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1 " He’s evil in a can. "
― John Jackson Miller , A New Dawn (Star Wars)
2 " Kanan thumped his chest. “I’m a man with a mission.”“You’re an oaf with a delusion. "
3 " So he’d done more of the same. He’d drunk to forget. He’d brawled to let off steam. He’d taken the dangerous jobs to fund his lifestyle – and then began it all again. He wasn’t some chivalrous nomad, skulking from planet to planet doing good deeds and leaving when things got too hot. No, left when the bar-owner’s daughter suddenly wanted to marry him. Kanan didn’t leave because the Empire moved in: He’d stared down Imperials like Vidian before and lived. They knew he was something to ignore. No, he left because where the Empire went, fun usually died. "
4 " All interstellar empires rose and fell, ultimately, on their ability to deliver on this one simple, unexciting thing: logistics. "
5 " Then go faster. But don’t go stupid. "
6 " But the Jedi had a saying about fear. It leads, ultimately, to suffering." Hera paused. "Someone has to break the chain. "
7 " Why do I always have to be right? "
8 " This ends now, gunslinger. Draw your weapon. "
9 " But seeing and doing nothing isn’t the worst thing,” Hera had said. “The worst thing is to see and not to care. "
10 " Or maybe it’s time for people to be their own Jedi. They weren’t gods — just people like us, who saw a need. If they could find a way, I’m sure we can. "
11 " The Jedi had always preached against forming connections, to prevent their acolytes from putting too much value in any one relationship. In so doing, they had unwittingly trained their students to be the perfect fugitives, able to cut and run at any moment. As long as they didn’t stop to care, they could go on indefinitely. "
12 " It was the secret of advancement in the service: Always be on the side of what is going to happen anyway. "
13 " I need you to fly like a Wookiee whose hair is on fire – and who thinks everybody lit the match. "
14 " The Jedi Order was more than an unpaid police force, more than just an exercise club that was into metaphysics. It was a way of life, based on the Jedi Code—and a lot of rules for living that weren’t in the Code, that had been tacked on later. One was that Jedi avoided becoming involved in romantic relationships. Once on the run, Kanan Jarrus had found that rule pretty easy to forget about. "
15 " That’s why the Emperor needs an Empire, Kanan. It’s like a space slug, whose only function is to stay alive. It’s got to consume, and consume, and consume. "
16 " In theory, say you did have thousands of people—no, thousands of systems—enraged at a hypothetical Galactic Empire in a faraway galaxy. But they’re all upset over local matters, over particular grievances, and they never get together on anything. So they get no strength in numbers, no strategic advantages from cooperation. They’re easy to divide and conquer. And worst of all, no common spirit ever develops. "
17 " I don’t take orders from you.” Then Skelly looked out the landing bay entrance at Cynda. He winked. “I saved you, sweetheart!” He pushed the button. "
18 " It’s good to have an ally in the military who understands what I’m doing. "
19 " Travel light, and death will never find you. "
20 " The mind is a dynamo in the dark, an engine endlessly running, powering nothing. It thrashes in the night, seeking daylight, inventing its own. "
