User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/THE CHOSEN ONE: Chapter 6 released!/@comment-29301-20130403002010

Spoilers and stuff. I don't have a huge lot of words, but whatever.

I liked the intensity of Chapter 5. As the end of 4 I didn't expect the actual crashing of the ship (and aftermath thereof) to be a big deal at all, but the whole affair was surprisingly exciting and visceral; instead of in (for instance) TPM where the ship's kinda damaged and needs repairs, we've got something with as much impact as any of the movies' opening action scenes - these people have been screwed up. Simultaneously, we're nicely reminding of how vulnerable our protagonist is, and the chapter's theme that Michael is being drawn to the scene of the crash by his memories and preconscious desires also helps.

Chapter 6 was better than I expected it to be because it didn't do what I expected of it. When I picked up on its opening - that Michael's woken up in the cave with Ben - I figured that the scene would just consist of Ben telling Michael about where he's from and what's going on, that he's a Jedi, and all the obligatory exposition that needs to happen in fanfiction when the non-Jedi protagonist meets a Jedi. That he doesn't, but rather tries to make himself seem inconspicuous and tell as little as possible, serves to deepen the intrigue and remind us that Michael hasn't necessarily gained a new buddy with superpowers who will do whatever he says - he's gonna have to work to figure out what's going on.