Civil Wars, Whistleblower Tactics, Schematic Drafting, And The Finer Points Of Sith Adoption: The Essential How-To Guide For The Engineering Jedi

Civil Wars, Whistleblower Tactics, Schematic Drafting, And The Finer Points Of Sith Adoption: The Essential How-To Guide For The Engineering Jedi, informally known as The Guides Verse, is a gen Star Wars fanfic series by Jackdaw_Kraai in which Luke Skywalker, under the alias of Luke Lars, is recruited by Darth Vader to work as an engineer for the empire. It has been described as "slow-burn adoption." It is known in part for the author's creation of an extensive Tatooine culture, particularly mythology and the culture developed through slavery. The affiliated Discord server has more than 800 members. The series has more than 25,000 kudos across all works. 
The premise came from Tuning up your TIE-Fighter to prove you’re better than the bastard currently running the TIE-Fighter Program for fun and profit by loosingletters, of which the Guides Verse is a recursive work. There are a planned 28 installments in the series. 
==Series Description==
==Works==
*How To Reinvent The Stormtrooper Armor To Make Your Surrogate Father Proud And Shut The Naysayers Up For Fun And Profit (2020)
*How To Give A Presentation To The Imperial Court While Accidentally Committing Light Treason By Making A Friend (2020)
*How To Design Your Own Prosthesis And Turn The Project Into A Bonding Experience (2020-2021)
*How To Win A Bar Fight And Practice Diplomacy While Negotiating A Bounty On Your Head (2021-2022)
*The Storm Wraith and the Three Krayt Scales (2021)
*How To Write A Mythos One Tale At A Time (2024)
==Example Inspired Works==
(This is non-exhaustive.) 
===Podfics===
*{Podfic} How To Reinvent The Stormtrooper Armor To Make Your Surrogate Father Proud And Shut The Naysayers Up For Fun And Profit by MysticMalady (2021)
*{Podfic} How To Give A Presentation To The Imperial Court While Accidentally Committing Light Treason By Making A Friend by MysticMalady (incomplete, 2021)
*The Essential How-To Guide for the Engineering Jedi by Sam Gabriel (2022-present)
===Recursive Fanfiction===
*Of Hangar Doors and Sith Lords by Ohrwurm (2020)
*How To Redesign A Star Destroyer And Avoid Politics (For Fun And Profit) by planningconquest (2020)
*How To Come Down After Ten Hours Of Pure Adrenaline by lurking_dragon (2021)
*how to perform improv jazz in an enemy tavern by novaauster (2021)
*#TakeASeatPalpatine by meri_books (2021)
*Next Time, Sell Tickets by Aurendel (2021)
*The Show Must Go On by novaauster (2022)
*How To Show Appreciation To Another Writer While Geeking Out About Their Characters: A Tribute To Jack by Stardust_samurai (2022)
*Having a Great Time at the Ball You Have to Attend, in 5 Easy Steps (no promises about your rep in the aftermath though) by RelilaRamblr (2021-2022)
*Double-Family by madoka_take_me_away (2023)
*Not Heavy by novaauster (2023)
*How to Find a Rich-Soil-Care-Presence When You Have No Say About It by Red_Vines (2021-2024)
===Fanart===
*The Uncrowned Prince by Maple_Quinn (2021)
*Fanart for Jackdaw_Kraai's works by Watermelon_shotput (2021)
*Runner!Luke in the style of a Stained Glass Window by inthuu (2022)
*FANART for "How To Design Your Own Prosthesis And Turn The Project Into A Bonding Experience" by Quarra (2023)
*Prayer Comic by buglersholiday (2023)
*FanArt for the Guides Series (Original Art) by Spennig (2023-present)
===Songs===
*Oh Emperor (your destruction is coming) by hadeswritesthings (2023)
Category:2020s Fanfiction