DarthPooky wrote:When he springs back up on the other side, he spins around-and his particle array gun is in his hand. Ready to scatter Mercurial's atoms across the flashing billboard.
Interesting a disintegrating gun though the legends had things like that before this but this is the first we've seen in the new canon apart from that line from vaider in TESB. I wonder if that was the kind of weapon vaider was thinking of when he Sayed that.
I would avoid taking that too literally, since it just as easily could be hyperbole on the part of the character.
Anyways, last of the quotes I found interesting/applicable/etc., though if anyone sees one I missed please add it.
Ch1 pg14 wrote:He's been to, let's see, five so far. Florrum. Ryloth. Hinari. Abafar. Raydonia. This planet, Akiva, is the sixth on the list of many, too many.
It was his idea, this run. Somehow, the remaining factions of the Empire are still fueling their war effort even months after the destruction of their second battle station. Wedge had the notion that they must've moved out to the Outer Rim - study your history and it's easy to see that the seeds of the Empire grew first out here, away from the Core systems, away from the prying eyes of the Republic.
Sense of time when this book takes place.
Ch2 pg23 wrote:Her new pilot friend ducked out the back. Would've been a considerable jump. Jedi? No. Couldn't be. Only one of those out there - and zero chance the rebels would send their golden boy, Skywalker.
As far as the Imperials are concerned, at least high-ranking ones like Admiral Rae Sloane (a name you'd recognize if you've read Rebel Dawn), there exists one Jedi. Which brings up the question of how they'll handle the three of them in the Rebels series.
Ch3 pg31 wrote:Akiva has always had Imperials. Just not the occupying ones. As with many worlds on the Outer Rim - wheeling on their axes at the edges of known space - Imperials used the planet but could never, or perhaps would never, stake an official claim. These exoplanets were beasts too rough, too wild, too strange to ever be brought under the Galactic Empire's yoke. When the Imperials came here, it was for reasons often personal: the drink, the spice, the smoke, the gambling, the black-market goods. Or maybe just to sightsee the wild faces and unmet aliens that cross paths at this outpost of miscreants and deviants.
Self-explanatory, Imperials like their booze and broads just like the rest of us.
Ch3 pg34-35 wrote:A woman. Regal bearing. Chin lifted high and even in the fuzzy hologram, he can tell her eyes are bright, flickering with keen intelligence. Of course, maybe it's because he alread knows who she is:
Princess Leia Organa. Once of Alderaan. Now: one of the heroes and leaders of the Rebel Alliance.
The recorded image of the princess speaks:
"This is Leia Organa, last princess of Alderaan, former member of the Galactic Senate, and a leader in the Alliance to Restore the Republic. I have a message for the galaxy. The grip of the Galactic Empire on our galaxy and its citizens is relinquished. The Death Star outside the forest moon of Ender is gone, and with it the Imperial leadership."
Here the hologram changes to a sight all too familiar to Sinjir:
The Death Star exploding in the sky above Endor.
-snip-
"The tyrant Palpatine is dead. But the fight isn't over. The war goes on even as the Empire's power diminishes. But we are here for you. Know that wherever you are, no matter how far out into the Outer Rim you dwell, the New Republic is coming to help. Already we've captured dozens of Imperial capital ships and Destroyers-" Now the image becomes three-dimensional footage of Imperials being led off a ship's ramp in cuffs. "And in the months since the destruction of the Empire's dread battle station, we have already liberated countless planets in the name of the Alliance." A new image: rebels being greeted as saviors and liberators by a cheering crowd of-where is that? Naboo? Could be Naboo. Back to Leia: "Be patient. Be strong. Fight back where you can. The Imperial war machine falls apart one gear, one gun, one stormtrooper at a time. The New Republic is coming. And we want your help to finish the fight."
One last flickering image:
Alliance fighters with fireworks exploding in their wake.
An example of how the Rebels transmit their victory at Endor and how much progress they've made in the months since (i.e. Naboo is now liberated).
Ch9 pg82-83 wrote:"Then perhaps that is what the council will discover," she says. Her eyes flit down to the rectangular bands across his breast. "I see you are elevated to grand moff. A self-proclaimed title, I'm guessing."
That wicked grin. "If one wants power, one must take it."
"True, perhaps."
"Not perhaps. And you know it in your bones. I know that you have wrested control of not only the Vigilance, but of the Ravager, too. And likely the fleet that goes with it. Imagine that. Little Rae Sloane, manning an entire Super Star Destroyer all by herself. Our last, isn't it?"
She says nothing. All she does is stare, stone-faced.
He goes on: "That was the fleet admiral's ship, wasn't it?"
"It was."
"Was. So he's truly gone?"
"Truly. And sadly. He was one of the best of us."
Sad state of affairs for the Empire if it's already down to just one SSD after only months of fighting since Endor, though it might only be the last one this group of Imperials which have gathered have access to. Also we get a sense of how rank played out in the Empire: an admiral wouldn't necessarily have command of a SSD, but a fleet admiral would.0
Ch11 pg102 wrote:The ensign says, "The five closest worlds to Raydonia offer a glimpse of where Captain Antilles could have been heading next." On the screen: a list of five planets. Mustafar. Geonosis. Dermos. Akiva. Tatooine. Any of them could make sense - they know the Empire has gone to ground.
More minimalism nonsense, because of course this new world would just happen to be close to three of the worlds which prominently make an appearance in the movies. I get that when people are looking for Star Wars-related media, they want it to contain things familiar to them for the movies, but this is a little silly.
