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The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 space fantasy film. It is the second film of the original Star Wars trilogy. The film is set three years after the destruction of the Death Star. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa are being pursued by the evil Darth Vader and the elite forces of the Galactic Empire. While Han and Leia are pursued across the galaxy by the Empire, Luke studies the Force under the training of Jedi master Yoda. Meanwhile, Vader secretly plots a trap for Luke that will lead to a vicious confrontation and a shocking revelation.
 * Directed by Irvin Kershner. Written by George Lucas, Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas.

The Adventure Continues… (taglines)

Opening crawl
Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker have established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth. The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding young Skywalker, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space....
 * It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy.

Han Solo

 * [after cutting open a tauntaun to form a makeshift sleeping bag for Luke] And I thought they smelled bad... on the outside!
 * [to Princess Leia] You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.

Dialogue

 * [Luke is stranded out in a harsh snowstorm.]
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi: [voice comes out of nowhere] Luke. Luke!
 * Luke Skywalker: [weakly] Ben?
 * Obi-Wan: You will go to the Dagobah system.
 * Luke : Dagobah system?
 * Obi-Wan: There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi master who instructed me.

 * C-3PO: Master Luke, sir, it's so good to see you fully functional again.
 * Luke: Thanks, Threepio.
 * C-3PO: [referring to R2-D2] Artoo expresses his relief, also.
 * Han Solo: How are you feeling, kid? You don't look so bad to me. In fact, you look strong enough to pull the ears off a Gundark.
 * Luke: Thanks to you.
 * Han: That's two you owe me, junior. [turns to Princess Leia] Well, your worship, looks like you've managed to keep me around for a little while longer.
 * Princess Leia Organa: I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for any ships to leave the system until we've activated the energy field.
 * Han: That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
 * Leia: I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain.
 * Han: [to Chewie] Laugh it up, fuzzball! But you didn't see us alone in the south passage. She expressed her true feelings for me.
 * Leia: My– [feels surprised at hearing Han say that] Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking… nerf-herder!!
 * Han: [turns back to Leia] Who's scruffy-looking? [to Luke Skywalker] Well, I must've hit pretty close to the mark to get her all riled up like that, huh, kid?
 * Leia: Why, I guess you don't know everything about women yet. [kisses Luke on the lips in front of Han and Chewie]

 * [Aboard the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor, Captain Firmus Piett reports to Admiral Kendal Ozzel.]
 * Capt. Firmus Piett: Admiral?
 * Adm. Kendel Ozzel: Yes, Captain?
 * Piett: I think we've got something, sir. The report is only a fragment, from a probe droid in the Hoth system, but it's the best lead we have.
 * Ozzel: [growing impatient] We have thousands of probe droids searching the galaxy. I want proof, not leads.
 * Piett: The visuals indicate life readings.
 * Ozzel: It could mean anything. If we followed up every lead...
 * Piett: But sir, the Hoth system is supposed to be devoid of human forms.
 * Darth Vader: [approaching the two officers after hearing their conversation] You've found something?
 * Piett: Yes, my Lord. [shows Vader the location of the power generator on Hoth]
 * Vader: That's it. The Rebels are there.
 * Ozzel: My Lord, there are so many uncharted settlements. It could be smugglers. It could be...
 * Vader: That is the system. And I am sure Skywalker is with them. Set your course for the Hoth system. [turns to General Maximilian Veers] General Veers, prepare your men.

 * [Darth Vader emerges from an egg-like meditation chamber to receive a report from General Maximilian Veers.]
 * Vader: What is it, General?
 * Gen. Maximilian 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.
 * Vader: The Rebels are alerted to our presence. Admiral Ozzel came out of lightspeed too close to the system.
 * Veers: He felt surprise was wiser–
 * Vader: [angrily] He is as clumsy as he is stupid. General, prepare your troops for a surface attack.
 * Veers: Yes, my Lord. [bows and leaves quickly]
 * [Darth Vader turns to a nearby screen and calls up Admiral Kendel Ozzel and Captain Firmus Piett.]
 * Ozzel: Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we're preparing to– [begins choking]
 * Vader: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. Captain Piett.
 * Piett: [nervously] Yes, my Lord?
 * Vader: Make ready to land our troops beyond their energy field, then deploy the fleet so that nothing gets off the system. You are in command now, Admiral Piett.
 * Piett: [sees a dead Ozzel collapse] Thank you, Lord Vader.

 * Vader: [kneeling before the Emperor's hologram] What is thy bidding, my master?
 * The Emperor: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
 * Vader: I have felt it.
 * The Emperor: We have a new enemy. The young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
 * Vader: How is that possible?
 * The Emperor: Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.
 * Vader: He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
 * The Emperor: The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
 * Vader: If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.
 * The Emperor: [intrigued] Yes... He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
 * Vader: He will join us or die, Master.

 * Leia: You can't make the jump to light-speed in this asteroid field!
 * Han: Sit down, sweetheart; we're taking off!
 * C-3PO: Look!!
 * Han: I see it, I see it!
 * C-3PO: We're doomed!
 * Leia: The cave is collapsing!
 * Han: [suddenly realizing that the Millennium Falcon has flown into the mouth of a giant space creature] This is no cave!
 * Leia: What?!

 * [Aboard the Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor, Darth Vader is giving the bounty hunters instructions on tracking down the Millennium Falcon]
 * Vader: 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. [turns to Boba Fett] No disintegrations.
 * Boba Fett: As you wish.

 * [Luke sees his X-wing is about to sink into the bog]
 * Luke: Oh, no! 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: Master, moving stones around is one thing, but this is... totally different!
 * Yoda: No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned.
 * Luke: All right, I'll give it a try.
 * Yoda: No! Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try.
 * [Luke tries to use the Force to levitate his X-wing out of the bog, but fails in his attempt.]
 * Luke: I can't. It's too big.
 * Yoda: Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. 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; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere. Yes. Even between the land and the ship.
 * Luke: You want the impossible. [sees Yoda use the Force to levitate the X-wing out of the bog and gets flustered when he does it] I don't... I don't believe it!
 * Yoda: That is why you fail.

