And the Empire killed my parents. They took over my home planet before they even started calling themselves an Empire, all under the name of stability and safety. As a Republic.

[both his parents were dead before the clone wars ended, but to a seven year old who doesn't have that grasp of politics, the war never stopped. it just moved him from planet to planet as he fell in with his father's old anarchist cell. it was always an empire in essence, invading places it didn't need to be.]

[her weapon grip still doesn't escape him, he's too attuned. at least her anger seems the root of it now.]

I do not blame you for asking. It's smart to ask questions, but you should be asking them about your own armies too. Everyone should.

War is not black and white. It's ugly and terrible and no one's hands are clean.

[that isn't a question. the rebellion has done some very terrible things, though it prefers to keep that in the shadows.]