Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Quotes

Princess Leia: [annoyed] Why, you stuck up... half-witted... scruffy-looking... Nerf-herder!

Han Solo: Who's scruffy-looking?

Admiral Piett: Lord Vader, our ships have completed their scan of the area and found nothing. If the Millennium Falcon went into light-speed, which I doubt, 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. I've had quite enough.

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.

[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.

C-3PO: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1.

Han Solo: Never tell me the odds.

Darth Vader: Yes, Admiral?

Admiral Piett: Our ships have sighted the Millennium Falcon, my Lord. But it has entered an asteroid field and we cannot risk...

Darth Vader: [interrupting] Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral! I want that ship, not excuses!

Admiral Piett: Yes, my Lord.

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 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.

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!

[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.

[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.

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!

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 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.

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: All right, I'll give it a try.

Yoda: No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.

[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.

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!

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.

Princess Leia: [to Han] Well, I guess you don't know everything about women yet.

[Leia gives Luke a kiss in front of Han]

[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.

[heading into a cave on a large asteroid]

Princess Leia: I hope you know what you're doing.

Han Solo: Yeah, me too.

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.

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?

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]

Darth Vader: Your destiny lies with me Skywalker. Obi-Wan knew this to be true.

Luke: No...

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.

Darth Vader: [1:06:12] 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.

Imperial Officer: Sir, rebel ships are coming into our sector.

Captain Lennox: Good, our first catch of the day.

[Han reveals his clever plan of escape]

Princess Leia: You have your moments. Not many of them, but you do have them.

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".

Princess Leia: You're not actually going IN to an asteroid field?

Han Solo: They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?

[Amid the violence of colliding asteroids]

Princess Leia: [to Han Solo] You don't have to do this to impress me.

[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!

[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!

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 a nice man.

Princess Leia: No, you're not...

[they kiss]

Luke: I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.

Yoda: You will be. You... will... be.

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.

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.

C-3PO: Excuse me sir, but might I inquire as to what's going on?

Han Solo: Why not?

C-3PO: Impossible man.

[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!

Han Solo: No time to discuss this as a committee.

Princess Leia: I am not a committee!

[Leia and Han prepares to escape in the Falcon]

Princess Leia: This bucket of bolts's never gonna get us past that blockade.

C-3PO: Sir, If I may venture an opinion...

Han Solo: I'm not really interested in your opinion 3PO.

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, it would be unfortunate if I had to leave a garrison here.

Lando: [to himself] This deal is getting worse all the time!

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.

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 is broken almost beyond repair]

Lando: Having trouble with your droid?

Han Solo: No, no problem. Why?

[after R2-D2 gets fried]

C-3PO: Well, don't blame me. I'm an interpreter. I'm not supposed to know a power socket from a computer terminal.

[after choking Captain Needa to death]

Darth Vader: Apology accepted, Captain Needa.

[evacuating the Rebel Hoth base]

Han Solo: [to C-3PO] Hurry up, goldenrod! Or you're gonna be a permanent resident!

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.

[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. I won't fail you.

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.

[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!

[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]

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!

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.

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.

[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!

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.

[repeated line]

Luke: Ben... Ben. Why didn't you tell me?

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.

Lando: I had no choice. They arrived right before you did. I'm sorry.

Han Solo: I'm sorry too.

[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!

[reacting to the arrival of Boba Fett and others]

Admiral Piett: Bounty hunters. We don't need that scum.

[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.

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 on 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! A clean bombardment is now impossible. General... prepare your troops for a surface attack.

General Veers: Yes, my Lord.

[On the asteroid]

Princess Leia: I have a bad feeling about this...

C-3PO: [about Lando] : Well, he seems very friendly.

Princess Leia: Yes, very friendly...

Lando: [to Leia] You look absolutely beautiful. You truly belong here with us among the clouds.

Princess Leia: [cooly] Thank 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: 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.

[Wedge and Janson succeeds in bring down an Imperial Walker]

Wedge Antilles: Whoa! That got him!

Darth Vader: You have learned much, young one.

Luke: You'll find I'm full of surprises.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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]

[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?

[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?

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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!

Lando: [seeing Leia for the first time] Hello, what have we here? Welcome, I'm Lando Calrissian. I'm the administrator of this facility. And who might you be?

Princess Leia: [smiles] Leia.

Lando: Welcome, Leia.

[Lando bows and kisses her hand]

Han Solo: Alright, alright, you old smoothie.

[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!

Princess Leia: The cave is collapsing.

Han Solo: This is no cave.

C-3PO: That sounds like an R2 unit in there! I wonder if... Hello? 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]

Han Solo: What's going on... Buddy?

Lando: You're being put into carbon-freeze.

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.

[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!

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: 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. 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 can arrange that.

[Han walks away]

Han Solo: You could use a good kiss!

