Aaron Allston > Quotes

“I don't have to blow up everything I see... I just like to.”
― Aaron Allston, Wraith Squadron

“Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?”
― Aaron Allston

“I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.”
― Aaron Allston

“There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker”
― Aaron Allston, Betrayal

“Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to."
"No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission."
"We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.”
― Aaron Allston, Star Wars: Solo Command

“No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.”
― Aaron Allston

“I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.”
“I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.”
― Aaron Allston, Star Wars: Wraith Squadron

“That was interesting."
"He deliberately countermanded one of my orders."
"He was furtive."
"Sneaky, even."
"We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet."

Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“Tomer: “What's this?”
Cabinet: “Wt's ths?”
Wedge: “Cabinet.”
Tomer: “I know it's a cabinet, but it's talking.”
Cabinet: “...ts tlkng”
Janson: “Oh that. It's the Catann Minister of Crawling Into Very Small Spaces.”
Tycho: “He bet Wedge he could fold himself in the that cabinet, around the shelves and all.”
Hobbie: “Never bet against Wedge. The Minister gets to stay in there until he admits that it was a stupid bet and that Wedge doesn't owe him anything.”
― Aaron Allston, Star Wars: X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar

“And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind."
"Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic."
"Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!"
"I withdraw my objection.”
― Aaron Allston, Star Wars: Iron Fist

“No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence.
-General Wedge Antilles”
― Aaron Allston, Starfighters of Adumar

“I was years older than you when I became an ambassador for the first time. Remember that, Tycho? How did we get through that assignment, anyway?”
“Pretty much, we opened fire on everyone who disagreed with us.”
Wedge nodded and turned to his daughter. “When all else fails, just do that.”
― Aaron Allston, Fury

“Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want."
"We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to."
"Thanks."

Wedge & Tycho”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table."

Han (to Leia)”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface."
"Crash."
"Quite slowly."

Face & Luke”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.”
― Aaron Allston, Backlash

“Mission One is the meeting with Zsinj. Face commands and has chosen Dia and Kell to accompany him. This is all intelligence gathering, very delicate, which is why the crew is full of deadly killers.”
― Aaron Allston, Star Wars: Wraith Squadron

“When are they going to stop calling me General?"
"When are they going to stop calling me Princess?"

Han & Leia”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Stand (Star Wars: Enemy Lines, #2)

“Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die."

Mara”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Stand (Star Wars: Enemy Lines, #2)

“Now, you should admit it: you are here engaged in some military action directed against the Yuuzhan Vong, knowing full well that any action you take could embroil the people of this peaceful world in your destructive war."
"Isn't destructive war kind of redundant? Until I see a constructive war, or even a giggly war, I have to think so."

Mudlath & Han”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Stand (Star Wars: Enemy Lines, #2)

“I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas."
"You haven't heard all our ideas."

Luke & Bhindi Drayson”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“To go elsewhere would mean starting all over. Learning as a child does. I have been a child already. I will not yield one bit, one speck of the power and influence I have now.”
― Aaron Allston, Backlash

“Welcome aboard Mon Remonda. Let’s get the rest of your pilots in... so I can get out of this torture suit."
"But, sir, I was just going to say how smart you looked in your uniform. I think we ought to stay here, in uniform, a couple of hours so the holographers can capture the image. You know, for the historians."
"Wedge, I think I’m going to have you killed."
"Yes, sir. I trust you’ll wear your dress uniform for an event like that.”
― Aaron Allston, Star Wars: Solo Command

“Begging your pardon, sir, but you’re crazy enough to be a Wraith."
"Until you’ve crewed with me for a few years, kid, you have no idea what ‘crazy’ means.”
― Aaron Allston, Star Wars: Solo Command

“That's treason. I like it."

Booster”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet.”
― Aaron Allston

“…The Antilles and Horn clans sat at a folding table between two StealthXs, playing what looked like a cutthroat game of sabacc.”
― Aaron Allston, Fury

“I hope you’re rushing to tell me that the chef has acquired Jacen Solo’s entrails and is braising them for dinner.”
“Not quite, Admiral.”
“Life is full of disappointments.”
― Aaron Allston, Fury

“With politics, nothing runs right ... but without politics, nothing runs."

Diss Ti'wyn”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Stand (Star Wars: Enemy Lines, #2)

“Where did you learn that smile? Have you been practicing in front of a holo of Han Solo?"

Mara to Luke”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“Sort of like what Joruus C'baoth did for Thrawn."
"I'm not talking about ancient history, I'm talking about now."

Luke & Jaina”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)

“And these have been successfully tested."
"Well, tested, sure. They've been tested. Each time they're tested, we assemble what data we can, and the next generation of pods comes back just a bit more intact."

Face & Luke”
― Aaron Allston, Rebel Dream (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, #11)