Michael A. Stackpole > Quotes

“Life itself was hard enough without monosynaptic sociopaths preying on folks.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, I, Jedi

“Even being a Jedi is something where you look for more. At first you acted as if Jedi was synonymous with hero. It isn't. Being a hero isn't what all these folks are here to do. They're here to do their jobs."
-Jaina Solo”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Ruin (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #2)

“Out of the firefight, into the carbon freeze."
-Anakin Solo”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“I am so glad I found you and didn't kill you"
- Mara Jade Skywalker to Luke Skywalker”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“Corran: "I thought Commander Antilles was in that TIE. I mean it had to be someone as good as him to get you three"
Nawara: "Apparently he is that good"
Rhysati: "He flew circles around me"
Ooryl: "At least you saw him. He caught Ooryl as Ooryl fixed on his wingman. Ooryl is free hydrogen in simspace. That man is very good."
Corran: "Sure, but who is he?"
Rhysati: "What difference does it make who he is?"
Corran: "Rhys, he shot up three of our best pilots, had me dead in space, and he says he's a bit RUSTY!”
― Michael A. Stackpole

“Let's get started. Who's first?"
"His name is Kettch, and he's an Ewok."
Wedge came upright. "No."
"Oh, yes. Determined to fight. You should hear him say, 'Yub, yub.' He makes it a battle cry."
"Wes, assuming he could be educated up to Alliance fighter-pilot standards, an Ewok couldn't even reach an X-wing's controls."
"He wears arm and leg extensions, prosthetics built for him by a sympathetic medical droid. And he's anxious to go, Commander."
"Please tell me you're kidding."
"Of course I'm kidding."
(...) "I'm going to get you, Janson."
"Yub, yub, Commander.”
― Michael A. Stackpole

“As long as I'm fighting, I'm not dying."
- Mara Jade Skywalker”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“Out of character to be so obvious. You need to be more subtle. Locate a partially blocked artery in his brain, then just pinch it off. Bang, he's down and it's over."
- Mara Jade Skywalker”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“If the quest was supposed to be easy, they would not have given it to someone who is supposed to be a hero. --A Hero Born, pg 344”
― Michael A. Stackpole

“Being Jedi is what we are. It's not the power we weild or the weapons we carry."
-Luke Skywalker”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Ruin (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #2)

“The distinction between protectors and warriors is critical to avoid the seduction of the Dark Side."
-Luke Skywalker”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Ruin (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #2)

“On Dantooine, when Mara made me stop using the Force like a crutch, I had a
lot of time to think about things. I realized I was using the force too much.
Uncle Luke uses it like an advisor, or sometimes a power source. Others use it
like a vibroblade, some like an opinion poll, and others yet like a whole
variety of tools. I thought all about that, and I guess I chose to follow in
Uncle Luke's footsteps."
-Anakin”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“I placed quite a burden on Anakin, didn't I, by giving him that name." –Leia Organa Solo
"He is strong enough to carry that burden, Leia...He's young, yet he has courage and intelligence." –Elegos A'Kla”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“I know. Off to save the galaxy again, that's my Leia."
- Han Solo”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“Luke, I'm a fighter. I've always been a fighter. The few times when I have been at leisure, I've been miserable. I want challenges, I crave them. As nice an peaceful as it was up north here, it lulled me, dulled me, took the edge off. Anakin made it so I had no needs, and Dantooine -- before the Yuuzhan Vong -- had nothing more dangerous than big thorns to worry about. I was wasting away, trying to conserve my strengh, all the while turning away from the means I'd used in the past to tap the Force."
- Mara Jade Skywalker”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“Easy isn't for Jedi. Of course, trying to find your own path is much more difficult. Maybe what you have to do is walk a bit on the other paths and see how you can waeve bits and pieces of them together."
- Anakin Solo”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“Can I truly discover how to integrate myself in the Force if I do not know who I am without it?"
- Jacen Solo”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“I don't know what I'll be in the future, Anakin, but I know you'll be a great Jedi Knight."
- Jacen Solo”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Onslaught (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #1)

“A gram of prevention is worth a kilo of cure."
-Ganner Rhysode”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Ruin (Star Wars: Dark Tide, #2)