In honor of the 30th anniversary of the premiere of the original ‘Star Wars’ — back when the biggest explosion came from the last TIE fighter and Han actually shot first — we present to you 30 of the film’s most memorable quotations … and no questions asked. (Let’s just say we’d like to avoid any imperial entanglements.)
“This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the rebellion.”
“What a piece of junk!”
“Don’t call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.”
“I’m Luke Skywalker, I’m here to rescue you.”
“Watch your mouth kid, or you’ll find yourself floating home.”
“Evacuate in our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.”
“If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador? — Commander, tear this ship apart until you’ve found those plans. And bring me the passengers, I want them alive!”
“Look, good against remotes is one thing, good against the living, that’s something else.”
“Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?”
“What are we going to do? We’ll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel and smashed into who knows what.”
“That’s no moon, it’s a space station.”
“This is some rescue. You came in here and you didn’t have a plan for getting out?”
“He’s the brains, sweetheart!”
“You just watch yourself. We’re wanted men. I have the death sentence on 12 systems.”
“I’ll be careful.”
“You’ll be dead!”
“Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
“Into the garbage chute, flyboy!”
“This is Red 5, I’m going in.”
“Boring conversation anyway. Luke, we’re gonna have company!”
“The Force is strong with this one.”
“I suggest a new strategy, R2. Let the wookiee win.”
“I’m a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan.”
“You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Take her away!”
“You’re all clear, kid! Now let’s blow this thing and go home!”
“These blast points — too accurate for sandpeople. Only imperial stormtroopers are so precise.”
“I’ve got a very bad feeling about this.”
“You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon? … It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.”
“When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master.”
“Only a master of evil, Darth.”
“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
“Use the Force, Luke.”
“You don’t need to see his identification … These aren’t the droids you’re looking for … He can go about his business … Move along.”
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.”
“May the Force be with you.”
Honorable Mention: The final word of the movie “Argh!” from Chewbacca!
“I am your father” is not from “Star Wars”, it is from “The Empire Strikes Back”… this thread is in regard to the Anniversary of the ORIGINAL “Star Wars”… capice?
EternalsBlissy
After reading this, the editor seems to go to great lenths to show that he means the movie, ‘A New Hope’. When referring to Star Wars, to me it encompasses ALL the movies and genre. My bad. I understand you are doing this for the thirtieth anniversary and all, but maybe for some of us older geeks you might include ‘A New Hope’ so it is less confusing. Cheers!
Executive Order 65
“Aren’t you a little ‘short’ for a Stormtrooper?”
Even being held prisoner, Leia was always so cynical…I loved it. EO65
Duprat
Hmm.. Funny after episode 1 ^_^
“Thank the maker”
i s2 quotes
Luke I am your father..”???????!!!!!!!!!!1 wtf is it????? >XO
i want all of you fools to stop saying what about the luck, i am your father quote… first off he doesn’t say luke i am your father it’s NO, I AM YOUR FATHER! and that’s not in the new hope movie
luke to obi: (in a whimpy voice) but u told me vader betrayed and murdered my father!!
Frankosuave
What about “Cover me Porkins!”
That was so funny
Branded
The kessel run is 12 parsecs is right, Han Solo took a dangerous route that ran past the Maw black hole cluster cutting the original run by 11.5 parsecs. lol I love star wars.
Wamprat
hahaha the list is fantastic, but i agree with the person earlier that said you need to hear them in context. it’s hard to narrow it down to 30 when the whole movie is filled with them. its profoundly amusing seeing all the posts that refer to the “no luke, i am your father” quote..i mean its not that hard to figure out which movie we are talking about and what the actual quote is…just watch the movie?? i say kudos to the people who made this site haha the E.D Notes are really amusing
favourite quotes from THIS movie would be…..
‘i wonder whats happened to little R2, he’s always getting himself into trouble’ (ironic huh?)
‘what a lovely smell you’ve discovered’
and
‘Look sir, droids’
also to that person who calls george lucas a hack…your a douche. he is one of the most brilliant minded people in the world
cheers
Will
C3Po to R2D2 – “We seem to be made to suffer, it’s our lot in life”
M_Sinda
So did you know that PARSEC’s are a measure of distance not time!…and Jesus was a Jew!
