u/Kalse1229

This isn't just about whether or not he'll show up in Resonant, and if so in what capacity (although that's also something I'd like to hear if you've got it). I mean in-universe story theories. Who is he, what's his end goal, stuff like that?

So, I have a few theories that I think are fairly solid in terms of likeliness:

-Chester Bless is a pseudonym; his real name is something else.

-Building off of that, the reason for his pseudonym is because he's a former FBC agent.

-He's joined up with another paranatural entity, like Jesse with Polaris.

Those are just what I think are very likely. Some other ideas I have are less solid, but I feel like are possibilities:

-Building off the "former FBC" theory, he has beef with Trench and/or Darling.

-He wants to tear down the FBC over some major ideological differences. He's something of a Northmoor loyalist who's more about the esoteric vs the scientific.

-He has spies within the FBC, including some who were involved in the Prime Candidate Program.

So, here's my theory on how Bless fits into Resonant:

Chester Bless has a messianic complex. He believes he and his parautilitarians are the ones who should be in charge of the world. A case of "You need to give us control so we can protect you." He and his Blessed have been trying to find Objects of Power to bind to, and other parautilitarians to join them. Through his spies in the FBC, he learned about the Faden siblings. Like the FBC, he secretly spied on them. He believed that they're the strongest ones he knew about. He wanted them to be his right hand. Specifically Dylan, because he thought Jesse would be too independent and resistant. He sees Dylan as "the weaker one." The one he could shape to be his successor.

But that's just my theory. What are your theories about Chester? Do you think we'll learn more about him in Resonant?

So, I haven't read all the books and such, so I don't know if it was answered in one of them. But I'm curious, is there a reason for why they're listed numerically? First Brother, Second Sister, etc. It always seemed a bit arbitrary, since it doesn't seem to have anything to do with hierarchy. For example, Trilla is listed as the Second Sister, but she was only a Padawan when the Empire got her. Compare that to others like Fourth Sister, who was a full Jedi by the time she was part of it. And I don't think it's done by the order of when they were taken in, except maybe the Grand Inquisitor, who was an inside man during the Temple massacre.

So, is there any rhyme or reason for their rankings that's been explained somewhere? My own interpretation, unless something comes along to disprove it, is that certain positions are filled in by new Inquisitors based on vacancies. So like, when Trilla was killed, the spot of Second Brother or Sister was up for grabs by up-and-comers in the Inquisitorius.

Again, I could very well have missed something, so I was just curious if there's an explanation somewhere. And if there isn't, what's your theory for why the Inquisitors are listed as such?

Long one, so strap in folks.

So, I've been subbing a few days a week at my old school district (middle and high school specifically). Some days are better than others, but after a year and a half of being out of work made it the best option for me. Occasionally I'll get a class with a few little jackasses, but for the most part I've kept my cool. Until Tuesday that is.

So, for one block (the high school does this thing with "block scheduling" where there's 4 classes a day at about 1:15-1:20, with alternating days for different classes), I was subbing for a film studies elective. And it was for a teacher I had had when I went there, so I didn't think it would be so bad.

Well, right off the bat things did not go as planned. I was given instructions by the teacher to play the film "Double Indemnity" at a certain timestamp. Originally it was going to be the Graduate, but he apparently didn't think the class was mature enough to handle it. Boy how right he was. Anyway, he gave me instructions to watch it on Amazon Prime Video. Unfortunately, Amazon and all its variations are blocked on the school computers for subs, which abide by the same rules it seems. So I couldn't get on it. I also tried Tubi to no avail. Calling in a request at the IT office didn't help, because getting me unblocked was a whole process that would take longer than the class.

So, I'm the type of person who likes to stick to a set structure. Thankfully, teachers tend to give good notes on what to do for their students when they're not here. Some are more detailed than others, but so long as it's something easy to follow, I can usually handle it. But if that structure gets broken and things start going off the rails, it stresses me out. I was getting increasingly frustrated with my inability to play the movie. In the end I ended up playing some clips I could find on YouTube.

But I could have managed that if it weren't for some of the kids being dumb. Specifically there was this trio of boys in the front who were constantly getting on my nerves. Kept interjecting with unhelpful suggestions as I was trying to fix the issue ("Can we watch [insert movie that was definitely not on the curriculum]" several times during class), playing annoying sound effects on their Chromebooks, tattling on other students over basically nothing (saying that two boys in the back were "punching each other" when I could clearly see they were doing a bunch of fist bumps). It got grating.

Unfortunately, I did end up snapping a bit. I'm not sure why this was the comment that got me, but one of them said apropos of nothing "RIP Charlie Kirk." Again, not sure why this one was the one that got me (I'd handled other students saying things like that much better in the past), but I ended up saying this:

"If it makes you feel better, he's probably having a good time in Hell."

Now, I fully understand in retrospect that this was not an appropriate thing to say in front of some high school students. I fully cop to that. The problem is either later that day or the next morning, a few of them ended up complaining about it to administration. I had a half day that day, so I left after that class and was not asked about it before leaving.

Fast forward to Wednesday morning. Here in this part of the state, we use a special sub portal online to accept and manage our sub assignments. Wednesday morning, I got some email notifications that all my upcoming sub assignments had been cancelled. I didn't see this until after 5 in the afternoon, since I don't work on Wednesdays (I do a side thing for extra cash on days I'm not subbing), but I thought this was weird. I tried to log onto the sub portal, but it locked me out of my account, saying that it was something the administration did. I mentioned this to my mom, who said it was weird, and that I should definitely call HR about it.

