Light of the Jedi Quotes

“Peace without justice is flawed, hollow at its core. It is the peace provided by tyranny.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Being a Jedi was not about saving oneself. It was about saving others.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Why has the Force called us to fight today?” Loden said. “For life and the light,” Bell replied.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“When someone was hurting, you did what you could to heal them. When someone was lost, you found them.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“You could not solve those problems individually. It was ridiculous to even try.
What you could do, however, was make the various people of this high era of the Galactic Republic see one another as people. As brothers and sisters and cousins and friends, or if nothing else, just as colleagues in a shared goal of building a galaxy that welcomed all, heard all, and did its best to avoid hurting anyone. Truly tried its best.

If you could make that happen, then problems didn't have to be solved. Many would solve themselves, because people believed in the Republic more than they believed in their own goals, and would be open to that magical word--compromise.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“the galaxy didn’t care what you thought couldn’t be broken. It would break things just to show you it could.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“There was nothing so big it could not be swallowed up. Nothing so strong it could not be humbled. Nothing so tall it could not be made small. Not a mountain, and not the Republic.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“No matter what a person was on the outside.
Inside, everyone was made of light.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Her lightsaber, ugly as it was, served as a perfect reflection of the great truth of the Force: no matter what a person was on the outside… …inside, everyone was made of light.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Chancellor Soh’s Republic wasn’t perfect—no government was or ever could be—but it was a system that gave people room to dream. No, even better. It encouraged dreams, big and small. The Republic had its flaws, but really, things could be a hell of a lot worse.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“He closed his eyes and opened his spirit, and there it was, the small light within him that never stopped burning. Always at least a candle flame, and sometimes, if he concentrated, it could surge up into a blaze. A few times, he’d felt as bright as the sun, so much light pouring through him he was afraid he might go blind. Honestly, though, it didn’t matter. From spark to inferno—any connection to the Force chased away the shadows.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“If I do everything, no one learns anything,”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“This is Jedi Master Avar Kriss. Help is on the way.” That one thing. Hope.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“A thoughtful question from time to time wasn’t exactly insubordination.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Peace without justice is flawed, hollow at its core.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“He’d read a few—they were all set at outposts on the far Republic frontiers, full of unrequited love and longing glances…the only action was the lightsaber battles that were clearly a substitute for what the characters really wanted to do.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“The Jedi’s lightsabers would not save Hetzal. It would be the Jedi themselves.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“If there was injustice out there, well...they would bring justice. The Jedi were justice.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Worlds seemed unbreakable when you were standing on them, but Te’Ami had seen things in her day...the galaxy didn’t care what you thought couldn’t be broken. It would break things just to show you it could.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Her lightsaber, ugly as it was, served as a perfect reflection of the great truth of the Force: no matter what a person was on the outside... ...inside, everyone was made of light.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“We’re all the Republic,” he said. “We’re all the Republic,” Innamin replied. “We’re all dead if we don’t finish searching the station”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Lightsabers were designed to end conflicts. They were designed to injure no more than necessary, and in the horrible circumstance where death was the only possible outcome, they would kill quickly. No more damage would be done by a lightsaber than its wielder chose.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Beyond that, they had three Vectors containing four space wizards, and he’d always been a little fuzzy on what they were actually capable of.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Two Jedi falling from the sky got noticed, even in the desperate circumstances these people found themselves dealing with.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Marlowe and Vellis, the scion of the San Tekka empire and his husband.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Is that really helpful?” said his copilot, Pikka Adren, second-in-command of the Aurora III and first-in-command of his heart.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Elzar Mann’s general unwillingness to take the time to explain whatever he was trying to do … well, some in the Order found him frustrating to deal with. Avar believed that might explain his continued status as a Jedi Knight rather than a Master.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Avar Kriss was still on the ship’s bridge, still serving as the point of connection for the Jedi in the system, letting them sense one another’s presence and location and emotional states.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“It’s full of people,” Nib finished. “And they’re alive.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi

“Bright sighed. Peeples’s species had a radically unique understanding of humor—not the jokes themselves, which were often decent enough, but the appropriate moment to deploy them.”
― Charles Soule, Light of the Jedi