 * Yoda: Luke! You must complete the training.
 * Luke: I can't keep the vision out of my head. They're my friends. I've gotta help them.
 * Yoda: You must not go!
 * Luke: But Han and Leia will die if I don't.
 * Obi-Wan: You don't know that. [appears in spirit] Even Yoda cannot see their fate.
 * Luke: But I can help them! I feel the Force.
 * Obi-Wan: 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!
 * Luke: But I've learned so much since then. Master Yoda, I promise to return and finish what I've begun. You have my word.
 * Obi-Wan: It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. That is why your friends are made to suffer.
 * Luke: That's why I have to go.
 * Obi-Wan: Luke, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost Vader.
 * Luke: 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.
 * Obi-Wan: Patience!
 * Luke: And sacrifice Han and Leia?
 * Yoda: If you honor what they fight for, yes.
 * Obi-Wan: If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere.
 * Luke: I understand. R2, fire up the converters.
 * Obi-Wan: 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.
 * Luke: I will, and I'll return. I promise. [flies off with X-wing]
 * Yoda: Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now matters are worse.
 * Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope.
 * Yoda: No. There is another.

 * Vader: You may take Captain Solo to Jabba the Hutt after I have Skywalker.
 * Boba Fett: He's no good to me dead.
 * Vader: He will not be permanently damaged.
 * Lando Calrissian: Lord Vader, what about Leia and the Wookiee?
 * Vader: They must never again leave this city.
 * Lando: [angry] That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter!
 * Vader: Perhaps you think you are being treated unfairly?
 * Lando: [pauses] No.
 * Vader: Good. It would be unfortunate if I had to leave a garrison here.
 * Lando: [under his breath] This deal is getting worse all the time.

 * [Lando has just arrived with two security guards to talk privately with Han, Chewbacca and Leia; Chewbacca growls at him in a fit of rage]
 * Han: Get out of here, Lando.
 * Lando: Shut up and listen! Now Vader has agreed to turn Leia and Chewie over to me.
 * Han: Over to you?
 * Lando: They'll have to stay here, but at least they'll be safe.
 * Leia: What about Han?
 * Lando: Vader's giving him to the bounty hunter.
 * Leia: Vader wants us all dead!
 * Lando: No. He doesn't want you at all! He's after somebody called, uh... Skywalker!
 * Han: [realizing who Lando is talking about] Luke!
 * Lando: Lord Vader has set a trap for him!
 * Leia: And we're the bait!
 * Lando: Yeah. Well, he's on his way.
 * Han: [getting very angry at Lando] Perfect. You've fixed us all real good, didn't you? My friend. [punches Lando in the face; the two security guards come up behind Han and hit him with their clubs, causing him to fall down on the floor. The guards prepare to hit him again]
 * Lando: [signals his guards to stop the fight] Stop! [the guards back down while Lando talks to Han, Chewie and Leia] I've done all I can. I'm sorry I couldn't do better, but I've got my own problems.
 * Han: Yeah. You're a real hero. [Lando glares at Han, then leaves the room with his two security guards]
 * Leia: [tending to Han's injuries while she talks to him] Boy, you certainly have a way with people.

 * Vader: [referring to the carbon freezing chamber] This facility is crude, but it should be adequate to freeze Skywalker for his journey to the Emperor.
 * Imperial officer: Lord Vader! Ship approaching, X-wing class.
 * Vader: Good. Monitor Skywalker and allow him to land.
 * Lando: [referring to Luke Skywalker] Lord Vader, we only use this facility for carbon freezing. You put him in there, it might kill him!
 * Vader: I do not want the Emperor's prize damaged. We will test it… on Captain Solo.

 * [Han kisses Leia and is taken by stormtroopers to the carbon-freezing chamber.]
 * Leia: I love you.
 * Han: I know.

 * Vader: You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did.
 * [They continue dueling. Luke hits Vader on the shoulder with his lightsaber. Vader returns the favor by cutting Luke's hand with his lightsaber. Luke screams in pain.]
 * Vader: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. [deactivates his lightsaber] 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.
 * Luke: [wincing] I'll never join you!
 * Vader: If only you 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.
 * Vader: No. I am your father.
 * Luke: [shocked] No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!
 * Vader: Search your feelings. You know it to be true.
 * Luke: NO!!! NO!!!
 * Vader: 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. [Luke looks down the shaft and then back at Vader] Come with me. It is the only way. [Luke lets go of the projection and falls into the shaft]

 * [Admiral Piett is making his report to Darth Vader about the Rebels]
 * Piett: They'll be in range of our tractor beam in moments, my Lord.
 * Vader: Did your men deactivate the hyperdrive on the Millennium Falcon?
 * Piett: Yes, my Lord.
 * Vader: Good. Prepare the boarding party and set your weapons for stun.
 * Piett: Yes, my Lord.

 * [Last lines]
 * Lando: Luke, we're ready for takeoff.
 * Luke: Good luck, Lando.
 * Lando: When we find Jabba the Hutt and that bounty hunter, we'll contact you.
 * Luke: I'll meet you at the rendezvous point on Tatooine.
 * Lando: [to Leia] Princess, we'll find Han. I promise.
 * Luke: Chewie, I'll be waiting for your signal. Take care, you two, and may the Force be with you.

