Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back quotes

View Quote Admiral Piett: Our ships have sighted the Millennium Falcon, my lord. But, it has entered an asteroid field and we cannot risk—
Darth Vader: Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses.
Admiral Piett: Yes, my lord.

View Quote C-3PO: Sir, the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three-thousand-seven-hundred-twenty to one!
Han Solo: Never tell me the odds!

View Quote Darth Vader: [stepping down on one knee in front of the Emperor'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 that this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
Darth Vader: How is that possible?
Emperor Palpatine: Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You know it to be true. [pauses] He could destroy us.
Darth Vader: He is 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 would 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.

View Quote 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. [Points at Boba Fett] No disintegrations!
Boba Fett: [Disappointed] As you wish.

View Quote Darth Vader: You have learned much, young one.
Luke Skywalker: You'll find I'm full of surprises.
Darth Vader: Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker. Obi-Wan knew this to be true.
Luke Skywalker: No!

View Quote 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 Calrissian: Lord Vader, what about Leia and the Wookiee?
Darth Vader: They must never again leave this city.
Lando Calrissian: 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 Calrissian: No.
Darth Vader: Good. It would be unfortunate if I have to leave a garrison here.
Lando Calrissian: [under his breath] This deal is getting worse all the time.

View Quote Han Solo: All right, Chewie. Let's get outta here!
Princess Leia Organa: The Empire is still out there! I don't think it's wise to—
Han Solo: No time to discuss this in a committee!
Princess Leia Organa: I am not a committee!
C-3PO: Sir, the odds of surviving a direct assault on an Imperial Star Destroyer are precisely—
Princess Leia Organa: Shut up!

View Quote Han Solo: Well, Your Worship, it looks like you managed to keep me here a while longer.
Princess Leia Organa: [Haughtily] I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for any ships to leave the system until they've activated the energy shield.
Han Solo: That's a good story. I just think you can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
Princess Leia Organa: I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain.
[Chewbacca laughs amusingly]
Han Solo: Laugh it up, fuzzball! [To Luke] You didn't see us alone in the south passage. She expressed her true feelings for me.
Princess Leia Organa: What? [annoyed] Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking... nerf-herder!
Han Solo: [in mock offense] Who's scruffy looking? [To Luke] Must have hit it pretty close to the mark to get her all riled up like that, huh, kid?
Princess Leia Organa: Well, I guess you don't know everything about women yet. [suddenly kisses Luke in front of Han]

View Quote Han Solo: You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake. Well, this could be it, sweetheart.
Princess Leia Organa: I take it back!

View Quote Luke Skywalker: Look, I'm sure it's delicious. I just don't understand why we can't see Yoda now!
Yoda: [cheerfully] Patience! For the Jedi it is time to eat as well. Eat. [Laughs] eat. Hot. Good food, hmm? Good, hmm?
Luke Skywalker: 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. Root leaf, I cook. Why wish you become Jedi?
Luke Skywalker: Well, mostly because of my father, I guess.
Yoda: Oh, father! Powerful Jedi was he. Powerful Jedi.
Luke Skywalker: Oh, come on! How could 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: [sighs, looks upward] I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: [voice emanates from nowhere] He will learn patience.
Yoda: Much anger in him, like his father.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Was I any different when you taught me?
Yoda: He is not ready!
Luke Skywalker: Yoda? I am ready! I— Ben, I can be a Jedi! Ben tell him I'm rea— [bangs his head on the low ceiling] Ow!
Yoda: [to Luke] Ready are you? What know you of ready? For 800 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, the horizon. Never his mind on where he was [pokes Luke]. Hmm? What he was doing. [paces around] Adventure. Heh! Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things. [turns to Luke and points with his walking stick] You are reckless!
Obi-Wan Kenobi: So was I, if you remember.
Yoda: [still looking at Luke] He is too old. Yes. Too old to begin the training.
Luke Skywalker: But I've learned so much.
Yoda: [looking toward the sky] Will he finish what he begins?
Luke Skywalker: I won't fail you! I'm not afraid.
Yoda: [grimly] Oh! You will be. You will be.

View Quote Yoda: Luke! You must complete the training.
Luke Skywalker: I can't keep the vision out of my head. They're my friends. I've gotta help them.
Yoda: You must not go!
Luke Skywalker: But Han and Leia will die if I don't.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: [appearing in spirit next to Yoda] You don't know that. Even Yoda cannot see their fate.
Luke Skywalker: But I can help them! I feel the Force!
Obi-Wan Kenobi: But you cannot control it! This is a dangerous time for you, when you will be tempted by the Dark Side of the Force.
Yoda: Yes, yes! To Obi-Wan you listen. The cave! Remember your failure at the cave!
Luke Skywalker: But I've learned so much since then. Master Yoda, I promise to return and finish what I've begun. You have my word.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. That is why your friends are made to suffer.
Luke Skywalker: That's why I have to go.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost Vader.
Luke Skywalker: You won't.
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 Kenobi: Patience!
Luke Skywalker: And sacrifice Han and Leia?
Yoda: If you honor what they fight for, yes!
Obi-Wan Kenobi: If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere.
Luke Skywalker: I understand. R2, fire up the converters.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: 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 Skywalker: I will, and I'll return. I promise.
[Luke's X-Wing takes off]
Yoda: Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now matters are worse.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: That boy is our last hope. [fades from view]
Yoda: No. There is another.

View Quote [Darth Vader cuts off Luke's hand. Luke attempts to escape by climbing out onto a projection in the middle of a long ventilation shaft.]
Darth Vader: There is no escape! Don't make me destroy you. Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You've 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 Skywalker: [angrily] I'll never join you!
Darth Vader: If only you knew the power of the Dark Side! Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke Skywalker: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
Darth Vader: No. I am your father!
Luke Skywalker: [shocked] No... No! That's not true! That's impossible!
Darth Vader: Search your feelings, you know it to be true!
Luke Skywalker: [overwhelmed, crying] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! NOOOO...!!
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! Come with me. It is the only way.

View Quote [Darth Vader emerges from an egg-like chamber to receive a report from General Veers.]
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: [Angrily] The Rebels are alerted to our presence. Admiral Ozzel came out of lightspeed too close to the system.
General Veers: 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. [bows and leaves quickly]
[Vader turns to a nearby screen and calls up Admiral Ozzel and Captain Piett.]
Admiral Ozzel: Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed, and we're preparing to— [begins choking]
Darth Vader: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. Captain Piett.
Captain Piett: [nervously] Yes, my lord.
Darth Vader: Make ready to land our troops beyond the energy shield and deploy the fleet so that nothing gets off the system. You are in command now, Admiral.
[Ozzel falls down, dead]
Admiral Piett: Thank you, Lord Vader.

View Quote [Han is being lowered into the carbon freezing chamber.]
Princess Leia Organa: I love you.
Han Solo: I know.

View Quote [Han is frozen in carbonite.]
Darth Vader: Is he alive?
Lando Calrissian: [checks the readout on the carbonite slab] Yes, he's alive... and in perfect hibernation.
Darth Vader: [to Boba Fett] He's all yours, bounty hunter. [to Lando] Now, take the wookiee and Leia to my ship.
Lando Calrissian: That wasn't part of the deal! You said the wookiee and Leia would stay under my protection!
Darth Vader: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. [departs in an elevator]