[He nodded his thanks as he took one of the bottles and cracked it open to enjoy the clean, cool liquid with some relief. At least her Force abilities weren't drained too badly by the Malnosso.]

Well, that's a little odd to explain. [He paused for theatric effect and took a sip.] About twenty years ago the films about Luke's story during the Rebellion came out in my world, and they were a smash hit. Their influence was so great that my mentor and I challenged each other to steal the reels for the next film when it came out--he won, but we got to see Empire before the rest of Barcelona. It's neat honor.

It was Luke's actions in those films, and the similarity that the Jedi have to some orders of monks and the samurai of my world, that caught my attention. Though, on a thematic level, I always preferred Han or Lando, Luke was always an admirable hero to me.

So, you can only imagine how meeting him here would have been really cool, right? Then...well. That Shift happened, and it changed my perspective. From an insider's point of view of that era, the Jedi were a call back to a different time...and, perhaps, one not as heavily controlled as the Empire. I got to understand the ideas a little bit too in working with Luke...

Those goals and ideals are ones that everyone should strive toward, not just Jedi.