recthething | star wars fic recs

Happy May the 4th! In honor of Star Wars Day, I’m sharing a rec list of some of my favorite Star Wars fanfics. Star Wars was my first fandom, and after more than 10 years, it still holds a special place in my heart. Hope you find something you enjoy!

Queen's Gambit by bedlamsbard

Civil war threatens the galaxy. Hundreds of star systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic and form a Confederacy of Independent Systems.

In the hopes of securing a quick peace, the Jedi Council has dispatched two Jedi to capture or kill the leaders of the separatist movement, Queen Amidala of Naboo and her lover, the former Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Into this period of conflict have come four refugees from another universe, fleeing a devastating massacre triggered by the death of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith lord Darth Sidious, at the hands of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker…

T | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker | 354k words

Walk a Different Path by alexjanna91

Initiate Obi-Wan Kenobi did not take Master Jinn's last rejection lying down. With the Force whispering gleefully in his ear he decided to make his own way through the wide unknown galaxy. He wasn't afraid, though. No, in fact he was a little bit excited. After all, if he didn’t want to be a farmer and couldn’t be a Jedi, maybe being a pirate was his path in life. Either way he knew he was heading for an adventure.

T | No Archives Warnings Apply | Obi-Wan Kenobi & Jaster Mereel, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Maul, Jango Fett & Obi-Wan Kenobi | 139k words

walk by faith/tell no one what you've seen by Killbothtwins

After the end of the war with the Empire, Obi-Wan wakes up in his twelve-year old body. Now all he needs to do is convince everyone he's psychic, trick his Master into taking him on before he's sent to Bandomeer, redeem a few bad guys, and try not to have a nervous breakdown. Pretty easy. It's not like the Sith are lurking on the horizon, waiting to devour the Jedi Order.

T | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | Qui-Gon Jinn & Obi-Wan Kenobi | 39k words

What Lurks in the Dark by DragonflyonBreak

A simple mission to check out an abandoned weapons factory turns into a dangerous fight for survival. Trust is broken, loyalties will be tested, and dark secrets are brought to light. Because sooner or later, the truth always comes out.

T | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings | Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker & Wedge Antilles | 155k words

Like Fire in Our Bones by acuteneurosis

With all of the most important things in the galaxy literally exploding around her, Leia is given the chance to go back and help keep a promise she never personally made.

But then, for Skywalkers, saving the galaxy was always a family matter.

T | Major Character Death | Leia Organa & Shmi Skywalker, Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker, Padmé Amidala & Leia Organa, Leia Organa & Darth Vader, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Leia Organa & Anakin Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker & Shmi Skywalker | 153k words

Ad Utrumque Paratus by obeyingthemuse

It's hard to bring balance to the Force when the only method you've seen is your black-cloaked psychic cyborg sorcerer dad with a severe breathing problem throwing an old man down the Death Star reactor shaft. As much as Luke would like to see the not-yet-Emperor dead, he doesn't want to be arrested by his unusually attractive(?) war-hero dad and spend the rest of his indeterminate time in the past dropping Ewok beats in a jail cell. Also Leia would probably kill him. But not before breaking him out of jail.

So when the twins wake up on Tatooine decades in the past, they play it safe. They take over a planet, reconnect with their adoptive and real parents without weirding them out (too much), and accidentally cause the Chancellor perpetual near-death experiences.

Nailed it.

G | No Archive Warnings Apply | No Relationships | 44k words

War Drums by intermundia

In 4 ABY, Darth Vader lies dying, overwhelmed with regret at the impossibility of atoning for all that he’d done—it was impossible to fix, to undo; no apology would ever be sufficient. But nothing was impossible for him, merely difficult.

In 32 BBY, ten-year-old Anakin Skywalker wakes up as Darth Vader, his mind overwritten by the consciousness of his future self. In one day, Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi loses his Master, gains the confusing and concerning friendship of a 46-year-old (ex-)Sith Lord temporarily trapped in a child’s body, and is pulled along on his desperate mission to save the galaxy.

E | No Archive Warnings Apply | Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker | 91k words

Blackbird by ThereAndGone

Hera and crew are sent on mission to recruit Kanan and Ezra, who operate as vigilante assassins fighting the Empire, into the rebellion. But Kanan’s dark past and darker tendencies make the chances of the mission’s success slim.

It’s a good thing Hera, Ezra, and the crew don’t give up easy.

M | No Archive Warnings Apply | Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla | 249k words

i loved rome more by nymja

“What’s your name again?” He asks, after she’s suited up, after they’re running.

“Sola,” she says.

She is so very good at lying.

AU where Revan knows she's Revan the Whole Time.

Divergence by mylordshesacactus

In another world, another life, the moment of hesitation goes no further. Bastila Shan, consumed by fear, raised from birth to place utter faith in the Council’s judgement, keeps her silence.

Lie feeds upon half-truth upon lie and each careful sidestep only adds fuel to the smoldering, bitter contempt. Shown no honesty, Revan offers none. Secrets and fears are entrusted to a woman with no reason to treat them as anything but weapons, twisted to pierce the hearts of those who pressed them into her hands. The last hope of the Jedi, used and discarded one too many times, kneels on bloodstained marble at her feet. The once breaker of chains, turned in rage to bind the galaxy, returns. The Dark Lord rises from fury and flame and it is as inevitable as the death of stars.

In another world, another life, the Republic falls.

This is not that story.

T | No Archive Warnings Apply | Bastila Shan/Female Revan (Star Wars) | 12k words

Under the Cover of Darkness by randomlyimagine

Being pulled back through in time, getting to see the Old Jedi Order, Ben, even Anakin Skywalker, before he Fell…it was an opportunity Luke had never dreamed he’d have.

If only he and Mara hadn’t been pulled back in the middle of a mission where they were undercover as Sith.

T | No Archive Warnings Apply | Mara Jade/Luke Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker | 57k words

Will Save the Galaxy for Better Credit Ratings by zuzeca

In which Darth Maul applies for a loan, discovers a forgotten heirloom, experiments with space drugs, complains about his nemesis to a captive audience, and learns the value of bank fraud. Also love and friendship, but mostly bank fraud.

M | No Archive Warnings Apply | Darth Maul & Darth Plagueis, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul | 19k words

Sticky Fingers by phoenixyfriend

In which Hondo Ohnaka (accidentally) saves the galaxy far, far away.

M | No Archive Warnings Apply | Obi-Wan Kenobi & Hondo Ohnaka, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Quinlan Vos, Past Quinlan Vos/Asajj Ventress | 8k words

the kenobi conundrum by tennessoui

Acting as Anakin Skywalker's confidante is probably the most painful aspect of pretending to be kind and sympathetic Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine. It seems that every other week, Skywalker is in love with another paramour who will leave him heartbroken within months. And as Skywalker's mentor and father figure, it is Darth Sidious' job to pick up those pieces and lend a compassionate ear to Skywalker's suffering. Every. Single. Time.

It's only after several years of this routine that Sidious realizes that he can solve two of his problems in one fell swoop: if he can convince Skywalker that he is in love with his old Jedi master, Kenobi, then Skywalker will inevitably have his heart broken by the man when their relationship fizzles into nothing. Then his strongest tether to the Light will be severed, and Sidious can claim Skywalker as his apprentice.

Because surely Skywalker's feelings for Kenobi are not returned. Surely Kenobi has more sense than to be enamored beyond reason with his former padawan. Surely all Sidious has to do is push Skywalker in Kenobi's direction and then watch the fallout.

Surely. Surely?

T | No Archive Warnings Apply | Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker | 11k words

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