User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/THE CHOSEN ONE: Chapter 12 release/@comment-20644-20091008235257

Wylind:

I'm glad you think I'm doing a good job in making it feel like Star Wars, and I'm glad you're really enjoying my take on the story. IMO, it's hard to find a good alternate universe novel for SW, since it usually ends up being fan wankery. This is especially true when it's an AU of one of the movies. If I'm succeeding in this regard, then it's because I'm really trying to make it as realistic as possible.

Like some AU fan fic writers, maybe not a majority but definitely some, would have had Annikin immediately say YAY THIS IS AWESOME I'M SUPER AMAZING when he found out about his destiny. My Annikin is going to have a hard time coming to terms with it. In fact, he probably never will come to terms with it. He may accept the possibility, like Sarus suggested, but I really can't see any reasonable person accepting the idea that they're the savior of an entire galaxy.