A hooded emperor answers a young Jedi in the throne room.

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Chancellor Palpatine

Your faith in your friends is yours.

— Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi · 1983

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The Emperor replies to Luke by treating friendship as a vulnerability. Luke’s trust in his allies becomes something Palpatine thinks he can exploit. In a few words, the exchange sets the Emperor’s view of power against a hero’s reliance on other people.

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