Master Yoda Try not. Do, or do not, there is no try.
Most-quoted character in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980): in 33 of its 81 quotes
Most scenes with: Han Solo (8), Darth Vader (8), Luke Skywalker (8)
All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was... what he was doing.
More lines from Master Yoda
10 quotes Master Yoda Master Yoda Oh, great warrior, hmm? Wars not make one great.
Master Yoda Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is!
Master Yoda Told you did I, reckless is he! Now, matters are worse.
Master Yoda Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?
Master Yoda 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.
Master Yoda The Dark Side clouds everything. Impossible to see the future is.
Master Yoda [When Luke asks if the Dark Side of the Force is stronger]
No, no. Easier and more seductive; not more powerful.
Master Yoda Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.
Master Yoda A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware the Dark Side. Anger, fear, and aggression; the Dark Side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight.
Scenes with Master Yoda
22 scenes
Yes, Your Highnessness?
I thought you had decided to stay.
Well the bounty hunter we ran into in Ord Mantell changed my mind.
Han, we need you!
We need?
Yes.
Well, what about you need?
I need? I don't know what you're talking about.
You probably don't.
And what precisely am I supposed to know?
Come on! You want me to stay because of the way you feel about me.
Yes! You're a great help to us, you're a natural leader.
No! That's not it. Come on... [Points at himself] A-ha! Come on!
You're imagining things.
Am I? Then why are you following me? Afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?
I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee!
I can arrange that. [Angrily storms down the hallway] You could use a good kiss!
[Luke is stranded out in a harsh snowstorm.] [voice comes out of nowhere]
Luke. Luke!
There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me.
Well, Your Worship, it looks like you managed to keep me here a while longer.
[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.
That's a good story. I just think you can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain.
[Chewbacca laughs amusingly]
Laugh it up, fuzzball! [To Luke] You didn't see us alone in the south passage. She expressed her true feelings for me.
What? [annoyed] Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking... nerf-herder!
[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?
Well, I guess you don't know everything about women yet. [suddenly kisses Luke in front of Han]
[Darth Vader emerges from an egg-like chamber to receive a report from General Veers.]
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.
[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—
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]
Admiral Ozzel [Vader turns to a nearby screen and calls up Admiral Ozzel and Captain Piett.]
Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed, and we're preparing to— [begins choking]
You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. Captain Piett.
Captain Piett [nervously]
Yes, my lord.
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.
Admiral Piett [Ozzel falls down, dead]
Thank you, Lord Vader.
Admiral Piett Our ships have sighted the Millennium Falcon, my lord. But, it has entered an asteroid field and we cannot risk—
Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral. I want that ship, not excuses.
Admiral Piett Yes, my lord.
Sir, the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three-thousand-seven-hundred-twenty to one!
Never tell me the odds!
You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake. Well, this could be it, sweetheart.
I take it back!
[The Millenium Falcon has evaded Vader's forces by flying into a tunnel within a large asteroid.]
I'm going to shut everything down but the emergency power systems.
Sir, I'm almost afraid to ask but, does that include shutting me down?
No, I need you to talk to the Falcon and find out what's wrong with the hyperdrive.
[annoyed]
Not entirely stable? Well, I'm glad you're here to tell us these things! Chewie, take the professor into the back and plug him into the hyperdrive!
[The asteroid shakes again. Leia falls against Han, who begins holding her.] [after a moment]
Let go.
Shh!
Let go, please.
Don't get excited!
Captain, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me excited.
Yoda [Luke points a blaster at Yoda.]
Away put your weapon, I mean you no harm! I am wondering, why are you here?
I'm looking for someone.
Yoda Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say. Hmmm?
Right.
Yoda Help you I can. Yes, mmm.
I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior.
Yoda Oh! Great warrior! [Laughs] Wars make not one great.
[Leia struggles with a part on the Falcon. Han moves in to help, but is pushed away.]
Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help.
