Star Wars Quotes

“If you don't want to be noticed, you don't use a Star Destroyer.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“You're not the last of the old Jedi, Luke, you're the first of the new”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. (Talon Karrde)”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Do you know the difference between an error and a mistake, Ensign?”
The entire bridge had gone deathly still. Colclazure swallowed again, his face starting to go pale. “No, sir.”
“Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“When you understand a species' art, you understand that species.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Governments and entire planets are important, Threepio. But when you sift everything down, they're all just made of people.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“I’ve found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Fear and anger, Yoda had often warned him, were slaves to the dark side. Vaguely, Luke wondered which side curiosity served.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Learn about art, Captain,” Thrawn said, his voice almost dreamy. “When you understand a species’ art, you understand that species.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“He risked a glance at the aft-vision display. The other fighter was coming up fast, with no more than a minute or two separating the two ships. Obviously, the pilot had far more experience with the craft than Luke had. That, or else such a fierce determination to recapture Luke that it completely overrode normal commonsense caution.

Either way, it meant Mara Jade.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Mourning the loss of a friend and teacher was both fitting and honorable, but to dwell unnecessarily on that loss was to give the past too much power over the present.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“This was one of those odd thoughts that came out of the blue and struck me as both clever and logical. Hot chocolate wouldn’t be something desert people would naturally gravitate toward. (There are cold deserts, of course, but with two suns I always assumed Tatooine is mostly pretty warm. Now, of course, the Star Wars Essential Atlas and other official material backs up that assumption.) I also caught way more grief for this than I ever expected. Quite a few people took me to task for putting an Earth-based drink into the Star Wars universe. Of course, those same people apparently weren’t bothered by the Millennium Falcon, or lightsabers. It was, though, a reminder that you never know what word or image might jolt someone out of their suspension of disbelief. Anyway, why would anyone want to live in that Galaxy Far, Far Away if they don’t have chocolate? Inconceivable …”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“a Jedi can’t get so caught up in matters of galactic importance that it interferes with his concern for individual people.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“For the Jedi, there is no emotion; there is peace.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“You served too long under Lord Vader, Captain. I Have no qualms about accepting a useful idea merely because it wasn't my own. My position and ego are not at stake here.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“You happened to me," she told him, her voice more fatigued than embittered. "You came out of a grubby sixth-rate farm on a tenth-rate planet, and destroyed my life." - Mara Jade”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Thrawn smiled—a smile that sent a shiver up Pellaeon's back. "Why, the only puzzle worth solving, of course," the Grand Admiral said softly. "The complete, total, and utter destruction of the Rebellion.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Yes, but in spite of such a shady origin, it’s really quite good,” Luke told him. “It’s called hot chocolate.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“A writer absolutely has to make his villains clever and competent. It’s no fun—and no challenge—for the heroes to get out of trouble without sweating about it first.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“Fear and anger, Yoda had often warned him, were the slaves of the dark side. Vaguely, Luke wondered which side curiosity served.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“I know something about a lot of things," she countered evenly. "That's why you're grooming me to be your lieutenant, remember?" - Mara Jade”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“One spoke to him in person, or one did not speak to him at all.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“With none of Vader’s backstory available at the time, and having just invented the Noghri species for this story, I came up with the idea that Vader might have designed his mask to look like a stylized version of a Noghri face, the better to facilitate his command of the death commando squads.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

“Then I am alone, he told himself. I am the last of the Jedi.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Anyone can make an error, Ensign. But that error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“Under the pillow was her lightsaber. It was doubtful that he ever saw the blow coming. He was still in the process of scooping the pillow away from his face when the ignited lightsaber lit up the room. She got just a glimpse of huge black eyes and protruding jaw before the blazing blade sliced him almost in half.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“setting up their fledgling government in the old Imperial Palace.”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“really”
― Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire

“physical”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Heir to the Empire