Flying

~From General Syndulla

As a little girl, all I ever wanted to do was fly away from my home planet, and travel across the stars.I used to peek out of my basement during the clone war to watch the republic ships fly by, fighting to liberate my world.And I promised myself that one day I would be up there too.Flying.Free.Fighting, for those who can not.

When I’m up there, it’s like I’m in a different world.Because even when there are explosions all around me, and things are at their worst, I feel like I’m at my best.

I belong in the sky.With the birds, among the clouds and the stars.Some people say I need to get my head out of my cockpit, and I do…sometimes.But I’m always drawn back to it.The view from up there is incomparable, it’s almost magical.

I’m at my best when I’m on my ship.If you put me in a briefing room I’m a mess, but if I gave speeches while flying the whole senate would salute me…well, Kannen thinks otherwise…

Anyway, I always knew where I was meant to be, so I worked hard to reach there.

“I left my family so that I could fly”~Hera Syndulla (from ‘Star Wars Rebels’)

Photo Credits:Star Wars Rebels