Star Wars Big Bang Story Outline
Hey everyone! I am currently participating in the Tumblr-run Star Wars Big Bang, and to be a writer, I need to provide a story outline for the first check-in. I am writing a medium-tier (20k to 50k words) fic that centers around a Luke Skywalker/Poe Dameron relationship that takes place before Force Awakens canon. Since I am supplying an outline, I'll put it under a cut for spoilers, just in case anyone wants to read the whole thing without this much context when I eventually post it.
This fic takes place when Poe is about seventeen years old. It crosses between his POV at his home on Yavin IV and Luke's POV where he is visiting Leia, who is currently stationed on the same planet. Poe is just discovering who he is as a person--he's young, smart, and handsome, and he enjoys hanging out with his best friend Jessika (who is about fifteen in my timeline) and working on the speeder his dad bought him. Though he's not Force-sensitive, he feels a strong connection to the Force tree in his backyard--the one gifted to the Dameron family by the famed Jedi Master, Luke Skywalker.
Luke, who is finally settling into a world without war as a Jedi Master, spends his time running the new Jedi Praxium (and reigning in his incredibly strong nephew, Ben). He has hopes for the galaxy, and he's ready to devote his life to the Force and everything it can bring him. But when he meets the son of his and Leia's old friend Shara Bey, he feels an instant connection to Poe, which isn't exactly in his plan. This fic will follow the canon events that happen before the Force Awakens and will end right before Luke's self-imposed exile. While I don't plan for it to be extremely explicit, I am aiming for a Mature rating with minimal canon-level violence, including deaths of non-canon Jedi Apprentice characters. Poe will be eighteen years old before he engages in any romantic or sexual content with Luke.
That's a general summary, and so far, I've written several sections. I've written an intro with Luke's POV where he dreams of Poe's voice and senses incoming danger, followed closely by him going with Leia to the Dameron home on Yavin IV and meeting Poe. I'm really interested in the Dameron family, and I've written extensively about their home, history, and family dynamic. I've also written a brief part between Kes and Poe that sets up their father-son dynamic, as well as a scene taking place later in the story where Kes expresses concern about Poe's growing relationship with Luke.
Much of the fic will contain tropes and fic elements involving age differences and forbidden love--it is a romance at heart, after all. Since I'm hazy on how to introduce Poe's induction into being a pilot, I am bringing in one of my favorite Original Trilogy characters, Wedge Antilles, to strike up a bond with him and strengthen his love of flying that he originally got from Shara. I also am employing Connix as an important character--she is a Force-sensitive young aid of Leia's, only a child but training with her idol, and she has a bit of a crush on Poe. Her non-canon older sister, Bannix, is one of the Jedi Apprentices killed by Ben, bringing the conflict that much closer to Poe (and causing that much more of a rift between Luke and Poe).
I do know that the fic will end on a generally unhappy note--Luke and Poe will have a romantic encounter, but before their bond is strengthened, Ben enacts his violence on the Apprentices and spurs on the events of The Force Awakens.
This is what I have for now, and I am definitely enjoying writing it! Let me know if you have any questions or if you want to suggest anything or inspire the process.
This fic takes place when Poe is about seventeen years old. It crosses between his POV at his home on Yavin IV and Luke's POV where he is visiting Leia, who is currently stationed on the same planet. Poe is just discovering who he is as a person--he's young, smart, and handsome, and he enjoys hanging out with his best friend Jessika (who is about fifteen in my timeline) and working on the speeder his dad bought him. Though he's not Force-sensitive, he feels a strong connection to the Force tree in his backyard--the one gifted to the Dameron family by the famed Jedi Master, Luke Skywalker.
Luke, who is finally settling into a world without war as a Jedi Master, spends his time running the new Jedi Praxium (and reigning in his incredibly strong nephew, Ben). He has hopes for the galaxy, and he's ready to devote his life to the Force and everything it can bring him. But when he meets the son of his and Leia's old friend Shara Bey, he feels an instant connection to Poe, which isn't exactly in his plan. This fic will follow the canon events that happen before the Force Awakens and will end right before Luke's self-imposed exile. While I don't plan for it to be extremely explicit, I am aiming for a Mature rating with minimal canon-level violence, including deaths of non-canon Jedi Apprentice characters. Poe will be eighteen years old before he engages in any romantic or sexual content with Luke.
That's a general summary, and so far, I've written several sections. I've written an intro with Luke's POV where he dreams of Poe's voice and senses incoming danger, followed closely by him going with Leia to the Dameron home on Yavin IV and meeting Poe. I'm really interested in the Dameron family, and I've written extensively about their home, history, and family dynamic. I've also written a brief part between Kes and Poe that sets up their father-son dynamic, as well as a scene taking place later in the story where Kes expresses concern about Poe's growing relationship with Luke.
Much of the fic will contain tropes and fic elements involving age differences and forbidden love--it is a romance at heart, after all. Since I'm hazy on how to introduce Poe's induction into being a pilot, I am bringing in one of my favorite Original Trilogy characters, Wedge Antilles, to strike up a bond with him and strengthen his love of flying that he originally got from Shara. I also am employing Connix as an important character--she is a Force-sensitive young aid of Leia's, only a child but training with her idol, and she has a bit of a crush on Poe. Her non-canon older sister, Bannix, is one of the Jedi Apprentices killed by Ben, bringing the conflict that much closer to Poe (and causing that much more of a rift between Luke and Poe).
I do know that the fic will end on a generally unhappy note--Luke and Poe will have a romantic encounter, but before their bond is strengthened, Ben enacts his violence on the Apprentices and spurs on the events of The Force Awakens.
This is what I have for now, and I am definitely enjoying writing it! Let me know if you have any questions or if you want to suggest anything or inspire the process.