[In his time there is no Jedi Order, so his experience is a little lacking... And growing up under Imperial rule, Han is used to seeing authority misused, and thus inclined to be mistrustful of dogma.
He's not having this conversation to be cruel. He's not quite sure, actually, why it seems so important to talk about it, except that he's unreasonably fond of Leia and Luke both and the idea that they'd need to deny themselves basic human connection for the sake of some mystical nonsense bothers him. (Okay, yeah, that's probably it. Still, he slides the bottle across the table, a small consolation.]
I make a living off things being outlawed, you know? Forbidding something, that's what makes people want it.
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[In his time there is no Jedi Order, so his experience is a little lacking... And growing up under Imperial rule, Han is used to seeing authority misused, and thus inclined to be mistrustful of dogma.
He's not having this conversation to be cruel. He's not quite sure, actually, why it seems so important to talk about it, except that he's unreasonably fond of Leia and Luke both and the idea that they'd need to deny themselves basic human connection for the sake of some mystical nonsense bothers him. (Okay, yeah, that's probably it. Still, he slides the bottle across the table, a small consolation.]
I make a living off things being outlawed, you know? Forbidding something, that's what makes people want it.