Episode IV: A New Hope
If we restricted the characters to the closest Starfinder classes that their character concepts come closest to, how would that affect the story? Assume the setting is otherwise the same, same planets same Star Wars Galaxy, but in place of the Jedi and the Sith and other Force users we have magic and the three classes Mystic, Solarian, and Technomancer. Which character classes come the closest to Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, just as a fun exercise in our imagination? I think both Luke and Darth have abilities that more closely match the Mystic Spell list Mystics have telekinetic abilities among their spell lists and that is what Force users typically use as well as their mind powers. So lets say Obi Wan Kenobi was a Mystic hermit living out on the desert under the twin suns of Tatooine. Lets start with the opening scene after the credits We have this Star Destroyer chasing down this smaller ship a Corellian Corvette the Tantive IV. The Star Destroyer disables she ship's power plant, two droids R2D2 and C3PO escape in an escape pod. These two characters are mechanicals, they are called "droids" but I think under the Starfinder definition, it would be more accurate to call them robots rather than Androids. C3PO comes closest to being an Android, but he is obviously made of metal. There is the question of what level Mystic to make Darth Vader, mostly he has telepathic and telekinetic abilities and he is good with a light saber? Darth Vader would have a lot more magical abilities if he were a Mystic than he had as merely a Sith Lord presumably he is a rather high level character otherwise he wouldn't be a Sith Lord, and he has been around for Three prior Episodes, so I will assume he is at the top of his game, just a bit lower in level than the Emperor himself. He tries to interrogate Leia and finds out that the plans to the Death Star is in a droid. Darth promptly sends his storm troopers down to the surface to look for it. the Jawas pick up the droids and sell them Beru and Lars Owen. For some reason the Stormtroopers are slow to pick up the trail even with Darth's magical assistance.
