>It is Cephiro from MKR, except with a somewhat higher
>tech level to accommodate the events of the canon Utena series
>(cars, telephones, computers). Kind of "what if Cephiro were a bit
>more like Autozam", if you've read/watched MKR2. As for who
>the Pillar is and what bearing that has on Utena's situation, that's
>very relevant - too relevant to tell you. :) It's all plotted and in
>development, though we won't get to it for a little while yet.

Just got done re-reading the first two movements of SotS, and had a thought...
The Pillar is, more-or-less tied to Cephiro as far as wants/desires go (which is why, if I recall correctly, all the badness happenned in the original series).

what if Utena is the pillar?
She leaves Cephiro...and everyone forgets her??
Not only that, but every time she dreams of one of her schoolmates, they get pulled over? (as pointed out elsewhere in the thread, just because we haven't seen Anthy yet, doesn't mean she's not in this world)

I seriously expect an answer of "we're not answering this" from the writers/editors (if any answer at all), but I wanted to get this all down, since I have just finished re-reading (that would make it the..hmmm...third, I believe, complete re-read so far :)