1 – 20 of 61 Works in Cara Dune
Broken Threads Anthology by Sadie1902
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, The Mandalorian (TV)
18 Aug 2026
Summary
Anthology containing:
Broken Threads
The battle is over, the rebels have won. But Luke Skywalker is still reeling from his ordeal in the Emperor's throne room, both physically and emotionally. Wracked with pain and fatigue, he tries to recuperate on Endor with a few days of much-needed rest. But before he even has a chance to relax, he's captured by an enterprising bounty hunter in Mandalorian armor.
Din Djarin can't believe his luck. It's the score of his life, the bounty they all said was impossible. The payout will set his Tribe up well... so long as they don't know exactly who he made a deal with. But the job turns out to be more than Din bargained for when his bounty collapses from mysterious injuries, and he must face the truth of the horrors the Empire has wrought.
Now, on the run from half the galaxy, it's a race against time as Din helps Luke find a cure for the disease that's slowly breaking the hero apart. There's only one problem... they need a Jedi. And Luke is the last of his kind.
Or is he?
Sister
Leia's POV for chapter 23 of Broken Threads
Game Night on Bogano
After arriving on Bogano with Luke and Grogu, Din spends the evening celebrating the Skywalker twins' birthday with a family game night!
Short fluffy interlude following Broken Threads, takes place post-season 2 of The Mandalorian.
Chasing the Dawn
(Part 2 of Broken Threads, but could be read alone)
After rescuing Grogu from Moff Gideon's cruiser, Din Djarin returns with Luke Skywalker to his fledgling Jedi Order, hidden safely on the peaceful planet of Bogano. But Din can't rest yet--not while he struggles with the oppressive weight of the Darksaber and a broken creed.
Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker fights against his own doubts as he tries to lead his new Order, finish his training, and understand the forboding visions that have recently begun to plague him. Dreams of a shadow stretching out from the Unknown Regions, fires raging across the Outer Rim, and warriors fighting desperately to save a dead planet.
As the truth begins to unravel everything Luke and Din know, what will remain of them? The Republic? The galaxy?
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 376,265
- Status:
- In-Progress
The Way of Starlight and Beskar by Striding_Valkrie
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
04 Aug 2026
Summary
When the Jedi comes for Grogu aboard Moff Gideon's cruiser, Din Djarin braces to lose his son. Instead, Luke Skywalker offers him something he never let himself want: come with us. From two warriors, two creeds, and one foundling, a clan of their own is forged. A five-chapter slow burn plus epilogue. Canon divergence from Chapter 16: The Rescue.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 22,369
- Status:
- Completed
The Mand’alor and the Jedi Anthology by theunacknowledged
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
08 Jul 2026
Summary
Anthology containing:
Until Our Paths Cross
A glimpse into the lives of Din and Grogu during their time apart.
Mando’ad Draar Digu (A Mandalorian Never Forgets)
A run-in on an Imperial ship between Mandalorians and New Republic pilots ends in violence and a stalemate. Tensions are now heightened as several New Republic senators extend negotiations to the mysterious ruler of Mandalore, a reformed planet isolated from the galaxy.
Mand’alor Din Djarin and Duchess Bo-Katan Kryze begin defensive discussions with the Galactic Senate, opposed to becoming involved in any outside government after so recently reclaiming their home planet. As they aim to keep Din’s identity confidential, the Mandalorians hunt the rest of the Empire in the Outer Rim and attempt to avoid the New Republic’s domineering presence.
But Senator Leia Organa isn’t taking no for an answer with peace on the line.
(Oh, and of course, the clan of two reunites.)
Found
Din fulfills a vow.
An epilogue to “Mando’ad Draar Digu (A Mandalorian Never Forgets)”.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 540,573
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Being the continuing adventures of Din Djarin as he travels aimlessly about the galaxy doing odd jobs and side quests for fuel money, living expenses and just because he's a decent sort of person while trying desperately to ignore this whole Mand’Alor business.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 60,492
- Status:
- In-Progress
A Graveyard of Stars by obieys
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
13 Dec 2025
Summary
Din Djarin is hired by Queen Amidala to protect her son Luke Skywalker, all because of the information he holds. Offered enough credits for two lifetimes, Din doesn't ask any questions.
