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marmota_b So of course I got one.
A time-travelling Zayne Carrick from around the Jedi Civil War would be the perfect character to kick sense into the post-Galidraan, pre-Clone Wars Jedi Order and save the Galaxy.
He'd go "Wait, you slaughtered lots of people? You know what happens to Jedi who do that? Are you sure you don't have a Sith leading you by the noses? I hear you say they were destroyed a thousand years ago, but are you SURE? Because there was this one Sith who TRAINED MY MASTER SINCE CHILDHOOD and NO ONE NOTICED, and they were ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SITH!" at the Jedi. And he would run after Dooku and go "Hey, I get not wanting to be embroiled in miserable Order politics, I really do, but are you sure what you're thinking of isn't worse?! The greater good doesn't excuse being awful to people and sacrificing individuals, that was what my master thought! You know, the one trained by the Sith?!"
And he'd run like a loose cannonball around the Galaxy trying to find Jango because what do you mean you turned him over to the Governor and he disappeared?! Where is he?! People don't just disappear, they only disappear because you're not looking closely enough!
He'd probably free Shmi in the process of looking for Jango. Possibly even Obi-Wan, on Bandomeer?
And he pals up with Feemor and Obi-Wan because they bond over never being quite good enough for their Master and having a Master who expects you to Fall. And Obi-Wan feels better because Qui-Gon isn't actually acting like he's already Fallen, but Zayne still gives Qui-Gon a stink eye over being an idiot Master because that sort of ultimatum dramatics like he pulled on Melida/Daan is Revan and Alec's style, and they turned Sith, kriff it, you should watch yourself and not your Padawan, Jinn.
And somewhere in the process Zayne would pick up a ragtag bunch of misfits, of course, probably including some surviving True Mandalorians to whom he's like "Yeah, technically I'm a Jedi but I don't particularly care what the Council says, I'm trying to find the Mand'alor, wanna help?" and they go "Now wait a minute, we're Mandalorian and you're a Jedi, why are you trying to help?" and he'd roll his eyes and say "You're people, and you and your Mand'alor don't seem hell-bent on conquering the galaxy, why wouldn't I?!"
And maybe he'd grapple with Tor Vizsla and this time Tor Vizsla dies an even more humiliating death by total accident because Zayne Carrick. Like, he impales himself on the Darksaber by accident. While Zayne's in Force-suppressing cuffs so there's absolutely no chance the Jetii did that with his Force osik.
He probably casually picks up the Darksaber to cut the aforementioned Force-suppressing cuffs, and all the shocked Vizsla-clan Death Watch and True Mandalorians present gasp, and he goes "What? It does the job." And no one's quite sure what to do with the Darksaber now so Zayne keeps it just because no one quite dares to ask him to give it back because this is the Jetii who killed Demagol (the histories get confused after nearly four thousand years). But Zayne already has his own lightsaber so the Darksaber just gravitates towards the bottom of his backpack and its status as a possible Mand'alor-making heirloom gets conveniently forgotten. (I have to confess I hate that it's gained that status, not even Fenn Rau claimed as much at first, only that it signified leadership of the Vizslas, who are an important House so having the Darksaber could gain Sabine the respect of the Clans.)
Also maybe they find Jango but Jango is strongly disinclined to go on being Mand'alor so someone Zayne picked up along the way becomes Mand'alor instead because someone has to do it. Like, Shmi as Mand'alor, HA.
Qui-Gon Jinn begins to think Zayne is the Chosen One (no one took his midichlorian count), and then Zayne finds out and laughs in his face about him being Qui-Gon Master of the Living Force "focus on the here and now" Jinn and obsessed with a prophecy, and says "That Sith I told you about came up with some sort of prophecy for us. It was total hogwash. And the group of Seers trying to predict the future got it spectacularly wrong. I wouldn't trust any prophecy any further than I can Force-push a cruiser, which is pretty much nowhere. I'm just trying to help people."
Buuut. Somewhere in the proceedings Plagueis and Sidious catch wind of Zayne and his possible status as the Chosen One. So they capture him.
So they and the Grand Plan die humiliating deaths by accident and accumulated goodwill of disparate parties, because Zayne Carrick.
And now I need to write this madness because it would be the perfect love letter to Zayne Carrick who's the best Star Wars and Jedi character ever, in terms of being good people, period, and deserves way, way, WAY more love from fanfiction writers than he gets.
