That was admittedly the kind of conditioning he expected. It dawns on him that the same conditioning that saw Kylo Ren so committed to darkness has to be very much like the troopers themselves received. They were just numbers. Faceless behind white helmets. Their lives had no value but to serve and blah blah blah ...
Why did Ben eat up the rhetoric like candy while someone like Finn resisted it? What made them different? Finn's parents were even more non-present than he and Leia were for their son ...
"Their lives have meaning." The elder Solo insists. He's got no intentions of actively reliving his days in the Imperial Navy any more than his subconscious reminds him of, but he knew what it felt like to be in a helmet. "There are people who are going to wonder what happened to them and there might not be much I can offer them and some people are no doubt going to hate my guts when I offer the news ... but they deserve closure. I could give them at least that."
Han looks over to Chewbacca, the two have been working together for so long, they don't need to vocalize a lot of what they're doing anymore. They just know. Pre-jump checks are done and since there are no problems, it was time to get to hyperspace.
"Alright, Chewie." He murmurs. "Let's make the jump."
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Date: 2016-06-24 10:07 pm (UTC)Why did Ben eat up the rhetoric like candy while someone like Finn resisted it? What made them different? Finn's parents were even more non-present than he and Leia were for their son ...
"Their lives have meaning." The elder Solo insists. He's got no intentions of actively reliving his days in the Imperial Navy any more than his subconscious reminds him of, but he knew what it felt like to be in a helmet. "There are people who are going to wonder what happened to them and there might not be much I can offer them and some people are no doubt going to hate my guts when I offer the news ... but they deserve closure. I could give them at least that."
Han looks over to Chewbacca, the two have been working together for so long, they don't need to vocalize a lot of what they're doing anymore. They just know. Pre-jump checks are done and since there are no problems, it was time to get to hyperspace.
"Alright, Chewie." He murmurs. "Let's make the jump."