A scene from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back 1980
Luke Skywalker

[Luke's X-wing sinks into the swamp]

We'll never get it out now!

Yoda

So certain are you. Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?

Luke Skywalker

Master, moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different.

Yoda

No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned.

Luke Skywalker

Alright, I'll give it a try.

Yoda

No! Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try.

Luke Skywalker

[Luke concentrates, and the X-wing begins to rise out of the swamp. A moment later, however, it sinks the rest of the way, with Yoda and R2-D2 both expressing their disappointment.] [tired]

I can't. It's too big.

Yoda

Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you, hmm? And well you should not, for my ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is. [looks around him] 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. Everywhere. Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere. Yes, even between the land and the ship.

Luke Skywalker

You want the impossible. [starts to walk away]

Luke Skywalker

[Yoda sighs, then concentrates on the ship. Using the Force, he raises it out of the swamp and places it safely on dry land, then looks back to Luke.] [astonished]

I don't believe it!

Yoda

That is why you fail.

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