Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

Life is like an analogy.

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

When all else fails, complicate matters

The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.

Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?