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raointean · 2 years

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General Skywalker's Funeral Pyre

Rex watched, hidden in the forest, as Vader's body burned. He thought back through the years about who that man had once been.

He'd been a general who cared.

A teacher who protected.

A man who loved deeply.

Many people over the years had said they couldn't understand how he'd fallen so far, but Rex could. He hated himself for thinking it, but he hadn't been all that surprised when Ahsoka had told him before her own death.

Yes, he'd started out as a good man, but he had always cared too much. Rex had watched as every clone's death began to weigh on him. As he tried to balance his duty to the Order with his devotion to his wife. Rex had been the one to argue that Ahsoka's leaving hadn't been his fault over and over and over again.

He'd watched Anakin Skywalker slowly implode over the years and hadn't been able to do a thing about it.

He was just glad that the young pilot (his general's son!) had been able to get through to him in the end.

The young man in front of him sighed shakily. How much did he know about his father? Rex fought with himself. This seemed like a private moment for him, but Rex did want to pay his respects.

He stepped forward, out of the woods. Skywalker Junior's head whipped around, surprised. Rex walked towards the pyre and stood next to him in silence.

The young man looked at him. "You knew him. Before, I mean-" he guessed.

"Yeah. Yeah I knew him. Served under him in the Clone Wars. I don't mean to intrude, I just wanted to pay my respects."

He nodded. "Of course. I'm Luke, by the way."

Rex smiled sadly. "Captain Rex. You know, I could tell you some stories about him after this if you wanted."

Luke smiled back. "That would be nice. Thank you."

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