A Response to "Was I playing Star Wars?"

by Alex Weitzman

To answer your question quite simply, Mr. Pliska, no, you were not. Yes, some of your analogies were correct, like Locke/Solo and the deaths of the Emperors. However, you're mistaken in several different areas.

First, let's talk about magic. To an extent, that is true, but there's a big difference. The Force was held by those humans that could master such. Magic was an "Esper thing". While Jedi knights were still human, magic was for a completely different race. Celes was artificially given her powers. Terra is half an Esper, limiting her powers than if she were a pure Esper. The wiping out of the Espers was simply genocide.

Now, Celes. All that was said was "Celes can easily be compared to Leia." How? That's the only mentioning of the subject. Is she the Leia of the story because she's in love with the Solo? If that's the only reason, then there's a lot missing from your remembrance of her character. Leia was a strong woman who led a rebellion against an evil Empire. Celes was far more demure and sensitive, while Leia almost shut out feelings in her attempts to succeed against her enemies. If Leia is like any character, she's more in tune with Sonic The Hedgehog's Princess Sally Acorn. Celes just doesn't fit that description.

Another character incongruity: Kefka to Vader. Vader was a good person once. He was Anakin Skywalker, and the Dark Side of the Force swayed him to become a cold-hearted villain, who cared nothing of the people he killed. Anakin was reachable, however, as proved in "Return of the Jedi". Kefka is nothing like that. Though we have very little clues to Kefka's past, we can safely say that, as opposed to Vader's villainy, Kefka was just pure madness and chaos. He looked not for personal gain, but rather ultimate destruction. REASONLESS ultimate destruction. Kefka could not be reached.

One or two more things. The idea of the rebel buildup was never first created from Star Wars. Heck, hail the patent to the American Revolution. It is a natural following for rebellion to spread, because rebellion is just a signal of change. Wiegraf said it best, "A rock may cause a small ripple at first, but it grows to a larger one in time." I know I screwed up the quote, but the meaning is still there.

Also, about the relation of the Light of Judgment to the Death Star: The Death Star is a ship. The Light of Judgment is a destructive energy beam. 'Nuff said.

This plot is original. It takes base from other sources, to be sure, but most fiction does. That's all that I need to say, so goodnight and send Ultros a memo. He IS a receptionist, after all.

Original Editorial: Was I playing Star Wars?