Ashes by Darth Nickels (T)

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Fandom:STAR WARS
Genre: Drama
Length: 1178 words
Author on LJ: polly_moopers
Website: Ficlist
Why this must be read:

Is it more fanon than canon that Obi-Wan turned into a drunken Ben on Tatooine? I don't know, but if anyone can rec completed stories to me with this theme, it would be really nice. Canon has a few drinking scenes with Obi-Wan as a toper, so any fic with him enjoying Happy Hour I enjoy. More power to him! He needs the stuff to stay sane. This fic by an up-and-coming author to watch has a slew of characters with pithy characterization: Beru, Owen, Biggs Darklighter and his dad. I particularly liked Beru's diverting Luke's attention from the incident in the last paragraph as it shows her parenting skills that we see displayed in A New Hope. In this Intertrilogy story, Ben saves Luke from unpleasantness in a bar; his guardianship never stops.  This fic is written in the style of Frank McCourt's memoirs, a challenge well met.

Ashes