When I read "Children of the Jedi", I could almost relate to Callista. And about the time when I realized what was goin' on between her and Luke... well, I found my book mirror-image. (And she's this computer person, too.)
But then again, what she did and her attitude is not exactly anything that someone would enjoy to be. Not Luke material. Trading bodies and then dumping him later on is also a bad issue. Suddenly the cool girl Luke loved is a bitc...
I really wanna know people's reactions to Callista, good or bad. So, please email me (kaywookiee@hotmail.com) and just tell me whatcha think! This is gonna be a Callista discussion page, mainly.
I don't like Callista, at all! I think it's kind of selfish to take
someone's body to be with someone you love, and then to leave that
person, just because you don't have the Force.
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I liked her in the books but became really irritated with her when she
dumped Luke. I felt so sorry for him, especially in the end when he
goes back to Coruscant, sees Leia's and Han's kids and thinks he'll
never get married or have a family. I hated Callista for making him
feel so miserable!
After that I began to think Mara Jade was a serious possibility. I know
she wanted to kill him, but there was (and still is) a real chemistry
between those two. It's because they weren't both lovey dovey, they
have strong personalities of their own, that I think they're right for
each other. After all, Mara is a bit like Leia and Luke was interested
in her for awhile.
-Azina-
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Her name is cool, but that's as far as cool goes with her.
I didn't like her from the start. She was just to goody twoshoes and
it was always me me me me. She was always telling Luke that he had to
be the 'Jedi Master' and not have any fun. As for her dumping him, all
I have to say about that is "HE'S BETTER OFF WITHOUT HER!" Anyone that
would dump HIM for such stupid reasons doesn't deserve to be in his
presence. I also think that Mara Jade and he would make a great pair.
I can just picture loving little arguments and constant teasing. She
would be very good for Luke. He needs to have a little more fun in
life. (hint hint: in other words, the writers are getting on my nerves
with the way they treat my precious Lukie.)
-Jenica-
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I don't really like Callista, I didn't like the body switching
thing, and I didn't like how she left Luke. I always thought Mara
would be a good choice for Luke, I know that she tried to kill him,
but there is such a thing as forgiveness. Also the age difference
didn't go well with me either. Well, I don't care how Luke's
love life goes, I'd like to see him get a happy ending without
ending up alone all his life.
-Mara-
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Callista is a really stupid person. I know she didn't know that she was
going to lose her Force powers, but still, she and Luke had a good thing
going, up until that point. A thing about couples is that they go
through bad times as well as good ones, and usually work things out.
This was just a bad time, and even if she never gets her powers back,
she shouldn't have been so selfish about them. They could have worked
it out. Even Luke wanted to work it out. He told her that he didn't
care, but, of course, Callista doesn't care. I don't think she was even
listening to him. So first, she makes him think she's dead(After I
think about this, I hope you've Darksaber and Planet of Twilight), she
tells him she's not dead, but has to go on her own odysessy. Then she
resurfaces for a bit, they see each other and in a final farewell, they
wave to each other! Why couldn't they at least get the nerve up to say
goodbye face to face. No, they just stand there looking like idiots
waving at each other. I wanted to kill both of them!! When someone
offers you unconditional love, you take it!
I don't think Mara Jade and him would go well
together, please don't ask me why. I think they should create yet
another character, who finally, in the end, does get Luke.
-Penny-
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I don't like her. I liked her at first in the book because I hoped that Luke and her
coud be together. But go from Luke because her Force powers were gone it just
to silly. I mean had Callista loved Luke coud nothing in the wold make her go.
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I agree with everyone. I liked Callista in Children, but after that,
forget it! She was waaaaaay too posessive of Luke. He and Mara would
be way better because they already act like an old married couple, they
fight constantly, they both deny they like each other...and Mara's the
opposite of Luke. I think that Callista places too much value and
importance on how Luke is a Jedi Master, and that he needs to be with
someone who is special..blah blah blah...she's sort of a snob. Mara
couldn't care less if Luke was a Jedi Master or a nerfherder! Go to the
Star Wars Fan Fiction Page: http://www.fanfix.com.
