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Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1) QUOTES

Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1) QUOTES

1 " You can’t be friends with a droid. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

2 " He's heard tales of the Clone Wars -tales spoken by his own father. He knows how war goes. It's not many wars, but just one, drawn out again and again, cut up into slices so it seems more manageable. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

3 " VADER LIVES. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

4 " Even a small group of people can change the galaxy. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

5 " The droid stands up. Servomotors whir as it regards its repaired arm—an arm that’s not so much an arm as it is an astromech leg. It spins the leg around, slow at first, then faster and faster until it’s just a blur. “THIS IS NOT MY ARM.” “I know, Bones. Sorry.” “THIS IS AN ASTROMECH LEG.” “No, no, I know.” “ASTROMECHS ARE INFERIOR. THEY ARE BEEPING BOOPING TRASH CANS. I AM MADE INFERIOR BY THE INCLUSION OF THIS NON-ARM. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

6 " And the New Republic or the New-New Republic or the Republic We Got This Week will clamp down hard and then those people with the so-called better way will become the brave rebel alliance and the Republic will become the enemy and the wheel will turn once more. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

7 " War is not a state of being. It is meant to be a temporary chaos between periods of peace. Some want it to be a course of things: a default fact of existence. But I will not let that be so. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

8 " In the darkness, a red lightsaber rises from its hilt. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

9 " Stormtroopers were literally supposed to be within the same range of height and weight in part because of exactly that—he wasn’t joking when he said he was too tall to be a stormtrooper. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

10 " Thanks, Darth Obvious. Or is it Emperor Palpable? "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

11 " If ever she is to die, it should be out here, in space. Born from stardust, returned to stardust. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

12 " And the lone Jedi that exists—the son of Anakin Skywalker—possesses an untouchable soul. At least for now. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

13 " The tyrant Palpatine is dead. But the fight isn’t over. The war goes on even as the Empire’s power diminishes. But we are here for you. Know that wherever you are, no matter how far out into the Outer Rim you dwell, the New Republic is coming to help. Already we’ve captured dozens of Imperial capital ships and Destroyers— "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

14 " Bones!” Temmin says, throwing his arms around the droid. “I PERFORMED VIOLENCE,” the droid warbles. Jas wonders if that’s pride she hears in the thing’s discordant voice. “ROGER-ROGER. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

15 " If one wants power, one must take it. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

16 " Food for the native Ewoks. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

17 " He staggers through the forest. The burning forest. Bits of brush smoldering. A stormtrooper helmet nearby, charred and half melted. A small fire burns nearby. In the distance, the skeleton of an AT-AT walker. Its top blown open in the blast, peeled open like a metal flower. That burns, too. Bodies all around. Some of them are faceless, nameless. To him, at least. But others, he knows. Or knew. There—the fresh-faced officer, Cerk Lormin. Good kid. Eager to please. Joined the Empire because it’s what you did. Not a true believer, not by a long stretch. Not far from him: Captain Blevins. Definitely a true believer. A froth-mouthed braggart and bully, too. His face is a mask of blood. Sinjir is glad that one is dead. Nearby, a young woman: He knows her face from the mess, but not her name, and the insignia rank on her chest has been covered in blood. Whoever she was, she’s nobody now. Mulch for the forest. Food for the native Ewoks. Just stardust and nothing. We’re all stardust and nothing, he thinks. An absurd thought. But no less absurd than the one that follows: We did this to ourselves. He should blame them. The rebels. Even now he can hear them applauding. Firing blasters into the air. Hicks and yokels. Farm boy warriors and pipe-fitter pilots. Good for them. They deserve their celebration. Just as we deserve our graves. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

18 " But the battle station was destroyed, Dad! The battle is over!” They just watched it only an hour before. The supposed end of the Empire. The start of something better. The confusion in the boy’s shining eyes is clear: He doesn’t understand what’s happening. But Rorak does. He’s heard tales of the Clone Wars—tales spoken by his own father. He knows how war goes. It’s not many wars, but just one, drawn out again and again, cut up into slices so it seems more manageable. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

19 " You chastise the dark side as if it is an evil path, laughable for its malevolence. But do not confuse it with evil. And do not confuse the light as being the product of benevolence. The Jedi of old were cheats and liars. Power-hungry maniacs operating under the guise of a holy monastic order. Moral crusaders whose diplomacy was that of the lightsaber. The dark side is honest. The dark side is direct. It is the knife in the front rather than one stuck in your back. The dark side is self-interested, yes, but it is about extending that interest outward. To yourself, but then beyond yourself. Palpatine cared about the galaxy. He did not wrest control simply to have power for himself—he already had power, as chancellor. He wanted to take power from those who abused it. He wanted to extend control and safety to the people of all worlds. That came with costs. He knew them and lamented them. But paid them just the same because the dark side understands that everything has a cost, and the cost must always be paid. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)

20 " This isn’t some kind of inspirational story. Some scrappy, ragtag underdog tale, some pugilistic match where we’re the goodhearted gladiator who brings down the oppressive regime that put him in the arena. They get to have that narrative. We are the ones who enslaved whole worlds full of alien inhabitants. We are the ones who built something called a Death Star under the leadership of a decrepit old goblin who believed in the ‘dark side’ of some ancient, insane religion. "

― Chuck Wendig , Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath, #1)