Star Wars Episodes IV–VI


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Important Quotations Explained

1. Luke: “How did my father die?”
Ben: “A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father.”


2. Luke: “You don’t believe in the Force, do you?”
Han: “Kid, I’ve flown from one side of the galaxy to the other, I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s one all-powerful force controlling everything. There’s no mystical energy field that controls my destiny!”


3. Yoda: “[M]y ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us, binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force flow around you. Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, yes, even between the land and the ship.”


4. Darth Vader: “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 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!”


5. Emperor: “Now fulfill your destiny, and take your father’s place at my side.”
Luke: “Never. I’ll never turn to the dark side. You’ve failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.”
Emperor: “So be it, Jedi.”


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