But quickly it becomes obvious that this isn't like any of the jobs Din has taken, and Luke is not the normal client.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 83,480
- Status:
- Completed
Starlight, In All Its Forms by Soap_And_Lye
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV), The Mandalorian (TV)
05 Feb 2025
Summary
When Luke was eight, he was taken from his home on Tatooine and delivered into the hands of the emperor and his right hand.
When Luke was sixteen, he overheard the emperor's plans to steal a tiny Force sensitive child and saves him first, before being caught and dragged back to his masters' keeping.
When Luke was eighteen, he finds that same child on Gideon's cruiser, and spares both him and his family, including a silver clad Mandalorian.
And when Luke was twenty-four, he is captured by the Rebellion (captured or did he just let it happen? Really up for debate) and secretly sent as a prisoner to Mandalore, where Mand'alor Din Djarin rebuilds his planet and raises his son.
And the rest was history. Or the beginning.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 732,428
- Status:
- In-Progress
Hazards of Galactic Politics and Motel Trysts by sluttysuperheroes
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, The Mandalorian (TV)
01 Feb 2025
Summary
It’s been five years since the fall of the Empire, and Luke Skywalker, hero of the galaxy and herald of the New Republic, seems to have everything—except a sense that his actions make any meaningful difference.
Notorious hunter Din Djarin’s life is his work and he never shies from a bounty, not even when his target is the last Jedi. When he tracks Skywalker down, the ensuing confrontation alters the course of both their lives.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 81,856
- Status:
- Completed
Escaping How it's Supposed to Be by ThatOneFangirlTho
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
09 Jan 2025
Summary
Din Djarin wakes up on the Razorcrest as his eight year old, freshly orphaned self, with thirty years of memories weighing on his mind. He knows it was real (why would he still have this stupid lasersword otherwise?) and has one goal: to find Grogu and make sure he’s safe. Who knows, maybe he’ll try to save the galaxy, if it’s convenient. First, he has to figure out what’s going on, but all his long-dead Mandalorian caretaker will tell him is they’re going to visit an ally of his on a stormy ocean planet.
OR: A time travel fix-it AU starring Din Djarin faces the Jedi, the Creed, the Darksaber, and himself. He and his friends, both new and old, take on the task of saving the entire galaxy from the Sith to prevent the Empire’s existence.
(The title of this work is lyrics from the song Foundering by Jump, Little Children.)- Part 1 of How Does it End Again?
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 275,042
- Status:
- Completed
From This Point Forward by TenderLittleSprout
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends: Jedi Apprentice Series - Jude Watson & Dave Wolverton, Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (TV), The Mandalorian (TV)
14 Dec 2024
Summary
As a rule, Din Djarin did not set expectations. Plans, sure. Even goals. But not expectations. Everything that could go sideways or wrong on a bounty often did— especially when Jedi were involved.
But time-traveling Jedi… now that really re-set the bar.
For padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi's part, being pulled from Mandalore to Tython through nearly fifty of history felt pretty on-brand for his particular type of luck.
Grogu’s just glad his new companion’s here. Boba Fett— less so. And Fennec would like some warra nuts for the nerf rodeo that’s about to commence.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 183,208
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
LS-819 aka Luke Skywalker had been with the Empire since he was ten. After deciding he was done being a weapon for the Empire he ran away to chase the life he had only read about from a book he had stolen from a Jedi.
But freedom comes with a cost. Like wearing a mask to hide yellow eyes and the unbearable heat of the two Tattoine suns.
Hiding out in Tattoine, Luke hoped to simply disappear and be forgotten. But his plans go sideways when he protects a Mandalorian and his child.
