Resistance Reborn Quotes

“Finn stepped forward immediately. "Used to be a stormtrooper, but now I'm rebel scum," he said, pressing a fist over his heart. "Until the end."
"My point," Poe said, turning back to Agoyo, "is that many of us have dubious beginnings, but it is how we end that counts."
"My father was Darth Vader," Leia said, pitching her voice so that it rang out clearly through the room, "Is there anyone who wants to question my loyalty to the Resistance?”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Rey's face fell, and Leia could see the pain etched there.The girl cared about Ben, and he had disappointed her.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Leia would never hold someone's past against them. She had enough demons in her family tree to guarantee she was not one to judge.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“She wondered how much she was supposed to suffer in a single lifetime, how much exactly one person could take. But then she put that indulgent self-pitying moment away. She had work to do.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Leia studied her face. The girl was close, so close to something big. Bigger than Leia, maybe even Luke, if that was possible. But Leia knew that she wasn't the one to ultimately get here there, that would be someone else.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“The Resistance was the kiss of death, to friends and allies alike.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“The First Order is no worse than the Sith, or the Empire, or countless others who would use the dark side. As always, they must be countered with the light.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Poe hesitated before he asked, "So the two of you aren't..."
Finn looked puzzled at first, but then his expression shifted to amusement. "No, nothing like that. Just friends."
"And Rose?"
"Oh." Finn shook his head no. "We talked about it, and Crait was... a moment. But that's it. Friends there, too."
Poe laughed. "I can't keep up with your 'just friends,' man.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“At first his steps dragged, heavy and impossible, but as he realized that losing the datapad meant he had gained a kind of freedom, they lightened. He might be wanted, hunted for the rest of his life, but he would be reborn, somewhere and someone new.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“He blushed when he saw his ex's name. Monti hadn't thought about him for ages and preferred not to be reminded.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“This is... Rey!" the girl said suddenly. "And we're out of the..." She paused and then, "...Han system! We're carrying medical equipment supplies to the southern region." She grinned excitedly, clearly extemporizing. "We're expected!”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Oh, me? I haven't slept much these past few days," Rey said quietly. "Too much on my mind.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“We’re not taking on the entire First Order tomorrow. We can’t. But we can take one step, and that earns us another day to take another step.” “We can’t do it alone.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“There’s one more loss. Wedge, you better sit down.” Oh no. That was a sure sign Wedge preferred to stand. He leaned back against the edge of the kitchen counter and crossed his arms. “Tell me,” he commanded, his voice hard. “Luke Skywalker.” Wedge swayed. He reached back, gripping the counter. Not Luke! Could he even be killed? Didn’t Jedi live forever or something?”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Hope is good,” Leia said, her voice gentle with understanding. “Hope is important, and sometimes it is all we have. But,” she said, smiling, “what does hope have to do with being rational?”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“My point,” Poe said, turning back to Agoyo, “is that many of us have dubious beginnings, but it is how we end that counts.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Where do we go?” someone shouted. Heads turned. It was the young pilot, Agoyo. “Anywhere,” Poe said. “Everywhere. Every corner of the galaxy where someone is fighting tyranny, where someone is standing up against injustice.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“We can’t do it alone.” “And we won’t. We’ll find people, we’ll inspire them. Show them they aren’t alone, show them what’s worth fighting for. And we’ll prepare and rebuild. This,” she said, gesturing to take in the room, “is a beginning.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Snap nodded. “I’m just glad you’re okay, Dad.” Something swelled in Wedge’s chest. His heart, he guessed. Dad. “I’m great, son. Just great.” And he meant it.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“She hesitated, because she thought she knew the answer to the question before she asked it, but ask it she did. “And what about their grandfather?” “Tell them he died directing the cannon. Tell them he died defending a free Ryloth, same as their aunt.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“He hurt, inside and out, but the pain was fading. Betrayal. That’s all he could feel now. Not by Monti, or even Yama. It was violence that had lied to him. It had made him promises of power, but in the end, it had not saved him. It had damned him.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“The invading First Order had left open the grand doors and a wind straight off the sea swept through the building, slicking the white stone floors and leaving the salt and sea so thick in the air Poe could almost taste it under the acrid burn of smoke.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“I love it!” Nifera Shu said, clearly pleased. “I do believe this is the best gift I have received, Lorell Shda.” She leaned in conspiratorially. “I don’t know how you knew that I trained to be an entomologist as a young woman, but I am impressed.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“An admirer of the firebird, I see.” Finn touched his pin briefly. “And yourself?” he asked, recklessly. Her eyes met his, bright with mischief. But wary, too. “Brave,” she murmured. “Or very impetuous.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“I have no doubts.” Poe hesitated before he asked, “So the two of you aren’t…” Finn looked puzzled at first, but then his expression shifted to amusement. “No, nothing like that. Just friends.” “And Rose?” “Oh.” Finn shook his head no. “We talked about it, and Crait was…a moment. But that’s it. Friends there, too.” Poe laughed. “I can’t keep up with your ‘just friends,’ man.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“a wife-and-wife longhaul cargo team from Mygeeto”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“We’ve all made choices,” Poe said. “Choices that caused harm, led to destruction, even at times death. We are all responsible for our deeds. The great and the terrible. But if we define ourselves only by what we’ve done, only by our failures, then this Resistance, this spark? It dies here and now.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Poe was a man of action and he had been grounded, made helpless, and he had almost burned it all to the ground because he couldn’t take it.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“My father was Darth Vader,” Leia said, pitching her voice so that it rang out clearly through the room. “Is there anyone who wants to question my loyalty to the Resistance?”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn

“Then why are you here?” Poe asked, voice calm, curious but not accusing. Teza focused back on Poe, looking mildly surprised. “Because it was wrong,” she said simply. “But I didn’t know it at the time.”
― Rebecca Roanhorse, Resistance Reborn