Star Wars Quotes

“History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance.”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“And for the first time in five years, Pellaeon finally knew in the deepest level of his being that the old Empire was gone. The new Empire, with Grand Admiral Thrawn at its head, had been born.”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“It's an Imperial attack," she said.
"Oh," he said. "Can they do that?"
"We're at war," she reminded him patiently. "In war you can do just about anything the other side can't stop you from doing. How did you get in here, anyway?"
"Oh, I cut myself an entry code a while back," he said, waving a vague hand, his eyes still on the tactical. "Haven't had much to do lately. Can't you stop them?"
"We're certainly going to try," Leia said grimly.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“She was here, and it was now; and as the emperor's instructors had so often drummed into her, the first item of business was to fit into her surroundings. And that meant not looking like an escapee from the medical ward”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“when the rules don't work, you break 'em.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“And those who stand in our way,” he added softly, “will not watch at all.”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“The sort of authority stuff that usually kicked in his automatic disobedience circuits.”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“The Whistler’s Whirlpool tapcafe on Trogan was one of the best examples Karrde had ever seen of a good idea ruined by the failure of its designers to think their whole plan through.”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“Imperial”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“Bel”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“running through its usual repertoire of encouraging noises.”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command

“You were directly responsible for the deaths of four stormtroopers and thirty-two Imperial army troops," Thrawn continued. "Also for the destruction of two Chariot command speeders and their crews. I am not the Lord Darth Vader, Ferrier -- I do not spend my men recklessly. Nor do I take their deaths lightly.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“Yesterday, the Chimaera's crew had trusted and respected the Grand Admiral. After today, they would be ready to die for him.
And for the first time in five years, Pellaeon finally knew in the deepest level of his being that the old Empire was gone. The new Empire, with Grand Admiral Thrawn at its head, had been born.”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“It’s sort of like coming home … only it isn’t. I’ve never really stood here and just looked at the city like this. The Emperor... I don’t think he ever saw the Imperial City as people and lights. - Mara Jade”
― Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: The Last Command

“of his. The same earnestness that had stopped her from killing that insane Joruus C’baoth back on Jomark. ”
― Timothy Zahn, The Last Command