When it comes to legendary movie franchises, they don’t get any bigger or better than Star Wars. In a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas came up with the greatest space opera of all time, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, the electrifying first movie in what would become the original Star Wars trilogy. Released in 1977, the movie captivated audiences around the world with its epic space battles, unforgettable characters, timeless storytelling, and endless Star Wars quotes.
A New Hope spawned two massively successful sequels, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, turned Mark Hamil, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher into megastars, and spawned a franchise that is still going strong over 45 years later. There have been a prequel and sequel trilogy, stand-alone movies, and a host of TV shows – both animated and live-action – that have kept Star Wars fans happy over the journey. If that’s not enough, there are books, comics, toys, video games, and a whole host of other merchandise that’s associated with the franchise.
While the unique characters, intriguing stories, and space battles are at the core of the series, one aspect of Star Wars that has become particularly iconic is its collection of memorable quotes. Whether it’s wise words from Jedi Masters, evil commands from the Emperor, or the witty banter between Han Solo and Chewbacca, Star Wars quotes have found their way into popular culture and continue to inspire fans today. It doesn’t matter if you are a die-hard fan or a casual viewer who enjoys the Disney+ shows, it’s hard to deny the impact Star Wars quotes have had on pop culture.
So grab your lightsabre, channel the Force, and prepare to take on the most famous and iconic Star Wars quotes from the three trilogies.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Quotes
1. “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” – Qui-Gon Jinn
2. “Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” – Yoda
3. “I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee.” – Queen Amidala
4. “There’s always a bigger fish.” – Qui-Gon Jinn
5. “You can’t stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.” – Shmi Skywalker
6. “Your focus determines your reality.” – Qui-Gon Jinn
7. “Now be brave and don’t look back.” – Shmi Skywalker
8. “At last we will have revenge.” – Darth Maul
9. Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future.” Qui-Gon Jinn: “But not at the expense of the moment.”
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones Quotes
10. “Be mindful of your thoughts Anakin. They’ll betray you.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
11. “Someday I will be the most powerful Jedi ever.” – Anakin Skywalker
12. “All mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like. It’s the only way we grow.” – Padmé Amidala
13. “Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is requested of us.” – Anakin Skywalker
14. “Why do I get the feeling you’re going to be the death of me?” – Obi Wan Kenobi
15. “Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi’s life so you might say we are encouraged to love.” – Anakin Skywalker
16. “I’m just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe.” – Jango Fett
17. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.” – Anakin Skywalker
18. “I’m not afraid to die. I’ve been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life.” – Padmé Amidala
19. “Dreams pass in time.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
20. “Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi’s life. So you might say, that we are encouraged to love.” – Anakin Skywalker
21. “To be angry is to be human.” – Padmé Amidala
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Quotes
22. “Hello there.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
23. “Do it.” – Chancellor Palpatine
24. “What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?” – Queen Amidala
25. “You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. You were to bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
26. “I sense great fear in you, Skywalker. You have hate. You have anger. But you don’t use them.” – Count Dooku
27. “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” – Yoda
28. “It’s over Anakin, I have the high ground.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
29. “So this is how liberty dies … with thunderous applause.” – Queen Amidala
30. “The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.” – Yoda
31. Anakin Skywalker: “If you’re not with me, then you’re my enemy.” Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Only a Sith deals in absolutes.”
32. “You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
33. “In a dark place we find ourselves and a little more knowledge lights our way.” – Yoda
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
34. “You know, sometimes I amaze even myself.” – Han Solo
35. “In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
36. “We seem to be made to suffer. It’s our lot in life.” – C-3PO
37. “Great, kid, don’t get cocky.” – Han Solo
38. “It’s not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home; they’re not much bigger than two meters.” – Luke Skywalker
39. “Remember… the Force will be with you, always.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
40. “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” – Princess Leia
41. “Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy.” – Han Solo
42. “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi
43. “I find your lack of faith disturbing” – Darth Vader
44. “Mos Eisley, you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
45. “Would somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?” – Princess Leia
46. “Who’s the more foolish: the fool or the fool who follows him? – Obi Wan Kenobi
47. “We’re doomed.” – C-3PO
48. “It’s the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.” – Han Solo
49. “This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
50. “Somebody has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute, flyboy.” – Princess Leia
51. “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.” – Han Solo
52. “That’s no moon. It’s a space station.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
53. “The Force is strong with this one.” – Darth Vader
54. “I suggest a new strategy, Artoo: Let the Wookiee win.” – C-3PO
55. “Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?” – Princess Leia
56. “Use the Force, Luke.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
57. “Don’t everybody thank me at once.” – Han Solo
58. “Don’t call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.” – C-3PO
59. Who’s the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?” – Obi Wan Kenobi
60. “Your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
61. “I’ve been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master.” – Darth Vader
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
62. “He’s quite clever, you know…for a human being.” – C-3PO
63. “You must unlearn what you have learned.” – Yoda
64. “I won’t fail you. I’m not afraid.” – Luke Skywalker
65. “I am not a committee.” – Princess Leia
66. “Luminous beings we are, not this crude matter.” – Yoda
67. “I thought they smelled bad on the outside!” – Han Solo
68. “If you only knew the power of the dark side.” – Darth Vader
69. “He’s no good to me dead.” – Boba Fett
70. “Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things.” – Yoda
71. “You’ll find I’m full of surprises.” – Luke Skywalker
72. “Why, you stuck-up half-witted scruffy-looking nerf herder.” – Princess Leia,
73. “Difficult to see; always in motion is the future.” – Yoda
74. “Laugh it up, fuzzball!” – Han Solo
75. “You have failed me for the last time.” – Darth Vader
76. “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.” – Yoda
77. “I’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee.” – Princess Leia
78. “Never tell me the odds.” – Han Solo
79. “A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.” – Yoda
80. “You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me.” – Darth Vader
81. “Some day you’re gonna be wrong, I just hope I’m there to see it.” – Princess Leia
82. “Judge me by my size, do you?” – Yoda
83. “Punch it!” – Han Solo
84. “Don’t give into hate. That leads to the Dark side.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
85. “Wars not make one great.” – Yoda
86. “You like me because I’m a scoundrel. There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life.” – Han Solo
