Heir to the Jedi Quotes

“Technology is always perfectly dependable until it isn't.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Betrayal always comes wrapped up in a friendly cloak. It's one of the first things I learned in the Senate.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“A son of a Jedi Knight? I thought the Jedi weren't allowed such relationships."
That wrung an half ironic grin out of me. "Guess I'm not allowed, then.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“The victors' view of history rarely matches that of the vanquished.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“When The Empire Strikes Back first came out in 1980 and I saw Luke summon his lightsaber to his hand in the wampa cave, I remember thinking, “Whoa! Awesome!” And then, after I’d seen it maybe ten more times, I wondered, “Where’d he learn how to do that?” My nine-year-old self never suspected that one day I’d get the chance to provide the answer, and I’m grateful to Del Rey and Lucasfilm for making it happen.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Nakari would place bullet holes on their temples like periods at the end of a sentence.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Unidentified hole, please shut it and inspect yourself. Continue to talk and you will be ignored.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Standard operating procedure in a culture of blame where risk taking and initiative are punished. Always tell Lord Vader it was someone else’s fault.” “Polser Couriers just simplified matters,” Drusil said.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Regardless of how we achieve our alternative state of consciousness, it allows us to shift our perspective and reassess our challenges so that they appear manageable rather than insurmountable.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“conspiracy theories is that they have their own gravity: They are black holes from which one rarely escapes. Caution is advisable at all times, of course, but recognize that sometimes the beings you meet truly are good.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“The problem”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“As you may well know, unlike kinetics or time or distance, human stupidity is incalculable.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“While we move, can you math something math math for me with something math?”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Euphemisms for murder make me uncomfortable, but I have always found that one especially disturbing, since killing someone is the opposite of caring for them.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“The blade was not pure light, of course: It was energy from the same sort of power cell that fueled blasters, given form by passing through a kyber crystal as superheated plasma that arced at the top and returned to the hilt. It didn’t give off heat until it touched something solid; the rest of the time its power was contained by a force field.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Just blast everything and fly a fast ship. And bring a Wookiee. Works for me.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“You said he was shot by his own clone troopers?” “That was what his recording said. We, of course, had no way to confirm it. Asking the local garrison of troopers if someone may have shot a Rodian Jedi Knight offplanet would attract the wrong sort of attention. But it’s stunning in its implications, isn’t it? Looked at in that light, it might have been the Jedi who were betrayed, not the Emperor.” Not”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Vader deactivated his lightsaber, picked up the comm, opened the channel, and let the sound of his respirator carry over the connection.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“I dropped to my knees next to Nakari, eyes welling up already, and in a strange way I welcomed the blur to my vision and let the tears come; I’d never done so before because it had never seemed the proper time to mourn. Ben had been there when I discovered the burnt bodies of my aunt and uncle and I’d bottled everything up in shock, telling myself that the Empire was hunting us and we had to get to Alderaan. When Vader cut down Ben, there was no time to mourn him, either, only time to escape the Death Star and then join the Battle of Yavin. I lost my old friend Biggs to a TIE fighter during that battle, but I could hardly allow myself to think of that when I had to make my firing run down the trench. Then, incredibly, we won the day and everyone was happy, and there was always more work to do after that. It was never the right time to stop and feel all that I’d lost.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Exactly! Two years ago I thought I’d never escape Tatooine and I complained about everything.” I grimaced at the memory of how I’d behaved. “I’d definitely have some things to tell that kid now. And then everything changed. I met a Jedi, joined the Rebellion, and almost instantly had this tremendous success. I saved a princess and blew up a superweapon, got a medal from the same princess, fireworks in my honor and everything. That could turn your head into a planet really fast.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“DENON IS AN ECUMENOPOLIS like Coruscant,”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Hakko Drazlip and the Tootle Froots.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Meditating and getting to a quiet place when alone was somehow much different from feeling the Force in combat or while piloting or practicing against drones. When I opened myself to the Force in those situations, it was more of an instinctive process, and I felt guided and warned in an almost effortless way, perhaps owing to a combat-ready state of action and reaction where there is no time for thought, and a profound sense of personal danger.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“I don’t know what it is about Ackbar that tends to quash arguments. He has a kind of moist charisma, I guess, that no one wants to challenge. I know I don’t want to dispute him, anyway.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi

“Luke Skywalker, hero of the Battle of Yavin, has cast his lot with the rebels, lending his formidable piloting skills to whatever missions his leaders assign him. But he is haunted by his all-too-brief lessons with Obi-Wan Kenobi and the growing certainty that mastery of the Force will be his path to victory over the Empire.”
― Kevin Hearne, Heir to the Jedi