Who: Anakin and Caleb What: Caleb punctures Anakin's canon bubble When: Backdated to Halloween Where: A gas station Rating/Warnings: Some swearing
Status:Sometimes Disneyland just sucked up all your money with no return and sometimes it was a good investment. Caleb was pretty stoked about how real the Jedi costume he was wearing looked. He had been making use of his Annual Pass discount by buying all the pieces in preparation for Halloween and now it was all put together. He had worn it to his internship to help out with the Halloween party at the museum and didn't mind wearing it as he ran a few errands around town. At least he wasn't the only person in costume at some of the stores he went to and tonight he had his shift at the club.
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Anakin was just stopping into the convenience store to pick up some snacks. He had no plans to go to any parties that evening. And no kids would be knocking on his apartment door. He was going to hole up in his apartment and just work on his bike.
He was staring at the chips when movement from the corner of his eye caught his attention and he looked over. And froze.
He thought he knew all the Force users from his universe currently in the OC. And yet, here was someone he didn’t recognize, dressed up as a Jedi. It was odd, because why would any of the dreamers chose to wear Jedi robes? And also odd, he realized, he couldn’t tell through the Force if this person could use the Force. It was disorienting.
“Um, are you a…?”
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Caleb was completely zoned out trying to figure out what energy drink he wanted to have before he went to work and mentally debating if he was going to grab some snacks at the store or if it would be a better idea to just grab some fast food on the way over to the club. The voice cut through his thoughts and he turned to see a man with a confused look upon his face. It took him a second to register the question before it clicked and a slow smile appeared on his face.
“A Jedi? Yeah, I’ve been going to Galaxy’s Edge a lot over at Disneyland and couldn’t pass up the costume,” he cut himself off before he said something like that he wished he could use the Force, but the powers from his Dreams weren’t too far off from being Force-like.
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Only part of that did Anakin catch. “I’m sorry- costume? This is a costume? You’re not a real Jedi?”
*** That comment made Caleb let out a chuckle. He had managed to restrain himself from letting out a louder laugh thanks to the look on the man’s face, “Oh man, I wish I were a Jedi. Nah, it’s just a costume. With the new movie coming out I decided it would be fun to get into the spirit.” He couldn’t tell this man that he had powers that seemed Force-like unless the man was also on the network, but he wasn’t sure.
***
Okay, this was spiralling.
“Movie? What movie?”
Anakin wasn’t big on movies. All that sitting and doing nothing for hours. Not in his wheelhouse.
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“Wha…” Caleb was a little surprised. Even people that didn’t like Star Wars still knew what Star Wars was and probably knew that there was a new one coming out. Disney had been cranking them out a lot lately.
“Star Wars, man. The new one, Rise of Skywalker is coming out in December. I would have thought you would know since you knew what a Jedi was.”
***
This was one trippy rabbit hole that just got deeper and deeper.
He scowled, and because he was flustered, he just said the first thing that came to mind. “What? Why is there a movie being made about me?”
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“About you?” the confusion was extremely clear on Caleb’s face and then the pieces started to click together. Maybe this guy was part of the network, that would explain knowing about the Jedi but not about movies… wait, did that mean everyone had a movie about their dreams? Or was it just some people? Now was not the time to go down that mental black hole because now the Star Wars fanboy was coming out.
“Wait, hold up, are you Anakin Skywalker?”
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“Yes,” Anakin said. He pointed at the person he was talking to with a robotic finger. “But how do you know my name? What’s going on? Who are you?”
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“You’re in the movies,” Caleb explained. He wasn’t quite sure what to say to him and it was making his own mind spin. He looked exactly like he did in the movies and Caleb’s eyes went wide when he saw the robotic finger. Just like the movies! “My name is Caleb.”
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This didn’t clarify things.
“I’m not an actor. I’ve never been in any movie.” Home movies didn’t count for obvious reasons, right?
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“I don’t know what to tell you man, there’s a guy with your name and same look who is a character in these movies. It’s basically the story of your life,” Caleb tried to explain. He didn’t want Anakin to be mad at him, “I mean I can tell you the entire plotline of 7, soon to be 8, movies, but I don’t think you want me to take up all your time.”
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Anakin didn’t check his watch because he was willing to let his inability to track time run wild here. He was hooked in morbid fascination and needed to know.
“I’ve got time, summarize the plot.”
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“Oh god, where to start. It’s basically a story about the Jedi vs the Sith. In the first trilogy movie it’s basically setting up how the Jedi eventually fall from grace and causing the rise of the Empire. The Empire is basically everything evil about Galaxy and rule with an iron fist. The second trilogy set about 20 years later is a small town boy learning about the Force and eventually helping the Rebel Alliance bring down the defeat of the Empire. The third trilogy is 30 years later and instead of the Empire we have the First Order and it’s basically rebel groups again trying to take them down,” Caleb was careful not to spoil too much as he gave a simplified summary of the plot to all the movies. He obviously couldn’t give away the plot to the new movie because he hadn’t seen it yet.