New Jedi Order Books 1 to 10

Vector Prime +++++ Onslaught +++++ Ruin +++++ Hero's Trail +++++ Jedi Eclipse

Balance Point ++++ Conquest +++++ Rebirth +++++ Star by Star +++++ Dark Journey

Dark Tide: Onslaught

"He described you as 'two old guys'."
"No respect among the young anymore, is there Tycho?"
"None, Wedge, none at all. Probably the fault of the command staff."
Gavin, Wedge & Tycho (DT:O)

"In my empire, would you like a world for each of your children, or will they need whole systems to rule?"
Admiral Traest Kre'fey to Colonel Gavin Darklighter (DT:O)

Dark Tide: Ruin

"You should return to the dais and greet those people you bypassed." Wedge nodded toward Borsk Fey'lya and his confederates. "They're fairly important."
Fel shook his head. "They're politicians."
Wedge Antilles & Jagged Fel (DT:R)

"I came to fight a war, not to play political games."
Jagged Fel (DT:R)

Agents of Chaos: Hero's Trial

"Don't worry, I'm too young to die."
Yeah, and I'm too well-known."
Droma & Han (HT)

"You're demented."
"Tell me something I don't know."
"Okay, how about, we're unarmed!"
Droma & Han (HT)

Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse

"Next stop, Sriluur. Somebody once described it as the source of every foul wind that blows through the galaxy, but--"
"You figure they were just being kind."
Han & Droma (JE)

"I find such optimism refreshing."
"I find it wishful thinking."
Brand & Abaht (about the possibility to defeat the Vong) (JE)

"There's always enough to divide -- enough to keep, enough to spread around, enough to be stolen -- as long as you're the first to get it."
Gardulla (JE)

"Desk job."
"Not really, since I performed most of my tasks standing up."
Han & Baffle (JE)

"Centerpoint, enlistment, espionage... I never thought we would come to this."
"Cheer up, kid. Things are bad all over."
Jacen & Kyp (JE)

"Listen, in case we don't get out of this, it's been good flying with you."
"I know. You mean that -- about flying together?"
"I did mean it. Now I'm not so sure."
Han & Droma (JE)

"You know, you don't look half bad."
"The half that does I'll have repaired."
Han & Roa (JE)

Edge of Victory: Conquest

"We saw what Yuuzhan Vong promises meant on Duro. Dont cooperate with them and they mow you down. If you do cooperate with them, they mow you down, laughing about how stupid youve been."
Jaina (Conquest)

"Has the galaxy gone mad?"
"Yes. Its an old madness, war."
Tionne & Kam (Conquest)

"We're following our Jedi mandate, Chief Fey'lya. We protect. We serve. I'm sorry if these goals are incompatible with yours."
Luke Skywalker (Conquest)

"Then you saved my life. How disgusting. How unfortunate."
"No, don't gush on so. It was nothing, really."
Rapuung & Anakin (Conquest)

"I've heard your slaves are infidels, but even infidels must know the gods and their truths."
"I would think that not knowing that is exactly what makes me an infidel."
Uunu & Anakin (Conquest)

Edge of Victory: Rebirth

"Were out here for you to relax, to forget all of that for a day or so. Just a day."
"You're the one who thinks the whole universe will collapse unless you're there to keep it spinning."
"I'm not pregnant."
"Say something like that again and I'll make you wish you were! And by the way, if we do this again, its your turn."
"Well play sabacc for it."
Luke & Mara (Rebirth)

"Whats happening?"
"The usual. Power systems off-line, artificial gravity off-line, emergency life support on its last legs, big ship full of bad guys outside."
"A really big ship."
"Just like old times."
Han, Jacen & Leia (Rebirth)

"You never mean to do anything wrong. But most times it just turns out that way."
Tahiri (to Anakin) (Rebirth)

"Show me what youre made of, Threepio."
"I will gladly submit to an internal inspection..."
Jacen & 3PO (Rebirth)

"A civil war can only make us weaker."
"Not if we make it quick and painless. Not if we have real leadership when its over, rather than the fractured, squabbling crowd thats got us sitting on our thumbs."
"You're referring to democracy."
Luke & Gavin (Rebirth)

"I like my new copilot just fine."
"Thank you. That means a lot to me."
"I mean, she's a little mouthy for my taste, and kinda smooty, but at least she's easy enough on the eyes -- even with the new hairdo."
Han & Leia (Rebirth)

"Let me handle this, willya? I know what I'm doing."
"Right. I've heard that a time or two. I've usually had cause to regret it."
"At least you always lived to regret it, sweetheart."
Han & Leia (Rebirth)

