Quote Originally Posted by Roogle View Post
I agree with this in the sense that I found Vaan, Penelo, and Fran to be unnecessary to the story of the entire game. At the very least, Fran can get a pass by acting as the partner of Balthier, but Vaan and Penelo are completely extraneous to me when one takes into account the political story of the game.
I think I read somewhere in the XII is SW thread that Vaan is comparable to Luke Skywalker. If we base the comparison on role rather than age, I'd say Basch is more comparable to Luke as he is the one who is ever part of the resistance. Vaan was and remains consistently a part of nothing.

I never gave much consideration to Chewbacca in the SW series... like Fran, he's cool, but their presence adds nothing.
Who could I possibly compare Vaan or Penelo to? Can't really think of anyone proper. Comparing Vaan or Penelo to anyone in SW would be insulting SW.