Solo Quotes

“I’m just wondering what our objective is, Lieutenant,” Han said. “What it always is, Cadet,” Bolandin said, a look of disbelief on his face. He looked as if Han had missed the first day of basic training. “To bring peace and prosperity to the planet. To install a regime loyal to the Emperor and eradicate the hostiles.” “But it’s their planet,” he objected. “We’re the hostiles.” The lieutenant got close to his face and squinted his eyes.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“What’s on Tatooine?” “Heard about a job, some big-shot gangster putting a crew together,”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“Just trying to make it out alive,” Han said. Which was honestly his ultimate goal for any day if you looked close enough.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“See that ship? She made the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs!”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“You’ll never have to do it again. I promise.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“There’s no one in the galaxy like Lando Calrissian.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“Free Kashyyyk.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“Wherever we go couldn’t be worse than where we’ve been.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“I guess you don’t worry about leaving your speeder in a bad part of town when you’re what makes the town bad,”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“MUR LAFFERTY is an award-winning author and Hall of Fame podcaster. She’s the author of the Nebula- and Hugo-nominated Best Novel finalist Six Wakes, along with the Shambling Guides series, and host of the popular Ditch Diggers and I Should Be Writing podcasts. She also co-edits the Hugo-nominated podcast magazine Escape Pod. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and two dogs, where she runs, plays computer and board games, and bakes bread.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“Do you think that your youth protects you?"

"No, Jyn said flatly.

"You're right. You're smart. Still, they're going to underestimate you. Make them regret it."

The girl's eyes narrowed as if the threat were right behind them. "They?"

"Everyone," Enfys said. "Make them regret it.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story

“He frowned. "Many people treat age as if its a shield to hide behind, something that protects our children. And sometimes it is. Until someone comes along who doesn't honor the shield. Then we decide if we're going to keep pretending that shield is there. The Empire doesn't care what age she is. So she must learn about this threat that faces all of us.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story

“The luxury of youth banished in the face of turmoil.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story

“My mother, wore the mask, she thought as she napped the neck of the lead enforcer. And now I wear it. But it is not all that I am.
Her friends -- her family -- were disarming the enforcers, or killing them before they could react. Some carried simple fishing knives loaned by the locals, and others had grabbed their own weapons from the sand. They were improving, adapting, and surviving, the way Enfys's mother had taught them.
They underestimate us, and that is why they lose”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story

“It's not that kind of game, Han," she said, her voice sounding like she wished he would grow up and face reality already.
"The object isn't to win. It's to stay in it as long as you can.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story

“This was no job, no heist, no clean caper. This was rebellion.”
― Mur Lafferty (author), Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“She kissed Beckett, and Han was torn between wanting to look away to give them privacy, and wanting to look and see what love was like when you were allowed to have it.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story

“Han saw the way they were looking at each other. No officer looked at a cadet that way. There was nothing of the chain of command here. His look held respect, trust, and affection, and she followed him for the same reasons, not for any insignia.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story

“Hey, don’t think, I’m gonna die. Think, Hey, I might live.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“By the tenth he had found religion. He just wasn’t sure which one. Whichever god could rescue him from this room he would definitely make a deal with.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“There is where they could get their tickets off this world.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“The golden dice still hung from the windscreen; he reached out and snagged them before they escaped.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition

“Han reached into his jacket pocket and produced his two lucky golden dice attached by a chain.”
― Mur Lafferty, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition