User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/CONTENT RELEASE: New short story released, plus updated TCO prologue/@comment-20644-20100301183710

Glad you two enjoyed it, and thanks for the detailed review Wylind!

You're right, that first section wasn't there. That was added to give the beginning of the story a bit more mystery. It wouldn't have fit with the original prologue, come to think of it.

Just to clarify on one of your next points, the Dark Lord never actually speaks. He speaks to Maul through the Force, so you don't see his dialogue. All of the dialogue belongs to Maul.

On that note, you'll notice that I never specify a name for the Dark Lord. That's how it's going to remain. I won't be saying what his name is until at least Episode III, if ever. I think that gives him a more mysterious quality and sort of de-humanizes him to the point where he's more of a presence than an actual man.

Glad to see that it keeps you hooked for TCO too! Just so we're all clarified since this talks about Tatooine and Maul going there, this is just before the duel in the Ophuchi sanctuary in 41 BBY when Annikin Skywalker was born, not the attack on the Ophuchi sanctuary as seen in TCO.