Interview with the General Re: War against the Sith

The story presented here is a tale as old as time. The misunderstanding the reporter displays towards the person of Kenth Ordo, seeing in him another, from their perspective, greater man, is a wonderful allegory for the way we idolize our heroes and try to see them as the paramount examples of the values we hold dear. The following reveal which causes the mask of the reporter to shatter is also brilliantly executed. He is overwhelmed by both confusion as the veil he has cast over his own eyes to see the idealized reality is cast away and the dissonance between his perceived reality and the truth is revealed, and he also feels also a smug superiority that is so emblematic of the human condition, of the desire to feel one's own ego validated through the safety of power over others. Both of these flow together beautifully with the way Kenth is characterized in this piece. At first, he appears hesitant to slip into the role of an idealized hero, struck by the sudden situation he is forced into, but then he recognizes the need for the people to have their hero, and so, reluctantly, he agrees to play that role for them, dooming himself in the process. It is quite the tragic arc he undergoes, but one laden with dramatic tension as the reader is left waiting with bated breath for the moment the facade is pierced.