Star Wars - Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Quotes
C-3PO: [Chewbacca is carrying the dismembered C3PO on his back] If only you'd attached my legs, I wouldn't be in this ridiculous position. Now remember, Chewbacca, you have a responsibility to me, so don't do anything foolish!
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Dak: Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself.
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Darth Vader: What is thy bidding, my master?
Emperor: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Darth Vader: I have felt it.
Emperor: We have a new enemy, the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
Darth Vader: How is that possible?
Emperor: Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.
Darth Vader: He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
Emperor: The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Darth Vader: If he could be turned, he will become a powerful ally.
Emperor: Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Darth Vader: He will join us or die, my master.
Emperor: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Darth Vader: I have felt it.
Emperor: We have a new enemy, the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
Darth Vader: How is that possible?
Emperor: Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.
Darth Vader: He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
Emperor: The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Darth Vader: If he could be turned, he will become a powerful ally.
Emperor: Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Darth Vader: He will join us or die, my master.
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Han Solo: Well Princess, it looks like you managed to keep me here a while longer.
Princess Leia: I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for anyone to leave the system until they've activated the energy shield.
Han Solo: That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
Princess Leia: I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain. [Chewbacca laughs]
Han Solo: Laugh it up, fuzzball.
Princess Leia: I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for anyone to leave the system until they've activated the energy shield.
Han Solo: That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
Princess Leia: I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain. [Chewbacca laughs]
Han Solo: Laugh it up, fuzzball.
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Yoda: I am wondering, why are you here?
Luke: I'm looking for someone.
Yoda: Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm?
Luke: Right...
Yoda: Help you I can. Yes, mmmm.
Luke: I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior.
Yoda: Ohhh. Great warrior. [laughs and shakes his head]
Yoda: Wars not make one great.
Luke: I'm looking for someone.
Yoda: Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm?
Luke: Right...
Yoda: Help you I can. Yes, mmmm.
Luke: I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior.
Yoda: Ohhh. Great warrior. [laughs and shakes his head]
Yoda: Wars not make one great.
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Dak : Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself.
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Yoda : Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless.
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Princess Leia : Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder.
Han Solo : Who's scruffy-looking?
Han Solo : Who's scruffy-looking?
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Admiral Piett : Lord Vader, our ships have completed their scan of the area and found nothing. If the Millennium Falcon went into light-speed, it'll be on the other side of the galaxy by now.
Darth Vader : Alert all commands. Calculate every possible destination along their last known trajectory.
Admiral Piett : Yes, my Lord. We'll find them.
Darth Vader : Don't fail me again, Admiral.
Darth Vader : Alert all commands. Calculate every possible destination along their last known trajectory.
Admiral Piett : Yes, my Lord. We'll find them.
Darth Vader : Don't fail me again, Admiral.
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Yoda : Stopped they must be; on this all depends. Only a fully trained Jedi Knight, with the Force as his ally, will conquer Vader and his Emperor. If you end your training now - if you choose the quick and easy path as Vader did - you will become an agent of evil.
Obi-Wan : Patience.
Luke : And sacrifice Han and Leia?
Yoda : If you honor what they fight for? Yes.
Obi-Wan : If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere.
Luke : I understand. R2? Fire up the converters.
Obi-Wan : Luke! Don't give in to hate. That leads to the Dark Side.
Yoda : Strong is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.
Luke : I will. And I'll return, I promise.
Obi-Wan : Patience.
Luke : And sacrifice Han and Leia?
Yoda : If you honor what they fight for? Yes.
Obi-Wan : If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere.
Luke : I understand. R2? Fire up the converters.
Obi-Wan : Luke! Don't give in to hate. That leads to the Dark Side.
Yoda : Strong is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.
Luke : I will. And I'll return, I promise.
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[ Luke has seen a vision of Han, Leia and Chewie being tortured in Cloud City ]
Luke : I saw - I saw a city in the clouds.
Yoda : [ nods ] Friends you have there.
Luke : They were in pain...
Yoda : It is the future you see.
Luke : The future? [ pause ]
Luke : Will they die?
Yoda : [ closes his eyes for a moment ] Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
Luke : I've got to go to them.
Yoda : Decide you must, how to serve them best. If you leave now, help them you could; but you would destroy all for which they have fought, and suffered.
Luke : I saw - I saw a city in the clouds.
Yoda : [ nods ] Friends you have there.
Luke : They were in pain...
Yoda : It is the future you see.
Luke : The future? [ pause ]
Luke : Will they die?
Yoda : [ closes his eyes for a moment ] Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
Luke : I've got to go to them.
Yoda : Decide you must, how to serve them best. If you leave now, help them you could; but you would destroy all for which they have fought, and suffered.