Taglines

 * The Adventure Continues…
 * The Star Wars Saga Continues

Cast

 * Mark Hamill — Luke Skywalker
 * Harrison Ford — Han Solo
 * Carrie Fisher — Princess Leia Organa
 * Billy Dee Williams — Lando Calrissian
 * Anthony Daniels — C-3PO
 * Peter Mayhew — Chewbacca
 * Kenny Baker — R2-D2
 * Alec Guinness — Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Ian McDiarmid — Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious (DVD and Blu-ray versions only)
 * David Prowse — Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones)
 * Jeremy Bulloch — Boba Fett (voiced by Jason Wingreen (original) Temuera Morrison (later releases))

Voices

 * Frank Oz — Yoda
 * Clive Revill — Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious

Quotes about The Empire Strikes Back

 * The geek world, the scholars of Stars Wars, can tell you what scripts exist. I do not know. I’ve heard that. But what I know is when I came in to Empire and when I actually started to work, George said, “You know, Darth is Luke’s father.” And I said, “No shit?” So it was a total surprise to me and I thought wonderful. That to me was when the whole thing got really interesting and I thought, This thing’s going to be so much more complicated than I thought. It’s going to speak to things that I relate to very strongly and everybody who’s had to deal with their issues with their father, and this is really a mythic presentation of those things. And we’ve seen since then endless world catastrophes based on father problems. That’s why I think the saga is always going to be so interesting.
 * Lawrence Kasdan, "Lawrence Kasdan Says There’s a Future for Lando Calrissian in Star Wars", Bruce Handy, Vanity Fair, May 18, 2015.
 * I think the critics felt that they were going to see an extension of Star Wars. In other words, they wanted another Star Wars. I decided that the potential was much greater than a rerun of Star Wars. When I finally accepted the assignment, I knew that it was going to be a dark film, with more depth to the characters than in the first film. It took a few years for the critics to catch up with the film and to see it as a fairy tale rather than a comic book.
 * Fans have written over the last 30 years telling me how eagerly they awaited the second film of the trilogy. I hadn’t realized how many young children would be seeing the film, and how it would affect them. I think the kids responded to the movement, the characters, and the fairy tale quality of the film. The humor helped make the film appealing to more mature audiences as well.
 * I knew in the making of Empire that this was to be the second of a trilogy. Therefore I considered it the second act, the second movement—but it wouldn’t have the same climax that an ordinary film would have, where it sets up a premise, moves along, there is a payoff with a grand climax of some kind of action. The action in this film came at the beginning because it is a continuation of the first film.
 * Irvin Kershner, "In Hindsight, Empire Strikes Back Director Irvin Kershner Would’ve Helmed One of the Prequels", Mike Ryan, October 18, 2010.

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Split from Star Wars
This page was split from the Star Wars page. Please see that page for the edit history prior to the split. —LrdChaos 17:22, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Trimming
Shouldn't this page be trimmed already? I can't remove the Checkcopyright template if this page is not trimmed.(StarWarsFanBoy 22:06, 28 November 2009 (UTC))

Vader: I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further
I understand this had to be trimmed, but this quote is a lot more memorable then may included. MathiasTCK (talk) 23:46, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Emperor Palpatine: 1980 version vs. 2004 version
The 1980 line "We have a new enemy: Luke Skywalker" was spoken by Clive Revill while the 2004 line "We have a new enemy. The young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker" was spoken by Ian McDiarmid. Instead of reverting back to the Clive Revill line, you should discuss it. AdamDeanHall (talk) 21:50, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

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The new one from the DVD made it bad. Vader knew he was Luke's father and it made more sense to keep the original.

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is a 2004 film starring Bill Murray as eccentric oceanographer Steve Zissou, who seeks to exact revenge on a shark that ate his partner Esteban.
 * ''Directed by Wes Anderson. Written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach.

Steve Zissou

 * Does this seem fake? [points gun at jane]

 * I'm going to find it and I'm going to destroy it. I don't know how yet, maybe dynamite.

 * Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it. Anyone who wants to join me is more than welcome.

 * Nobody knows what's going to happen. And then we film it. That's the whole concept.

 * You really think it's cool for you to hit the sauce with a bun in the oven?

 * [to Ogata and Pele] What are you doing? Go to bed, you sons of bitches!

 * Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins.

 * Supposedly Cousteau and his cronies invented the idea of putting walkie-talkies into the helmet. But we made ours with a special rabbit ear on the top so we could pipe in some music.

 * You know, I'd be jealous about you staying at Ali's place, except I always thought he was kind of a closet queer.

 * That pregnant slut is playing us like a cheap fiddle!

 * Are you finding what you were looking for... out here with me? I hope so.

 * Oseary, this is probably my son Ned. We just met.

 * Just do what you gotta do to cover your ass, Bill.

 * You hung us out to dry. If we don't handle this right, we're gonna all get murdered. Including her unborn British child.

 * Don't point that gun at him, he's an unpaid intern.

 * Tell them if they don't get off my boat right now... there's gonna be a major shit-storm.

 * Be cool on this shit, okay, cubbie? I mean, at least try to show both sides.

 * I said get your ass the hell off of my boat!

 * I've never seen a bond company stooge stick his neck out like that.

 * The Arctic Night-lights. Yeah. "As if the natural world's been turned upside down." Lord Mandrake. Vikram, get some cutaways of this miracle. Klaus, Ogata, put out the deck fires before we sink.

 * Those fucking amateurs. You left your dog, you idiots!

 * Go downstairs and throw a tarp over anything that says "Operation Henessey" on it.

 * The first thing that goes through a captain's head when he hears there's low morale goin' around is: "What'd I do? Is it all my fault? "Well, he's probably right. Most of us have been together a long time. There are others that were here before that. Do you all not like me anymore? I mean, what am I supposed to do? I don't know. Look, if you're not against me... don't cross this line. If yes, do. I love you all.

 * I mean, I know I want him to think of me like a father. But the fact that there's an outside chance that he could really be my actual... biological son... is very difficult for me.

 * It's probably the last adventure I've got in me. I was hopin' to go out in a flash of blazes, but I'll probably just end up goin' home.

 * Oh, shit! Swamp leeches. Everybody, check for swamp leeches, and pull them off... Nobody else got hit? I'm the only one? What's the deal?

 * What a shame. They had a bartender here, Kino, made the best rum cannonball I've ever tasted.

 * We'll give them the reality this time. A washed-up old man with no friends, no distribution deal, wife on the rocks, people laughin' at him, feelin' sorry for himself.

