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This is why I shouldn't be left to my own devices. I write stuff like this. ”Oh, hey, I’m a historian,” I say to myself. “Maybe I should try plotting out the big stuff in Gambit like I’m writing a history paper, then once I’ve figured out where the chess pieces need to go I can write the rest.”

Yeah, apparently I forgot how I actually write history papers. I didn’t even get past the first major event, but hey, at least I got some backstory and world-building done. (This technically describes an event that takes place after the most recent chapter of Gambit; it’s mentioned in Gambit 10 and will probably actually occur on or offscreen in Gambit 11, but I don’t really consider it spoilery because it doesn’t involve any of the main characters. There is some interesting stuff about Naboo during the Occupation.)

There's a fair amount of outside media in Gambit, but this probably won't be part of it. But, you know, fun times, and fictional history is the sort of thing I love writing. (Also, straight up, with the exception of the names, this is essentially original fiction since it's really, really AU from actual canon. What's that, Bedlam has been reading a lot of military sci-fi lately? You don't say.)

Originally posted on Tumblr.

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( excerpt from Asunder: A History of the Clone Wars, Volume II )