Wedge Antilles: Detach cable!

Rebel Force Janson: Cable detached!

Lando: [walks into a room with Han, Leia, and Chewbacca in it] Sorry, am I interrupting anything?

Princess Leia: Not really.

Lando: [smiles] You look absolutely beautiful. You truly belong here with us among the clouds.

[Han looks jealous]

Princess Leia: [bitterly] Thank you.

Lando: Would you join us for a little refreshment? Everyone's invited, of course.

[looks at the broken C-3PO]

Lando: Having trouble with your droid?

Han Solo: No, no problem. Why?

[he and Leia walk away as Lando glances at 3PO again then follows with Chewie]

Princess Leia: I love you.

Han Solo: I know.

Princess Leia: Would it help if I got out and pushed?

Han Solo: It might!

Luke: Now all I got to is find this Yoda. If he even exists. It's a really strange place to find a Jedi Master. This place gives me the creeps.

[starts to eat something]

Luke: Still... there's something familiar about this place.

[R2-D2 beeps]

Luke: I don't know, I feel like...

[suddenly whips around and aims his gun at Yoda, who cowers and whimpers]

Luke: ... like we're being watched!

Yoda: Away put your weapon, I mean you no harm! I am wondering, why are you here?

Luke: I'm looking for someone.

Yoda: Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say! Hmm?

[laughs]

Luke: [lowers his gun] Right...

Yoda: Help you, I can. Yes, mmm.

Luke: I don't think so.

[Yoda frowns]

Luke: I'm looking for a great warrior.

Yoda: Oh!

[chuckles and comes toward Luke]

Yoda: Great warrior!

[laughs again]

Yoda: Wars not make one great, heh heh heh!

[grunts as he comes over to Luke's area and picks up the thing Luke was eating]

Luke: Put that down, now we...

[Yoda takes a bite of the food]

Luke: Hey! My dinner!

[takes the food out of Yoda's hand and puts it in the lunch pack]

Captain Needa: [on a hologram] And that, Lord Vader, was the last time they appeared in any of our scopes. Considering the amount of damage we've sustained, they must've been destroyed.

Darth Vader: [not on the hologram] No, Captain. They're alive. I want every ship available to sweep the asteroid field until they are found.

[Needa bows and the hologram disappears]

Admiral Piett: [walks up to Vader] Lord Vader.

Darth Vader: Yes, Admiral, what is it?

Admiral Piett: The Emperor commands you to make contact with him.

Darth Vader: Move the ship out of the asteroid field so that we can send a clear transmission.

Admiral Piett: Yes, my Lord.

[Vader goes into his room and bows as Emperor Palpatine appears on a giant hologram]

Darth Vader: 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 would become a powerful ally.

Emperor Palpatine: Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?

Darth Vader: He will join us, or die, my master.

[bows]

Yoda: [Luke is preparing his X-Wing fighter for take off] Luke. You must complete the training.

Luke: No, I can't keep the vision out of my head. They are my friends; I've got to help them.

Yoda: You must not go.

Luke: But, Han and Leia will die if I don't.

Obi-Wan: You don't know that.

[Force ghost of Obi-Wan appears]

Obi-Wan: 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.

Yoda: Yes! Yes! To Obi Wan, you listen. The cave. Remember your failure with the cave?

Luke: But I've learnt so much since then. Master Yoda, I promise to return and finish what I've begun. You have my word.

Obi-Wan: It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. That is why your friends are made to suffer.

Luke: That's why I have to go.

Obi-Wan: Luke. I don't want to lose you to the Emperor, the way I lost Vader.

Luke: 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: 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.

[Yoda looks surprised]

Luke: R2, fire up the converters.

[Luke boards his X-Wing fighter]

Obi-Wan: Luke! Don't give in to hate. That leads to the dark side.

Obi-Wan: Strong, is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you, it can!

Luke: I will! And I'll return. I promise!

[Luke takes off and departs Degobah]

Yoda: [Obi-Wan and Yoda watches Luke fly away. Obi-Wan vanishes] Told you I did. Reckless, is he. Now... matters are worse.

Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope.

Yoda: No. There is another.

Han Solo: Get out of here, Lando.

Lando: Shut up and listen. Vader has agreed that turn Leia and Chewie over to me.

Han Solo: Over to you?

Lando: They'll have to stay here at least, they'll be safe.

Leia: What about Han?

Lando: Vader's giving him to the bounty hunter.

Leia: Vader wants us all dead.

Lando: No, he doesn't want you at all. He's after somebody called, uh... Skywalker.

Han Solo: Luke?

Lando: Lord Vader has set a trap for him.

Leia: And we're the bait.

Lando: Yeah? Well, he's on his way.

Han Solo: Perfect. You fixed us all real good, didn't you? My friend?