A Mandalorian who asks him, “Are you a Jedi?”
With a new purpose, training Grogu, Sith Luke Skywalker travels with the Mandalorian all while trying to solve the mystery of where he came from, who he really is, the identity of the Jedi who owned the book before him, and Din Djarin.
Who is just as reluctant to remove his mask as he is.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 219,954
- Status:
- Completed
Last of the Old Gods by angiebodies
Fandoms: Star Wars, Star Wars - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
28 Oct 2024
Summary
A chance meeting puts Luke Skywalker and Din Djarin back on the same path. As Din comes to terms with his obligations to Mandalore, Luke begins to question his own commitment to the Jedi Order. Together they learn that the truths of their creeds are mutable, but their faith in each other is absolute.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 161,928
- Status:
- Completed
Between The Stars Anthology by RandomReader13
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
26 Aug 2024
Summary
On his way to Tython to find the Seeing Stone, Din gets a call - his aliit, who he thought died in the Covert's collapse on Nevarro, are alive! And when Grogu gets taken by Moff Gideon, they jump at the chance to reunite. After all, Mando'ade are stronger together. The universe won't know what hit them.
Anthology containing:
Dralshy'a Tome (Stronger Together)
Since the Covert on Nevarro was destroyed, Din's been throwing himself into finding a Jedi for the kid. If he focuses on his mission, he won't have to think about losing his Tribe or his aliit.
But on the way to the Seeing Stone, Din gets a surprise call. Bruce and his ade are alive, and when Grogu gets taken by Moff Gideon, they rally to his aid.
The Empire won't know what hit them.Aliit Ori'shya Tal'din (Family is More Than Blood)
Taking care of your armor is an important aliit activity. It's a time to laugh, to sing songs, and to deepen family bonds.
AKA
“Hey assholes, armor care in the living room!” Steph yelled into the intercom.Ke'hukaati Ashi'kama (Watch Each Other's Backs)
"Ship gone,” Cass told him quietly. “Jetii osik.”
“Seriously?” Jason groaned.
AKA
On their quest to find a Jedi to teach Grogu, Clan Mynock runs into some trouble. Din is really sick of this jetii osik, Bruce needs to find his children right now, and the kids just really want to explore the jungle.NOTE: This fic is completely written! I'll post the next chapter tomorrow :)
Cin Vhetin (A New Start)
“He can’t be mad,” Tim said. He was using his most reasonable, listen-to-me-I’m-using-logic voice, which was a sure sign he was about to do something stupid. “We’re Mandalorians! Learning how to use weapons is an important part of maintaining the Creed.”
“Self-defense,” Jason agreed. “What happens if we need to defend ourselves and all that’s available is Din’s laser sword? Are we supposed to just give up?”
AKA
The kids get their hands on the darksaber. This has unforeseen consequences.[This fic is completely written; the final chapter will be posted tomorrow!]
Shelves: Star Wars Fics, DC Comics, Crossovers
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 51,064
- Status:
- In-Progress
They’ll Never See It Coming by Gabriellekong
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
22 Jun 2024
Summary
An alternative universe where Anakin, Palpatine, and Mace Windu stood by an open window and Palpatine ended up going out of the window instead of Mace Windu. Things looked good for a while until the young Jedi Master, Future of the Jedi Order, Luke Skywalker was sent on a mission to Mandalore. The Evil had been planning for this moment for a very long time…
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 88,681
- Status:
- Completed
Making Bo'bavodu (Uncle Boba) Happy by Panic_CelestialInk
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (TV), The Mandalorian (TV)
19 Dec 2023
Summary
Grogu dropped his ball and tried not to cry. It wasn’t fair. He was back with his buir. Their family was complete. They were supposed to be happy. But Bo’bavodu--Uncle Boba--was sad—so sad that Grogu thought his own chest would break open from just the echo of Bo’bavodu’s sadness. Bo’bavodu had lost his buir. Grogu understood. He’d cried a lot when Jedi Master Skywalker took him from his buir.
