Star Wars: A Living Nightmare

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Description

Waking up in a galaxy far, far away would be any fan’s dream. Sad to say, it’s not all sunshine and Loth-cats. Especially when you’ve got a blazing red lightsaber in the knee. Just a friendly reminder: never backtalk an angry, asthmatic Sith Lord!

Set five years before Star Wars: Rebels, the story follows the reluctant 14th Brother—an outsider caught between learning to wield his newfound powers, hunting Jedi, and quietly searching for unlikely allies. A single misstep could be his end. Because in this new, hostile galaxy, knowledge isn’t just power—it’s a death sentence.

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Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2024
Author: J.C. Picard

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Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(3)

ItkovanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Many might've harbored a dream or fantasy about coming to the SW universe in some version of it and this story is about someone who had their fantasy come true.
Now, just getting into this fantasy-universe in itself and getting to be a force-user is usually where the fantasy itself stops for most.
In this story, we get to read how life turns sideways because the protagonist got his lucky wish but found himself at the hands of a Sith.
The story feels believable in how circumstances and situations would change someone, where the character is "damaged" but not "broken".
We get to travel through a universe where most might recognize names of places from the movies, while there are places and story-lines from some of the games too being used, expanding on the universe and not limiting itself to the "most known" stuff, but also giving us a look into what is essentially the mad-house that is the Inquisition.
While Darth Vader does not seem as unhinged in this story as he did in the movies, there are still a continuous need to replace officers that might've upset the asthmatic maniac, so that's a consistent character-trait.
Grammar and spelling have not been an issue and each chapter seem to be "easy to read" without making the readers stop to contemplate any words for their meaning or as if there's a "stutter" when reading.
While we didn't get to know the MC too well before he woke up in the SW universe, we're getting bits and pieces every now and then, as well as we get to see how his disillusion with the inquisition and the empire as a whole grows.
It's almost as if we're starting off with a 2D person that's slowly growing into an actual person, which in my mind means there's personal growth.
We've also gotten to a part where the MC's actions have had an impact on the timeline, where some "minor" things have had an impact on the grander scheme.
How this will play out for the rest of the story, we'll just have to wait and see as it seems to take some time to polish the ch
BJORNIRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
A good concept, and interesting take on Star Wars Transmigration/Isekai, however the content being AI written leaves much to be desired, the lack of human touch is tangibly felt throughout the chapters and disappoints, leaving much to be desired. I believe sincerely that the author can put out significantly better quality chapters with a human touch, which is sincerely lacking.
SageofloreRoyal Road
★★ 2.0
Im probs not the audience for this. I think as well that being a transmigrator is a useless red herring here and doesn't add to the story in any way. I guess if you like someone who's very willing to kill anything then this is for you. But can't say I see the appeal of having memories of another life and being able to do nothing with them. Not like the force is going to help his life expectancy increase either.