Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Quotes
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After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
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! 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. That's not true. That's impossible! Darth Vader: Search your feelings, you *know* it to be true! Luke: [anguished] No! No!
Luke: All right, I'll give it a try. Yoda: No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.
Han Solo: [as Chewie tries to fight off the imperials and free Han] No! Stop, Chewie, stop! Chewie! Chewie this won't help me! Hey! Save your strength. There'll be another time. The Princess. You have to take care of her. You hear me? Huh? [Leia and Han share a passionate kiss before Han is dragged towards the freezing chamber by the imperials] Princess Leia: I love you. Han Solo: I know.
C-3PO: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1. Han Solo: Never tell me the odds.
Princess Leia: Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf herder. Han Solo: Who's scruffy-looking?
[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 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.
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!
Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid. Yoda: You will be. You... will... be.
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: 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: Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that. [Han starts to massage Leia's hand] Princess Leia: Stop that. Han Solo: Stop what? Princess Leia: [timidly] Stop that. My hands are dirty. Han Solo: My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of? Princess Leia: Afraid? Han Solo: You're trembling. Princess Leia: I'm not trembling. [Han moves in closer] Han Solo: You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life. Princess Leia: I happen to like nice men. Han Solo: I'm nice men. Princess Leia: No, you're not. You're... [they kiss]
Yoda: Yes, run! 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. Luke: But tell my why I can't... Yoda: No, no! There is no "why".
Luke: There's something not right here... I feel cold. Death. Yoda: [points to a cave opening beneath a large tree] That place... is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain of evil it is. In you must go. Luke: What's in there? Yoda: Only what you take with you.
Princess Leia: You're not actually going IN to an asteroid field? Han Solo: They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?
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!
[as Luke leaves before completing his training] Yoda: Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now, matters are worse. Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope. Yoda: No. There is another.
C-3PO: [Interrupting Han and Leia kissing] Sir. Sir, I've isolated the reverse, power flux coupling. Han Solo: Thank you. Thank you very much. C-3PO: Oh you're perfectly welcome, sir.
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.
Yoda: Your weapons, you will not need them.
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.
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.
Yoda: Why wish you become Jedi? Luke: Well, mostly because of my father, I guess. Yoda: Ahh... father. Powerful Jedi was he. Powerful Jedi. Luke: [suspcious] Oh, come on! How can you know my father? You don't even know who I am. Oh, I don't even know what I'm doing here! We're wasting our time! Yoda: [Looking away from Luke] I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience. Obi-Wan: [voice-over] He will learn patience. Yoda: Much anger in him... like his father. Obi-Wan: [voice] Was I any different when you taught me?
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*.
Yoda: You must unlearn what you have learned.
Yoda: Control, control, you must learn control!
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.
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.
[Han has decided to go searching for Luke] Echo Base Officer: Your Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker! Han Solo: Then I'll see you in Hell!
[Luke's ship sinks into the mud] Luke: We'll never get it out now! Yoda: So certain are you. Always with you what cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?
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.
Darth Vader: [kneeling before Emperor Palpatine's hologram] What is thy bidding, my master? Emperor Palpatine: There is a great disturbance in the Force. Darth Vader: I have felt it. Emperor Palpatine: 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 Palpatine: 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 Palpatine: 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 Palpatine: [intrigued] Yes... He would be a great asset. Can it be done? Darth Vader: He will join us or die, master.
[after R2D2 is spit out by a swamp creature on Dagobah - the line is changed in the Special Edition] Luke: You were lucky to get out of there.
C-3PO: Don't worry about Master Luke. I'm sure he'll be all right. He's quite clever, you know... for a human being.
Han Solo: How ya feeling kid? You don't look so bad to me. You look strong enough to pull the ears off a gundark. Luke: Thanks to you. Han Solo: That's two you owe me junior.
Yoda: [to Luke] How do you get so big eating food of this kind?
Leia: They're getting closer. Han Solo: Oh, yeah? Watch this. [he throws the hyperdrive lever, the engine sputters and dies] Leia: Watch what? Han Solo: I think we're in trouble. C-3PO: If I may say so, sir, I noticed earlier the hyperdrive motivator has been damaged. It's impossible to go to lightspeed! Han Solo: We're in trouble!
[repeated line] Luke: Ben... Ben. Why didn't you tell me?
C-3PO: Sir, If I may venture an opinion... Han Solo: I'm not really interested in your opinion 3PO.
Darth Vader: All too easy.
[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.
Darth Vader: You have learned much, young one. Luke: You'll find I'm full of surprises.
Luke: How far away is Yoda? Will it take us long to get there? Yoda: Not far. Yoda not far. Patience. Soon you will be with him.
Princess Leia: Luke! Luke! Don't! It's a trap! It's a trap!
