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If I was running the Force, I would have to ask you to wait for a few more years, or a "solar sweep" or two. [York sticks a cigarette in his mouth and digs in his pocket for the lighter.]
Even if you are very mature for your age, a few years makes a lot of difference in the development of a growing alien boy. [Or so he assumes. He's working with human and movie logic, here.] Putting someone barely out of childhood into the line of fire, or in a position to protect others, would seem pretty desperate.