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C-3PO : Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Han Solo : Never tell me the odds.
Han Solo : Never tell me the odds.
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Darth Vader : Yes, Admiral?
Admiral Piett : Our ships have sighted the Millennium Falcon, Lord. But it has entered an asteroid field and we can not risk...
Darth Vader : [ interupting ] Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses.
Admiral Piett : Our ships have sighted the Millennium Falcon, Lord. But it has entered an asteroid field and we can not risk...
Darth Vader : [ interupting ] Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses.
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Emperor : The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Darth Vader : If he could be turned, he would be a powerful ally.
Emperor : Yes. Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Darth Vader : He will join us or die, my master.
Darth Vader : If he could be turned, he would be a powerful ally.
Emperor : Yes. Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Darth Vader : He will join us or die, my master.
Movie: Star Wars - Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Darth Vader : What is thy bidding, my master?
Emperor : There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Darth Vader : I have felt it.
Emperor : We have a new enemy, the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
Darth Vader : How is that possible?
Emperor : Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.
Darth Vader : He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
Emperor : The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Darth Vader : If he could be turned, he will become a powerful ally.
Emperor : Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Darth Vader : He will join us or die, my master.
Emperor : There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Darth Vader : I have felt it.
Emperor : We have a new enemy, the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
Darth Vader : How is that possible?
Emperor : Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.
Darth Vader : He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
Emperor : The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Darth Vader : If he could be turned, he will become a powerful ally.
Emperor : Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
Darth Vader : He will join us or die, my master.
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Yoda : You must unlearn what you have learned.
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Luke : I want my lamp back. I'm gonna need it to get out of this slimy mudhole.
Yoda : Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is!
Yoda : Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is!
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[ a tremor knocks Leia into Solo's arms ]
Princess Leia : Let go.
Han Solo : Shh.
Princess Leia : Let go, please.
Han Solo : Don't get excited.
Princess Leia : Captain, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me excited.
Han Solo : Sorry sweetheart. I haven't got time for anything else.
Princess Leia : Let go.
Han Solo : Shh.
Princess Leia : Let go, please.
Han Solo : Don't get excited.
Princess Leia : Captain, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me excited.
Han Solo : Sorry sweetheart. I haven't got time for anything else.
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[ Luke can't levitate his X-Wing out of the bog ]
Luke : I can't. It's too big.
Yoda : Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.
Luke : I can't. It's too big.
Yoda : Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.
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Lando : Punch it. [ Chewbacca attempts to engage the hyperdrive on the Millenium Falcon - it fails ]
Lando : They told me they fixed it! I *trusted* them to *fix* it! It's not my fault!
Lando : They told me they fixed it! I *trusted* them to *fix* it! It's not my fault!
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Han Solo : Afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?
Princess Leia : I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee.
Han Solo : I can arrange that. You could use a good kiss.
Princess Leia : I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee.
Han Solo : I can arrange that. You could use a good kiss.
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Han Solo : Well Princess, it looks like you managed to keep me here a while longer.
Princess Leia : I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for anyone to leave the system until they've activated the energy shield.
Han Solo : That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
Princess Leia : I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain. [ Chewbacca laughs ]
Han Solo : Laugh it up, fuzzball.
Princess Leia : I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for anyone to leave the system until they've activated the energy shield.
Han Solo : That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
Princess Leia : I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain. [ Chewbacca laughs ]
Han Solo : Laugh it up, fuzzball.
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Darth Vader : The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.
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C-3PO : Artoo says that the chances of survival are 725 to 1. Actually Artoo has been known to make mistakes... from time to time... Oh dear...
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Han Solo : [ cutting open his dead Tauntaun and shoving Luke inside ] This may smell bad, kid, but it'll keep you warm until I get the shelter up... Ugh. And I thought they smelled bad on the *outside*.
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Yoda : I am wondering, why are you here?
Luke : I'm looking for someone.
Yoda : Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm?
Luke : Right...
Yoda : Help you I can. Yes, mmmm.
Luke : I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior.
Yoda : Ohhh. Great warrior. [ laughs and shakes his head ]
Yoda : Wars not make one great.
Luke : I'm looking for someone.
Yoda : Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm?
Luke : Right...
Yoda : Help you I can. Yes, mmmm.
Luke : I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior.
Yoda : Ohhh. Great warrior. [ laughs and shakes his head ]
Yoda : Wars not make one great.
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Luke : All right, I'll give it a try.
Yoda : No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.
Yoda : No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.
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[ Using the Force, Yoda effortlessly frees the X-Wing from the bog ]
Luke : I don't, I don't believe it.
Yoda : That is why you fail.
Luke : I don't, I don't believe it.
Yoda : That is why you fail.
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