History Literature / StarWarsKenobi

* {{Shopkeeper}}: Annileen Calwell owns and manages Dannar's Claim, a combination general store/livery/garage/restaurant/cantina, and the center of life in the Pika Oasis. The nearest small town, Bestine, has more services, but Dannar's Claim is more conveniently located for all of the local moisture farmers.

* GrumpyBear: Mullen Gault has always been surly and according to his father Orrin was born scowling.

[[AC:Darkness has fallen on the galaxy. The Emperor has taken control of the Galactic Republic, aided by Anakin Skywalker, once one of the brightest of the Jedi Knights, charged with protecting the helpless. Having fallen to the dark side of the mystical Force, Anakin lives on as the Emperor's ruthless enforcer, Darth Vader.]]\\

[[AC:But hope also lives in the form of Anakin's infant son--protected by Anakin's friend and former mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kenobi flees with the baby to the remote world of Tatooine, where years earlier Anakin's fall truly began when he vengefully massacred a native clan of Tusken Raiders.]]\\

[[AC:Unaware of that event--and still believing that he killed Anakin in their desperate duel--Kenobi settles into a new role, watching over the child and his adoptive family, the Larses, from a distance. But hiding is difficult for one accustomed to action, and even desert Tatooine has those who require the help of a Jedi...]][[/labelnote]]

[[AC:Darkness has fallen on the galaxy. The Emperor has taken control of the Galactic Republic, aided by Anakin Skywalker, once one of the brightest of the Jedi Knights, charged with protecting the helpless. Having fallen to the dark side of the mystical Force, Anakin lives on as the Emperor's ruthless enforcer, Darth Vader.\\

But hope also lives in the form of Anakin's infant son--protected by Anakin's friend and former mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kenobi flees with the baby to the remote world of Tatooine, where years earlier Anakin's fall truly began when he vengefully massacred a native clan of Tusken Raiders.\\

Unaware of that event--and still believing that he killed Anakin in their desperate duel--Kenobi settles into a new role, watching over the child and his adoptive family, the Larses, from a distance. But hiding is difficult for one accustomed to action, and even desert Tatooine has those who require the help of a Jedi...]][[/labelnote]]

Compare ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'', a canonical Creator/DisneyPlus series telling a different story explaining what Obi-Wan was up to between ''Revenge of the Sith'' and ''A New Hope'' that draws influence from this work.

''Star Wars: Kenobi'' ([[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kenobi_(novel) Wookieepedia]]) is a Franchise/StarWarsLegends novel by John Jackson Miller, concerning Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi's first weeks in exile on Tatooine. Originally conceived as a graphic novel, ''Kenobi'' was created in response to a challenge by Miller's editors to do something never before attempted--''Star Wars'' [[SpaceWestern as a Western]], with Obi-Wan as TheDrifter, DeterminedHomesteader moisture farmers, and [[ProudWarriorRace Tusken Raiders]] subbing for Indians. It takes place just after ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and concurrently with ''Literature/DarkLordTheRiseOfDarthVader''.

* MySecretPregnancy: Applied to animals. Whoever sold Obi-Wan his eopie didn't tell him that [[spoiler:said eopie was pregnant.]]

* ShooTheDog: Near the end of the story, Obi-Wan tells Annileen and her family to leave Tatooine, for fear that [[spoiler:the townsfolks' ire will be raised towards her as an associate of Orrin's.]]

* BattleDiscretionShot: A shootout begins between [[spoiler:Jabba's men and the angry settlers as Ben and A'Yark chase down the Gaults when they take Annileen prisoner. When Ben and Annileen return to where the settlers are, they've chased off Jabba's men.]]

* WhenEldersAttack: The 75-year-old Wyle Ulbreck isn't afraid to get in a shootout with Tusken Raiders or Jabba the Hutt's thugs. Admittedly, Ben [[FakeUltimateHero made him look more badass than he is]] by saying he took out more of the raiding party rather than sharing it between Wyle and Ben.
-->'''Wyle''': ''[after shooting Jorrk]'' I killed me a room full of Tuskens. I ain't gonna let you people push me around!

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: One of the reasons why A'Yark is in charge of her Tusken clan, as she is adept enough to take out dissenting opposition as shown when H'Rak challenges her.

* PoisonousFriend: The Gaults to the Calwells, most notably Jabe. Jabe has recently joined Orrin's work crews and spends evenings carousing with Orrin's children Mullen and Veeka (he has a crush on the latter), eventually [[spoiler:participating in their MonsterProtectionRacket and nearly getting killed by ''actual'' Tusken Raiders before Ben rescues him]].

* GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler:Orrin wields two guns during the climax.]]

* MexicanStandoff: Occurs in the climax when [[spoiler:the settlers hear of Orrin's MonsterProtectionRacket and Jabba's men come to collect on his debts as both sides start arguing over who has a right to take revenge on Orrin.]]

* PoisonousFriend: The Gaults to the Calwells, most notably Jabe. Jabe has recently joined Orrin's work crews and spends evenings carousing with Orrin's children Mullen and Veeka (he has a crush on the latter), eventually [[spoiler:participating in their MonsterProtectionRacket and nearly getting killed by ''actual'' Tusken Raiders before Ben rescues him.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:The canyon krayt dragon that shows up in the gorge throws everyone's plans out of whack, most notably forcing Ben to reveal himself as a Jedi.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Orrin]] owes a lot of money to Jabba the Hutt; Jabba doesn’t appear, but his accountant Moseep Binneed appears to represent him.

