Galen Erso Quotes

“You don’t mind that the war will go on and on?”
“Palpatine could have prevented it. Now it’s up to people like you to end it.”
Tarkin nodded. “And so we shall.”
― James Luceno, Star Wars: Catalyst - A Rogue One Novel

“My colleagues,” Galen said, “many of them, have fooled themselves into thinking they are creating something so terrible and powerful it will never be used. But they’re wrong. No weapon has ever been left on the shelf. And the day is coming soon when it will be unleashed.”
― Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

“If you found a place in the galaxy untouched by war—a quiet life, maybe with a family—if you’re happy, Jyn, then that’s more than enough.”
― Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

“He stood at a metaphorical cliff’s edge, stamping his foot in an effort to cause an avalanche. With Galen Erso’s treachery undone, he would gain the allegiance of Vader. With Vader’s backing, he would expose the incompetence of Tarkin—the revelation of rebel survivors from Jedha. With Tarkin humiliated, Krennic’s command of the Death Star would be uncontested, and he would confer with the Emperor himself as to how it might best be used.
Krennic would be, in every way that mattered, the most powerful and decorated man in the Empire.
Or he would fall from the cliff and bash his skull open on the rocks. And his Death Star would fall into the fumbling hands of Wilhuff Tarkin.
Tarkin, Erso, Vader—how had so many men conspired against him for so long?”
― Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

“I wish I could say the crisis isn’t real. I wish I could say you came all this way for nothing.”
― Alexander Freed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story