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Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2) QUOTES

Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2) QUOTES

1 " All hail the light, the dark, and the grey. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

2 " The Empire must fall. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

3 " ALL ARE WELCOME. (NO FIGHTING.) That rule is simple on the surface, but not easy in the execution, because Maz Kanata's castle has been a meeting place since time immemorial-- a nexus point drawing together countless lines of allegiance and opposition, a place not only where friend and foe can meet, but where complex conflicts are worn down flat so that all may sit, have a drink and a meal, listen to a song, and broker whatever deals their hearts or politics require. That's why the flags outside her castle represent hundreds of cities and civilizations and guilds from before forever. The galaxy is not now, nor has it ever been, two polar forces battling for supremacy. It has been thousands of forces: a tug-of-war not with as ingle rope but a spider's web of influence, dominance, and desire. Clans and cults, tribes and families, governments and anti-governments. Queens, satraps, warlords! Diplomats, buccaneers, droids! Slicers, spicers, ramblers, and gamblers! To repeat: ALL ARE WELCOME. (NO FIGHTING.) "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

4 " if there’s one mystical energy that powers the galaxy, it’s not the Force. It’s pure, unadulterated irony. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

5 " how do you steal a Republic? By convincing its people that they cannot govern themselves—that freedom is their enemy and that fear is their ally. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

6 " This is a terrible plan,” he says to Han Solo—Solo, who crouches down so as not to be seen. Han Solo, the jerk. The very handsome, very charismatic jerk. “And I hate you very much. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

7 " I am going to do what every wife must do now and again," she says. "I am going to go rescue my husband. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

8 " I don’t know what I’m doing here, either. I suspect that the moment I have it figured out, I’ll probably die half a second later. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

9 " Mon wants this transition to be as peaceable as possible. That is, of course, a noble goal. And in late nights the chancellor confided in Leia that she is wisely struck by the fear of what happened the first time the parasite of Palpatine squirmed under the skin. How easy it was for him to prey on the anxieties of the galaxy. How simple it was for him to turn system against system by stoking the fires of xenophobia, anger, selfishness. (And here Luke’s voice echoes in her mind: The ways and tools of the dark side, Leia.) How do you form an Empire? By stealing a Republic. And how do you steal a Republic? By convincing its people that they cannot govern themselves—that freedom is their enemy and that fear is their ally. Palpatine "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

10 " This is Tracene Kane, HoloNet news reporter embedded with the New Republic Thirty-First. And I’d like to tell you about a friend of mine. A friend the Empire just stole from me. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

11 " The Wookiee tilts his head back and ululates a loud, joyful growl, then wraps his impossible arms around the smuggler. Solo looks like a child snatched up by an eager parent—for a moment his whole body lifts up off the ground, his legs kicking as the Wookiee purrs and barks. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

12 " Because if there’s one mystical energy that powers the galaxy, it’s not the Force. It’s pure, unadulterated irony. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

13 " He has a child—a bastard boy, as I understand. Not born of his wife, Maratelle, but of some…kitchen woman. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

14 " Don’t you dare say he’s going to be a bandit. He’ll be an angel. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

15 " Part of that bona fide Han Solo charm. He’s certainly handsome. A boyish rogue. Jas would, given half an invitation, mount him like a turret. Though "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

16 " The Empire is in chaos. As the old order crumbles, the fledgling New Republic seeks a swift end to the galactic conflict. Many Imperial leaders have fled from their posts, hoping to escape justice in the farthest corners of known space. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

17 " And no hope is greater than that of the Wookiees of Kashyyyk. Heroes of the Rebellion Han Solo and Chewbacca have gathered a team of smugglers and scoundrels to free Kashyyyk from its Imperial slavers once and for all. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

18 " Did you know the Death Star had a bar? Ugly, austere little place – really like all Imperial architecture, ugh – and the selection of spirits was hardly commendable. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

19 " Naughty business, this Empire. "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)

20 " I want soldiers who hate what they had to do and fear having to ever do it again.” “And if that means we lose the war?” “Then we lose the war by keeping ourselves.” That "

― Chuck Wendig , Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath, #2)