[ Akobi exhales through his nose, shaking his head slowly. ]

It's one thing to say you can look past a person's affiliations and appreciate them for who they are. But to some people, those affiliations form a large part of who they are, who they want to be. I may be able to see the faults in what the Empire came to be, but that doesn't mean I'm going to turn my back on everything I fought for.