“There had been a time when Qui-Gon believed great, transformative change was possible. That these changes had been foreseen millennia ago by the Jedi mystics. How young he’d been. How innocent, how optimistic.
Time had taught him better.
“Nothing remains static,” Qui-Gon said, “but sentient beings will always remain the same.”
Thurible shook his head no. “Changes come when we least expect them—but they do come. Who knows what transformations we may yet live to see?”