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Anakin Skywalker never fell completely. He joined Mace Windu in killing Sheev Palpatine, and was given the aid he needed to return to a normal life with his wife and children, raising them both as Jedi of the Order. But this AU isn't about Anakin Skywalker.
Twenty-eight years after the disaster that was Order 66—leaving hundreds of jedi dead or missing even if it failed in killing them all—Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker arrives on Mandalore with two specific goals in mind. He has been summoned to the planet on behalf of newly ascended Mand'alor Din Djarin to serve as the envoy for talks of peace and comradery between their people, and he will see those talks succeed. And perhaps just as importantly, he has been sent by the Jedi Order to determine if the rumors they've heard that the Mand'alor is in possession of one of their missing younglings have any weight. Should that be the case, he will see the youngling home as well.
Things get complicated when the two men actually meet. While Din is more than happy to ally with the Jedi Order, there are other factions remaining from the Civil War that are less than pleased with the idea of making nice with their ancestral enemies. Factions that, perhaps, would rather see him dead than see any agreements being made. And while Luke quickly finds that the rumors of a missing youngling living on Mandalore are in fact true, he was not expecting to find that Din and Grogu had bonded as father and son rather than as captor and captive as the Order had initially feared.
Furthermore... Amidst all the talks and all the meetings and all the potential shootouts and battles that come with living a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, neither Din nor Luke expected to find the other man quite so distractingly attractive.