im sorry, i know, its been said a hundred times, but i think i have evidence nobody's stated before.

this really isn't a spoiler but if you beat the game you can unlock some CG images in a gallery you can look at. images of the guy in the opening FMV are clearly labeled Light Warrior and a CG image of Garland or two are clearly labeled Dark Warrior or soemthing. the CG image of Garland looks just like Garland would as an FMV and it just is him, with titles to support it. thus, the opening fmv guy CANNOT be Garland ever in 2000 years.

that's that. so stop thinking it's garland for god sakes (to those who do, and they're out there...)