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251Krayt's Oath » by
SnowflakesandMozart
Sixteen years after pledging himself to the Emperor, Darth Vader learns a truth. It is but the first of many. Vader—and the galaxy—will never be the same. Redemption AU. Gen. Cross-posted to AO3.
Star Wars, T, English, Adventure & Family, chapters: 45, words: 152k+, favs: 459, follows: 661, updated: 9/17 published: 5/14/2020, Leia O., Darth Vader, Obi-Wan K., Kitster Banai
1k+Welcome to the club » by
Malicean
Still reeling from the revelations at Bespin – and not exactly reassured by Obi-wan's rationalizations and Yoda's last words and subsequent disappearing act – Luke had entered the coordinates for his first jump away from Dagobah more or less blindly. He had promptly come this close to splattering his X-wing all over the SSD Executor's colossal armored underbelly.
Star Wars, T, English, Family & Drama, chapters: 64, words: 144k+, favs: 2k+, follows: 2k+, updated: 3/28/2021 published: 3/9/2014, Luke S., Darth Vader, F. Piett, General Veers
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Helping Hand by
SpyroTF
Post-ROTJ, Vader lives AU. Leia finds herself troubled by unsettling dreams, and there is only one person who can help her. (Originally published on AO3, reuploading to FF in chronological order.)
Star Wars, T, English, Drama & Angst, words: 6k+, favs: 47, follows: 17, 3/18/2021, Leia O., Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker
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Meet the Skywalkers » by
frodogenic
Set in the same AU as Lord Vader's Limpet and Driving Lord Vader. Newly returned from the Unknown Regions with Darth Vader, Admiral Piett doesn't expect much of a welcome from the New Republic. And not in a million lifetimes would he have predicted that their very first guest would be Luke Skywalker. After all, Vader is still his mortal enemy...right?
Star Wars, T, English, Humor, chapters: 17, words: 62k+, favs: 1k+, follows: 1k+, updated: 2/20/2021 published: 4/9/2016, Luke S., Darth Vader, F. Piett
313Missing and Presumed Dead » by
LadyVader23
Three months after ESB, Luke is still reeling from the revelation of his parentage. When he finally cracks, he comes up with a plot to get Vader off his back: stage his death. However, the news ends up creating a Sith Lord hell bent on destroying anyone even remotely involved in Luke's demise. Meanwhile, Darth Vader starts getting a mysterious, unwilling visitor in his dreams...
Star Wars, T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Angst, chapters: 29, words: 152k+, favs: 373, follows: 475, updated: 10/20/2020 published: 10/31/2019, Luke S., Leia O., Darth Vader, Wedge A.
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Force Bond: Sleepover Dad » by
KittandChips
AU. Part of a series where teen Luke is raised by Vader on Coruscant. After a young celebrity is kidnapped, Vader worries Luke may be next. Meanwhile, a shooting contest causes a friendship crisis for Luke, and this is going to take Skywalker levels of parenting to resolve.
Star Wars, K+, English, Family & Humor, chapters: 7, words: 40k+, favs: 105, follows: 63, updated: 9/3/2020 published: 7/22/2020, Luke S., Darth Vader
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Amnesia » by
Spider-Man'sUnfriendlyNeighbor
Darth Vader, the Empire's chief enforcer, has gone missing following the Battle of Yavin. On a completely unrelated note, Anakin Skywalker has crashed on Yavin IV badly injured. He's not sure how much time he's missing from his memories, but the amnesia can't be that bad. Right?
Star Wars, T, English, Adventure & Humor, chapters: 15, words: 22k+, favs: 245, follows: 216, updated: 8/5/2020 published: 4/11/2020, Luke S., Leia O., Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker
56Argos by
frodogenic
In which Darth Vader is blackmailed, and there is nothing he can do about it. Blasted droids. Oneshot, Limpet AU.
Star Wars, K+, English, Friendship & Humor, words: 3k+, favs: 224, follows: 74, 8/2/2020
699Home » by
monims
Padme survives at the end of Revenge of the sith. Set approximately 4 years later, she is alone with her twins in hiding, as a memory of the past comes back to haunt her. She makes a choice that leads her into the grasp of her volatile husband. Who is not the the man she once knew. Its for those romantic hearts out there like me, but also with plenty of angst
Star Wars, M, English, Romance & Drama, chapters: 33, words: 134k+, favs: 571, follows: 753, updated: 7/25/2020 published: 7/24/2016, Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala
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Force Bond: Mustafar Weekend » by
KittandChips
Set between Force Bond 2 and 3. Vader wants Luke to feel at home when he introduces his teenage son to his Mustafar residence for the first time, but is that possible in a grim fortress built on top of a lava flow? There are secrets within its walls that will challenge the trust they've both worked hard to build.