[first lines] Luke: Echo Three to Echo Seven. Han, old buddy, do you read me? Han Solo: Loud and clear, kid. What's up? Luke: Well, I finished my circle. I don't pick up any life readings. Han Solo: There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser. Sensors are placed. I'm going back. Luke: Right. I'll see you shortly. There's a meteorite that hit the ground near here. I want to check it out. It won't take long.
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.
[last lines] Lando: Princess, we'll find Han. I promise. Luke: Chewie, I'll be waiting for your signal. Take care, you two. May the force be with you.
Luke: [clinging to an antennae below Cloud City] Leia... Hear me, Leia... Princess Leia: [in the Falcon] Luke... We've got to go back. Lando: What? Princess Leia: I know where Luke is!
Lando: [greeting "old friend" Han Solo] Why you slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler. You've got a lot of guts coming here, after what you pulled.
Princess Leia: The cave is collapsing. Han Solo: This is no cave.
C-3PO: Oh. They've encased him in Carbonite. He should be quite well protected. If he survived the freezing process, that is. Darth Vader: Well, Calrissian, did he survive? Lando: Yes, he's alive, and in perfect hibernation. Darth Vader: He's all yours, bounty hunter. Reset the chamber for Skywalker.
Boba Fett: What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a lot to me. Darth Vader: The Empire will compensate you, if he dies. Put him in.
[On the asteroid] Princess Leia: I have a bad feeling about this...
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.
Princess Leia: All troop carriers will assemble at the north entrance. The heavy transport ships will leave as soon as they're loaded. Only two fighter escorts per ship. The energy shield can only be opened for a short time, so you'll have to stay very close to your transports. Derek 'Hobbie' Klivian: Two fighters against a Star Destroyer? Princess Leia: The ion cannon will fire several shots to make sure any enemy ships will be out of your flight path. When you've gotten past the energy shield, proceed directly to the rendezvous point. Understood? Good luck.
[Han reveals his clever plan of escape] Princess Leia: You have your moments. Not many of them, but you do have them.
Han Solo: [C3P0 won't stop complaining] Either shut him up or shut him down!
Darth Vader: You may take Captain Solo to Jabba the Hutt after I have Skywalker. Boba Fett: He's no good to me dead. Darth Vader: He will not be permanently damaged.
Darth Vader: The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.
Lando: I had no choice. They arrived right before you did. I'm sorry. Han Solo: I'm sorry too.
Princess Leia: Han, we need you. Han Solo: We need? Princess Leia: Yes. Han Solo: Well, what about YOU need? Princess Leia: I need? I don't know what you are talking about. Han Solo: You probably don't. Princess Leia: And what precisely am I supposed to know? Han Solo: Come on you want me to stay because of the way you feel about me. Princess Leia: Yes, you're great help to us you're a natural leader. Han Solo: No! That's not it. Come on. [a rebel worker goes inbetween them] Han Solo: A-ha! Come on! Princess Leia: You're imagining things. Han Solo: Am I? Then why are you following me afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a goodbye kiss? Princess Leia: I'd just as soon kiss a wookiee. Han Solo: I could arrange that! [Han walks away] Han Solo: You could use a good kiss!
C-3PO: I'm terribly sorry about all this. After all, he's only a Wookiee.
[Wedge and Janson succeeds in bring down an Imperial Walker] Wedge Antilles: Whoa! That got him!
Princess Leia: Some day you're gonna be wrong, I just hope I'm there to see it.
[R2 is trying to open the door as Storm Troopers shoot at them; he beeps] C-3PO: No! We're not interested in the hyperdrive on the Millenium Falcon, it's fixed! [R2 beeps again] C-3PO: Just open the door, you stupid lug! [he opens the door] C-3PO: I never doubted him for a second! Wonderful!
Princess Leia: [to Han] You certainly have a way with people...
Lando: How you doin' Chewbacca? Still hanging around with this loser?
[in the Asteroid Field] Princess Leia: We're going to get pulverized if we stay out here much longer. Han Solo: I'm not going to argue with that. C-3PO: Pulverized?
C-3PO: [R2 is outside the Hoth base, scanning the area] You must come along now R2. There's really nothing more we can do. And my joints are freezing up. [R2 Beeps something about Luke] C-3PO: Don't say things like that! Of course we'll see Master Luke again! And he'll be quite all right, you'll see! [to himself] C-3PO: Stupid little short-circuit! He'll be *quite* all right. [R2 beeps again and keeps scanning]
Darth Vader: [having cornered Luke during their lightsaber battle] You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did.
