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{4.5/5} “‘Bones, can you revive them?’ ‘Scotty and I will have to check the systems over and we should be careful. Last time we did this was over a decade ago, and they took over the ship in repayment.’” Star Trek: The Return of the Worthy by Peter David & Bill Mumy, published in 3 […]
{5/5} “‘When hostages were take on Nimbus III, it was myself and my crew that was called in to be the rescue party… and as I recall that was a successful mission. Am I not right, gentlemen?’ ‘Actually, Captain, we were captured as well.’ ‘I had it under control, Mr. Spock.’ ‘Sybok took over the […]
{5/5} “There’s a feeling that you have when you command a starship. It’s impossible to explain to someone who has never had that responsibility. To see the stars shoot by you, and know that you… no on else… is responsible for bringing four hundred and thirty lives safely through that vast unknown. And you feel… […]
{5/5} “I did not fear death the first time I died. I would imagine it only becomes less intimidating with subsequent experiences.” — Spock Star Trek: The Return! by Peter David, published in 9 issues from Oct. 1989 to Jun 1990 After the visit to Sha Ka Ree, the Enterprise-A is repaired and ready to […]
{5/5} “I just couldn’t help but notice you’re wearing a uniform that’s pocked full of laser burns so either you heal real quick or… you stole it off a dead man.” Solo: A Star Wars Story, released in 2018 Han and his girlfriend Qi’ra, among others, are being forced to steal for Lady Proxima in […]
{5/5} “Why you stuck-up half-witted scruffy-looking nerf herder!” Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, released in 1980 The Rebels have retreated to Hoth, a snowy world. Darth Vader has sent out probes looking for them. Han and Chewbacca destroy a probe they find, but they also realize that the Empire probably knows where […]
{5/5} “I’m one with the Force, the Force is with me.” Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, released in 2016 Jyn Erso was a young girl when she saw her mother killed and her father taken away by the Empire. Years later she’s rescued from the clutches of the Empire by a Rebel team. At […]
{4.5/5} “Maybe he was right. What he believed — that it was December 2059, that the world was at peace, and that we were contentedly cisgender — seemed so much more plausible than what I believed: that a third world war had broken out, five hundred years had passed, an extrasolar asteroid was on a […]
{4.5/5} “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, released in 1977 R2-D2 and C3-PO are on Tatooine, having been sold by Jawas to Luke Skywalker and his uncle. R2-D2 plays Princess Leia’s message and Luke is intrigued. When they make their way to Ben Kenobi he tells them […]
{4/5} “We may be their guests but we are not safe.” Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, released in 2026 Din Djarin and Grogu are working for the New Republic, tracking down people who still want to restart the Empire. His boss wants them brought in alive so that she can get information from them, […]