Reincarnated As Tony Stark With A Skill

After becoming a Padawan, Tony thought things were going to become interesting. He could finally participate in 'missions' after all. In the end, Tony didn't get to do any of that.

This was primarily because Mace Windu didn't bring him out on 'missions' like Obi-Wan did to Anakin.

It wasn't like Mace Windu didn't go on missions. He was the most powerful lightsaber combatant in the order after all. It would be a waste not to send him to do some aggressive negotiations.

It was just that he wasn't ȧssign on the 'easier' missions. Sending him out on those missions would be overkill. Instead, the other Jedi Knights would be sent out first as it would also help temper them.

What missions were left for Mace Windu, were usually deemed too dangerous for a Padawan to come along.

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When Tony learned why he didn't go to as many missions as Anakin, he went to his master to confront him.

He told him that he could handle the danger and asked his master to test him to prove it.

Windu understood why his Padawan was acting this way so he brought him to one of the arenas.

He stood on one side of the arena and waited for his Padawan to join him.

Windu: "Draw your lightsabers. Try to hit me."

Tony didn't even waste his time trying to hesitate and drew one of his lightsabers. He readied his stance and then looked at his master.

He observed Windu and kept quite. While Windu was standing out in the open, Tony saw that he wasn't just standing there casually.

In his mind, Tony had simulations on his first attacks. He tested all kinds of approaches from the different forms but none of them appeared to work.

Seeing as he would fail if he approached first, Tony waited for an opening instead.

Seeing his Padawan wasn't moving, Windu thought Tony was waiting for a go signal.

He waited for Tony to realize that there wouldn't be a go signal on real-life combat but Tony didn't appear to be impatient.

Windu decided to wait a bit more but he remembered that he had a prior appointment and had to leave soon. He decided to see what his Padawan was thinking.

Windu: "What are you waiting fo..."

The moment Windu started speaking, Tony started to move as well.

Tony's lightsaber went straight for his Master's head but failed to hit his mark.

Windu already dodged to the side and was going closer towards Tony.

Tony predicted this move but didn't expect the speed of his master's movements.

Tony couldn't even move to block as Windu was already starting to attack.

Tony focused on his other lightsaber and had it ignite.

Windu withdrew his hand just before it made contact with the other lightsaber blade.

Windu started dodging the lightsaber but he was clearly relaxed as he even had the time to lecture his spending.

Windu: "Wielding a lightsaber using the Force is a good way to surprise the enemy. But..."

Windu stopped dodging and put his hand out. Tony's lightsaber continued moving towards him but this time, it wasn't attacking him.

Windu: "If your opponent is more proficient with the Force, it becomes easy for your opponent to take control of it. "

As he said so, Tony's lightsaber landed on his hand and turned off.

He then raised it towards his apprentice,

Windu: "I suggest you give up on using such things. You may have mastered all six forms and want to challenge yourself but wielding two lightsabers at once already requires a lot of focus. Controlling one of them using the force is just asking..."

Tony's lightsaber in his hand suddenly ignited. Repulsors, which formed from the lightsaber's handle, also activated.

Windu: "Mm..."

Tony: [Mm? That's it? I used my nanites to for that. All that for just an m? ]

Tony waited for a while but saw that his lightsaber was already in his master's control. He decided to stop the attack and turn it off.

Windu looked at the lightsaber and then at the owner.

Windu: "Looks like I underestimated you, my Padawan. Here. Let me draw my lightsaber."

Windu tossed the lightsaber and it flew back to its owner.

Tony didn't even wait for his lightsaber to get near him when he ignited both of his lightsabers.

When he got both lightsabers back, he immediately crossed it. He made it just in time to block Windu's lightsaber strike.

Windu: "You didn't drop your guard. Good. Let's see how your skills fare against Form 7"

Windu started striking down at his apprentice.

At first, Tony had a hard time blocking Windu's attacks. The strikes were too heavy that he had to give up one of his lightsabers in order to exert enough strength not to get pushed back.

Using the extra focus Tony had from not using two lightsabers, he was able to think for a bit. He was able to better choose how he blocked the attacks, making things a bit easier for him.

Slowly, he was able to get used to the pace of his master. He even started to prepare for a counterattack. But before he could even think, Windu started to increase his pace of attacks, overwhelming him again.

Windu would then maintain the pace and Tony got used to the pace a bit faster than before. Unfortunately, Windu seemed to have noticed Tony's progress as he then increased his pace again.

This cycle would repeat a couple more times. Not only did Tony notice this, but he also felt like his master was enjoying the fight. He felt like his master was smirking, which was already unusual as Mace Windu usually kept a poker face.

Windu continued increasing the speed as well as the intensity of the attacks. In the end, Tony got exhausted.

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Windu watched his new Padawan who was sprawled on the ground.

Windu: "Now that you have experienced the seventh form, tell me. Do you want to learn it?"

Tony was still panting hard from exhaustion. He was still busy catching his breath that he didn't really care about the question.

Tony: "Too tired. Maybe later."

Windu was a little ticked off by Tony's casual response. What he just demonstrated to his Padawan is the variant of Form 7, Vaapad. He, along with another Jedi, developed the technique so he was a bit attached to it. Seeing his Padawan disregarding his offer like some kind of chore annoyed him.

