If I learned anything from Star Wars, it's that you've got to have hope. Sometimes you have a dream, a crazy dream, but one that's worthwhile, and you can work damn hard to make that dream come true, but you've still got to depend on a little luck and a few good friends. You just hope they come through for you.

And then they don't, and a Rebel kid blows up your battlestation and your best friend throws you down an airshaft. And everything you've worked for falls apart like a house of cards.

But, dammit, we can always hope.