As I was reading through the litany of comments on yesterday's post, I started to think about how much a part our personal styles comprise our Star Wars 'personality.' First off, it seems sort of odd that any of us have a personality based on fictional works, but it is hardly more surprising than the people who actually can give reasons for why they are in Ravenclaw in their imaginary Hogwarts world.

I think this entire site is a testament to the SW personalities and of course there will be differences of opinion because that is how real life works.

I, personally, am a very strange 'personality.' Most of that comes from being a fanfic writer because, in order to keep my characterization consistent, I understand each character in a certain way. As a result, my portrayals often have a unique flair, such as Qui-Gon Jinn having very Mormon ideas of modesty or Leia forgiving her father based on a quote about penitence from Lance B. Wickman.

People say that they can often tell which religion I am. I grew up not really knowing Star Wars, but as soon as I was 'in the know,' my mom explained to me her ideas on how the Force relates to religion. When I got to my senior exam in Modern Theology at Lexington Christian Academy, the topic was "The Force is Not God." No, I did not create the essay topic. It was just an exam held on the same day that The Phantom Menace came out. Sure, I've probably thought way too hard about how my spiritual life can reflect the "Jedi way," but I feel as if I've been enriched by that comparison.

There is nothing wrong with having a Star Wars personality. Nothing at all. There is nothing wrong with our coming at the same subject from entirely different viewpoints.

Where would we be if, for example, a man from LA had never used his experience with self-possessed Valley girls to make the best fanfilm series of all time?

Would you like to have had Aaron Allston and Michael Stackpole write the X-wing series in the exact same way, so that Corran Horn and Kell Tainer were indistinguishable?

Heck, if we're going to talk about diversity, what about that crazy guy George Lucas who took sci-fi to a level never seen before? How did he dare to write a story on principles of Joseph Campbell?

All I'm saying is that there is more value in our diversity than in our ability to side against each other.