User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/THE CHOSEN ONE: Chapter Two release/@comment-20644-20090216211530

Glad you liked the first two chapters. I understand the criticism that the Shaman of the Whills part didn't feel like Star Wars since it is new, but I still think it fits well. Stuff like this has always existed in Star Wars, but only really mentioned in passing. I see this as an elaboration on source material rather than creating something new and different, but as I said I can certainly see where you're coming from. The storytelling feel is also basically just an elaboration on source material - it's implied that you're basically reading the Journal of the Whills here.

I agree with you that merging the original Chapters 1 and 2 made sense. Solus had suggested to me that I find a way to speed it up and make it seem less like The Phantom Menace, and I had already planned to merge the two before then. After she had suggested that is when I came up with the new elements, although in the interest of giving credit where credit is due I'll say that she was the one who gave me the idea for being arrested at the ship. She had suggested doing it IMMEDIATELY after they left, but there were some things I had to get out of the way first, like Gunray's conversation with Lord Maul.

I was also very happy with the way the new Chapter 2 came out. I went more in depth with Arcadia's POV, which you can see in her thoughts about war. Although it may sound like I'm being preachy there, I don't actually agree with her anti-war stuff. The only thing I agree with is the fake patriotism bit. And, as you said, the battle turned out really well thanks to Edward Oliver's assistance.