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The Third Brother: Cal Kestis Alternate Storyline

Summary:

We know the story of Cal Kestis - undercover Jedi padawan on the run after Order 66. He's fighting the Empire, himself, and every bit of wildlife on every planet he comes across. But the addition of Cal's Inquisitor skin to Jedi: Fallen Order got me thinking . . . what would change in the storyline if Cal Kestis was an Inquisitor right from the beginning? What if he never escaped the Empire?
So I played through Jedi: Fallen Order in the Inquisitor Cal skin just to see what it felt like. Here are some things I'd change in the storyline if Cal turned to the Dark Side after Order 66 . . .

Notes:

(See the end of the work for notes.)

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“You got a name?”

The question caught him off-guard. What was his name? He’d nearly forgotten, after five years without it. A moment’s struggle later, it finally came to his tongue.

“Cal. Kestis. Third Brother. Who are you people? And why are you helping me? I could call the whole Empire down on your heads!”

The Latero scoffed.

“After the stunt you just pulled down there, kid, I doubt it.”

The woman’s voice cut past the Latero’s mutterings.

“We track Imperial transmissions - heard there was a Jedi on Bracca. You and your Inquisitor friends dispatched him just a moment ago.”

“That doesn’t explain why you saved me.”

The woman glanced down at him with a slight smile.

“Let’s just call it a feeling.”