* ImmuneToMindControl: Obi-Wan attempts to use a JediMindTrick to convince A’Yark to [[spoiler:not kill Jabe]], but A’Yark is having none of it.

** [[spoiler:A’Yark’s last son A’Deen]] is killed by settlers.
** Orrin Gault lost his younger son Varin to a Tusken attack five years before the book started, one of the reasons he took charge of administering and growing the Settlers' Call {{posse}}. [[spoiler:His other son Mullen is killed during the climax by A’Yark.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: Sharad Hett, who died some 13 years ago, is an important element in the story by being A'Yark's exposure to Jedi and the Force as well as a common acquintance for her and Ben.

* ButNowIMustGo: Inverted--though moving on would solve the problems caused or aggravated by Ben's arrival, as well as that of Annileen's growing feelings for him, Ben can't leave until Luke Skywalker comes of age. Instead, he [[spoiler:arranges to send Annileen and her family to Alderaan, fulfilling her long-forgotten dream of going to university to study exobiology. But her shock and dismay when he tells her that he can't go with them]] play out similarly to a scene of TheDrifter saying he can't stay in town. Ben then withdraws from the Oasis life and settles in to become TheHermit.

* ButNowIMustGo: Inverted--though moving on would solve the problems caused or aggravated by Ben's arrival, as well as that of Annileen's growing feelings for him, Ben can't leave until Luke Skywalker comes of age. Instead, he [[spoiler:arranges to send Annileen and her family to Naboo, fulfilling her long-forgotten dream of going to university to study exobiology. But her shock and dismay when he tells her that he can't go with them]] play out similarly to a scene of TheDrifter saying he can't stay in town. Ben then withdraws from the Oasis life and settles in to become TheHermit.

** Ben alludes to Palpatine's plot after revealing that [[spoiler:Orrin fabricated the Tusken threat]] to expolit the people responding to that threat. He also mentions that someone doesn't need [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith "unlimited power"]] to create victims.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Orrin is implied to be holding a torch for Annileen that nothing came of because he was married when they met and by the time his marriage ended she had already married Dannar. Annileen in turn develops feelings for Ben who both doesn't reciprocate them and isn't available for a relationship anyway.

* BittersweetEnding: Obi-wan manages to wrap everything up fairly nicely, but [[spoiler:has to dash Annileen's feelings while sending her away. Additionally, A'Yark's clan begins recovering, which is shown by them slaughtering some hapless jawas.]]

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Jedi Master Obi-wan Kenobi would be able to handle most of the issues in this book without difficulty. Desert hermit Ben Kenobi, on the other hand, is far more limited in his options.

* ManipulativeBastard: Orrin is a lower grade version. He's a salesman and his narration shows him using different methods of persuading people to buy what he's selling. One example is when he's trying to bring Ben into the Settler's Call, he notices that Ben disapproves of killing Tuskens and so frames the Call as something that protects people instead of a vehicle for retribution.

** The circumstances of Sharad Hett's joining the Tusken clan have been changed. Originally, he lost himself in the desert voluntarily but was abducted by the Tuskens and gangpressed into the clan before eventually GoingNative. In the novel, A'Yark describes him as trying to join the clan of his own volition and the resulting torment was due to his presumption.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Anakin's role is limited to allusions and mentions in Obi-wan's meditations, but he has a great deal of importance in the story's events. Aside from being the reason Obi-wan is on Tatooine in the first place, [[spoiler:his massacre of the Tusken clan is responsible for both A'Yark's clan's dire straits and the decrease in demand for the Settler's Call that drives Orrin to fabricate Tusken attacks.]]

* UngratefulBastard: Orrin Gault. [[spoiler:After Obi-wan reveals himself to be a Jedi while defeating a krayt dragon that would have killed Orrin, his only response is planning to sell Obi-wan out to the Empire.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Orrin]] owes a lot of money to Jabba the Hutt; Jabba doesn’t appear, but his accountant Moseep Binneed appears to represent him.

* {{Retcon}}: Mosep Binneed using Jabba's name as an alias is a subtle way of reconciling Jabba's pre-''Return of the Jedi'' appearances in the [[ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977 original Marvel comics]], which based Jabba's appearance off the alien extra later established as Mosep.

* ImmuneToMindControl: Obi-Wan attempts to use a Jedi Mind Trick to convince A’Yark to [[spoiler:not kill Jabe]], but A’Yark is having none of it.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Subverted. It looks like Orrin falls to his death when his speeder flies off a cliff, but he survives the fall... [[FateWorseThanDeath and is put to work by the Tuskens]]]].

* ImmuneToMindControl: [[spoiler:Obi-Wan attempts to use a Jedi Mind Trick to convince A’Yark to not kill Jabe, but A’Yark is having none of it]].

* EyepatchOfPower: Tusken Raiders always go masked anyway, but A'Yark only has the use of one eye, so she's jammed a reddish gemstone into the other eyepiece, which gives a similar effect.

* GoingNative: Sand People occasionally use kidnapping to replenish their ranks, but on one occasion, a Jedi left the Order and willingly became a Tusken warlord. Sharad Hett's life is covered elsewhere in the Franchise/StarWarsLegends, but had an impact on A'Yark, Hett's sister-in-law. She believes Ben could be another mighty warlord for her people, and tries to convince him to join them. Ben seriously considers the idea as a way to protect Luke Skywalker covertly.