Dear Yoda (2019)

Dear Yoda,

 

Very grateful to you for creating for me, I am! :) Feel free to use as much or as little of this as is helpful. I'm requesting fic for all prompts, and my username is also primeideal on Ao3.

 

I love Star Wars' themes of hope and redemption. Some of my favorite characters are those who aren't completely committed to one regime throughout their lives, but who make choices that matter along the way and, gradually or abruptly, move in hopeful directions. I like to see unexpected connections and fleshing out minor characters.

 

I like happy endings, sad endings (when providing some measure of closure or melodrama--I have no problem with character death, if that's the road you want to go down!), nonstandard formats (documentation, epistolary, "William Shakespeare's Star Wars", "Backstroke of the West"), time travel, canon-divergence AUs, five-things fic, dialogue, worldbuilding, wit and wordplay.

 

I don't like ambiguous endings, issue-fic, explicit sex, underage sex, rape/non-con I'm not familiar with secondary canon for these characters. I prefer no AUs that are mundane in the sense of humdrum, but if you have an idea for these characters that brings out the fantastic and hopeful themes of Star Wars in somewhere equally dramatic but a different setting, go crazy. While I enjoy most unconventional formats, I'm not a big fan of second-person prose. I prefer no focus on Ben Solo|Kylo Ren as a major character (mentions are fine). I don't enjoy themes of cynicism and futility, or that the (canon's) plotlines were "all for nothing;" to the extent this is canonical with the sequel trilogy, I'd prefer you focus on different characters (or go AU). Except as noted, I'm not interested in any unrequested background romantic relationships. (Bringing in other characters for non-romantic interactions is welcome!)

 

I have the same username on Tumblr and I have some previous Dear Author letters where I've talked more about some of these characters and ships. (And stolen a lot of these prompts from.)

Though I've written more about some than others, I'd be very happy with a gift for any of them here! Please feel free to mix and match prompts.

 

Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader

Leia Organa & Anakin Skywalker

Finn & Rey & Anakin Skywalker

Finn & Anakin Skywalker

Padmé Amidala/Darth Vader

 

-Vader and his subordinates on the Death Star. Could be bureaucratic humor, or maybe he's impressed by Leia's unyielding under torture...sensing her potential?

-How does Vader train with the Force in his Imperial years?

-Anakin's Force ghost appearing to Leia, mentoring her in the Force and otherwise

-Padmé survives RotS and leads the rebellion. Does she know who Vader is? Try to (or go through with) killing him anyway?

-Early-PT Padmé time-travels to in or around the OT era and is intrigued by Vader, but also horrified at the existence of the Empire.

-Force-ghost Anakin trains Finn (and Rey) in the ways of the Jedi (I've received this before, but more would be amazing!)

-Finn (and Rey) travel back to the PT era and meet young Anakin, everyone is confused. 

 

Finn

Finn & Original Stormtrooper Characters

Finn/Rey

Finn/Rose Tico

 

-Finn accidentally brings about a Stormtrooper rebellion

-Daily life as part of the First Order

-Finn and Rey have very different ways of fighting, but they'll always watch each other's backs.

-Finn is still new to having something to fight for rather than against, while Rose is full of convictions.

-Finn is terrified of being "reformatted" back to FN-2187 and asks Rey to kill him rather than let him be taken alive if it comes to that. Does she fail, follow through, or do they find another way out?

-Finn helps Rose deal with being a hero in her own right.

 

Fodesinbeed Annodue

 

So for context/reminder, this is the two-headed podracing announcer in Phantom Menace who speaks in Basic/English with one head and Huttese in another. I would love absolutely anything about him/them!

 

-Are they separate minds? Do they ever disagree?

-What is podracing like when Force-sensitive phenoms aren't showing up? Bring on all the sports worldbuilding!

-What different languages does he speak? Does he have to translate for other important events on Tatooine?

-Does he ever run into other canon characters?

 

L3-37

K-2SO & L3-37

Lando Calrissian/L3-37

 

*For L3 fic set post-Solo, I'd prefer that if you have her conscious mind in the Falcon, that she's okay with it and able to communicate somehow. Pre-Solo fic and/or actual death are also welcome, of course!

 

-L3 and Lando's first meetings.

-Taking advantage of people's misconceptions about droids (and/or their relationships).

-If L3 had lived, how would that impact the OT era?

-K-2 and L3 disagree about how/if droid rebellion should fit into the wider rebellion.

 

 

Lando Calrissian/Poe Dameron
 

-They don't understand how each other could be so incredibly wrong about some subjective point of spacecraft comparison and get into stupidly petty arguments about it.

-BB-8 decides that if Poe keeps losing terribly at sabacc, it's time to take matters into its own digits and find an algorithm to help turn the tables.

-Lando plays a Lor San Tekka-type role, having some clue that could help lead to Luke at the beginning of The Force Awakens, and Poe tries tracking him down then. What changes, what doesn't? (Please no past Lando/Luke.)

 

Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker & Han Solo

 

For this prompt, I'd prefer something set in the OT era or going AU, I'm not wild about their ST characterization. Background Han/Leia is fine!

 

-Finding (or convincing each other to find) downtime in the middle of the war

-Growing old in peacetime and reminiscing on their friendship

-Dealing with weird Force artifacts! Time loop? Hyperspace mayhem?

-Canon-divergence AUs leading to a different first meeting (twin swap, Luke & Leia raised together, Han meeting Leia doing business on Alderaan...)

Maz Kanata/Master Codebreaker

 

-What made Maz so confident that the Codebreaker could help Finn and Rose out?

-Maz has outlived a lot of people. Is this just a short-term fling for her? How does she cope with human lifespans?

-I think outsider POV could be very amusing; they're both notorious creatures across the galaxy, so when they get together, do gossipers completely misunderstand the circumstances?

 

Chirrut Îmwe/Darth Vader

Chirrut Îmwe/Lando Calrissian

 

Chirrut is a fascinating character; I love his perspective on the Force even though he can't sense it. Canon-timelines or AU are fine!

 

-Lando and Chirrut meet as part of the rebellion

-Vader appreciates someone who can't be intimidated, or horrified, by his appearance

-Vader and Chirrut discussing the Force

-Lando comes to Jedha as part of a smuggling run but finds more than he bargained for

 

Cliegg Lars/Shmi Skywalker

 

-How does Cliegg go from seeing Shmi as an emancipated slave to an equal?

-What if Shmi had been rescued from the Tusken Raiders? How does she feel about Cliegg risking his friends' lives to save her? Where do Anakin and Padmé go from there?

-Cliegg's quote about "wherever you are, it's become a better place" was so sweet, and also makes me wonder what non-Force people think about the afterlife? Spiritual worldbuilding?

-Culture shock as Shmi teaches Cliegg (and Owen) how to live in the desert.

 

Original Character (SW) & Original Character (SW)

Original Character (SW)/Original Character (SW)

 

Really anything goes here, I love worldbuilding so if you want to flesh out something we only saw a little of in the movies, that would be awesome. Open to any sexes, species, etc.

 

-Gungan society on Naboo; do they become more integrated into the human culture after TPM?

-What's up with Kamino? What other technological projects do they have going on? How do you hide an entire planet from the records?

-The aftermath of the droid rebellion on Kessel

-Cantina band shenanigans

-The Lanai and Ahch-To over time

-Any kind of in-universe documentation; how are the main characters seen/written about by strangers? (Crack is great.)

 

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Again, use as much or little of this as helps, and thank you again for writing for me! :D May the Force be with you.