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Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills

by Greg Rucka · 2017

Baze and Chirrut used to be Guardians of the Whills, who looked after the Kyber Temple on Jedha and all those who worshipped there. Then the Empire came and took over the planet. The temple was destroyed and the people… more

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Where you see darkness, I see stars . - Laech Min-Glsain, from Poems, Prayers and Meditations on the Force, edited by Kozem Pel, Disciple of the Whills
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One did not need to believe in the Force to know right from wrong. Many who held no faith in the Force acted righteously, and he had known more than one sentient who had acted selfishly, even cruelly, and used belief to justify doing so.
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You cannot lose what is inside you,” Chirrut said. “You can only misplace it. The task, then, is to find it again.
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We thought, they have come to crush belief, because belief leads to hope, and hope can topple monsters.
Sometimes it was as effortless as breathing. Sometimes it was as hard as living.
The moment between breaths Is the balance of the Force. Between life and death. Rest and action. Serenity and passion. Hope and despair. —
Hope can live in a vacuum.
The Force is with me, and I am one with the Force,” Chirrut told Althin. “And I fear nothing, for all is as the Force wills it.
No, the Empire needed to be fought. It had to be resisted.
For the light to exist, there must be the dark. For the Force, there must be balance.
I am one with the Force,” he said to himself and to the universe at once.
In darkness I follow the light and find my way to the beginning again, and again, and again.

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Baze and Chirrut used to be Guardians of the Whills, who looked after the Kyber Temple on Jedha and all those who worshipped there. Then the Empire came and took over the planet. The temple was destroyed and the people scattered. Now Baze and Chirrut do what they can to resist the Empire and protect the people of Jedha, but it never seems to be enough. When a man named Saw Gerrera arrives with grand plans to take down the Empire, it seems like the perfect way for Baze and Chirrut to make a real difference and help the people of Jedha. But will it come at too great a cost?

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2017
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