Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane, #2)

by Drew Karpyshyn

He walked a different path, one that embraced suffering, drawing strength from the ordeal.

Patience can be a weapon if you know how to use it,

“On Coruscant, appearance matters.”

There were no railings on either the landing pad or the catwalk. Johun knew the lack of railings—like so many other aspects of Serenno’s culture—were symbolic. There was a long-standing tradition of fierce independence among the nobility. Railings on the walkway or the landing pad would have been a sign of weakness, an admission of frailty and mortality that would have undermined House Nalju’s pride and position. Even so, the Jedi couldn’t help but worry about the Chancellor’s safety when he contemplated the fifty-meter fall off the edge to the cold waters below.

Toxic Masculinity: handrails are weak. Oof.

“Jedi, Sith, you’re all the same,” the hermit spat. “You were so blinded by your hatred of each other you couldn’t see the consequences of what you were doing.