"How long is this jump, Anakin?"
"A few hours."
"Great. Then why don't you explain to me, in great detail, why you were joyriding on a judicial speeder. And do not leave out the part that explains why people were shooting at me, and why you two disobeyed my direct order."
Corran & Anakin (Rebirth)

"Tell me we aren't going to pop out in the Yag'Dhul system."
"We arent going to pop out in the Yag'Dhul system."
"Good."
"We're going to come out really near, though."
[...]
"Now I understand those pitying looks Solusar was giving me before we left."
Corran & Anakin (Rebirth)

"Look there. There's the man who made the once mighty and terribly feared Booster Terrik into a glorified baby-sitter."
Booster (pointing at Luke) (Rebirth)

"I'm sure Corran knew what he was doing."
"Oh, I wouldn't go that far. He took Anakin and Tahiri, together? No, I doubt he has any idea whatsoever what he's doing."
Luke & Kam (Rebirth)

"I speak your infidel tongue. It tastes like the waste excretions of an ill vhlor on my tongue, but I can speak it. Please, ask me something so I may deny it to you."
"We infidels do not normally sample the waste excretions of ill animals, so I don't fully understand the reference. I suppose that such delicacies are reserved for the Chosen."
Kotaa Zun-Qin & Corran (Rebirth)

"It's not possible for you to mock me."
"Sure it is. You may be dense enough not to recognize it, but I can certainly mock you."
Kotaa Zun-Qin & Corran (Rebirth)

"I'm all pirate. I pillage; therefore I am."
"That's the spirit."
Jacen & Han (Rebirth)

"Well. Who would have guessed that the Yuuzhan Vong were another pack of superweapon aficionados. I thought we were done with that when we were done with the Empire."
Kre'fey (Rebirth)

"We could use the Force, make one of the guards take us to them."
"Absolutely not. You're not going to the dark side on my watch. Do it on Luke's."
Tahiri & Corran (Rebirth)

"We have to get out of here."
"Haven't we just been saying that?"
"The difference is, now I'm saying it."
Corran & Tahiri (Rebirth)

"It's a weird thing."
"What's that?"
"Being happy to see my father-in-law's ship."
Corran & Anakin (Rebirth)

"Are they all that ugly?"
Anakin (about the newborn Ben) (Rebirth)

"Now I only want to know one thing."
"That being?"
"How long before we get to sleep through the night again?"
"If this one is anything like the Solo kids, Id say at least twenty years."
Luke & Mara (Rebirth)

"But comfort was always easier to steal than to earn, peace easier to break than to keep."
Jaina (remembering her mother's words) (SbS)

"Wedge Antilles owes you a favor?"
"Everybody owes me a favor."
Leia & Han (SbS)

"Blaster ineffectial. Alternate tactics requiered."
1-1A (after crushing a Yuuzhan Vong) (SbS)

"This is Farmboy."
Luke (SbS)

"Remain calm and please seek shelter. There is an active thermal detonator in the area."
[...]
"Do not kick the detonator. Remain calm and step away."
YVH 1-507A (SbS)

"The New Republic? Are you blind? There is no New Republic! It died before the Yuuzhan Vong came!"
Leia Organa Solo (SbS)

Dark Journey

"A wise leader always tries to give orders that are likely to be followed."
Soontir Fel (DJ)

"Is every third human in this galaxy named Solo?"
Khalee Lah (DJ)


"After this war is over, I'm taking a vacation on Mon Calamari."
"Sounds nice."
"I'm going to find the largest coral reef on that world, and then I'm going top blow it up."
Alema Rar & Zekk (DJ)

"Tahiri, you've flown in these things before. How did you land?"
"We crashed, mostly."
Jaina & Tahiri (DJ)