So, this morning (or yesterday morning now I suppose) I called HR. I asked them about it, and they pulled up my file. They said my comment during the film class had gotten some student complaints (although the quote was now something along the likes of "Charlie Kirk can rot in Hell," although in fairness it doesn't make much of a difference at this stage), and as such, they suspended me pending further explanation. I admitted to the person I was talking to that I "probably shouldn't have said that," and that it was a stress-related outburst given everything that had gone wrong in that class. She said that "this makes my job a lot easier" getting my own statement on the matter so soon, but that I probably won't be getting any answers on what to do next until early next week (my district didn't use all our snow days this year, so we got Friday-today-off in addition to Memorial Day).

And now I was freaking out about it. I talked about it with my mom (who is also a teacher) and my best friend (who's a sub in another district). My mom suggested I talk to one of the members of the administrative staff (formerly a teacher) who's a longtime family friend. She went to college with my mom, I'd sometimes hang out with her son when we were in school together, etc. Not sure what her current job is, but I think it's some sort of counseling. So my mom gave me her number and I talked with her.

The family friend said that she completely understands how something like this would happen. I shouldn't have said what I did, but she can understand how a frustrating series of events could lead up to it. She even said that when I mentioned I said something I shouldn't have and it got me in trouble, and I told her what I said, she admitted that she was "expecting something far worse" for the reaction everyone had had. Obviously she's not one of the administrative staff who make the kinds of calls on this situation, but she suggested I talk to someone on the administrative staff and explain my side of the story. But she warned me that with school winding down, everyone in the main office was getting extremely busy, so I might not hear back right away.

Fortunately, we have a few friends in the district. When I relayed this to my mom, she knew exactly who I should talk to. One of my sisters graduated last year, but she had had a hard time over the four years. But one of the Vice Principals took a liking to her and helped keep an eye on her in that time, which my sister and mom were very grateful for. She even came to my sister's graduation party. For my part, I'd met her a few times in passing, so she knows who I am.

So, I called her. I got her voicemail, so I left a message saying that I'm my sister's brother, that I was hoping we could talk, and left her my number to call me back. Unfortunately, as of my typing this she has not called me back. But this is to be expected. Again, it's a busy time of year, and we've got the four day weekend. So I probably won't hear anything back until Tuesday at the latest.

With all that said, right now I'm just freaking out. I'm embarrassed that I let the students get to me and I said what I said. I fully understand regardless of my political beliefs, it was an inappropriate thing to say in front of the kids. It's just been a hard time, and I really don't want to lose this job. I've been worrying so much that it keeps making me feel slightly sick, and the fact we've got the four day weekend for me to stew on this is really not helping matters. I've basically been flip-flopping between sickening worry and cautious optimism.

The cautious optimism part is because, according to my friend, the fact that they only suspended me pending investigation as opposed to outright firing me means that it's not a done deal. My mom agrees. They both think that if I can just explain my side of things to administration, apologize, and promise not to do anything like that again, I'll be able to keep this job. Especially since I've otherwise been doing very well up to this point, with other teachers praising me for how I handle their classes. Plus, I wasn't alone in this class. There was a girl with Down's Syndrome in there, so she had a teacher's aide who was trying to help me during the class. And she did her best trying to help me with the computer stuff. After class, she even spoke to the trio of boys giving me a hard time, and basically saying that stuff like how they behaved is why the teacher didn't think they were mature enough for the Graduate. Before I left, I asked her to tell their teacher that I tried my best to keep a handle on things. So my hope is that she'll back me up. I don't think she would've reported me for my comment, since the HR lady said it was some students, and she didn't seem to know before I said anything that there was a TA in the class. So for right now I'm really hoping she has my back on this one.

So yeah. I just needed to rant about all this and get my feelings out. I probably won't know any more until school comes back on Tuesday, and the whole thing just has me filled with anxiety and dread. My mom and friend both suggested I try not to worry about it too much. They both know how shitty I feel about the whole thing. My mom said that everyone says stupid things they shouldn't from time to time, and just take it as it comes. And I'm trying to keep positive about it. Like I said, all hope is not lost. And I have a pretty busy weekend ahead of me. Like tomorrow, where I'm going to go see the Mandalorian and Grogu with my grandfather. She thinks we both could use it right now (my grandfather's been going through his own stuff at the moment, but that's a completely different story).

If you read this far, thanks for hearing out my anxiety-ridden rantings at this early hour of the morning. I really need to go to bed. Maybe I'll feel better about all of this after a good night's sleep.

I know it’s way too soon to be thinking of what’s next for Respawn after Jedi 3, but we’re still waiting for that game and it’s fun to speculate. Besides, I don’t think they’re done with Star Wars after Jedi 3 anyway. It’s not even out yet, and they’re already doing another Star Wars game with Zero Company.

Anyway, what I’m thinking about is a spiritual successor to the Jedi games. If you got to choose what a new Jedi-like series we’d get from them, what would you want it to be about?

Personally, I’d do a trilogy that’s sort of a reimagining of the old Jedi Knight games. Those were well before my time, so I think it’d be cool if they took elements of those games and reintroduced them into modern canon. In the first game, you’d play as Kyle Katarn (played by Liam McIntyre) as a rookie intelligence officer for the Rebellion. Flashbacks throughout would show his time with the Empire. Early on while on a mission, he finds an old lightsaber that he steals from an Imperial base. After he’s forced to flee, he begins having visions of an old Jedi master named Qu Rahn (Christopher Judge). Because of his connection to the saber, the ghost of Rahn starts warning him of a program called “Project: Dark Trooper.” It’s being headed by a hotheaded Imperial commander (Eric Winters) and his more calculating lieutenant Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito). The idea is that Kyle is way more of a scrub compared to Cal, and will use more in the way of blasters and other gizmos in addition to his saber combat.

That’s just me though. If you were in charge of making a spiritual successor to the Jedi games, what would you have it be about?