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Part of Star Wars character with little time for final notice (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obit

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'final notice' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'part of star wars character with little time' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'part' could be 'bit' (both mean a piece of something) and 'bit' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for obit that I've seen before include "Short version of brief article written about dead person" , "Biographical death notice (abbr)" , "provides announcement of death" , "19d to remember" , "Notice of a person's death" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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