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1 " Han Solo.A legend of the Rebellion against the Empire. Trader, pirate, con man, and fighter extraordinaire. It was hard to believe he was real, Finn thought. Solo was history come to life. "
― Alan Dean Foster , The Force Awakens (Star Wars: Novelizations, #7)
2 " She needed him. And he was nowhere to be found. There was no else she could rely on. No one like her brother. No one else at all. "
3 " There was a freshness about her that the surrounding harsh landscape had failed to eliminate "
4 " The belonging you seek is not behind you. It is ahead. "
5 " But ... this will begin to make things right. "
6 " First comes the day Then comes the night. After the darkness Shines through the light. The difference, they say, Is only made right By the resolving of gray Through refined Jedi sight. —Journal of the Whills, 7:477 "
7 " It is you,” Ren murmured. His words unsettled her: Not for the first time, he seemed to know more about her than she did about herself. "
8 " That was her life, Rey reflected: a succession of anxious moments, interrupted only by the novelty of occasional panic. "
9 " If there was one thing a competent fighting force did not need, Hux knew, it was unforeseen outbursts of individuality. "
10 " She finally managed to free her fingers from his. “I know how to run without you holding my hand! "
11 " Chewie, we’re home, "
12 " you just performed the improbable by doing the impossible. "
13 " When people don’t have access to facts, they invent what they’d like to believe, or what they think others would like to hear. "
14 " With a shock, the trooper who had arrived to render aid to his fallen comrade recognized the one whose life was now bleeding out inside his armor. They had trained together. Shared meals, stories, experiences together. Now they were sharing death together. "
15 " Never underestimate a droid, "
16 " Hearing his howls of outrage, a pair of stormtroopers crossing at the far end of the access hallway changed course to investigate. What they saw within the cell as bits and pieces of red-hot debris came flying out caused them to retreat the way they had come—fast. "
17 " Oh really? You’re cold? "
18 " The trooper spoke while staring nervously down the corridor. “Because it’s the right thing to do.” Poe shook his head, not buying it for a second. “Buddy, if we’re gonna do this, we have to be honest with each other.” The trooper stared at him for a long moment. “I need a pilot. "
19 " Those who had led the rebellion had under-estimated the deeply buried desire of far too large a proportion of the population who simply preferred to be told what to do. Much easier it was to follow orders than to think for oneself. So everyone had argued and debated and discussed. Until it was too late. "
20 " Without the Jedi, there can be no balance in the Force, and all will be given over to the dark side. "