James Luceno Quotes

Rarely did events play out as imagined, in any case.

The actions of a Sith begin from the self and flow outward.

For the present, the more covert we remain, the more influence we can have.

Our revenge will be achieved not through subjugation but by contagion.

The Force tries to resist the callings of ravenous spirits; therefore it must be broken and made a beast of burden. It must be made to answer to one’s will.

Beings may elect their leaders, but the Force has elected us.

To say that the Force works in mysterious ways is to admit one’s ignorance, for any mystery can be solved through the application of knowledge and unrelenting effort.

One could only act on instinct, grab hold of an intuited perfect moment, and spring into action.

A storm you are, but a much needed one, to wash away the old and complacent and prune the galaxy of deadweight.

Where the Jedi courted power, the Sith lusted after it; where the Jedi believed they knew the truth, the Sith possessed it. Owned by the dark side, they ultimately became their knowledge.

Remember why the Sith are more powerful than the Jedi, Sidious: because we are not afraid to feel.

We embrace the spectrum of emotions, from the heights of transcendent joy to the depths of hatred and despair.

Where the Sith once wore armor, we now wear cloaks. But the Force works through us all the more powerfully in our invisibility.

Then it is done. From this day forward, the truth of you, now and forever more, will be Sidious.

In the same way that the past was reconfigured by selective memory, future events, too, were moving targets.

Deception begins with bureaucracy.

You said you were death itself. Are you evil, then, or are you simply stronger and more awake than others?

Who gives more shape to sentient history: the good, who adhere to the tried and true, or those who seek to rouse beings from their stupor and lead them to glory?

Not until the singular flame of the light side was extinguished from the galaxy.

Remember why the Sith are more powerful than the Jedi, Sidious: because we are not afraid to feel.

The order of future events was transient.

The power of the dark side is an illness no true Sith would wish to be cured of.

Two lone Jedi are no match for thousands of battle droids and droidekas.

Uncertainty is the first step toward self-determination. Courage comes next.

We stalk the Force like hunters, rather than surrender like prey to its enigmatic whims.

Fearless, we welcome whatever paths the dark side sets us on, and whatever destiny it lays out for us.

Qui-Gon believes that the boy—Anakin is his name—stands at the center of a vergence in the Force, and believes further that his finding him was the will of the Force.

Success doesn’t come from summoning help from the Force, but from taking control of it and generating the power from within yourself.