[who knows where the manifold paths will lead us?]

Title: Prologue: Crash
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars and am not making any money with this story.
Rating: PGR
Warnings: None
Word Count: 724
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Oh, and Artoo, of course...
Summary: What if Anakin hadn't managed to land the Invisible Hand safely on Coruscant? What if the ship's crash had been fatal? And what if one of the passengers on that doomed ship had the power to save himself... a power he could not fully control?  
Author's Note: Because everyone at some stage in their career as a fanfiction author conceives a mad desire to write a time-travel story. For better or for worse. This one even has a canon-ish explanation... Go figure. Anyway, this is the obligatory chapter on how our heroes came to bridge time and land... wherever they end up. Yes, this is another WIP. Yes, I am crazy. Be assured, chapter one will be much longer (and is already half-written).

( "The Invisible Hand breaks apart with a terrible, screaming finality..." )