[Han punches Lando. The two friends are instantly engaged in a frantic close-quarters fight. The guards hit him with their rifle butts and he flies across the room. Chewie growls and starts for the guards. They point their laser weapons at him, but Lando stops them]

Lando: Stop! I've done all I care. I'm sorry I couldn't do better, but I got my own problems. I've already stuck my neck out farther than I should.

Han Solo: Yeah... You're a real hero.

[Lando and the guards leave]

C-3PO: [as Chewie tries to fight off the imperials and free Han] Oh, no! No, no, no! Stop, Chewbacca! Stop!

[Boba Fett prepares to blast him, Darth Vader blocks him]

Han Solo: No! Chewie, stop! You're gonna get us all killed! Chewie, stop!

C-3PO: Oh, yes! Stop, please! I am not ready to die!

Han Solo: Hey, hey! Listen to me, 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.

Han Solo: Get out of here, Lando.

Lando: Shut up and listen. Now Vader has agreed to turn Leia and Chewie over to me.

Han Solo: Over to you?

Lando: They'll have to stay here, but at least they'll be safe.

Princess Leia: What about Han?

Lando: Vader's giving him to the bounty hunter.

Princess Leia: Vader wants us all dead.

Lando: No, he doesn't want you at all! He's after somebody called, uh... Skywalker.

Han Solo: Luke?

Lando: Lord Vader has set a trap for him.

Princess Leia: And we're the bait.

Lando: Yeah? Well, he's on his way.

Han Solo: Perfect. You fixed us all real good, didn't you? My friend!

[Han punches Lando. The two friends are instantly engaged in a frantic close-quarters fight. The guards hit him with their rifle butts and he flies across the room. Chewie growls and starts for the guards. They point their laser weapons at him, but Lando stops them]

Lando: Stop! I've done all I can. I'm sorry I couldn't do better, but I've got my own problems. I've already stuck my neck out farther than I should.

Han Solo: Yeah. You're a real hero.

[Lando and the guards leave]

Princess Leia: You certainly have a way with people.

[Luke has encountered Yoda. Thinking he is a stranger, Luke points his blaster at Yoda who cowers down, holding his arms over his head while holding on to his cane for support]

Yoda: [fearfully] Put away your weapon! I mean you no harm!

Luke: [lowering his weapon] Who are you?

Yoda: [poking his head up, so his eyes are visible] I was just wondering... Why are you here?

Luke: I'm looking for someone.

Yoda: [uncovers his elderly, but friendly face completely, eyes wide] *Looking?* Been looking at someone, you have! Mmmm.

[Yoda laughs]

[Luke has just encountered Yoda. Yoda is pretending to be senile to test Luke's patience; R2-D2 watches as Yoda plays with a little flashlight-like lamp. Already impatient, Luke tries to take the lamp away from Yoda]

Yoda: Mine! Or I'll help you not.

Luke: I don't want your help. I want my lamp back. I need it to get out of this slimy mudhole.

Yoda: [insulted; as he speaks, R2-D2 opens a side door and extends a pair of pinchers and grabs hold of the lamp and tries to pull the lamp away from Yoda] Mudhole? Slimy? MY home, is this!

Yoda: [startled] Wha?

Luke: [Yoda and R2-D2 start a tug-of-war with the lamp; R2 beeping and humming protestingly] R2, let him have it.

[Yoda grabs his cane and starts whacking R2-D2 repeatedly with it]

Yoda: [as he is whacking R2] Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!

Luke: [firmly] *R2!*

[R2 relents, sinking his pinchers into his metallic body. Yoda uses his cane to close the side door for R2-D2's pinchers]

[Original dialogue between Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine]

Darth Vader: 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. Luke Skywalker.

Darth Vader: Yes, my master.

Emperor Palpatine: 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: Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?

Darth Vader: He will join us or die, Master.

Princess Leia: [to Han] Why are they doing this?

Han Solo: They never even asked me any questions.

Princess Leia: [angrily] Han!

Han Solo: [sarcastically] Yes, Your Highnessness!

Han Solo: [deleted scene; Han walks up back to Leia] You've been so busy being a Princess you haven't learned how to be a woman. I could have helped you. But, it's too late. Your big opportunity is flying outta here sweetheart, right now.

Princess Leia: I think I can survive.

Han Solo: Good luck.

[walks away]

Princess Leia: You don't care about all those people depending on you...

Han Solo: [cuts her off] Spare me please. Don't tell me about the rebellion again. Don't you think about anything else? I'm sorry but you're as cold as this planet.

Princess Leia: ...and you think you're the one to apply some heat?

Han Solo: I could, but I'm not really interested anymore. We'll meet again, and maybe by then you'll have warmed up a little.

Princess Leia: You have all the breeding of a Banatha and just about as much charm. Enjoy your trip, hotshot!

[walks away]