[It was hard to imagine the Rebellion didn't have hope at the time, but when faced with the reality of the situation, hope was hard to find. But they found it, and used it to push themselves forward for the greater good...and it cost them their lives in the end.
And he's giving her a lesson in history, the stories that don't get told. The stories that were lost in the midst of war. The lives that were lost and the efforts behind their missions. Her eyes went wide hearing that the default had been part of the design of the Death Star. The odds of finding that out, of having someone like Bohdi defect and then finding the plans and giving them to the Alliance...it was a miracle they were successful....and he didn't know about it until she told him.
Rey could feel her eyes getting watery from the emotions running through her body, recalling those last moments she saw. She averted her gaze, taking in a deep breath to regain control of herself. She wished he could've been alive to see the destruction of the Death Star...but then he may have died in a different battle, or lived to see the First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire.]
They did...and I feel like...if it wasn't for you and the others...who knows, maybe I wouldn't have been born or maybe the Empire would still be around and so many other lives would've been lost or not created. [So many things could've happened...and it was because of his sacrifice, his and Jyn's and Bodhi's, that the Galaxy at least knew peace even for a short time.]
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And he's giving her a lesson in history, the stories that don't get told. The stories that were lost in the midst of war. The lives that were lost and the efforts behind their missions. Her eyes went wide hearing that the default had been part of the design of the Death Star. The odds of finding that out, of having someone like Bohdi defect and then finding the plans and giving them to the Alliance...it was a miracle they were successful....and he didn't know about it until she told him.
Rey could feel her eyes getting watery from the emotions running through her body, recalling those last moments she saw. She averted her gaze, taking in a deep breath to regain control of herself. She wished he could've been alive to see the destruction of the Death Star...but then he may have died in a different battle, or lived to see the First Order rise from the ashes of the Empire.]
They did...and I feel like...if it wasn't for you and the others...who knows, maybe I wouldn't have been born or maybe the Empire would still be around and so many other lives would've been lost or not created. [So many things could've happened...and it was because of his sacrifice, his and Jyn's and Bodhi's, that the Galaxy at least knew peace even for a short time.]