At the battle of Scarif, the crew of the Ghost waited till every last ship had managed to escape. When the Death Star had appeared, all was chaos. They couldn’t believe what they were seeing, but knew they had to keep on fighting. Sabine and Rex had begged to take The Phantom and enter the planet’s shield with the fighter group, insisting that they could be of more help down there, but Hera said she needed her whole crew together and the argument was over.

As soon as they saw the Tantive IV get clear of the lead Star Destroyer and jump away, the Ghost followed suit. The journey back to Yavin was silent, none of them ready to believe what they’d just witnessed.

When they arrived at Yavin, they started on ship repairs and tending to the wounded. This was only the beginning, they all knew more battles were coming, and soon. It was only a matter of time now before the Empire tracked them to this base. Their greatest hopes and fears were both realised within a few days when Princess Leia retuned with news of Alderaan’s destruction, and the Death Star pans. She had brought 2 young men and a Wookiee with her who’d apparently been responsible for her rescue. The Generals and analysts had gathered in the briefing room immediately to discuss an attack plan. Hera and Sabine were both offered fighters but decided to stay as a last line of defence for the base.

They watched, on edge, as the battle unfurled. They were losing fighters faster than ever before. The Empire was not messing around this time. Hera was about to jump into her ship and join the attack when she heard a cheer go up from behind her and saw the Death Star blow up on the view-screen. She couldn’t believe her eyes. Which pilot had made that shot?

They had little time to celebrate however, the Imperial fleet was no doubt on their way and they needed to evacuate.

“Who blew up the station?”, Hera asked after all the ships had left and the ghost was cruising through hyperspace.

“Apparently it was one of the strays General Organa picked up”, Kallus responded.

“Think I heard someone say his name is Luke Skywalker”, Zeb added with a shrug.

“Skywalker!?”, Rex and Sabine yelled at the same time. Hera raised an eyebrow. 

Zeb looked confused, “You know him?”

Rex was so stunned he didn’t manage to reply. He was sure there could be a 100 unrelated Skywalkers in the galaxy but he had a feeling about this kid. The idea that Anakin had a child was…as absurd as it was troubling. The only thing he knew for sure was that he had to talk to this him.

“Hera”, he asked, “You know which ship he’s on? I need to talk to this kid.”

“We’re headed to Hoth, you can talk to him there.” She replied. 

“Hoth?” Rex asked, “That’s an old Republiclic base, the Empire could easily find us there.”

“It’s one of the one’s they’ve pretty much forgotten about. What we need is their intact planetary shield. We just need somewhere to regroup for a little while and this base is perfect for that.”

“Alright.” Rex said, itching for answers.

When they landed on Hoth Rex instantly sought out the boy. When he saw him, he stopped dead in his tracks. He looked so much like his father, but he was small like, like his mother. Rex’s eyes widened, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The boy was obviously confused and asked, “Sir? Can help you with something?” Good god he even sounded like Anakin. Rex shook himself out of his shock. He needed conformation. “Uh, son,” he started awkwardly, “You know anything about your father?” He looked really confused but after a moment’s hesitation said, “Well, Obi-Wan told me he was a great Jedi and a pilot who fought with him in the clone wars and I uh, have his lightsaber.” He showed it to Rex but as soon as the word’s ‘Obi-Wan’ had left the boy’s mouth he was sure. Still, “General Kenobi is alive!?” was the first thing Rex said. Then the boy looked sad. “He…he was. He sacrificed himself so we could get off the Death Star…” He hung his head. After a moment he piped up again and asked, “I’m sorry, but who are you?”

“Ah, sorry kid, shoulda introduced myself. I’m Captain Rex, formerly of the 501st legion of the Republic, and now of the Rebel Alliance. I served beside your father for many years and he…he was one of the greatest men I ever knew.”