Luthen Rael quotes from Andor

Cassian Andor

What? To steal from the Empire, what do you need? A uniform, some dirty hands, and an Imperial toolkit. They’re so proud of themselves, they don’t even care. They’re so fat and satisfied, they can’t imagine it…

Luthen Rael

Can’t imagine what?

That someone like me would ever get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food, take their gear.

Luthen Rael

Tell me why we're really here today, Lonni?

I can't do this anymore. I'm a father now. I had no idea how it would feel.

Rael

We took a vow.

I'm giving you Dedra Meero. I'm giving you Spellhaus. I'm warning you about Ferrix. I'm honoring my vow. I've been working my way through there for six years. Working my way up. Alone.

Rael

So, what was your plan? Gather a big basket of goodies for me as a farewell gift? What were you planning to tell the ISB?

My health. My wife's family has an import business.

Rael

Even as you say the words, you know it's impossible. We can't let you go, Lonni. We can't spare you. We've been grooming you for too long. And yes, you've been alone, but your career has profited greatly from information that we've provided. Information that cost me dearly. You love your daughter. Kreegyr's men will be dying to make sure she has a father. You're trapped, Lonni. There's no pleasure in saying it but you're going nowhere.

My sacrifice? It means nothing to you, does it?

Rael

I said I think of you constantly and I do. Your investment in the Rebellion is epic. A double life? Every day a performance? The stress of that? We need heroes, Lonni, and here you are.

And what do you sacrifice?

Rael

Calm. Kindness. Kinship. Love. I've given up all chance at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion: I'm damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my, my eagerness to fight, they've set me on a path from which there is no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost, and by the time I looked down…there was no longer any ground beneath my feet. What is my sacrifice? I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else's future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror or an audience or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice? EVERYTHING! You'll stay with me, Lonni. I need all the heroes I can get.

Saw Gerrera

What is this? What kind of game is this? [sees Luthen point Tubes' pistol at him] Oh. There's no way out alive. Of that you must be sure.

Luthen Rael

I'm doing this so you'll listen. So, listen. Kreegyr goes down, the ISB will feel invincible. They'll feel untouchable. We'll have a clear field to play. The alternative... Kreegyr pulls out, we wave him off. They'll know they'll have to wonder. They'll trust nothing. If I were ISB, Saw, why wouldn't I just send you out there with him? I didn't want you to have to make this choice.

Gerrera

Thirty men.

Rael

Plus Kreegyr.

Gerrera

For the greater good.

Rael

Call it what you will.

Gerrera

Let's call it war.

Cassian Andor

You came here to kill me, didn't you?

Luthen Rael

You don't make it easy.

I will now.

Rael

[picks up Cassian's pistol] What game is this?

No game. Kill me. Or take me in.

Luthen Rael

They're finally wanting to do something and you tell them to be careful.

Cassian Andor

It doesn't matter to you, does it?

Luthen

It doesn't matter? Ghorman in play? A new frontline against the Empire? The chance for that? That's a triumph. You're thinking small. You're thinking like a thief.

Cassian

I'm thinking like a soldier!

Luthen

Think like a leader. Think about a planet like Ghorman in rebellion. A planet of wealth and status.

Cassian

And if it goes up in flames?

Luthen

It will burn, very brightly.

Luthen Rael

What's most important is The Cause! [mocks Cassian's own words in quotes] "Kill me or take me in." You're in! "Oh, but Ghorman looks too painful. Bix is too vulnerable."

Cassian

I give you everything.

Luthen

This is everything? This fury? This lack of control? Violating every protocol we live by? Soft on Ghorman but willing to protect Bix at any cost.

Cassian

We... We are not droids, Luthen.

Luthen

We are not who we were when we started. Bix has to pull it together, or you will have to decide at what point it becomes too large a problem.

Luthen Rael

What fun.

Kleya Marki

[gives bug she safely extracted from the Tinian Codex] You're welcome.

Luthen

My face hurts from smiling.

Kleya

Complain all you like, it worked.

Luthen

We should have killed Krennic while we were up there. [they chuckle]

Kleya

That's the spirit.

Luthen Rael

Then there's no time to play games. I need to know what we're talking about. You're not the only one who'll be running. We're in this together. I need details. What are we up against?

The Emperor's energy program is a lie. All of it. The rebellion on Ghorman, it was a front from the start; a cover to strip-mine the planet for some mineral they need. They're not looking for Partisans on Jedha; they need kyber crystals. The crackdowns, the Public Order, the labor camps, Scarif...

Luthen

Fronting for what?

A weapon. Orson Krennic's been building a secret weapon for over a decade. Colonel Yularen wasn't even told until a month ago!

Luthen

What kind of weapon?

Dedra Meero

A vintage Imperial Starpath unit. What do you think? A little damaged, perhaps... But I'd say it's held its value. [Luthen breathes deeply] I have dreamt of this. Too many versions to remember. And here you were... all that time, hiding in the shelter of Imperial peace and quiet.

Luthen Rael

And I've known you all along. Hardly seems fair.

Dedra

You disgust me. Do you want to know why?

Luthen

Everything you stand for. Freedom scares you.

Dedra

"Freedom"? You don't want freedom. You want chaos, chaos for everyone but you. Ruin the galaxy and then run back to your ridiculous wig and little workshop.

Luthen

How confident you are.

Dedra

We're done here.

Luthen

Confident and terrified.

Dedra

The building is surrounded. You're finished.

Luthen

And you're too late. The Rebellion isn't here anymore. It's flown away. It's everywhere now. There's a whole galaxy out there waiting to disgust you.

Dedra

And soon, you'll be telling us all about it. [she spots smoke rising from the back room] What have you done? [Luthen turns his back to her] Turn around. [aims blaster] Turn around or be stunned. [sees Luthen's hand holding a Nautolan bleeder he showed her, indicating he stabbed himself before he collapsed] No. No. No, no, no. All units engage. I need a med-team. Now!

Kleya Marki

When do we start fighting back?

Luthen Rael

We have.

Kleya

By walking away?

Luthen

We fight to win. That means we lose. And lose and lose and lose... until we're ready. All you know now is how much you hate. You bank that. You hide that. You keep it alive until you know what to do with it. And when I tell you to move, you move. Move!