[Darth Vader has just learned of Admiral Ozzel's big blunder, and activates a viewscreen] Admiral Ozzel: [appearing onscreen with Captain Piett] Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we're preparing to... [Ozzel stops, and suddenly begins to choke, clutching at his throat] Darth Vader: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral! Captain Piett? Captain Piett: Yes, my lord? Darth Vader: Make ready to land our troops beyond their energy field, and deploy the fleet, so that nothing gets off the system. [beside Piett, Admiral Ozzel utters one last strangled gasp, and falls over dead] Darth Vader: You are in command now... Admiral Piett! Admiral Piett: Thank you, Lord Vader.
[the Millennium Falcon, under siege, won't start] Princess Leia: [sarcastic] Would it help if I got out and pushed? Han Solo: [also sarcastic] It might!
C-3PO: Excuse me sir, but might I inquire as to what's going on? Han Solo: Why not? C-3PO: Impossible man.
Darth Vader: Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.
[reacting to the arrival of Boba Fett and others] Admiral Piett: Bounty hunters. We don't need that scum.
C-3PO: Sir, I don't know where your ship learned to communicate, but it has the most peculiar dialect.
Captain Needa: They can't have disappeared. No ship that small has a cloaking device.
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.
C-3PO: I thought that hairy beast would be the end of me. [R2-D2 bleeps an inquiry] C-3PO: Of course I've looked better.
[after R2-D2 gets fried] C-3PO: Don't blame me. I'm an interpreter. I'm not supposed to know a power socket from a computer terminal.
Echo Base Officer: Echo station 3-T-8, we have spotted Imperial walkers.
[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.
Leia: I thought you knew this person. Chewbacca: [Chewie barks something to Han] Han Solo: Well, that was a long time ago, I'm sure he's forgotten about that.
Darth Vader: Yes, Admiral, what is it? Admiral Piett: The Emperor commands you make contact with him. Darth Vader: Move the ship out of the asteroid field so that we can send a clear transmission.
C-3PO: Master Luke, Sir, it's so good to see you fully functional again. R2 expresses his relief also.
Darth Vader: We would be honored if you would join us.
Lando: [talks to Darth Vader about trapping Luke Skywalker] Lord Vader, we only use this facility for carbon freezing. You put him in there, it might kill him! Darth Vader: I do not want the Emperor's prize damaged. We will test it... on Captain Solo.
[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.
[Leia and Han prepares to escape in the Falcon] Princess Leia: This bucket of bolts's never gonna get us past that blockade.
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: [interrupting] Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral! I want that ship, not excuses!
Imperial Officer: Sir, rebel ships are coming into our sector. Captain Lennox: Good, our first catch of the day.
General Veers: Yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the main power generators. The shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing.
[Chewbacca is fixing C-3PO] C-3PO: Oh, yes, that's very good, I like that... Oh! [the lights in his eyes go out] C-3PO: Well, now, something's not right, because now I can't see! [Chewie fiddles with something and his eyes turn back on] C-3PO: Oh, oh, that's much better. Wait... wait. Oh, my! What have you done? I'm BACKWARDS. You flea-bitten furball! Only an overgrown mop-head like you would be stupid enough to... [Chewie switches 3PO off]
Lando: I've just made a deal that'll keep the Empire out of here forever.
Wedge Antilles: Detach cable! Rebel Force Janson: Cable detached!
Han Solo: No time to discuss this as a committee. Princess Leia: I am not a committee!
[Han heads out of the Asteroids toward a Star Destroyer] C-3PO: The odds of successfully surviving an attack on an Imperial Star Destroyer are approximately... Leia: Shut up!
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...
Han Solo: [after being tortured] I feel terrible.
C-3PO: [in 1997 Special Edition only] Oh, this is suicide! There's nowhere to go.
C-3PO: [on Han's escape plan] I really don't see how that is going to help! Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances! The Empire may be gracious enough to... [Han signals to Leia, who shuts 3PO down]
[evacuating the Rebel Hoth base] Han Solo: [to C-3PO] Hurry up, goldenrod! Or you're gonna be a permanent resident!
Darth Vader: Your destiny lies with me Skywalker. Obi-Wan knew this to be true. Luke: No...
Darth Vader: You may take Captain Solo to Jabba the Hutt after I have Skywalker. Boba Fett: He's no good to me dead. Darth Vader: He will not be permanently damaged.
Lando: Lord Vader, we only use this facility for carbon freezing. If you put him in there it might kill him. Darth Vader: I do not want the Emperor's prize damaged. We will test it on Captain Solo.
Lando: Lord Vader, what about Leia and the Wookiee? Darth Vader: They must never again leave this city. Lando: [outraged] That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter! Darth Vader: Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly? Lando: [after a pause; nervous tone] No. Darth Vader: Good. You know it would be unfortunate if I had to leave a garrison here. Lando: [to himself] This deal is getting worse all the time!
[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!
