Everybody in Star Wars loves Darth Vader as a bad guy. Is there going to be somebody prevalent in Star Citizen that we actually fall in love with, like Darth Vader?
TL;DRThey can't predict which character players will fall in love with; they try to make every character interesting, note one was a surprise hit, and hope players find characters to attach to.
We'll have to just wait and see. I would say there's no predicting that. There are certainly characters you're going to hope people fall in love with.
That's the thing. A lot of times, it's really hard to predict who is going to hit home. We try to make every character fun and interesting. Tessa, for example, was a surprise hit. I think there's going to be a lot of room for people to discover the characters that they have fun with. And I think there's also going to be a lot of times in the game this focus on seeing the difference between the micro stories and the macro stories. Like, who is this guy, a big operator in the Stanton system who has this small territory under control and he's a big shot there, but if you go a system over, no one really has heard about him. And that's different versus the more empire-wide figures, like Imperator Costigan or something, that you'd be seeing news about across the whole thing. So I think there's hopefully going to be a lot of people that players can attach themselves to and enjoy and meet.