"How many has it been?"
IS THIS A REQUEST FOR DATA OR A RHETORICAL QUESTION?
"Great. Now even droids are questioning my motives."
NOT AT ALL. THE DISCUSSION OF PHILOSOPHY IS READILY DISCERNIBLE FROM A CALL TO ACTION.
"I've noticed that."
TO AVOID FUTURE MISUNDERSTANDINGS, HOWEVER, PERHAPS YOU SHOULD GIVE DIRECT ORDERS IN SECOND PERSON IMPERATIVE; FOR EXAMPLE, "SET COORDINATES FOR THE ABREGADO SYSTEM," OR "DIVERT POWER TO THE REAR SHIELDS."
"How about 'Report to the maintenance bay for a personality graft?'"
IS THAT AN ORDER OR AN INSULT?
"Whatever works."
[...]
"Still playing the philosopher, Zero-One?"
I FAIL TO COMPREHEND THE UNDERLYING SEMANTIC MEANING OF YOUR QUERY.
"It was what you might call 'a hint'. Stop gazing at your... central interface terminal and tend to astronavigation. We should be coming up on our hyperspace coordinates before long."
AS I AM WELL AWARE. IT IS POSSIBLE TO THINK AND ACT AT THE SAME TIME.
"Apparently you haven't attended any of the latest Jedi meetings."
YOU ARE THE ONLY JEDI WITH WHOM I INTERFACE. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT PROGRAMMED TO EXPERIENCE GRATITUDE.
"Was that a non sequitur or an insult?"
WHATEVER WORKS.
Kyp & Zero-One (DJ)


"A lot of people wonder why you're still alive. The answer to that can be given in two words."
"Luke Skywalker."
Leia & Kyp (DJ)

Practice maneuvers? Exactly who and what did this kid think he was, and more important, to whom should Kyp send his body?
Kyp Durron (about Jagged Fel) (DJ)


"I don't wish to offend, but it is a mystery to me that you managed to defeat the Empire."
"We have our moments."
Jag & Kyp (DJ)

"The Republic's utter lack of direction is actually a clever ploy to confuse our enemies."
"And that works?"
"Not that I've noticed, no."
Kyp & Jag (DJ)


"Among the Yuuzhan Vong, twin births are considered a portent. One twin battles the other, and the winner goes on to an important role in a pivotal event."
"Don't worry, sweetheart. You can take Luke. You'll just have to fight dirty."
Isolder & Han (DJ)

"A goddess, huh? You can't say the kid lacks ambition."
Han (about Jaina) (DJ)

"I'm not going to argue with her [Jaina]. I'm going to encourage her to put her plans -- whatever they are -- on the table. Then we'll discuss them, with the intention of focusing and refining her logic."
"Not going to argue. Do me a favor -- make sure this 'discussion' takes place in an open space, with no flammable materials around."
Leia & Han (DJ)

"How did an Alderaanian princess end up with such a daughter?"
Jag (to Jaina) (DJ)

For most of his twenty years, Jag had devoted himself to learning military tactics, first from his family and then at the Chiss military academy. He'd devoted nearly as much time to developing logic and problem-solving skills as he'd spent learning to fly. But when it came to Jaina Solo, all his hard-won expertise abandonded him.
(DJ)

In his opinion, there were far too many dark-haired, green-eyed men in Jaina Solo's orbit.
Jag Fel (DJ)

"Underestimating the enemy is a common mistake. Jedi don't expect to be outwitted by bugs."
Jaina (DJ)


"Since when did any of us need things to be easy?"
"You've got a point, flyboy. If I needed proof of that, all I need to do is remember that we're still married."
Han & Leia (DJ)


"Kid takes after his mother."
"I was aware of that risk."
Han & Luke (about baby Ben) (DJ)

"How about it, Skywalker? Will you still fight for me after we've been married for twenty-odd years?"
"What do you mean by 'still'? You do your own fighting. If I forget that, I'm not likely to survive until our twentieth anniversary."
Mara & Luke (DJ)


"Up to a certain point, logic suggests that you're describing Jaina Solo. But only up to a point! Tractable is not a word that comes readily to mind when her name is mentioned."
Jag (DJ)


"There's a line between dedication and fanaticism. I think you passed it a few kilometers back."
Kyp (to Jaina) (DJ)


"Speaking of my father, how many days did your ambassadors spend in a bacta tank?"
"I'm sure he'll come around to the idea. He is a reasonable man."
"He's never been accused of that before."
Jaina & Ta'a Chume (DJ)

"Jaina never intended to marry the prince."
"I see. He's not a Jedi."
"True, but that's not the issue. I'm guessing that the only man Jaina would ever take seriously is one who can outfly her."
"There are not many who fit that description."
"Yeah, I've noticed that."
Kyp & Jag (DJ)

"You will be sacrificed to the gods, and then I will tear out your heart with my own hands."
"If you still have your own hands, you're probably not as far up the ladder as you wanted us to think. Put someone else on -- someone with real authority and a few more replacement parts."
Tsavong Lah & Jaina (DJ)

During her eighteen years, Jaina could probably tally up more threats to her life than her mother had hairstyles.
(DJ)

[all credits for these great quotes belong to Mike Stackpole, James Luceno, Greg Keyes, Troy Denning, and Elaine Cunningham, the authors of the books]