[C-3PO and R2-D2 are first seen walking in the underground base on Ice Planet Hoth] C-3PO: I didn't ask you to turn on the thermal heater. I merely commented that it was freezing in the princess's chamber... R2-D2: [Chirps his objection] C-3PO: But it's SUPPOSED to be freezing! How we are ever going to dry out her clothes, I really don't know!
Darth Vader: [in 1997 Special Edition only] Alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival.
Princess Leia: I'll be back.
[while the Falcon is fleeing from Imperial fighters, and R2-D2 is stitching C-3PO back together] C-3PO: Noisy brute. Why don't we just go to lightspeed? R2-D2: [beeps] C-3PO: We can't? How would you know the hyperdrive is deactivated? R2-D2: [beeps] C-3PO: The City's central computer told you? R2-D2, you know better than to trust a strange computer. [R2's welding arm shocks his ankle] C-3PO: Ouch! Pay attention to what you're doing!
[C-3PO is broken almost beyond repair] Lando: Having trouble with your droid? Han Solo: No, no problem. Why?
[first title cards] Title card/crawl: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Title card/crawl: It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy. Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker has established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth. The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding young Skywalker, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space...
[Amid the violence of colliding asteroids] Princess Leia: [to Han Solo] You don't have to do this to impress me.
[heading into a cave on a large asteroid] Princess Leia: I hope you know what you're doing. Han Solo: Yeah, me too.
Princess Leia: [to Han] Well, I guess you don't know everything about women yet. [Leia gives Luke a kiss in front of Han]
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!
Dak: Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself.
Darth Vader: What is it, General? General Veers: My Lord, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed. Com Scan has detected an energy field protecting an area of the sixth planet of the Hoth System. The field is strong enough to deflect any bombardment. Darth Vader: [getting angry] The Rebels are alerted to our presence. Admiral Ozzel came out of lightspeed too close to the system. General Veers: He... he felt surprise was wiser... Darth Vader: He is as clumsy as he is stupid! General... prepare your troops for a surface attack. General Veers: Yes, my Lord.
Luke: Watch that cross fire boys.
C-3PO: That sounds like an R2 unit in there! I wonder if... Hello? How interesting. Stormtrooper: Who are you? C-3PO: Oh, my! I... I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to intrude. No, please don't get up. [the Stormtrooper shoots C-3PO]
Lando: [to Leia] You look absolutely beautiful. You truly belong here with us among the clouds. Princess Leia: [cooly] Thank you.
C-3PO: [about Lando] : Well, he seems very friendly. Princess Leia: Yes, very friendly...
[the storm troopers are taken prisoner by Calrissian's men] Lando: [to Lobot, his aide] Well done. Hold them in the security tower, and keep it quiet. Move. [Lando's aide and their men walk off with the troops as Lando hands Leia the imperials' weapons and starts taking off Chewie's cuffs] Leia: What do you think you're doing? Lando: We're getting out of here. C-3PO: I knew all along. Had to be a mistake. Leia: [angrily] Do you think that after what you did to Han that we're going to trust you? [Chewie grabs Lando by the throat] Lando: [choking] I had no choice! C-3PO: What are you doing? Trust him, trust him! Leia: Oh, well, we understand, don't we, Chewie. You had "no choice". Lando: Just trying to help... Leia: We don't need any of your help! Lando: [gasps] Han! Ha- Ha... Leia: What? Lando: HAN! C-3PO: It sounds like Han! Lando: [gasping] There's still a chance to save Han! At the east... platform! Leia: Chewie! [Leia gets Chewie to drop Lando] C-3PO: I'm terribly sorry about all this. After all, he's only a Wookiee!
Lando: [to Han] You know, seeing you sure brings back a few things. Yeah, I'm responsible now, the price you pay for being successful.
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.
Han Solo: What's going on... Buddy? Lando: You're being put into carbon-freeze.
Lando: [seeing Leia for the first time] Hello, what have we here?
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: Bring my shuttle.
Luke: [in 1997 Special Edition only] This is it.
Han Solo: It's not my fault.
Lando: Punch it! [Chewbacca attempts to engage the hyperdrive on the Millenium Falcon - it fails. Chewie and Leia both glare at Lando] Lando: They told me they fixed it! I *trusted* them to *fix* it! It's not my fault!
[trying to fix the hyperdrive] Han Solo: Horizontal boosters. Alluvial dampers? Ow! That's not it, bring me the Hydrospanner. I don't know how we're going to get out of this one. [the ship is hit, causing the tool box to fall on Han] Han Solo: OW! Chewie!
General Rieekan: I don't think we can protect two transports at a time. Princess Leia: It's risky but we can't hold out much longer. We have no choice. General Rieekan: Launch patrols. Princess Leia: Evacuate remaining ground staff.