While was annoyed, he was also delighted as Tony didn't show as much dėsɨrė to learn the 7th Form. This Form touches the Dark Side of the Force, a bit of dėsɨrė is good as long as Tony didn't long for it. If Tony answered straightforwardly instead, Windu might not have taught him as he would have prioritized power over himself.

Windu left his Padawan for his prior appointment while telling him to prepare himself. Form 7 wasn't like the other forms after all and the training would be hard.

Tony: "Wait. What about the missions?"

Windu: "I'll think about it. After, you defeat Depa."

Tony just remained silent. He knew about his Master's last Padawan, Depa Billaba. Other than Mace Windu, she was the only other person who practices Form 7. Not only that, she was already promoted and part of the Jedi High Council.

Windu requiring him to beat his senior sister is going to be quite hard. Windu probably didn't even think such a thing would happen any time soon. It was Windu's way of telling him to continue practicing and wait patiently.

Of course Tony wouldn't do that.

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It took a lot of months to learn because of all the warnings and precautions told to him during his practice. The technique skirted between the Light and the Dark Sides after all, and it was easy to be tempted by the Dark Side.

Windu kept warning Tony time and time again, but Tony didn't feel any sort of temptation from the dark side.

Tony did notice the extra dėsɨrė for power that was said to be from the Dark Side but Tony didn't feel any sort of transformation that he thought would come along. All he felt was impatience. But considering his current situation, Tony wasn't even sure that the impatience is because of the Dark Side. He thought it was just from plain boredom. It's been years since he first arrive at the Temple after all and he wanted to explore the galaxy, first hand.

After studying Vaapad, Tony finally figured out the secret to Windu's self-control. He wasn't just suppressing it but was using it to fuel his attacks.

Tony even experienced it first hand. He was trying his best to annoy Windu so that he would say the M-word. He was about to succeed in making Windu curse but then Windu brought him to the arena for some sparring. Windu didn't hold back and beat Tony up.

From then on, Tony didn't try to annoy Windu during training. He tried to annoy him in situations where he wouldn't beat up instead.

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One of the ways Tony tried to annoy him is by purposefully acting like he's focused on something else other than training.

He did this by playing with his toys instead.

The Jedi have a lot of funding and now that he is officially a Padawan, he could also make use of it.

The first thing he built is the Holographic Spacesuits all interstellar civilizations used in the MCU. Jedi's still used the reinforce glass helmets after all, which Tony thought was too brittle.

After making this, he showed the product to the Jedi Council and then asked for more funding. He specifically pointed out how easy it was to move using this as the suit forms around the person, removing the hindrance caused by the helmet when Jedi's are in space.

Seeing as Tony was developing technology that could not only help the Jedis but also possibly the entire galaxy, he was ȧssigned a laboratory to work on his projects.

He was allowed to develop things there.

Tony first kept things simple as he didn't want to immediately be cut off after he got some funding. He also started failing with his first few prototypes just to see how much budget he was allocated with but it was there that he noticed something, the Jedi's have a lot of money.

After the first few products, Tony went big and borrowed one of the Jedi's starfighters. He thought he was going to be rejected but they just gave him one.

He deliberately messed up, almost making the starfighter unusable, but they also just waved it away like it was nothing. There was still some reprimanding involved but overall, it was basically nothing when comparing to its 150 thousand credits price tag.

Mace Windu wanted Tony to put his focus back on his teaching but Tony replied that he was just progressing fine. His clones were working on Form 7. He would have allocated more clones to study, but the Jedi Council's monitoring made him not do so. They might be surprised by his progress again and ȧssume that he was taken over by the Dark side.

To satisfy his master's dėsɨrė for him to focus, Tony decided to play along and asked to learn his master's force ability, Shatterpoint. Shatterpoint was able to show the user the weaknesses of all things, objects, and events. It might not work when he returns to the MCU, but Tony thought that he could just figure out a way to recreate the same effects in the other universe.

Windu had no plans of teaching this to his Padawan but Tony's arrogance made him want to teach his Padawan humility through failure. Shatterpoint needs either talent or immense focus and concentration.

Tony didn't show talent for the ability, so he would have needed to focus instead. He concluded that it wouldn't hurt to teach him because either path didn't appear to cause harm. If it turns out that Tony did have the talent for it, then he would make a great contribution as Shatterpoint is an ability that is rare even for the Jedi Order.

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After teaching the Shatterpoint to Tony, Windu was right and Tony failed. Tony started studying it seriously.

The Force actually wanted to help Tony with the skill but Tony refused. Unlike the Force Cloak ability, he still has no idea how to recreate this ability back at MCU. He wanted to learn it from bottom up in order to fully understand it.

After a bit more of guidance from Mace Windu, Tony figured out the key to this ability. The user needed to focus and concentrate because he is using the Force to feel the target. The Force would pour lots of information into the user's subconscious. A lot of information needs to be processed so the user's mind. It needs to be clear and focused because having random thoughts would use up the processing power in their minds.

Something like this wouldn't happen to the talented people as this comes to them as instincts.

Seeing as the key point was information, Tony thought about having his clones help him process things.

He actually had the idea of synchronizing and linking up his and his clones' minds ever since he met his step-daughters, the Stepford Cuckoos. He just try to do it because he had no reason to commit to it until now.