A time-travelling Zayne Carrick from around the Jedi Civil War would be the perfect character to kick sense into the post-Galidraan, pre-Clone Wars Jedi Order and save the Galaxy.
He'd go "Wait, you slaughtered lots of people? You know what happens to Jedi who do that? Are you sure you don't have a Sith leading you by the noses? I hear you say they were destroyed a thousand years ago, but are you SURE? Because there was this one Sith who TRAINED MY MASTER SINCE CHILDHOOD and NO ONE NOTICED, and they were ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR SITH!" at the Jedi. And he would run after Dooku and go "Hey, I get not wanting to be embroiled in miserable Order politics, I really do, but are you sure what you're thinking of isn't worse?! The greater good doesn't excuse being awful to people and sacrificing individuals, that was what my master thought! You know, the one trained by the Sith?!"
And he'd run like a loose cannonball around the Galaxy trying to find Jango because what do you mean you turned him over to the Governor and he disappeared?! Where is he?! People don't just disappear, they only disappear because you're not looking closely enough!
He'd probably free Shmi in the process of looking for Jango. Possibly even Obi-Wan, on Bandomeer?
And he pals up with Feemor and Obi-Wan because they bond over never being quite good enough for their Master and having a Master who expects you to Fall. And Obi-Wan feels better because Qui-Gon isn't actually acting like he's already Fallen, but Zayne still gives Qui-Gon a stink eye over being an idiot Master because that sort of ultimatum dramatics like he pulled on Melida/Daan is Revan and Alec's style, and they turned Sith, kriff it, you should watch yourself and not your Padawan, Jinn.
And somewhere in the process Zayne would pick up a ragtag bunch of misfits, of course, probably including some surviving True Mandalorians to whom he's like "Yeah, technically I'm a Jedi but I don't particularly care what the Council says, I'm trying to find the Mand'alor, wanna help?" and they go "Now wait a minute, we're Mandalorian and you're a Jedi, why are you trying to help?" and he'd roll his eyes and say "You're people, and you and your Mand'alor don't seem hell-bent on conquering the galaxy, why wouldn't I?!"
And maybe he'd grapple with Tor Vizsla and this time Tor Vizsla dies an even more humiliating death by total accident because Zayne Carrick. Like, he impales himself on the Darksaber by accident. While Zayne's in Force-suppressing cuffs so there's absolutely no chance the Jetii did that with his Force osik.
He probably casually picks up the Darksaber to cut the aforementioned Force-suppressing cuffs, and all the shocked Vizsla-clan Death Watch and True Mandalorians present gasp, and he goes "What? It does the job." And no one's quite sure what to do with the Darksaber now so Zayne keeps it just because no one quite dares to ask him to give it back because this is the Jetii who killed Demagol (the histories get confused after nearly four thousand years). But Zayne already has his own lightsaber so the Darksaber just gravitates towards the bottom of his backpack and its status as a possible Mand'alor-making heirloom gets conveniently forgotten. (I have to confess I hate that it's gained that status, not even Fenn Rau claimed as much at first, only that it signified leadership of the Vizslas, who are an important House so having the Darksaber could gain Sabine the respect of the Clans.)
Also maybe they find Jango but Jango is strongly disinclined to go on being Mand'alor so someone Zayne picked up along the way becomes Mand'alor instead because someone has to do it. Like, Shmi as Mand'alor, HA.
Qui-Gon Jinn begins to think Zayne is the Chosen One (no one took his midichlorian count), and then Zayne finds out and laughs in his face about him being Qui-Gon Master of the Living Force "focus on the here and now" Jinn and obsessed with a prophecy, and says "That Sith I told you about came up with some sort of prophecy for us. It was total hogwash. And the group of Seers trying to predict the future got it spectacularly wrong. I wouldn't trust any prophecy any further than I can Force-push a cruiser, which is pretty much nowhere. I'm just trying to help people."
Buuut. Somewhere in the proceedings Plagueis and Sidious catch wind of Zayne and his possible status as the Chosen One. So they capture him.
So they and the Grand Plan die humiliating deaths by accident and accumulated goodwill of disparate parties, because Zayne Carrick.
And now I need to write this madness because it would be the perfect love letter to Zayne Carrick who's the best Star Wars and Jedi character ever, in terms of being good people, period, and deserves way, way, WAY more love from fanfiction writers than he gets.