Check out Successor to the Dark Side, by Kelly Frieders, under the New
Republic section. Kelly's theory is that Callista is actually a
combination of Cray and Callista: Call's memories, with Cray's
personality.
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i do not like Callista at all!!! i hated her the second i first read about
her! come on , she is a GHOST in a COMPUTER!!! whats the deal with that? it
also pissed me off that she ends up leaving him in Planet of Twilight. oh and
in the Children of the Jedi there is this line that i do not understand.
"...in the aftermath of loving..." blah blah blah. what is that supposed to
mean?? help me out here.
if i made up the perfect girl for Luke she would of course have to be Force
sensative and pretty and smart. I really don't think Luke would ever marry a
blonde (which sucks for me since i am one) but it is possible. Do you think a
girl that looked like Gwenyth Paltrow would be good? if this gal looks like
Gwenyth and was buff and smart and tough etc. i think that would be a pretty
good match.
-Roth-
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I
would like to see someone write a novel where Callista falls to the dark
side. Luke and Mara would team up to oppose her, and would be forced to
kill her by the end of the novel then they would live happily ever
after.
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I´d like to defend Callista as there obviously isn´t anybody else who
will do so...
-Natalie-
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When I read Children of the Jedi, really, really, really, wished I could be
Callista. Then I read Darksaber and I was sooooo mad at her. I was
depressed for days, really! Finally, I sorta got over it, but I made up a new
story that helped me out. I sad that the person in Children of the Jedi was
actually named Calista, and that when she was in the escape pod on her way
down to the planet, she got caught in a tractor beam from Callista's (her evil
clone) ship. Callista took her place, thinking that eventually she could
convince Luke to help her take over the galaxy, since he was a powerful Jedi
that was in love with her (sort of, I know this is confusing) and she left him
at the end of Darksaber when she realized it wouldn't work. Later, Calista
and Luke are reunited, Callista is somehow destroyed, and Calista and Luke get
married and live happily ever after or something like that. I know it's a
dumb story, but that's okay. Anyway, all my friends call me Calista now, and
I like that. I guess that's all I really wanted to say. Gotta stop now, I'm
watching SW: ANH, and Luke's on there right now. Bye!
-not sure-
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I hate Callista!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never liked her she doesn't think about anyone but her poor pitiful self. I don't understand why she had to leave Luke. So what if she couldn't use the Force, Luke said he didn't care. Besides Han and Leia are happily married and what's this : Han isn't using the Force!!! I wonder how they have a happy life. Leia on occasion uses her Force powers while Han does zip. But anyways, I'm glad she left Luke (but I don't like the mental scars) I think Mara Jade is a perfect match for Luke. In Darksaber Mara said she was begining to look forward in seeing him although killing him sounds good sometimes. Come on Mara and Luke are just like Han and Leia in the SW Trilogy. And if not Mara, can someone bring Luke's friend Camie out of Tatooine????????
In a future novel I'd like to see Callista dead!!!
-Joker-
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Callista is not a bad person, It's what kevin J. anderson has done to
her that really sort of disappointed us all in having Callista just
leave Luke. Then again there wasn't really any way to keep her around
seeing as there were books following that did not mention her at all.
In my view Barbra Hambly did an excelent job in creating the character,
especially in 'planet of twilight'. She really is a very knowledgable
person and if the books permitted it I don't thing it would be terrible
for Luke and Callista to be together, under the condition of forgetting
that she even ran away.
-Leah
I just think you all misunderstood her intentions and way of dealing
with the situation... of course she was upset about the loss of her
powers, but I think she is anything but selfish, because I believe the
main reason for her to leave Luke was that she didn´t want him to
suffer... I mean she realized that their relationship wouldn´t be the
same without her Jedi powers, and that Luke wouldn´t be satisfied with
this state for too long... he probably would hide his feelings about
that from her, but I understand she wouldn´t want to bear that he stays
with a woman who can´t return his love in the same way as he does... she
is in a very strong dilemma, and I suppose it is a great sacrifice of
her to leave the man she loves... I think it's the best way to show
someone that you really care... by not making him lead an unsatisfactory
(love)life.
