Uploaded September 2009 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"Can we make this something good?"

Reading description is advised for plot details -- as well as turning up the audio, somehow it turned out really low. Sorry about that!

I wanted to dedicate this video to two very lovely people I met on YT: the first is Ellie (EllieLupin91), who to me is the Queen of AUs with her awesome SW/HP series, so this video is for her first! {Ti voglio bene Ellie! e grazie per l'aiuto preziosissimo, con la clip e con il masking - che per ora è abbastanza carente, ma ci lavorerò ^^}
The second is, once again, Jo...because she's gone through a very difficult time this summer, but she overcame it with the strenght and courage of a real Jedi Master. I love you so much my friend, and I will always be there for you whenever you call!
~end of personal stuff, back to business xD~

Now about the plot -- I'm back with a new AU! It seems my AUs always revolve around young Luke or Leia...I just like the idea too much! So, like in my other video, all clips of young Anakin in Ep. I you'll see here are actually meant to portray little Luke.
The intro starts with Anakin not turning to the darkside (I love him too much to make him become evil in AUs as well! ^^); he kills Palpatine instead, and saves the Republic. Unfortunately, this doesn't prevent his nightmares about Padme to come true, and soon both she and baby Leia actually die in childbirth. Anakin is left alone and heartbroken with newborn Luke; but he can't take care of the boy all on his own, because he's a Jedi, so he decides with a heavy heart to leave him in front of the Jedi Temple. Obi-Wan finds the baby and takes him into the Temple to train him as a Jedi, as Anakin watches hidden from not very far.
Years pass, and Anakin tries to go on with his Jedi life, but he can't forget his lost love, nor can he forget his son, and he keeps watching over him in secret. Luke has become a Padawan now, and one day he hears his fellow Padawans talking about Master Anakin Skywalker, wondering why he always looks so forlorn and never talks to anyone. The boy is curious about him, so he bets with the other kids that he will succeed in speaking to him. Luke finds Anakin in the Council Room, and they start to talk; he is surprised because the Jedi Master seems uncommonly friendly with him, and somehow familiar. Slowly the two become close, Luke likes the strange, silent Master's company, and often looks for him to talk. Anakin on his part can't help but love his son dearly: he knows he shouldn't spend so much time with the boy, but he loves having him around, and he can finally have a part in his son's life. The two spend a lot of time together when Luke isn't training, talking, going around and flying together, something which they're both very talented at. But one day Anakin has a conversation with Obi-Wan, who tells him that he noticed his attachment to the boy, that he should know attachments are forbidden for a Jedi; he warns Anakin that the Council might not be happy with his behaviour. In fact, some days later, both Anakin and Luke are called before the Council, and Yoda confronts Anakin with his behaviour going against the Jedi Code. Anakin then confesses that Luke is his son, and everyone is stunned by the revelation. The Council immediately expels Anakin from the Order; Luke begs his father not to go, but he has to. Anakin has nothing to live for after this, he's not a Jedi anymore, nor he has got his wife or son with him: so he dies of a broken heart, his last thoughts about Padmé and Luke. Obi-Wan finds him dead, and he's filled with sorrow and regret, and Yoda too, because they feel they are the ones who killed him by separating him from Luke. Anakin has a Jedi funeral, and when Luke discovers his father is dead he is sad and shocked.
Years pass again, and Luke is all grown up and a Jedi Knight, but he keeps thinking of his lost father everytime. One day, however, Sidious's spirit comes back to take his revenge on Anakin who destroyed him, by killing his son. Luke tries to fight the Force ghost, but he loses his lightsaber, and Sidious starts torturing him with Force lightning. In his agony, Luke calls his father for help, and Anakin's ghost actually appears. The two spirits fight and, finally, Anakin defeats Sidious again. Luke and his father smile at each other...no matter what, they'll always be together through the Force.

Well, that was long! I hope you had patience enough to read until the end -- but, I think the video shouldn't be too hard to follow, in any case. Please let me know your thoughts, and I hope you enjoy! (And forgive my horrible first attempts at masking ^^'')

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