Other Titles • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) • Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back (1997) • Das Imperium schlägt zurück (1980)
Quotes from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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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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"The Force is with you, but you are not yet a Jedi Knight."--Darth Vader (played by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones) to Luke
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Princess Leia: Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf-herder. Han Solo: Who's scruffy-looking?
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"Beware of the Dark Side."--Yoda (Frank Oz) to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
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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.
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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. 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 a city in the clouds. They were in pain. Yoda: It is the future you see. Luke: Will they die? Yoda: Difficult to see. Always in motion is future. Luke: I've gotta go to them. Yoda: Decide you must what 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.
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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: 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Han Solo: It's not my fault.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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: Oh. 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.
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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.
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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.
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Darth Vader: Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me.
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Darth Vader: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. [pauses] Darth Vader: Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy. Luke: I'll never join you.
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Darth Vader: If you only knew the power of the Dark Side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father. Luke: He told me enough. He told me you killed him. Darth Vader: No. *I* am your father. Luke: No. No. It's not true. That's impossible. Darth Vader: Search your feelings. You know it to be true. Luke: Nooooo. Nooooo.
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Princess Leia: I'll be back.
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Han Solo: You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well, this could be it, sweetheart. Princess Leia: I take it back.
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Princess Leia: [to Han] Well, I guess you don't know everything about women yet. [Leia gives Luke a kiss in front of Han]
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[Yoda tries to convince Luke not to leave] Yoda: You must not go! Luke: But Han and Leia will die if I don't. [Obi-Wan's Force-spirit suddenly appears] Obi-Wan: You don't know that. Even Yoda cannot see their fate. Luke: But I can help them! I feel the Force! Obi-Wan: But you cannot control it. This is a dangerous time for you, when you will be tempted by the Dark Side of the Force.
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[heading into a cave on a large asteroid] Princess Leia: I hope you know what you're doing. Han Solo: Yeah, me too.
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Luke: I don't know. I feel like... Yoda: Feel like what? [Luke whips around and pulls out his blaster in defense] Luke: Like we're being watched. Yoda: Away put your weapon. I mean you no harm.
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Yoda: Why wish you become Jedi? Luke: Mostly because of my father, I guess. Yoda: Ah, father. Powerful Jedi was he, powerful Jedi. Luke: How could you know my father? You don't even know who I am. I don't even know what I'm doing here. We're wasting our time.
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Darth Vader: Your destiny lies with me Skywalker. Obi-Wan knew this to be true. Luke: No...
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Darth Vader: Calrissian. Take the princess and the Wookie to my ship. Lando: You said they'd be left at the city under my supervision. Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
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Darth Vader: There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations. Boba Fett: As you wish.
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Imperial Officer: Sir, rebel ships are coming into our sector. Captain Lennox: Good, our first catch of the day.
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[Han reveals his clever plan of escape] Princess Leia: You have your moments. Not many of them, but you do have them.
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Yoda: Yes, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will, as it did Obi-Wan's apprentice. Luke: Vader... Is the dark side stronger? Yoda: No, no, no. Quicker, easier, more seductive. Luke: But how am I to know the good side from the bad? Yoda: You will know... when you are calm, at peace, passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.
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Princess Leia: You're not actually going IN to an asteroid field? Han Solo: They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?
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[Amid the violence of colliding asteroids] Princess Leia: [to Han Solo] You don't have to do this to impress me.
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[the asteroid quakes] C-3PO: Sir, it's quite possible this asteroid is not entirely stable. Han Solo: Not entirely stable. I'm glad you're here to tell us these things. Chewie! Take the Professor in back and plug him into the hyperdrive!
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[the Millennium Falcon, under siege, won't start] Princess Leia: Would it help if I got out and pushed? Han Solo: It might!
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Han Solo: Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help. Princess Leia: Would you please stop calling me that? Han Solo: Sure, Leia. Princess Leia: Oh, you make it so difficult sometimes. Han Solo: I do, I really do. You could be a little nicer, though. Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm all right. Princess Leia: Occasionally maybe... when you aren't acting like a scoundrel. Han Solo: [laughs] Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that. [Han takes her hand and starts to massage it]
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Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men. Han Solo: I'm a nice man.
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Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid. Yoda: You will be. You will be.
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Lando: [greeting "old friend" Han Solo] Why, you slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler.
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Lando: What are you doing here? Han Solo: Ah, repairs. I was hoping you could help me out. Lando: What have you done to my ship? Han Solo: YOUR ship? Hey, remember you lost her to me, fair and square.
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