User blog comment:Godzillavkk/Star Craft 3 story ideas./@comment-4817-20181225235157/@comment-4708902-20190119182705

Another thing involving new characters is the issue of fan reception. If you've studied fandoms like I have, you know that new characters are rarely warmly welcomed. But I have just the answer for that.

All the new heroes are hated in universe by the people they protect for "being nothing like the great Jim Raynor", or "disgracing the memory of noble Tassadar" all because they are their own people, not those who came before.

Maybe like the Last Jedi, a theme of 3's campaign is the dangers of romanticizing heroes of the past. Jim may have been a hero, but he helped Mengsk rise and create the Dominion. Tassadar also was a hero, but he destroyed Terran planets. Fans often romanticize long standing franchise heroes, just like how we in real life often romanticize great heroes. For example, modern Egypt considers the Pharaoh Rameses II a But everyone is flawed, and heroes of reality and fiction are no exception. Rameses may have been Egypt greatest Pharoah, but he also owned slaves and probably would not be considered a good person by today's standards.