They have the best glass workers in the galaxy there…Many have wondered why this world has advanced the art so much. Is it the golden sands, the temperature of the fires, the longs tradition? Whatever it may be, they make he most beautiful vessels in the galaxy, so highly prized that they are priceless objects. But occasionally, someone is careless, or an accident occurs, and one is broken…Just like I could break this cup. But these artisans have a greater art than the fashioning of the vessels. They remake the shattered ones. And in that remaking they find their highest art. They take the pieces of something beautiful that has been smashed and create something even more beautiful. You see the seams of the break, but the piece is still flawless. Because it had once been broken, it becomes more valuable than before.
-Tahl speaking to Qui-Gon Jinn in the Jedi Apprentice Series.
I just found these books today again. I used to read them over and over and over again. They were my favorite books out of all the Star Wars books I loved. And now I can see how expertly these authors wrote all these characters. In this paragraph, Tahl is talking about trust while using a cup that she uses (“even though it may break”) as a metaphor. But I find that right now it speaks super well to acquired disabilities.
Which I find even more fascinating, because Tahl has recently been scarred and blinded and for her, there is NEVER a miracle cure. She’s not pitiable, she’s still a jedi, later takes on a padawan learner, uses a navigation droid (a service robot!) in one book, has the closest thing to a love life you’re allowed to get in the Jedi order, and basically kicks butt.
(via winglssdemon)