Dramatis Personae : Luke Skywalker, Kess Lendra, Wedge Antilles, Yana Dietrich, Nik Lendra, Gina Lendra, Leia Organa Solo, Ren Entada, Tayla, Ben, Chewbacca, Threepio, and, as always, Artoo.
Rating : M Mature. Language. Alcoholism. Prostitution. Adult Topics.
Length: Full novel.
Summary:
I'm writing this to keep the fingers on the keyboard and cleanse the literary palate between original projects. The ultimate *writer's* goal is to help the Jedi and family recover from that brutal war enough to establish them in a new home and routine - from which I can launch stand-alone novels and shorts with plots focusing entirely on the Jedi missions of the New Order.
There is some fun stuff in it, and a few life lessons, but LL6 is not going to win any awards. It is not yet edited, not really strong on plot, no real action sequence, no iconic antagonist, and no one dies. This one is about the Jedi and family overcoming everyday problems: alcoholism, PTSD, survivor's guilt, money, work, schedule, bureaucracy, bad habits, politics, jealousy, low confidence, and the frustrations of raising children; about missing the old gang so much that you don't realize you're already surrounded by a new gang, and that the best way to be a Jedi - even when you don't have any Force powers at all - is by pulling people closer and *making* them family.
Music
LL6 Ch 1 - Tayla's Cheap Thrills / Running through the streets of Coruscant = "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack #1 by AR Rahman & M.I.A.
LL6 Ch 31 & 32 - Confessions/Tea & Pie = Hammock - I Could Hear The Water At The Edge Of All Things
Cast of Characters and their Living Look-a-Likes
Luke = Mark
Leia = Carrie
Wedge = Dennis
Chewie = Peter
Artoo = Kenny
Threepio = Tony
Kess Lendra = Julia Stiles (not really a close fit, but she's the closest I can find)
Nik Lendra = Karl Urban
Yana Deitrich = (still looking) Amy Adams maybe? But quiet, serious, and shy.
Tayla = (still looking)
Gina Lendra = (still looking) She looks like Sam Baldwin's late wife in Sleepless in Seattle.
Ben Lendra = a seven-year-old Ewan McGregor/Mark Renton-in-training.
Garyn = Tricia Helfer (Number 6 on BSG)
Ren Entada = Jack Davenport (Commander Norrington from Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (but not the what the character ended up as in the sequels))
Questah = Mayim Bialik (more like the actress herself than Amy Fowler of The Big Bang Theory) (Thank you, Reader Questah, for helping me create this character.)
Grand Moff Jakobi = Derek Jakobi (Senator Gracchus in Gladiator)
Raól = the political-operative, secretary bad-ass from Kalfona : Escape the Aviary.