Star Wars, K+, English, Family & Drama, chapters: 6, words: 34k+, favs: 108, follows: 72, updated: 6/3/2020 published: 4/29/2020, Luke S., Darth Vader
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Force Bond 4: Jedi » by
KittandChips
AU. Fourth in a series where Luke has been raised by Vader on Coruscant. Luke is caught between his loyalty and love for the man who raised him, and his desire not to become a Sith.
Star Wars, K+, English, Adventure & Drama, chapters: 12, words: 71k+, favs: 752, follows: 140, updated: 4/28/2020 published: 10/29/2002, Darth Vader, Luke S.
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Force Bond 1: Orphan » by
KittandChips
AU After Owen and Beru are killed by a mysterious stranger, young Luke ends up as an orphan on Coruscant. It's a race against time as Obi-Wan struggles to find Luke before Vader realizes the boy is his son.
Star Wars, K+, English, Drama & Adventure, chapters: 8, words: 47k+, favs: 1k+, follows: 340, updated: 4/28/2020 published: 7/9/2001, Darth Vader, Luke S.
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Death Squadron Command Meeting 279 » by
LPK9
A boring command meeting aboard the Executor is interrupted. 2 years post ESB. The Death Star 2's construction is delayed a year in this story. AU.
Star Wars, T, English, Humor & Family, chapters: 3, words: 6k+, favs: 221, follows: 131, updated: 1/21/2020 published: 1/19/2020, Luke S., Leia O., Darth Vader, F. Piett
351Free to Fly » by
Mahina
Luke is nine and a slave in Jabba's palace when Darth Vader returns to fulfill an old promise. LV list challenge.
Star Wars, T, English, Adventure & Family, chapters: 11, words: 72k+, favs: 893, follows: 1k+, updated: 9/21/2019 published: 6/2/2011, Luke S., Darth Vader, Biggs D., Stormtroopers
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The Family Tree by
frodogenic
In which Luke Skywalker is stranded in a tree waiting for a flash flood to recede. Too bad he's got company... Post-ESB father-son longshot, can be read as canon-compliant.
Star Wars, T, English, Family, words: 12k+, favs: 419, follows: 102, 4/24/2019, Luke S., Darth Vader
18Her son by
KeelieThompson1
Mon Mothma summons Lord Vader for a conversation soon after the Battle of Yavin. An alternate version of how Vader finds out about Luke
Star Wars, T, English, Family, words: 2k+, favs: 89, follows: 57, 9/18/2018, Luke S., Darth Vader
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Rogues » by
Slx99
When Wedge and Hobbie are captured by bounty hunters this may be more than an unlucky coincidence, but part of a plan by Darth Vader to finally get his hands on the elusive Luke Skywalker.
Star Wars, T, English, Adventure, chapters: 3, words: 12k+, favs: 117, follows: 76, updated: 8/6/2018 published: 7/21/2018, Luke S., Darth Vader, Derek K./Hobbie, Wedge A.
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Living Child » by
LPK9
If there is one thing that Darth Vader knows, it is that his child is dead. Post ANH AU.
Star Wars, T, English, Family & Angst, chapters: 9, words: 30k+, favs: 406, follows: 225, updated: 11/7/2017 published: 10/24/2017, Luke S., Darth Vader
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The Funeral Pyre by
Anendda Rysden
The planet was a fetid swamp under a dying crimson sun. At the time, Piett had been flabbergasted by how easily the Dark Lord could shrug off pain, killing the creature even after its three-foot barb had pierced his shoulder – but that'd been over an hour ago, before Vader's hand had begun to shake, and before the notion of poison had first entered the panicked Captain's head.
Star Wars, T, English, Friendship & Suspense, words: 19k+, favs: 114, follows: 27, 8/20/2017, Darth Vader, F. Piett, Stormtroopers
42Four Letters, Starts With L by
frodogenic
A fluffy oneshot set in the Limpet AU. A terrorist attack, a medcenter, and the unpredictable consequences of a certain four-letter word.
Star Wars, T, English, Family & Hurt/Comfort, words: 3k+, favs: 229, follows: 69, 6/14/2017