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Look, I ain't in this for your revolution. I'm not in it for you Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money.

— Han ‧ Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

A stack of gold coins beside a cog, with a pale feather hovering above on a worn teal surface.
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Han is refusing any noble motive, and he says so bluntly. He isn't here for the rebellion or for the princess, only for payment. The repeated insistence on money makes him sound proudly mercenary, whatever else might be true.

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