually a really, really bad memory, so I'm just going to pretend that never happened and get on with life."
"You tried to kill me, didn't you."
"You're way too intuitive, Snips."
"Guys," Obi-Wan interrupted. "We can try to figure this out later. For now we should get new clothing that goes with everybody else's around here, get Ahsoka something with a hood, and follow that girls advice and get haircuts."
"Agreed," Anakin told them.
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The barber was also quite confused as to why Anakin and Obi-Wan looked like Anakin and Obi-Wan, but trimmed their hair and made it so they didn't lookas recognizable, but then people started asking, "Wait seriously, are you Hayden Christensen? No, you're too young... how do you look so much like..." Which left Anakin to wonder who Hayden Christensen was and Obi-Wan to wonder who Ewan McGregor was.
Ahsoka, meanwhile, tried not to show her face or lekku as to not attract attention. She tried leaving her hood off, and got attacked about being "Ahsoka Tano" or "dressed like a real togruta" and "Wow! Where'd you get that kind of costume?" so she had to maintain a low profile.
After using something called Google (seriously, it was called Google) to search up how to find places to stay the night. Obi-Wan mind tricked some unsuspecting people into giving them a free hotel room for a week while they tried to figure out their predicament.
Ahsoka finally could show her face and allow her lekku free, while Anakin and Obi-Wan contemplated their situation. "This is a weird culture," Anakin said. "And cars, as they're called, can't even fly. What is this, the past?"
"Nope, it's the future alright, they know who we are," Obi-Wan pointed out. "Which brings us to the question of how?"
"And why are they so certain I'mdressed like Ahsoka Tano or a togruta?" Ahsoka piped up. "In fact, I've not seen any species other than human, besides those little furry creatures some of them are walking."
"It's true, there only seems to be one intelligent species," Obi-Wan agreed. "And they know what Jedi and the Force are, yet nobody seems to actually be a part of that."
"I'm still hiding my lightsaber on my belt, which some people have commented on," Anakin admitted. "They kept saying, 'O-M-G,' whatever that means, 'Is that a real lightsaber hilt?' Like there's no way it could be areal lightsaber."
"One things for certain," Obi-Wan said grimly. "We're stranded."
Ahsoka sighed. "In a galaxy far, far away."
