[ .. gone? how can a whole galaxy just be.. gone? he shoots taako a distressed glance, instinctively almost reaching out with the force. he stops himself at the last moment, though. if he doesn't want to talk about it, doesn't want to share what that means to him, then it's not luke's place to press.

he takes a breath in through his nose, then nods. ] Yeah. Though it's more complicated than just.. bad guys and good guys. A lot of people who've joined the Empire are just.. trying to survive. I almost joined myself a couple of years ago, just to get off Tatooine.