Only circumstances can dictate my opinion of their freedom and how much they should have. [He won't let them go wandering off as he did as a child. Knock on wood.] We were not meant to be blown to pieces or shot down by a blaster either. Sometimes the cage is preferable.

[He shakes his head in wonder. Four hundred years?] I will never get over how long your race lives.

[Some alien races are long-lived, but none are immortal.]

I'm very good with a lightsaber. I bet they've never seen one of those.