 * Wolodarsky, go get the keys to that fishing boat, and throw them in the water. No, wait. They might have another set. Just blow it up.

 * I'm about to blow my stack. I turn my back, and the bullshit begins. Ned, you're a scumbag. And, Jane, you're a goddamn liar.

 * I'm sorry I never acknowledged your existence all those years. It won't happen again. I mean it. You are my son to me. Almost more so.

 * Give me that camera. I'm gonna smash it over your head. Cut!

 * This is the first time Eleanor's ever cried in front of me as long as I've known her. Except for once when she got her arm caught in the deck winch.

 * Well, I was a little embarrassed at first. Obviously people are gonna think I'm a showboat and a little bit of a prick. But then I realized... that's me. I said those things. I did those things. I can live with that.

 * [referring to the shark that ate his friend, Esteban] I wonder if it remembers me.

 * We complete the adventure, but another member of our crew has been lost. This one was my son. Also our equity partner. We start the voyage home in our wounded vessel.

 * This is an adventure.

Alistair Hennessey

 * [while playing poker with pirates] Steven. Are you rescuing me? [Steve shrugs awkwardly] Fold. [Alistair is shot by one of the pirates]

 * They made soup out of my research turtles.

 * We've never made great husbands, have we? Of course, I have a good excuse. I'm part gay.

 * Is that one of mine? I think one of my research turtles survived.

Klaus Daimler

 * Where are you coming from, jack off? Shit.

 * Who the shit is Kingsley Zissou?

 * Thanks. Thanks a lot for not picking me.

 * I hear what you're saying, but I think you misjudge the guy.

 * Land ho! Port-au-Patois dead ahead! Port-au-Patois! Port-au-Patois! Ho! Ho! Ho! Land ho! Ho!

 * Psst! There's something in the coat check.

 * Not if I don't see you first, sonny...

Ned Plimpton

 * I've never seen so many electric jellyfish in all my life!

 * I ought to have stayed in Kentucky where I belong.

 * I still wish I could breathe underwater.

 * If you ever touch me again I will kick your goddamn teeth out.

 * I'm gonna fight you, Steve!

Bill Ubell

 * Captain, I am required by law to notify the bank of any illegal activities...

 * Bill Ubell here. I'm on a pay phone. I am still blindfolded. My arms are bound. But a young boy has been kind enough to assist me. There's not much chance I'll get another opportunity to call... so I thought I would ask if— What? No.

 * We fuckin' stole it, man

 * I'm also a human being.

Jane Winslet-Richardson

 * I need to find a baby for this father.

 * Actually, I was sort of terrified about having this baby. And right now I'm not really scared of anything. Maybe it's my hormones.

Oseary Drakoulias

 * Bloody hell. God save that poor little stooge.

 * Oh, we were like glory's gate, my darling. We were like that bloody shark of yours. We swam with the, um, uh — Oh, goddamn it. I had it on the plane. What was I gonna say? Ah, well.

 * Tell me. Who knocked up the reporter?

Dialogue

 * Steve: Encounter with highly abnormal sharklike fish! Ten meters in length, unfamiliar dorsal features, spots all over it! I shot it dorsally with a homing dart! Esteban was eaten! Check the scanning monitor! Start tracking before it dives too deep!
 * Klaus: Esteban was bitten?
 * Steve: Eaten!
 * Klaus: Is he dead?
 * Steve: Esteban was eaten!
 * Klaus: He was swallowed whole?
 * Steve: No! Chewed!

 * Festival Director: That's an endangered species at most. What would be the scientific purpose of killing it?
 * Steve: Revenge.

 * Antonia Cook: You must be so excited.
 * Steve: I hope so. You think it went OK?
 * Antonia Cook: No. Congratulations... Seriously.
 * Steve: Thanks. I wish it didn't require the "seriously," but thank you.

 * Alistair: How are things going with your - what are you calling it? Leopard fish?
 * Steve: Jaguar shark.
 * Alistair: Jaguar shark! So tell me - does it really exist?
 * Steve: You know, Allie, I don't want to give away the ending.

 * Alistair: You're the most ravishing creature that I've ever seen in my life.
 * Eleanor: Hello Skinny.
 * Alistair: Hello Eleanor.
 * Eleanor: Is that a new merit badge?
 * Alistair: Oh, yeah, as a matter of fact it is. I just became a Knight in Portugal, the Presidente gave a special ball...
 * Steve: Don't be nice to Ali, he's my nemesis.

 * Steve: [referring to Hennessey] How could you lay that slick faggot?
 * Eleanor: Well, I was in love with him at the time...

 * Steve: We were pretty good while we lasted, weren't we?
 * Oseary Drakoulias: Oh, we were like glory's gate, my darling. We were like that bloody shark of yours, we swam with the... oh, damn it, I had it on the plane.

 * Oseary Drakoulias: You must swear, legally swear that you will not kill that shark, or whatever it is, if it actually exists.
 * Steve: I'm going to fight it, but I'll let it live. What about my dynamite?
 * Oseary Drakoulias: [to assistant] Phillip, dynamite.

 * Ned: Captain Zissou my name is Ned Plimpton...
 * Steve: OK, Man.

 * Steve: You're supposed to be my son, right?
 * Ned: I don't know. But I did want to meet you, just in case.

 * Ned: Why didn't you ever try to contact me?
 * Steve: Because I hate fathers, and I never wanted to be one.

 * Steve: People say that when someone says something like that, it's because they're jealous. But it still hurts. It hurts bad.
 * Ned: That man was damn rude. He can go straight to hell.

 * Eleanor: Your cat's dead.
 * Steve: What? Which one?
 * Eleanor: Marmalade. I'm sorry.
 * Steve: What happened?
 * Eleanor: A rattlesnake bit it in the throat.
 * Steve: Goddamn it, Eleanor, why do you have to say it like that? You couldn't try to break it a little bit nicer?
 * Steve: She's a rich bitch, you know. She was raised by maids. Her parents paid for this island and two of my worst movies. People say she's the brains behind Team Zissou.
 * Ned: People say a lot of things. What kind of cat was it?
 * Steve: Who gives a shit?
 * Steve: I think it was a tabby.

