Saga Rethink Your Life ? Dare Challenge - Obi-Wan/Ghostie Qui-Gon - post-RotS - Responses Added

Title: Rethink Your Life
Author: Lovely-in-Orange
Characters: Obi-Wan, Ghostie Qui-Gon, OCs
Timeframe: Several years post-RotS
Notes: Dare Challenge Entry. Thanks to VaderLVR64 for the beta and obi_ew for the dare.

obi_ew?s dare:
Obi-Wan retires to Tatooine in order to watch over Luke. Unfortunately it requires credits to survive so he's forced to get a job in a local gambling cantina. There he meets a woman and falls in love, marrying her and having a child. Eventually the owner dies and gives the cantina to Obi. He runs the casino, dealing with the rough types while raising his child and caring for his wife, all the while he has to deal with a blue ghostie Qui-Gon who spends his time in the great Beyond, needling and frustrating his former apprentice. Write a vig that shows a day in the life of Obi having to deal with these things.

Master Kenobi?s Jedi skills had remained as strong as ever in the past few years on Tatooine. And that was fortunate, considering the sort of ruffians that frequented the cantina he owned. Even now, on the edge of his awareness he could sense a disturbance. Sitting at one of the many sabaac tables, a smuggler was cursing in Huttese at a Rodian.

?Now there?s no need to fight, I?m sure we can work something out. Perhaps you?d like another drink on the house?? Ben told them amiably.

Ignoring Ben completely, the Rodian pulled out his blaster to fire on the young smuggler. Kenobi?s reflexes were quicker and soon the blaster ? and half of the Rodian?s arm ? were laying on the floor.

?Was that really necessary? From my understanding Rodians are terrible shots. Even most of the smugglers allow them to shoot first. Plus, I think that?s the third arm you?ve gotten this week?? said the ghostly blue form of Qui-Gon, who seemed to eagerly appear whenever he thought his old Padawan could use some advice. Which, from Qui-Gon?s point of view, was most of the time.

Ben hooked his lightsaber back on his belt clip and sighed. ?None of them ever listen to me. I warn them. I offer to buy them drinks. They still don?t listen.?

?You know if you had followed my suggestion years ago to take that extra luggage of Padme?s and sell off her wardrobe you wouldn?t have to work in a cantina. You seemed eager enough to do that the last time we were here,? Qui-Gon replied.

?I could have afforded a nice peaceful, little home in the desert. Yes, you?ve told me that before,? Ben replied with exasperation. He noticed that many of the cantina?s occupants had stopped to watch him talk to the thin air. The regulars should be used to it by now, but watching ?Crazy Old Ben? always seemed to provide some amusement. But then again, they even believed that his lightsaber was just something his wife had acquired. No one really expected a former Jedi master to be running a cantina and happily married to a former thief.

After years of fighting and serving others, he had indeed looked forward to retiring to a nice quite life where he could spend most of his days meditating. Things hadn?t quite worked out. Property prices had risen on Tatooine when the Republic fell. Bail had been afraid of getting an Imperial audit and thus didn?t think giving a fugitive credits would be a good idea. And as for selling the senator?s wardrobe - well, she probably would not have minded, but it still seemed a little rude.

When he had begun to look for a job, he nearly walked right on past this cantina. It was one of the roughest, dirtiest, and the most foreign to the life he was accustomed to. Even the gambling establishments in lower Coruscant seemed sophisticated compared to this place. But then he saw the tattered sign displaying the cantina?s name: Boga?s Hideaway. Most people would have just said that the name was a coincidence, many people in the outer rims named their pets and livestock Boga. But Obi-Wan had seen it as a chance to honor the friend who had saved him on Utapau years ago.

He walked back over towards the b

 

Awww - that was great!! A perfect response to a rather evil dare .

?Was that really necessary? From my understanding Rodians are terrible shots. Even most of the smugglers allow them to shoot first. Plus, I think that?s the third arm you?ve gotten this week?? said the ghostly blue form of Qui-Gon, who seemed to eagerly appear whenever he thought his old Padawan could use some advice.
Brilliant LOL!!!!! Love it

 

That was adorable. I loved the thought of Qui-Gon going around berating him all the time and Ben figuring out that if he diverted Jinn's attention, he'd be gone for days...LOL. Very cute. Gotta love the pink hair and the cute kid.

Well done!

 

You did an excellent job on this, I really like the idea of Obi as Bogart in Casablanca now!

 

Wonderful! You did an amazing job getting everything in and making it flow so effortlessly. Obi's interactions with Jinn were hilarious! And what a lucky lady. The Obitot was adorable also. Great job!

 

Sell the wardrobe for money-

 

wendynat It's the only way I was ever able to partially reconcile Greedo shooting first. Also, I think Obi would make an interesting bouncer. A little messy though.

dianethx Thanks! I owe obi_ew for the idea of Qui berating him all the time. But I thought he had to have a way to get rid of him for a while somehow.

cdmcc I hadn't thought of that comparison but I love that movie so it must have been subconsious! Hrm, you know even the name Boga's Hideaway works for it.

obi_ew Thanks! I really enjoyed trying to make everything work together - especially Qui pestering him. And now I'm even starting to think Obi-Wan SHOULD be romanticly involved with someone.

HL Hee, glad I made you laugh. At least Qui-Gon did always seem to remember his beard was still there.

PadawanKitara I always thought it was funny that they were seriously considering selling off her wardrobe in TPM to get cash. Plus, I bet she stopped to pack 52 outfits before 'rushing' off to Mustafar.

 

Great response!!! Beautifully written!

 

A wonderful entry for the challenge. Bravo! Magnificently done.

 

rhonderoo & VM - Thanks! I had a lot of fun with this one.

 

Aww, that was so sweet! I loved the details of Boga's Hideaway, Qui's teasing about Obi stroking his beard, etc. Sounds like he had a lot more fun in the desert than in canon!

 

Awwwwww that was so sweet! Beautifully done!

 

Awwww, how sweet. What a nice bit of happy life for Obi-Wan. Me like.

KD

 

raisedbywolves Thanks! Family life and the cantina-owning business suits him better than I thought it would!

Layren Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

KD It is nice to see/write him happy rather than all alone I have to admit.