Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Peter Cushing · 42 quotes
Han Solo
Harrison Ford · 37 quotes
Luke Skywalker
Mark Hamill · 35 quotes
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Alec Guinness · 27 quotes
Princess Leia Organa
Carrie Fisher · 20 quotes
Darth Vader
16 quotes
C-3PO
Anthony Daniels · 9 quotes
Most scenes together: Luke Skywalker & Grand Moff Tarkin (26), Han Solo & Grand Moff Tarkin (21), Luke Skywalker & Han Solo (14)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope quotes
Page 1 of 8May the Force be with you.
Note: ranked #8 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.
(Imperial Spy talking to Sandtrooper loader) Re reega Re reega!
Sandtrooper leader
Where are they?
Sandtropper leader
(Imperial Spy furiously waves his hand towards Docking Bay 94)
Men, load your weapons!
Well, that's about it. (turns an leaves towards the Millennium Falcon door)
Sandtrooper leader There they are! Blast them!
( a brief shootout between Han Solo and Sand troopers) Han SoloChewy! get the ship started.
(Han Solo runs on board , Obi Wan Kenobi, Luke, C-3P0, and R2D2 sit at a table)
C-3P0 Oh, I hate space travel!
Ben Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan. Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.
I think my uncle knows him. He said he was dead.
Ben Kenobi
[smiling]
Oh, he's not dead. Well, not yet.
You know him?
Ben Kenobi
Well, of course I know him. He's me. I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan since, oh, before you were born.
Well then the droid does belong to you.
Ben
I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid. Very interesting.
Ben Kenobi
[Several Sandpeople yelp in the distance]
We'd best get indoors. The Sandpeople are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.
Biggs Darklighter
I've got to get aboard. I'll your stories when we come back. All right?
Hey Biggs, I told you I'd make it someday.
Biggs Darklighter
It will be like old times, Luke. They'll never stop us.
Well, if there's a bright center of the universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.
He is here.
Obi-Wan Kenobi. What makes you think so?
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master.
Surely he must be dead by now.
Don't underestimate the Force.
The Jedi are extinct. Their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion. [An intercom beeps, which Tarkin answers] Yes?
Intercom
We've received an alert in Section AA23.
The princess? Put all stations on alert!
Obi-Wan is here. The Force is with him.
If you are right, he must not be allowed to escape.
Escape is not his plan. I must face him alone.
General Tagge
Until this battle station is fully operational, we are vulnerable. The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped! They're more dangerous than you realize.
Admiral Motti Dangerous to your starfleet, Commander, not to this battle station.
General Tagge
The Rebellion will continue to gain support in the Imperial Senate--
[walking in with Darth Vader]
The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the Council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.
General Tagge
That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?
The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.
General Tagge
And what of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness and exploit it.
The plans you refer to will soon be back in our hands.
Admiral Motti Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they've obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it.
Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Admiral Motti Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. [Vader walks toward Motti, then slowly raises his hand] Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, [begins to sound strained] or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels' hidden fort— [grasps his throat as if he is being choked]
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Enough of this. Vader, release him!
As you wish. [drops his hand, and Motti staggers back to table]
This bickering is pointless. Now Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the hidden Rebel fortress. We will then crush the Rebellion with one swift stroke.
Greedo
[Speaking in Rodese]
Going somewhere, Solo?
Yes, Greedo. As a matter of fact, I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba that I've got the money.
Greedo
It's too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba's put a price on your head, so large that every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first.
Yeah, but this time I've got the money.
Greedo
If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.
I don't have it with me! Tell Jabba—
Greedo
Jabba's through with you! He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser.
Even I get boarded sometimes, do you think I had a choice?
Greedo
You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.
Over my dead body!
Greedo
That's the idea. I've been looking forward to this for a long time.
Yes, I'll bet you have.
[Note: In the original theatrical release, it was not clear who fired first, but it was strongly implied that Han shot Greedo immediately after his last line. In the 1997 and 2004 re-releases, the scene was refilmed to show Greedo shooting first and Han dodging, then shooting back in self-defense.]
[to Luke]
What good is a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station ain't my idea of courage. It's more like... suicide.
All right. Well take care of yourself, Han. I guess that's what your best at ain't it.
Hey, Luke! May the Force be with you.
Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie says you're looking for a passage to the Alderaan system.
Ben Kenobi
Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship.
Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
Ben Kenobi
No. Should I have?
It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships, not the local bulk-cruisers, mind you. I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you, old man. What's the cargo?
Ben Kenobi
Only passengers. Myself, the boy, two droids, [seriously] and no questions asked.
What is it, some kind of local trouble?
Ben Kenobi
Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements.
Well that's the real trick, isn't it? And it's gonna cost you extra. Ten thousand, all in advance.
But who's gonna fly it, kid? You?
You bet I could! I'm not such a bad pilot myself. C'mon, we don't have to sit here and— [Ben calms down Luke]
Ben Kenobi
We'll pay you two thousand now, plus fifteen when we reach Alderaan.
Seventeen? [Ben nods] Okay, you guys got yourselves a ship. We'll be ready when you are. Docking Bay 94.
Ben Kenobi
94.
Ben Kenobi
[Ben and Luke leave the cantina]
You'll have to sell your speeder.
That's okay. I'm never coming back to this planet again.
If we just avoid any more female advice, we ought to be able to get out of here.
Well, let's get moving.
Listen, I don't know who you are, or where you came from, but from now on, you do as I tell you. Okay?
Look, Your Worshipful-ness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me!
Then it's a wonder you're still alive. [about Chewbacca] Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?
Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money.
You needn't worry about your reward. If money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive! [to Luke] Your friend is quite a mercenary. I wonder if he really cares about anything... or anybody. [leaves]
I care. [sits down next to Han] So, what do you think of her, Han?
I'm trying not to, kid.
Good.
Still, she's got a lot of spirit. I don't know, what do you think? You think a princess and a guy like me--
No.
They're not going to get me without a fight.
Ben Kenobi
You can't win, but there are alternatives to fighting.
This is not gonna work.
Why didn't you say so before?
I did say so before!