 * Klaus: So, you really think you're a Zissou.
 * Ned: I don't know.
 * Klaus: Well, you traveled a long way for "I don't know," sonny.
 * Ned: That's true. But it's important to me.
 * Klaus: Yeah? Well, there are a lot of things that are important to some people around here, sonny.
 * Ned: Klaus, don't call me "sonny."
 * Klaus: And one more thing: It's the Steve Zissou show, not the Ned show. [slaps Ned in the face] You hear me?
 * Ned: Yes, I do. Klaus?
 * Klaus: Ja?
 * Ned: If you ever touch me again, I will kick your goddamn teeth out. Is that understood?
 * Klaus: Not if I don't see you first, sonny.

 * Ned: When'd you first hear about me?
 * Steve: About five years ago. I read it in an article about myself.
 * Ned: Did you believe it?
 * Steve: It was in the paper. I assumed they checked their facts.

 * Steve: I dunno, I think that bull-dyke reporter is gonna burn us.
 * Ned: I don't think she's a lesbian, Dad. She's pregnant.
 * Steve: Bull dykes can get pregnant. Anyway, I'd back out now, but we need the press.

 * Steve: Where'd you come from? You look pregnant.
 * Jane: I am pregnant. I'm not even going to ask what you men are doing out here in your matching pajamas, by the way.

 * Steve: Can you hear the Jack Whales singing?
 * Ned: [Tanker goes off] Beautiful. I wonder what they're saying.
 * Steve: Well actually that's a Sludge Tanker over there... [Several whales sing] There you go!

 * Jane: You're too old for me, Steve.
 * Steve: Yeah, well, you're pregnant.

 * Steve: Hey intern, get me a Campari.
 * Intern #1: On the rocks?

 * Jane: I need to find a baby for this father.
 * Steve: Yeah, I think I know what you mean.

 * Jane: I'm going to have to start locking my effing door.
 * Steve: It was locked, I kicked it in. Why don't you just curse like other people?
 * Jane: Because I'm trying to get out of the habit before I have my fucking baby!

 * Anne-Marie: Uh, what is this, Pele?
 * Pele: I don't know. Uh, the map?

 * Pelé: [talking about Jane] I like her hairdo.
 * Klaus: Me too, but Steve called her first.

 * Ned: Who locked us out?
 * Anne-Marie: No-one, we're trespassing.
 * Ned: Steve, are we allowed in here?
 * Steve: It's a scientific community, man.

 * Vladimir Wolodarsky: Steve, one of the interns just fell down the stairs with the main tracking processor.
 * Steve: All right, just make sure we steal the backup.

 * Alistair: Apparently some crooked fuckers broke into my sea lab yesterday.
 * Crew member: How awful. Did they nick anything?
 * Alistair: It doesn't say. They probably just trashed the place. I'm so pissed I wanna spit. Hugo - tell Carl to load my elephant gun with buckshot. We're gonna hunt down these sickos.

 * Jane: How do you feel about part one of your new film?
 * Steve: Why? How do you feel about part one of my new film?
 * Jane: Well, I'm honest, so -
 * Steve: Just say it.
 * Jane: I thought aspects of it seemed slightly fake.
 * Steve: Did it seem fake when my best friend was bitten in half right in front of me then eaten alive, screaming? I think you're a fake. And I think you're a phony, and a bad reporter. How does that feel? Now tell me something. [Steve points his gun at her] Does this seem fake?

 * Steve: [handing Ned a gun] Here.
 * Ned: Oh, no, no, no.
 * Steve: No exceptions. Everyone gets one. Anne-Marie! Do the interns get glocks?
 * Anne-Marie: No. They all share one.

 * Anne-Marie: Do you know that you just charted us on a course through unprotected waters?
 * Steve: Yeah, we're taking the shortcut.
 * Anne-Marie: But it's outside I.M.U. jurisdiction. There isn't any protection.
 * Steve: I know, honey. Look at the map. We go your way, that's about four inches. We go my way, it's an inch and a half. You wanna pay for the extra gas?

 * Steve: I hope you're not gonna bust our chops on this on, Bill.
 * Bill Ubell: Why would I do that?
 * Steve: Because you're a bond company stooge.
 * Bill Ubell: [scoffs] I'm also a human being.
 * Steve: All right, I take that back. How about a little teamsmanship?

 * Ned: What happened to Jacqueline?
 * Steve: She didn't really love me.

 * [about the pirates' three-legged dog, who is whining]
 * Alistair: What's your dog's name?
 * Steve: [thinks a moment] Cody.
 * Alistair: [walks over and smacks the dog sharply on the face with his rolled-up newspaper] Be still, Cody.

 * Steve: Are you sure?
 * Klaus: Yes, I am.
 * Steve: I don't understand. Why?
 * Klaus: What do you mean?... Wait a second. What are we doing? You said cross the line if.
 * Steve: Cross the line if you're going to quit.
 * Klaus: Oh... Do it again. I misunderstood.

 * Oseary Drakoulias: [on a speaker phone] I spoke with Larry Amin, and it's a pass.
 * Steve: In other words, you fucked us!
 * Oseary Drakoulias: Let's not cast stones at one another, my dear. Do you hear me, damn it? Do you?
 * Steve: No, I don't! I told you how to play it!
 * Oseary Drakoulias: Oh, bloody hell! You listen here, mate!
 * Ned: Can I interrupt for a second?
 * Oseary Drakoulias: Who the blazes is that?
 * Ned: It's me, Ned. Maybe this is nothing, maybe it's something. I don't know what your problems are, I don't know... but I just inherited $275,000. Would that amount make any difference?
 * [silence]
 * Oseary Drakoulias: What sort of expression is the lad wearing on his face?