87. Leia Organa: “I love you.” Han Solo: “I know.”
88. Obi-Wan Kenobi: “That boy is our last hope.” Yoda: “No. There is another.”
89. “Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda
90. “No, I am your father.” – Darth Vader
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
91. “Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our viewpoint.” – Obi Wan Kenobi
92. “Let go of your hate.” – Luke Skywalker
93. “I’m rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.” – C-3PO
94. “Let’s keep a little optimism here.” – Han Solo
95. “Never. I’ll never turn to the Dark Side. You’ve failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.” – Luke Skywalker
96. “There will be no bargain.” – Jabba the Hutt
97. “When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not.” – Yoda
98. “I will not give up my favorite decoration. I like Captain Solo where he is.” – Jabba the Hutt
99. “The Force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. My sister has it.” – Luke Skywalker
100. Luke Skywalker: “I’ll not leave you here. I’ve got to save you.” Anakin Skywalker: “You already have, Luke.”
101. “It’s a trap!” – Admiral Ackbar
102. “Greetings, Exalted One. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight and friend to Captain Solo. I know that you are powerful, mighty Jabba, and that your anger with Solo must be equally powerful. I seek an audience with Your Greatness to bargain for Solo’s life. With your wisdom, I’m sure that we can work out an arrangement which will be mutually beneficial and enable us to avoid any unpleasant confrontation. As a token of my goodwill, I present to you a gift: these two droids.” – Luke Skywalker
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
103. “That’s one hell of a pilot!” – Finn
104. “Chewie, we’re home.” – Han Solo
105. “Dear child, the belonging you seek is not behind you…it is ahead.” – Maz Kanata
106. “There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?” – Supreme Leader Snoke
107. “I’m a big deal in the resistance.” – Finn
108. “Some moof milker put a compressor on the ignition line.” – Han Solo
109. “The Force, it’s calling to you. Just let it in.” – Maz Kanata
110. “I was raised to do one thing, but I’ve got nothing to fight for.” – Finn
111. “Women always figure out the truth. Always.” – Han Solo
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
112. “The greatest teacher, failure is.” – Yoda
113. “Strike me down in anger and I’ll always be with you. Just like your father.” – Luke Skywalker
114. “I know what I have to do.” Kylo Ren
115. “You’re just a child in a mask.” – Supreme Leader Snoke
116. “I need someone to show me my place in all of this.” – Rey Skywalker
117. “No one is ever really gone.” – Luke Skywalker
118. “That’s how we’re gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.” – Rose Tico
119. “Rebel scum.” – Finn
120. “She was more interested in protecting the Light than seeming like a hero.” – Princess Leia
121. “The Force is not a power you have. It’s not about lifting rocks. It’s the energy between all things, a tension, a balance, that binds the universe together.” – Luke Skywalker
122. “Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.” – Kylo Ren
123. “Get your head out of your cockpit.” – Princess Leia
124. “I’ve seen this raw strength only once before. It didn’t scare me enough then. It does now.” – Luke Skywalker
125. “Heeded my words not, did you? Pass on what you have learned. Strength. Mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is. Luke, we are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.” – Yoda
126. “As long as he lives, hope lives.” – Supreme Leader Snoke
127. Luke Skywalker: “What do you see?” Rey Skywalker: “The island. Life. Death and decay, that feeds new life. Warmth. Cold. Peace. Violence.” Luke Skywalker: “And between it all?” Rey Skywalker: “Balance and energy. A force.” Luke Skywalker: “And inside you?” Rey Skywalker: “Inside me, that same force.”
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
128. “We had each other. That’s how we won.” – C-3PO
129. “I am all the Jedi.” – Ray Skywalker
130. “We’ll always be with you. No one’s ever really gone. A thousand generations live in you now.” – Luke Skywalker
131. “I got a bad feeling about this.” – Lando Calrissian
132. “I did want to take your hand, Ben’s hand.” – Rey Skywalker
133. “Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny.” – Luke Skywalker
134. “The First Order wins by making people think they are alone. We’re not alone. Good people will fight if we lead them.” – Poe Dameron
135. “You are nothing. A scavenger girl is no match for the power in me. I am all the Sith.” – Emperor Palpatine
136. “People keep telling me they know me. No one does.” – Rey Skywalker
137. “Never underestimate a droid.” – General Leia Organa
138. “We had each other. That’s how we won.”- Lando Calrissian
139. “Stand together, die together. Let your death be the final word in the story of rebellion.” – Emperor Palpatine
140. Rey Skywalker: “I’m Rey.” Woman: “Rey who?” Rey Skywalker: “Rey Skywalker.”
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