Would you please stop calling me that?
Sure, Leia.
You make it so difficult sometimes.
I do, I really do. You could be a little nicer, though. Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm alright.
Occasionally, maybe... when you aren't acting like a scoundrel.
Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that. [Grabs and rubs Leia's hand]
Stop that.
Stop what?
My hands are dirty too. What are you afraid of?
Afraid?
You're trembling.
I'm not trembling.
[moving closer to Leia]
You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.
I happen to like nice men.
No you're not. You're—
[Han begins to kiss Leia] [interrupting]
Sir! Sir! I've isolated the reverse power flux coupling!
Oh, you're perfectly welcome, sir.
[Leia walks away.]
[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.
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.
How is that possible?
Emperor Palpatine Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You know it to be true. [pauses] He could destroy us.
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.
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?
He will join us or die, master.
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?
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?
Well, mostly because of my father, I guess.
Yoda Oh, father! Powerful Jedi was he. Powerful Jedi.
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.
Yoda Much anger in him, like his father.
Was I any different when you taught me?
Yoda He is not ready!
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!
So was I, if you remember.
Yoda [still looking at Luke]
He is too old. Yes. Too old to begin the training.
But I've learned so much.
Yoda [looking toward the sky]
Will he finish what he begins?
I won't fail you! I'm not afraid.
Yoda [grimly]
Oh! You will be. You will be.
All right, Chewie. Let's get outta here!
The Empire is still out there! I don't think it's wise to—
No time to discuss this in a committee!
I am not a committee!
Sir, the odds of surviving a direct assault on an Imperial Star Destroyer are precisely—
Shut up!
Yoda So certain are you. Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?
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.
Alright, I'll give it a try.
Yoda No! Try not! Do, or do not. There is no try.
[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.
You want the impossible. [starts to walk away]
[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.
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!
Yoda [Luke is standing on one hand and balancing Yoda on one foot, while moving rocks using the Force. He becomes distracted and falls, sending Yoda tumbling.]
Control! Control! You must learn control!
I saw... I saw a city in the clouds.
Yoda Hmm. Friends you have there.
They were in pain!
Yoda It is the future you see.
The future? Will they die?
Yoda Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
I've gotta 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.
Yoda Luke! You must complete the training.
I can't keep the vision out of my head. They're my friends. I've gotta help them.
Yoda You must not go!
But Han and Leia will die if I don't.
[appearing in spirit next to Yoda]
You don't know that. Even Yoda cannot see their fate.
But I can help them! I feel the Force!
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!
But I've learned so much since then. Master Yoda, I promise to return and finish what I've begun. You have my word.
It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. That is why your friends are made to suffer.
That's why I have to go.
Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost Vader.
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.
Patience!
And sacrifice Han and Leia?
Yoda If you honor what they fight for, yes!
If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere.
I understand. R2, fire up the converters.
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.
I will, and I'll return. I promise.
Yoda [Luke's X-Wing takes off]
Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now matters are worse.
That boy is our last hope. [fades from view]
Yoda No. There is another.
You may take Captain Solo to Jabba the Hutt after I have Skywalker.
He's no good to me dead.
He will not be permanently damaged.
Lord Vader, what about Leia and the Wookiee?
They must never again leave this city.
That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter!
Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?
No.
Good. It would be unfortunate if I have to leave a garrison here.
I know.
[checks the readout on the carbonite slab]
Yes, he's alive... and in perfect hibernation.
[to Boba Fett]
He's all yours, bounty hunter. [to Lando] Now, take the wookiee and Leia to my ship.
That wasn't part of the deal! You said the wookiee and Leia would stay under my protection!
I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further. [departs in an elevator]
You have learned much, young one.
You'll find I'm full of surprises.
Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker. Obi-Wan knew this to be true.
No!
[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.]
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.
If only you knew the power of the Dark Side! Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
No. I am your father!
Search your feelings, you know it to be true!
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.