But, how was he supposed to get Bo’bavodu his buir back? He frowned—and then he heard it. The funny voice he sometimes heard. The one that told him when bad things were happening and what he needed to do.
- Part 1 of Making my Aliit (Family) happy
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 48,861
- Status:
- In-Progress
Look for the Light by Feral_Cinnamon_Roll
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, The Mandalorian (TV)
18 Dec 2023
Summary
After Grogu is returned to him, Din Djarin feels lost in the dark. A certain Jedi becomes his light.
While navigating the stars and what it means to be the one of the last, Din and Luke rebuild where they can, start anew where they can’t, and fall for each other along the way.
- Part 1 of Lighting the Way
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 122,695
- Status:
- Completed
The Star Wars Grand Saga Anthology by DarthMydinsky
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, The Mandalorian (TV), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (TV), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
11 Dec 2023
Summary
This collection of long fictions, short stories, and scattered one-shots depicts my departure from the Star Wars Cannon beginning after Return of the Jedi and carrying through from the end of Season 2 of the Mandalorian. Up until this point, I generally account for and include all of the existing Star Wars Cannon. But because I don't love the Disney canon, I decided to re-write a lot of the existing story - ESPECIALLY the Sequel Trilogy - as an alternate universe version of what could have happened differently.
Anthology containing:
Empire's End
Grand Admiral Thrawn has vanished, and the tide has turned for the Rebellion. As the ashes of the second Death Star settle upon Endor, the New Republic rises. Old friends return from mysterious exiles, as Thrawn schemes in the Unknown Regions, seeking a way back to the galaxy to defeat the Rebellion once and for all. . .
Star Wars, Episode VII: The Rise of Thrawn
Peace has settled upon the galaxy. The Empire is ashes, and the Republic reigns. Chancellor Mon Mothma seeks re-election with the promise of reforming the Republic, squashing conflict on the Outer Rim, and eliminating corruption.
A violent war rages among the Five Crime Syndicates in the wake of Jabba the Hutt’s death. A mysterious assassin acts on behalf of Rotta the Hutt’s order, quietly stalking the violent Black Sun organization’s leadership.
In the Unknown Regions, Grand Admiral Thrawn nears completion of his plan to return to the Galaxy. He turns to Ezra Bridger, seeking his help one final time to enact his plans. . .
Star Wars, Episode VIII: The Shadow Empire
The Republic is in turmoil. Political unrest strikes the Core worlds, and rumors of Thrawn’s return stoke fear and mistrust.
Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker have failed in their efforts to discover Thrawn’s whereabouts. Ahsoka Tano crosses the galaxy, hoping to find the evil Grand Admiral before it is too late.
On the Outer Rim, the balance of power shifts as the Mandalorians reclaim Mandalore, and the Hutts gain the upper hand in the Syndicate War. A mysterious force emerges from the shadows, opening a door to a world between worlds. . .
Star Wars, Episode IX: The Imperator's Reckoning
The Chancellor is dead. Grand Admiral Thrawn has orchestrated a seamless coup of Republic governance, installing himself as Shadow Emperor and ruling from a high tower on Coruscant.
Leia Organa-Solo and her fearless bands of freedom fighters deliver the Noghri to salvation as she plots a desperate attempt to stop Thrawn before it is too late. Ezra Bridger heals, awaiting an uncertain reunion with his family.
Leia turns toward Mandalore, seeking a fragile alliance with the only remaining friends who recognize Thrawn for who he truly is. . .
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 423,192
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
The Emperor took many things from Luke. His father. Working nerves. The thing he didn't expect though, was his hearing. It's unnerving, at first, with the near constant ringing and sudden muffled sounds of the world, nothing quite as it was. But then he adapts. He always does. That's what he tells himself anyways, that he adapts. It's not a lie per-se. But it's easier than trying to get it looked at five years down the line and facing Leia's disapproving scowl at learning he let it sit for so long.
