#obi wan catches up with anakin somewhere near nal hutta and follows them to tatooine

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Tell us about Hondo finding tiny runaway padawan Anakin and raising a force-sensitive space pirate whose favourite hobby is obliterating slave empires

anakin skywalker is ten years old when he escapes the Order. he’s already a gifted pilot, but he is a child, and he misses his mother. he steals a ship. or rather, he steals aboard a ship.

it’s a credit to his force sensitivity that he manages to escape the Temple - escape from his and Master Obi Wan’s adjoined padawan-master rooms - and out into the Coruscanti underworld both unseen and unscathed. an untrained padawan should not have such strong shields. he follows the scent of illicit activity and finds the smugglers. there were plenty of them in this too loud, dark and scary city-planet, and smugglers were predictable. years of listening to the pilots in various cantinas had taught anakin quite a lot about smuggling. like the fact that hutt space was as good as wild space when it came to the law of the republic. he steals away on a ship that stinks of spice.

anakin ends up on Kessel fifteen parsecs later; obi wan has set the general alarm back at the temple, and, unbeknownst to anakin, is quite beside himself with worry. master windu is angry, unsurprised, and master yoda is quietly speculative. he does not say a word. obi wan wonders if he’s failed already, after barely a year of having a padawan, he’s lost the chosen one. he sets off in pursuit alone, ignoring the disapproval from members of the council who believe no one jedi - not a padawan, not a master, and not even the chosen one - are worth such risks. there’s whispers about attachment as he leaves.

to his credit, anakin makes it to hutt space, even if the twin suns of tatooine were many, many parsecs away. to his credit, he even manages to sneak off the ship with a minimum of trouble (he’s only spotted once, and managed to get away without even taking out his lightsaber-)

he runs right into a young and particularly chatty pirate, who recognizes his clothes and padawan braid for what they were right away. Hondo Ohnaka is ecstatic. His first Jedi!!! A small one, but complete with a lightsaber! He would fetch a handsome price indeed, Mama would be so happy, think of the profits!!!

anakin stops him right there and shouts him down in a way that might indeed have made obi wan proud; at ten, anakin skywalker negotiates himself out of being sold with no leverage, no money, and no help on a strange planet full of criminals and smugglers. it turns out that hondo knows all about slavery. he is a weequay, after all, and the Hutts had made slaves of his people for years. he doesn’t miss his homeworld Sriluur, but he understands missing his mother.

anakin skywalker is ten years old when he becomes a pirate in the Ohnaka Gang, and he and his captain have a bone to pick with the Hutts.

#obi wan catches up with anakin somewhere near nal hutta and follows them to tatooine #he's about to storm the Gang himself to rescue anakin #when he overhears anakin giving orders to grizzled pirates and realizes the kid is somehow safe #he helps them free Shmi and liberate the rest of tatooine from salvery: two jedi are better than one #shmi is very confused by this turn of events and doesn't know what to make of hondo #but anakin is so happy to be reunited with his mom and with a supportive obi wan #he's practically Glowing with the Force and is much more amendable to obi's wisdom #shmi winds up friends with mama ohnaka; obi hondo and anakin become this ridiculous liberation movement throughout hutt space #it's plenty profitable for hondo because each stop is an excellent opportunity to loot and commandeer #star wars #this got long??? #anakin skywalker #hondo ohnaka #obi wan kenobi #sw hc #Anonymous