Quotes from Ryder Windham

Luke's clothes began to smolder as his body involuntarily spasmed. Suddenly, Vader realized that he was no longer concerned about his own personal future. Despite all the terrible, unspeakable things he'd done in his life, he knew he could not stand by and allow the Emperor to kill Luke. And in that moment of awareness, he was Darth Vader no more. He was Anakin Skywalker.

above, far above, We don't know where we'll fall. Far above, far above, What once was great is rendered small.

Fortunately, Luke's unwavering faith in his father's innate goodness had proved to be a stronger force than the power of the dark side.

The way to extinguish a shadow is to increase the light.

Many weapons can kill, but only the lightsaber can inspire such extremes of hope or fear. And I shall add that I will be forever glad that only Jedi carry lightsabers.

And these blast points, too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.

However, belief is not the same thing as knowledge, and by deliberately avoiding comprehension of that which we refuse to understand, we confine ourselves to a darkness of our own design.

With one quick sweep of a lightsaber, you gave hope to everyone who saw your blade. Except for the bad guys, that is. Your lightsaber brought them to their knees, and without spilling a drop of blood.

Only proud or overly confident beings think they are completely able to take care of themselves without help at all times. Pride and confidence can make a solid suit of armor, but such armor is weak compared with the power of the Force

Anakin named the droid C-3PO, choosing the number three because he considered the droid the third member of his family after his mother and himself.

Somehow, it seemed the Jedi had failed to grasp that the Force was grander and farther reaching than even they understood it to be.

The Sand People are easily startled, but they will soon be back. And in greater numbers.

It was definitely not a dream, Vader convinced himself without difficulty. Dreams are for pathetic life-forms. He stared at his own reflection on the surface of the viewscreen. I am the nightmare.

As he gazed at the distant stars on the screen, a deeply buried memory pushed its way into his consciousness. It was the memory of a wish, a wish to visit every star in the galaxy. But that wish, and the dreams that went with it, had belonged to someone else, a child who lived a long time ago and was no more. Those were the dreams of a boy named Anakin Skywalker.

A Jedi Master always said this to each of his students before their first lesson: "Cross an unfamiliar river without first discerning its depths and shallows, and you will drown in its currents without reaching your goal." Being a Jedi is no different. Identify the pitfalls and learn the proper path, or you fail the Order and sacrifice yourself in no good purpose.

Will I ever see you again?" he sobbed. "What does your heart tell you?" Anakin tried to listen to his heart, but all he sensed was its ache.

any other crime lord had received a slightly threatening holographic message from someone who claimed to be a Jedi Knight, the crime lord might have prepared to negotiate, flee to another planet, or surrender entirely. But Jabba was not just any other crime lord, so he decided to throw a party. It was a lewd and noisy affair, with semi-clad alien females gyrating to the rhythms of the Max Rebo band. On the bandstand

Will you take him with you? Is he to become a Jedi?" "Yes." Qui-Gon said. "Our meeting was not a coincidence. Nothing happens by accident.

Anakin frowned. "I don't want things to change." "But you can't stop the change," Shmi said, "any more than you can stop the suns from setting.

3PO advised, "I suggest a new strategy, Artoo-Detoo. Let the Wookiee win." R2-D2 answered with a surprised beep. Chewbacca chortled happily. When Ben felt somewhat recovered, he resumed watching Luke's practice with the remote. Luke's eyes followed the remote with intense concentration, but his movements were stiff, not relaxed. Ben said

across from him at the other end. Tarkin looked up from the table's data screen and said, "Yes." "Our scout ships have reached Dantooine," Officer Cass reported. "They found the remains of a Rebel base, but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time. They are now conducting an extensive search of the surrounding systems." Having delivered his report, Cass turned and

To live without leaving a mark is a terrible thing. To die forgotten is even worse.

Help!" cried C-3PO from a tangle of sparking wires on the floor of the passage tube. "I think I'm melting!" Sighting R2-D2, he added, "This is all your fault." R2-D2 beeped in disagreement.

The day after Luke witnessed the orbital space battle through his macrobinoculars, a group of Jawa merchants sold two droids to Owen Lars. One of the droids, an astromech unit named R2-D2, carried a secret message for someone named Obi-Wan Kenobi. And Luke Skywalker's life was forever changed.