User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/THE CHOSEN ONE: Chapters 13, 14 and Essential Guide released/@comment-1169345-20091121053913

He experiences more than one manifestation of his fear, whereas the movie only showed one. It created a more diverse and expansive seed for his issues to grow on. He doesn't have just one issue that plagues him, an all too common issue.

That is something Lucas used to great effect. He constantly mirrored the experiences of the Skywalkers. Glad to see it implemented here.

Sarus's pain, rationalisation and sorrow at his comrades being cut down was amazing. The canvas of emotion displayed by his character was excellent writing. Annikin's continued struggle to fight his emotion and come to terms with his destiny is, as ever, great. Obi-wan's was the weakest of the trio. Maul and Lilith's twisted and demented emotions of pleasure and anger rounded out the experience and allowed me to enjoy it more than having to constantly contemplate what Annikin and the others were feeling. It brought release and enjoyment to an otherwise dark part of the book.

I found it realistic, but I felt that a part of him should have been happy to be destined for something great. Most people would be happy to be able to live a life "greater than an ordinary citizen", and the "totally sweet" response was missing, though those aren't necessarily needed. I think you did a great job bringing realism to it.