 * Ned: Stevesy, what's happenin'? Are those hijackers?
 * Steve: Well, we call them pirates out here, Ned. You were supposed to be on watch, by the way.

 * Jane: Steve, it's way safer for us to just do what they say. They probably just want our money and jewels and shit.
 * Steve: Yeah. Then how am I gonna finish my movie then?

 * Bill: Do you have a vault? They want to know if there's a vault.
 * Steve: There's no vault.
 * Steve: [narrating a scene of a documentary being watched by the pirates] Our vault contains at least ten different currencies from all over the world at any given moment, and we are prepared for every kind of financial necessity.
 * Steve: [seeing pirates with the vault] There goes Ned's inheritance.

 * Steve: Ned, how many fingers am I holdin' up?
 * Ned: I don't know. That's not my job. Too many to tell.  How many fingers—
 * Steve: He's gonna be just fine.

 * Steve: Look, if you're not against me... don't cross this line. If yes, do. I love you all.
 * Steve: [Klaus steps forward] Are you sure?
 * Klaus: Yes, I am.
 * Steve: I don't understand. Why?
 * Klaus: What do you mean? Wait a second. What are we doing? You said cross the line if—
 * Steve: Cross the line if you're going to quit.
 * Klaus: Oh. Do it again. I misunderstood.

 * Steve: That was all off the record, cubbie. That whole deal. Actually, I'm surprised you didn't cross the line yourself.
 * Jane: What line?
 * Steve: The line I drew on the deck just now. You weren't up there?
 * Jane: No.
 * Steve: You're kidding. That was one of the most dramatic things that's ever happened on this boat. I just lost all my best interns. I thought you were supposed to be covering this story.
 * Jane: You just said it was all off the record.
 * Steve: Yeah, but you didn't know that.

 * Steve: Wait a second. They stole my budget, my boat's broken, you're ditchin' me up the creek. What am I supposed to do here?
 * Oseary Drakoulias: Well, I must say, nothing's jumping to mind. Phillip, any suggestions? No, he's shaking his head.

 * Steve: [to interns] No. I can't give you full credit, but I'm not gonna flunk you either. You're all getting incompletes.
 * Intern: This is bullshit.

 * Eleanor: Oh, shit. What do you want?
 * Steve: Do you mind if I butter you up a little before I answer that question?
 * Eleanor: Yes, I do. Tell me now.
 * Steve: I need some money to get the boat out of hock and rescue my bond company stooge who got kidnapped. Could we ask your parents to loan it to me?
 * Eleanor: No.
 * Steve: Okay. Could I go ahead and butter you up anyway? It took me two and a half hours to get out here.

 * Steve: You know I'm not big on apologizing. So I'll just skip it if it's all the same to you.
 * Eleanor: Okay.
 * Steve: Anyway, I'm sorry.

 * Steve: You were probably right all along. We should've had a kid together. Of course... you were kind of already... on the edge of bein' too old. Unless maybe that's a cop-out.
 * Eleanor: It's worse than a cop-out. I was thirty-four.

 * Steve: What are you doin' here? I thought all you interns ran out on me.
 * Intern: I want to help you find that shark.
 * Steve: Goddamn it. Thank ya, intern. You're gettin' an "A."

 * Ned: You don't know me. You never wanted to know me. I'm just a character in your film.
 * Steve: It's a documentary. It's all really happening.
 * Ned: Well, damn you for that.

 * Ned: I'm gonna fight you, Steve.
 * [Steve hits Ned in the face]
 * Steve: You never say, "I'm gonna fight you, Steve." You just smile and act natural, and then you sucker-punch him.
 * Ned : You fight your way, and I'll fight mine.
 * Steve: Oh, listen, Ned. Don't you try to...
 * [Ned hits Steve in the face]
 * Steve: I think your Team Zissou ring might've caught me on the lip.

 * Steve: We'll split into two groups. I'll take Ned, Ogata, and Wolodarsky.
 * Klaus: Thanks. Thanks a lot for not picking me.
 * Steve: We're in the middle of a lighning strike rescue op, Klaus. What's the deal?
 * Klaus: I'm sick of being on "B" squad.
 * Steve: You might be on "B" Squad, But you're the "B" Squad leader. Don't you know me and Esteban always thought of you as our baby brother?
 * Klaus: I've always thought of you two as my dads. Please don't let any one make fun of me for saying so.
 * Steve: I can't guarantee that, Klausie, but I'll try. Can we get on with the maneuvers now?

 * Bill Ubell: [as Steve raises his spear gun] No. Captain. That's Cedric. He's a friend.
 * Steve: Merci, Cedric. Remind me, we'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.

 * Klaus: Thank you for putting me on the flag, Ned.
 * Ned: Of course, Klaus. It was my pleasure.
 * Klaus: Yeah, but you stitched me onto the dolphin, and I want you to know how much that means to me.
 * Ned: Well, I'm very pleased you liked it.
 * Klaus: Y-You're not listening. I didn't just like it. [Klaus salutes Ned] You understand?
 * Ned: Yes, I do. [Ned salutes in return] Thank you, Klaus.

 * Alistair: Is this my espresso machine? Wh-what is — h-how did you get my espresso machine?
 * Bill Ubell: Well... uh... we fuckin' stole it, man.

 * Jane: In twelve years he'll be eleven and a half.
 * Steve: That was my favorite age.

 * Jane: Are we-are we safe in here?
 * Steve: I doubt it.