Manda
Maybe some people should get their Star Wars movies straight…These are quotes from ‘A New Hope’ people!!
People
They missed, “Cough it up fur-ball,” and “Negative, it just impacted on the surface.”
jon_h
I personally think that Obi-Wan has some of the best (and most ridiculous) lines like: “Only a master of evil Darth” however my favourite has got to be this:
“The sandpeople are easily startled but they’ll soon be back, and in greater numbers”
Never fails to amuse me :)
Ramjet
I haven’t seen this one yet and it always cracks me up!
Obi-Wan to Luke: “He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic crusade, like your father did.”
leon
“Luke I am your father.” Just throwing it out there…
Someone
what about “you came in that? you’re braver than i thought!” and lots of other ones too!!!
http://none Juan Luis
“He must choose his own path; no one can choose it for him”
Dain
the fact that the parsec is a unit of distance not time is actually correct because the kessel run is made through a bunch of uncharted black holes. there are an unlimited number of paths to take to get from start to finish and han made it in a record distance. but when bragging about how ‘fast’ his ship is, Han shouldn’t have used that personal best to describe it
http://geeksofdoom.com Joe
What about: “I warn you, if you strike me down i shall become more powerful than you can ever imagine.”
Tia
“What!?”- Darth Vader
….
A parsec is an astronomical unit of measurement that is equivalent to 3.26 light years distance, or the distance photons will travel in vacuum over the period of 3.26 years. Light travels at an approximate speed of 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second), so a parsec represents a distance of just over 19 trillion miles (~31 trillion kilometers).
Wayne Francis
But going near a black hole will only lengthen both your run time and distance. If you want to travel between 2 points travelling through flat space is the shortest distance. Going near a black hole might slow your local time down but to external observers your trip will take longer.
hijinx
Obiwan: ‘Who is more foolish? the fool, or the fool that follows him?’
austin
hey about the kessel run debate, naturally the people that support lucas would be right, with the whole shortened because he flew so close to a black hole theory.
that was explained in the books where luke first starts his new academy.
UNFORTUNATELY, if you do some research, you’ll find that originally lucas ment for this line to be an obvious lie. sorry guys i was dissapointed myself since i liked through the black hole defense in my friend’s faces, oh well
and i mean anyone that respects the star was universe should know that this movie was released with the title star wars and nothing else, it was revised to star wars a new hope around the time they came out with empire strikes back.
great list, funny comments.
austin
It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs! Ben reacts to Solo’s stupid attempt to impress them with obvious misinformation.
So it implies that the puzzling speech of Han Solo is “misinformation” and not truth, and it has nothing to do with the nature of the Kessel Run in any respect. Han means nothing other than impressing Obi-Wan and Luke with pure boasting. Indeed, even in the final version of the script, the parenthesis attached to Han’s line states that he is “obviously lying.”
my favorite quote is when Luke yells, “KAAAAAAAAAAHHHHNNNN!!!!”
1force
“Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate and hate leads to suffering”-Yoda
[Ed Note: Nice try, but wrong movie.]
Marco
OOTINI!!!!!!
John G
Just searching the web looking for a good Star Wars quote for my ten yr olds year book. When I found this site. Its an hour later and my face hurts from all the laughing. Thanks for the site and thanks for all the posts. I personally love the all the Han Solo quotes and couldn’t pick a favorite. I do strongly agree with another poster who stated that the world would be a better place if we spend more time doing things like this. Now, “go about your business … Move along!”
Aurora R
how about Luke, I am your father?
http://profiles.google.com/soyperiodista789 Nicole Clark
Every time an ignorant commenter demands to know why “I am your father” was not included in this list – which is clearly designated as containing ONLY quotes from the original Star Wars film – Darth Vader stomps a puppy.
Yes, it’s one of the most memorable Star Wars quotes. No, it’s not one of the most memorable “Star Wars” quotes because IT WAS NEVER SAID IN THAT FILM.
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Thank the maker!
Honorable Mention: The final word of the movie “Argh!” from Chewbacca!
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