The order of future events was transient. In the same way that the past was reconfigured by selective memory, future events, too, were moving targets.
Mathematics isn’t just science, it is poetry – our efforts to crystallise the unglimpsed connections between things. Poetry that bridges and magnifies the mysteries of the galaxy. But the signs and sy...
It’s funny the way things work out. You go in search of one thing and end up finding something else. If I didn’t know better, I’d think it was the Force at work. -Han Solo
I owe you a debt, he told Vader. It took you to bring me back to the Force. And you to firm my faith in the power of the dark side, Master Shryne.
He might have remained a Judicial were it not for a growing schism that began to eat away at the department’s long-held and nonpartisan mandate to keep the galaxy free of conflict. On the one side sto...
Excuse me for asking, sir, but are we expecting trouble? Always, Captain, Tarkin said, without levity.
Beings may elect their leaders, but the Force has elected us.
To be strong in the Force is one thing. But to believe oneself to be all-powerful is to invite catastrophe. Remember, that even in the ethereal realm we inhabit, the unforeseen can occur.
Palpatine, she has only just turned thirteen! Palpatine spread his hands. Naboo has elected younger Queens, m’lady. And hers could be a reign that will last fifty years.
Good, the Emperor said. Let that be a lesson to all of them—he narrowed his eyes at Tarkin—including the one who apparently got away.
Could Vader actually be Anakin Skywalker? the two men wondered. Based on Obi-Wan's account of what had occurred on Mustafar, Anakin's survival didn't seem possible. But perhaps Obi-Wan had underestima...
What Palpatine lacked in charisma, he made up for in candor, and it was that directness that had led to his widespread appeal in the senate. Here was Palpatine, with his ready smile; above corruption,...
They stood together at the base of a sheer wall four meters high without ledges or toeholds and with nowhere to go. Below, battle droids advanced from both ends of the street, killing the few Lokori t...
The Truant is no longer on the wanted list, sir. Minimal collateral casualties.
The Empire was quickly becoming the , a featureless grey enemy that species of varied sorts would be able to stave off only if they united, all differences set aside. It was almost heartening to witne...
Qui-Gon believes that the boy—Anakin is his name—stands at the center of a vergence in the Force, and believes further that his finding him was the will of the Force.
If someone is aiming a blaster at your ally, do you raise your ligthsaber to prevent it, or do you do nothing because a Jedi isn’t supposed to take aggressive action? I mean, where’s the line, Jacen?...
Galen didn’t know anything about Tarkin, other than that he had served in the Republic Navy before being appointed adjutant general. A tall man some ten or fifteen years older than Galen, he had sunke...
Deception begins with bureaucracy, Palpatine said.
Accompanying her were distinguished Jedi Masters Dooku and Sifo-Dyas, and a tall, powerfully built Jedi Knight named Qui-Gon Jinn, who remained standing while the rest took their designated seats at t...