And it's not too bad. He has the force. It's hard to catch him off guard.
Until he meets the Mandalorian.Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 69,481
- Status:
- Completed
Let Me Sow Love Anthology by leiainhoth
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
21 Oct 2023
Summary
Anthology containing:
Patience
It hadn't been a full day since they left Sorgan, and Din struggled to let the child out of his line of sight. The Crest wasn't a large ship, but the child was so small. Din couldn't bear to feel the way he had when a shot echoed across the krill pond, the sudden, terrible thought that the child had died.
He hadn't, of course, but it had brought to light the inescapable thought that Din's desire to protect the child was more than just perfunctory. He cared for him, and Din wanted to protect the child from further harm.
May You Bloom and Grow
"S'cuy, Ad'ika," Din said quietly, letting the words he had told the child flow through his mind. The pledge of fatherhood hung softly on his heart; the formal ownership of the child's wellbeing had not been taken lightly.
It was only a sentence, a short one at that. But Din removed his helm and brought the child close to him, their foreheads touching, little claws gripping the scruff of Din's chin as he repeated the words over and over. He tried to tell the child how much he cared for him, loved him, even without words. His throat had thickened as the child's eyes widened at the sight. Din knew that he was nothing special to look at, but he hoped that the child wasn't disappointed.
If I Could Never Give You Peace
Every morning when he woke, it was the child who gripped Din's attention. Not the next bounty, not the stores or his injuries. But a small hand, three tiny claws gripping the hem of Din's tunic and warbling happily with half-closed eyes.
Din reached closer, pulling the child under the wrap of his cape. Space was cold, he reasoned to himself as he closed his eyes. And the child was so small, and Maker knows where he was before Din found him. Whoever he was, and whatever he was, Din was his father, and he loved the child with all of his heart.Farewell, O Farewell
"Are you still looking for your Jedi?" Cara asked carefully, taking another sip of her drink.
"Yes," Din said, fighting to keep his voice level. Since his meeting with Ahsoka Tano, Din had tried avoiding thinking about it. He knew that the child deserved what the Jedi had to offer; he could be reunited with his kind. Perhaps he'd be loved, even, trained and raised away from Din.
The thought was almost too much to bear; the moments he had spent with the baby on the Crest waiting for Ahsoka to return were the hardest he could remember. He had been willing to give the baby up, give him his best chance— even if it meant that Din would never see the child again.It's Just a Dream I Had in Mind
For so long, Din fought the reality of giving the child up, giving him to the jetii and moving on. He had prepared for it, packed a bag and left it all behind, so his son could have the life he deserved.
All until he didn't have to.
Or the one where Luke rescues Grogu on Tython, and Din rescues Luke in return.Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 240,913
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Over twenty years after Chancellor Palpatine's failed takeover of the Galactic Republic, Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker-Naberrie is asked to join a diplomatic mission to Mandalore to help negotiate a trade agreement with the new Mand'alor. While he is assumed to join as an observer and mediator in these talks, his real mission is to investigate rumors that the Mand'alor's child is powerful in the Force and offer a future for the child within the Jedi Order. The already difficult task compounds when he keeps failing to gain an audience with the mysterious Mand'alor, but distraction comes in the form of a strange, faceless Mandalorian palace guard he keeps encountering at night, someone he keeps gravitating towards despite himself.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 112,066
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
The Armourer once told Din that to be Mandalorian is to be both hunter and prey.
He's pretty sure this isn't quite what the Armourer meant.
According to his Creed, Din is now an apostate, dar'manda, no longer Mandalorian, yet he is also Mand'alor courtesy of a weird laser sword that he can't seem to get rid of.
In which Din tries to reconcile with his new titles, goes on a journey of self-discovery, and does his best to ignore the incessant ringing noise emanating from the blade on his belt which is only adding to his hatred of the darksaber (but that's ok because he’s starting to get the sense that the feeling is mutual).
An AU fic post Chapter 16: The Rescue
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 36,616
- Status:
- Completed