User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/CONTENT RELEASE: New short story released, plus updated TCO prologue/@comment-20644-20100302024815

@MPK - I definitely wanted a departure from Sidious. Darth Sidious was cool and all, but I find the idea of someone who is just a presence, one who can still represent a wholly satanic figure, to be much more frightening and compelling, assuming it's written well.

Good observation.