Ch15 pg159-160 wrote:Tashu looks up once more as if all this is a distraction. "Hm? Oh. Yes, yes. Of course." Tashu was a close adviser - and a friend, as much as one could be, apparently - to the former Emperor Palpatine. The man who was once senator, and then chancellor. And the man whom rumors said was also a dark Sith Lord. Amid the Empire, the presence of the Sith was less a fact and more a myth: A few spoke of it as being possible, but most believed it to be a concoction. Palpatine would not be the first ruler to invent stories of himself as if he were of cosmic import...
The viewpoint of the Imperials regarding Palpatine, whose dark side connection was never publically known (and given what we know from Lords of the Sith, there's a good reason for that).
Ch15 pg160 wrote:He says, "You chastise the dark side as if it is an evil path, laughable for its malevolence. But do not confuse it with evil. And do not confuse the light as being the product of benevolence. The Jedi of old were cheats and liars. Power-hungry maniacs operating under the guise of a holy monastic order. Moral crusaders whose diplomacy was that of the lightsaber. The dark side is honest. The dark side is direct. It is the knife in the front rather than one stuck in your back. The dark side is self-interested, yes, but it is about extending that interest outward. To yourself, but then beyond yourself. Palpatine cared about the galaxy. He did not wrest control simply to have power for himself - he already had power, as chancellor. He wanted to take power from those who abused it. He wanted to extend control and safety to the people of all worlds. That came with costs. He knew them and lamented them. But paid them just the same because the dark side understands that everything has a cost, and the cost must always be paid."
The "unique" viewpoint taken by some of Palpatine's devotees. No idea how much of this Palpatine actually believed himself though.
Ch15 pg161 wrote:Tashu offers a beatific, self-assured smile. "What I mean to say is that Palpatine was a smart man. Smarter than the combination of all of us here. We must emulate his path. The Emperor knew the dark side was his savior, and so we too much make the dark side ours."
"Hnnh," Shale grumps. "And how do we do that? I don't think any of us are trained in the ways of the Force."
"No Sith remain," Tashu says. "And the lone Jedi that exists - the son of Anakin Skywalker - possesses an untouchable soul. At least for now. We must instead move toward the dark side. Palpatine felt that the universe beyond the edges of our maps was where his power came from. Over the many years he, with our aid, sent men and women beyond known space. They built labs and communication stations on distant moons, out there in the wilds. We must follow them. Retreat from the galaxy. Go out beyond the veil of stars. We must seek the source of the dark side like a man looking for a wellspring of water."
Two things going on here. The first it seems is that this is foreshadowing the upcoming movie, that whatever Sith or dark Jedi or whatever which our heroes fight against were probably those who went "into the wilds" and found the "source" of the dark side. The second is that, according to those at the very highest levels of Imperial leadership, there is only a single Jedi left, Anakin Skywalker. At a guess this suggests that something will happen to the Rebels-series Jedi to take them out of the picture. I mean, it's possible they're still alive or still fighting or whatever and Tashu simply doesn't know because Palpatine loves to compartmentalize everything, but it seems this is only reinforcing Yoda's words of Luke truly being the last.
Ch17 pg176 wrote:Mon Motha speaks: "We must be cautious. Inroads to the Outer Rim are slow. Further, this is a time of relative peace, but that peace rests uncomfortably on very unstable ground. An incursion of that magnitude could be seen as overly aggressive. We must be seen as friends, not intruders. Occupying the airspace over Akiva could be trouble."
Revelation that, although the Rebels are still fighting and pushing the Imperials back, there is apparently a pause in the fighting, probably as both sides are catching their breath and making ready for their next moves, and Mothma is being very cautious.
Ch18 pg179 wrote:The man's spooky smile never wavers. "I know. I can see that. I can see your vitality will never waver." He thrusts up a finger, as if having an epiphany. But the epiphany is not his own - rather, he seems to wish to deliver one. "Did you know that Sith Lords could sometimes drain the Force energy from their captives? Siphoning life from them and using it to strengthen their connection to the dark side? Extending their own lives, as well, so that they could live for centuries beyond their intended expiration?"
Tashu re-confirming the Drain Force ability as being canon.
Ch26 pg240 wrote:Everything's foaming over now. It's not just from this one moment. Not just from the occupation. The Imperials have long toyed with planets like this one. Though never formally occupying them, they imposed tariffs and taxes on law-abiding establishments while letting black markets and criminal syndicates go about their business as long as they tithed back to the Empire. That was one of the striking things about seeing the Imperials fighting alongside Surat Nuat's thugs: It exposed the alliance bold-facedly, revealing what everyone always suspected but few ever really knew.
More fuel for the Imperial-hate fire, the Empire working alongside gangsters to oppress the good people of the galaxy.
Ch28 pg267-268 wrote:"Are you aware of the responsibilities of an Imperial loyalty officer?"
"I confess that I'm not."
"Oh, it's a truly charming role. I was trained to sniff out weakness in my cohorts. I learned how to read body language, how to detect lies, how to use people against one another, all in order to discover where my own people had committed trespasses against the Empire. Anything from small breaches of conduct to outright treachery against the throne. I was the shadow they couldn't shake. You put me in a base or battle station or office and they knew they were on notice. I'd scare up what they'd done like a hunter flushing prey from the brush. And I'd hurt them to earn a confession and correct the errors. Oh, it wasn't just physical pain I caused, thought that was certainly part of it. It was emotional pain."
All they need is a bolter and a peaked cap and these loyalty officers could be proper commissars.
Ch28 pg268 wrote:"Best guess given his psych profile? Parents often sent their troubled children to the Imperial academies. An act meant to be corrective, as they assumed we could shape their sloppy, insubordinate progeny into something resembling a proper galactic citizen. The reality was often that those types were washed out. Forcibly so. The Empire wanted its own heroes, not its own freak show. I suspect Rilo was like that."
The Imperials
do have some standards about who they will accept into their ranks.
