User blog comment:The Milkman/ME3 Predictions/@comment-211.30.44.215-20120209102720/@comment-3061137-20120212233626

I see James Vega existing for two reasons, to give a valid excuse to go over all the events of the last two games as well as re-introduce characters and he's there is even out the crew roles, if you saved kaden then you have no soldier on the squad.