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Imagine, if you will:

Post-66, Obi-Wan remembers how Hondo kept trying to recruit him
It’s hard to find people who are on a ship that’s constantly moving around
Obi-Wan shows up wherever the Ohnaka gang has been marauding and accepts the offer…
…On one condition

Hondo: “What have we here?”

Obi: “One of the last surviving Jedi children. We need to keep him safe from the Emperor.”

Hondo, remembering his fun with the last group of Jedi younglings: “Of course!”

The Ohnaka gang’s profile drops practically overnight. They get more particular about their targets and become an Outer Rim ghost story – you never know when they’ll pull over some war profiteer’s pleasure yacht, loot it, and vanish
(Hondo’s been itching to see what Orn Free Taa has been hiding – turns out to be a lot of shady deals that slowly bled Ryloth dry over Free Taa’s decades in the Senate. Somehow everything – and Orn Free Taa himself – end up in the hands of the Ryloth freedom fighters.)
The Alliance to Restore the Republic somehow never gets hit, but they end up with some remarkable business deals and no small amount of misappropriated ships
bby!Luke growing up on a pirate fleet
Hondo’s fleet ambushing Vader’s ambush of the Tantive IV over Tatooine
Leia doesn’t end up in Vader’s hands (surprise family reunion!), but the Death Star plans still end up with Artoo and Threepio on the Lars farm
The Larses have no idea who Obi-Wan, Luke, or Leia are. That’s fine. They barter the droids in exchange for units that are actually farm-useful.
The Imperial search team is ambushed before they get to the farm
Luke calls for a detour into Mos Eisley “for a drink”. Chewbacca is happy to see the former General survived. Han is less than thrilled at his friend insisting they join up with these weirdos. But that snot-nosed pirate kid needs to learn some humility, and the princess is super hot…

(crossposted from my tumblr)

The Post-66 Pirate!AU