Cast

 * Bill Murray - Steve Zissou
 * Owen Wilson - Ned Plimpton
 * Cate Blanchett - Jane Winslett-Richardson
 * Anjelica Huston - Eleanor Zissou
 * Willem Dafoe - Klaus Daimler
 * Jeff Goldblum - Alistair Hennessey
 * Michael Gambon - Oseary Drakoulias
 * Noah Taylor - Vladimir Wolodarsky
 * Bud Cort - Bill Ubell
 * Seu Jorge - Pelé dos Santos
 * Robyn Cohen - Anne-Marie Sakowitz
 * Waris Ahluwalia - Vikram Ray

title: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou


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Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) is a 1983 space opera film. It is the third and final film of the original Star Wars trilogy. The film is set one year after the Battle of Hoth. Luke Skywalker and members of the Rebel Alliance travel to Tatooine to rescue their friend Han Solo from the vile Jabba the Hutt. Meanwhile, the Galactic Empire plans to crush the Rebellion with a second Death Star while the Rebel fleet simultaneously prepares to launch a full-scale attack on this new space station. Luke confronts his father, Darth Vader, in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor Palpatine.
 * Directed by Richard Marquand. Written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan.

Return To A Galaxy... Far, Far Away (taglines)

Opening crawl
Little does Luke know that the GALACTIC EMPIRE has secretly begun construction on a new armored space station even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star. When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy...
 * Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in an attempt to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt.

Mon Mothma

 * The Emperor has made a critical error and the time for our attack has come. The data brought to us by the Bothan spies pinpoints the exact location of the Emperor's new battle station. We also know that the weapon systems on this Death Star are not yet operational. With the Imperial fleet spread throughout the galaxy in a vain effort to engage us, it is relatively unprotected. But most important of all, we have learned that the Emperor himself is personally overseeing the final stages of the construction of his Death Star. Many Bothans died to bring us this information.

Admiral Ackbar

 * You can see here the Death Star orbiting the forest moon of Endor. Although the weapon systems on this Death Star are not yet operational, the Death Star does have strong defense mechanism. It is protected by an energy shield, which is generated from the nearby forest moon of Endor. The shield must be deactivated if any attack is to be attempted. Once the shield is down, our cruisers will create a perimeter, while the fighters fly into the superstructure and attempt to knock out the main reactor. General Calrissian has volunteered to lead the fighter attack.

General Madine

 * We have stolen a small Imperial shuttle. Disguised as a cargo ship and using a secret Imperial code, a strike team will land on the moon and deactivate the shield generator.

Dialogue

 * [Darth Vader steps out of his shuttle on the second Death Star]
 * Moff Jerjerrod: Lord Vader, this is an unexpected pleasure. We're honored by your presence.
 * Darth Vader: You may dispense with the pleasantries, Commander. I'm here to put you back on schedule.
 * Jerjerrod: I assure you, Lord Vader, my men are working as fast they can.
 * Vader: Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them.
 * Jerjerrod: I tell you, this station will be operational as planned.
 * Vader: The Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation.
 * Jerjerrod: But he asks the impossible. I need more men.
 * Vader: Then perhaps you can tell him when he arrives.
 * Jerjerrod: [alarmed] The Emperor's coming here?
 * Vader: That is correct, Commander, and he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.
 * Jerjerrod: We shall double our efforts.
 * Vader: I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

 * [Jabba the Hutt and his entourage catch Leia rescuing Han]
 * Jabba the Hutt: [in Huttese] And there he is. You knew I'd always find you no matter where you were hiding.
 * Han Solo: Hey, Jabba. Look, Jabba, I was just on my way to pay you back, and I got a little sidetracked. It's not my fault...
 * Jabba: It's too late for that, Solo. You may have been a good smuggler in the business, but now you're Bantha fodder!
 * Han: Look...
 * Jabba: [to guards] Take him away.
 * Han: [being dragged away by the guards] Jabba... I'll pay you triple. You're throwing away a fortune here! Don't be a fool!
 * Jabba: [sees Leia being led away by Lando in disguise] Wait. Bring her to me.
 * Leia Organa: [brought to Jabba] We have powerful friends. You're gonna regret this.
 * Jabba: [grinning] Of that, I'm sure. But, in the meantime...
 * Leia: [seeing Jabba's tongue before her face, turns away in disgust] Ugh!
 * C-3PO: [turning his head away] Oh, I can't bear to watch.

 * [The Emperor has arrived on the second Death Star]
 * The Emperor: [to a kneeling Vader] Rise, my friend.
 * Vader: The Death Star will be completed on schedule.
 * The Emperor: You have done well, Lord Vader. And now I sense you wish to continue your search for young Skywalker.
 * Vader: Yes, my Master.
 * The Emperor: Patience, my friend. In time, he will seek you out. And when he does, you must bring him before me. He has grown strong. Only together can we turn him to the dark side of the Force.
 * Vader: As you wish.
 * The Emperor: Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen. [maniacal laughter]

 * ''[Luke is in Yoda's hut. Yoda is pacing back and forth. Luke is looking at him with a mixture of sadness and pity]
 * Yoda: That face, you make. Look I so old to young eyes?
 * Luke Skywalker: [hurriedly] No. Of course not.
 * Yoda: [chuckles good-naturedly] I do. Yes, I do. Hmm, sick, have I become. Old and weak. [points at Luke] When 900 years old, you reach, look as good, you will not, hmm? [laughs again, coughs, walks over to his bed]. Soon, will I rest, yes. Forever sleep. Earned it, I have. [climbs into his bed and Luke covers him up with his blanket]
 * Luke: Master Yoda, you can't die.
 * Yoda: Strong, am I, with the Force... but not that strong. Twilight is upon me, and soon, night must fall. That is the way of things... the way of the Force.
 * Luke: But I need your help. I've come back to complete the training.
 * Yoda: No more training, do you require. Already know you that which you need.
 * Luke: Then I am a Jedi.
 * Yoda: [coughs trying to speak] Not yet. One thing remains: Vader. You must...confront...Vader. Then, only then, a Jedi, will you be. And confront him, you will.
 * Luke: [visibly in agony] Master Yoda... is Darth Vader my father?
 * Yoda: [turns away from Luke] Rest, I need. Yes, rest.
 * Luke: [pleading] Yoda, I must know.
 * Yoda: Your father, he is. [Luke looks away] Told you, did he?
 * Luke: Yes.
 * Yoda: Unexpected, this is, and unfortunate.
 * Luke: [surprised] Unfortunate that I know the truth?
 * Yoda: No. [turns to face Luke] Unfortunate that you rushed to face him. That incomplete, was your training. That not ready for the burden, were you.
 * Luke: I'm sorry.
 * Yoda: [strains to speak as voice gradually grows softer] Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware: Anger, fear, aggression - the dark side, are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. [whispering now] Luke... Luke... do not... [struggles to speak] Do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor... or suffer your father's fate, you will. Luke... [Luke leans in close] ...when gone, am I, the last of the Jedi, will you be. Luke... the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned. Luke... [with great effort] ...There... is... another... Sk... Sky... walker. [Yoda dies, then disappears into thin air]

