[he nods easily.] Am I right in assuming you are one of the creative ones?

[complimentary! but not a falsehood. he assumes she's good, from the way she's spoken about it all so far.]

I did not mean to imply any sort of easiness to your life. [but - he frowns a little.] If the Empire is gone, why do their stormtroopers still terrorize? Are there pockets of sympathizers remaining?

[he saw it with the separatists - only most of those people became rebels in the end.]