User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/THE CHOSEN ONE: First four chapters released!/@comment-2200849-20120929185751/@comment-20644-20120929190106

I agree. A previous version of this draft did start in space, but it just didn't work as well as this way does. This story is from the perspective of Michael Lars, and Michael Lars has never been to space. So it wouldn't make sense to start in space.

Savage also said it very well, capturing the idea in a really great way. As he said, it's "focused less on the problems of an enormous galaxy, but more on the problems of our single person."

I mentioned on this page that the scene is based on the opening of A New Hope. Whereas that had a tiny ship being chased by a massive behemoth of a warship, The Chosen One has one person being chased by a large horde of warriors. It’s the same concept, just on a much smaller scale. I gave you that sense of familiarity, yet different enough to still reel you in and make it different.