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141 " Not his penetrating intellect, or his talents with the Force, or his unmatched skills with a lightsaber."-Matthew Stover on Mace Windu "
― Matthew Woodring Stover , Revenge of the Sith (Star Wars: Novelizations, #3)
142 " Now Obi Wan did face him.'Palpatine faced Mace and Agen and Kit and Saesee-four of the greatest swordsmen our order has ever produced. By Himself. Even both of us together wouldn't have a chance.''True,' Yoda said, 'But both of us apart, a chance we might create... "
143 " The man he faced was everything Obi-Wan had devoted his life to destroying: Murderer. Traitor. Fallen Jedi. Lord of the Sith. NAd here, and now, despite it all...Obi-Wan still loved him "
144 " Until this very moment, he had never realized he'd always expected, for no discernible reason --That when he died, Anakin would be with him "
145 " It has to do with a bizarre concept called democracy, in which ruling power is given to whoever is most skillful at directing the herd instincts of the largest masses of their most ignorant citizens— "
― Matthew Woodring Stover , Traitor (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #13)
146 " You are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where the power was but the power you can touch is only a memory "
147 " I know you think I've gone mad. I haven't. What's happened to me is worse.I've gone sane.That's why you'll come, Mace. That's why you'll have to.Because nothing is more dangerous than a Jedi who's finally sane. "
― Matthew Woodring Stover , Shatterpoint (Star Wars: Clone Wars)
148 " This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever:The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain.The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh "
149 " Names are masks, they get in the way. "
― Matthew Woodring Stover , Caine's Law (The Acts of Caine, #4)
150 " She put this in my hand - " For what seemed the dozenth time this day, he found himself blinking back tears. " - and I don't even know what it is.""Precious to her, it must have been," Yoda said slowly. "Buried with her, perhaps it should be."Obi-Wan looked down at the simple, child-like symbols carved into it and felt from it in the Force soaring echoes of transcendent love, and the bleak, black despair of unendurable heartbreak. "
151 " Everything that happens in your life—every single thing—leaves a scar. A permanent scar. You’re not supposed to get over it. To get over something—to erase the mark it left on you—erases part of who you are. "
― Matthew Woodring Stover , Blade of Tyshalle (The Acts of Caine, #2)
152 " You are like a painter gone blind, a composer gone deaf, you can remember where teh power was but the power you can touch is only a memory "
153 " How lovely!" C-3PO exclaimed. "His daughter is the child of Master Anakin and Senator Amidala," he explained to R2-D2. "I can hardly wait to tell her all about her parents! I'm sure she will be very proud -""Oh, and the protocol droid?" Senator Organa said thoughtfully. "Have its mind wiped. "
154 " Obi-Wan looked down. It would be a marcy to kill him.He was not feeling merciful "
155 " He had time to gasp, "You're - you're Anakin Skywalker!" before a fountain of blue-white plasma burned into his chest, curving through a loop that charred all three of his hearts.The Separatist leadership watched in frozen horror as the corpse of the head of the InterGalactic Banking Clan collapsed like a depowered protocol droid."The resemblance," Darth Vader said, "Is deceptive. "
156 " They knew each other better than brothers, more intimately than lovers; they were complementary halves of a single warrior. "
157 " It’s desperate in life to be beloved of God.”“Depends on the God.”“Does it?”“Christ, I hope so.” the horse-witch and Caine "
158 " Obi-Wan looked down. It would be a mercy to kill him.He was not feeling merciful "
159 " Sometimes pain is the only bridge to where you want to go. "
160 " Be not afraid, child. Be what you are. "