 * [Yoda has passed into The Force, Luke is sitting outside his hut with R2]
 * Luke: I can't do it, R2. I can't go on alone.
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi: [voice emanates from nowhere] Yoda will always be with you.
 * Luke: Obi-Wan! [Obi-Wan reveals himself as a Force ghost walking by] Why didn't you tell me? You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father.
 * Obi-Wan: Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.
 * Luke: [incredulously] A certain point of view?
 * Obi-Wan: Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view. Anakin was a good friend. When I first knew him, your father was already a great pilot. But I was amazed how strongly the Force was with him. I took it upon myself to train him as a Jedi. I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda. I was wrong.
 * Luke: There is still good in him.
 * Obi-Wan: He's more machine now than man. Twisted and evil.
 * Luke: I can't do it, Ben.
 * Obi-Wan: You cannot escape your destiny. You must face Darth Vader again.
 * Luke: I can't kill my own father.
 * Obi-Wan: [resigned] Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope.
 * Luke: Yoda spoke of another.
 * Obi-Wan: The other he spoke of is your twin sister.
 * Luke: But I have no sister.
 * Obi-Wan: [nods] Mm. To protect you both from the Emperor, you were hidden from your father when you were born. The Emperor knew, as I did. If Anakin were to have any offspring, they would be a threat to him. That is the reason why your sister remains safely anonymous.
 * Luke: [with sudden realization] Leia. Leia's my sister.
 * Obi-Wan: Your insight serves you well. Bury your feelings deep down, Luke. They do you credit, but they could be made to serve the Emperor.

 * [Han Solo is talking to Lando Calrissian about the Millennium Falcon]
 * Han: Look… I want you to take her. I mean it; take her. You need all the help you can get. She's the fastest ship in the fleet!
 * Lando Calrissian: All right, old buddy. You know, I know what she means to you. I'll take good care of her, so that she won't get a scratch. All right?
 * Han: Right. [starts to leave, but then turns around and looks at Lando] I got your promise. Not a scratch.
 * Lando: Would you get going, you pirate? [waves at Han] Good luck.
 * Han: You, too.

 * [Luke has stepped out of the Ewok party. Leia has joined him]
 * Leia: Luke, what's wrong?
 * Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother? Your real mother?
 * Leia: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.
 * Luke: What do you remember?
 * Leia: Just images, really, feelings.
 * Luke: Tell me.
 * Leia: She was... very beautiful. Kind, but sad. Why are you asking me of this?
 * Luke: I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her.
 * Leia: Luke, tell me. What's troubling you?
 * Luke: Vader's here. Now, on this moon.
 * Leia: How do you know?
 * Luke: I felt his presence. He's come for me. He can feel when I'm near. That's why I have to go. As long as I stay, I'm endangering the group and our mission here. I have to face him.
 * Leia: Why?
 * Luke: He's my father.
 * Leia: [shocked] Your father?
 * Luke: There's more. It won't be easy for you to hear it, but you must. If I don't make it back, you're the only hope for the Alliance.
 * Leia: Luke, don't talk that way. You have a power I don't understand and could never have.
 * Luke: You're wrong, Leia. You have that power too. In time you'll learn to use it as I have. The Force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it, and... [looks directly at Leia] My sister has it. [waits for the words to sink in] Yes. It's you, Leia.
 * Leia: [astonished] I know. Somehow, I've always known.
 * Luke: Then you know why I have to face him.
 * Leia: No. Luke, run away, far away. If he can feel your presence, then leave this place. I wish I could go with you.
 * Luke: No, you don't. You've always been strong.
 * Leia: But why must you confront him?
 * Luke: Because there is good in him, I've felt it. He won't turn me over to the Emperor. I can save him; I can turn him back to the good side. I have to try. [kisses Leia on the cheek, then leaves]
 * Han: [walking up to Leia after seeing Luke leaving] Hey, what's going on?
 * Leia: Nothing. I just want to be alone for a little while.
 * Han: Nothing? Come on, tell me. What's going on?
 * Leia: [not wanting to spit out] I...I can't tell you.
 * Han: [angrily] What? Could you tell Luke? Is that who you could tell?
 * Leia I...
 * ''[Han was about to storm out, but stops when he hears Leia crying silently. He comes back to her.
 * Han: [softly] I'm sorry.
 * Leia: Hold me. [Han hugs her gently]

 * [Luke intentionally surrenders himself to Darth Vader]
 * Imperial commander: This is the Rebel that surrendered to us. Although he denies it, I believe there may be more of them, and I request permission to conduct a further search of the area. [hands over Luke Skywalker's lightsaber to Vader] He was armed, only with this.
 * Vader: [takes Luke's lightsaber from the commander and congratulates him] Good work, Commander. Leave us. Conduct your search and bring his companions to me.
 * Imperial commander: Yes, my Lord. [leaves with a squad of stormtroopers to conduct the search for the other Rebels]
 * Vader: The Emperor has been expecting you.
 * Luke: I know, father.
 * Vader: So, you have accepted the truth.
 * Luke: I've accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father.
 * Vader: [angrily retorts] That name no longer has any meaning for me.
 * Luke: It is the name of your true self. You've only forgotten. I know there is good in you. The Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully. [steps off to the side of the passageway, away from Vader] That was why you couldn't destroy me. That's why you won't bring me to your Emperor now.
 * Vader: [inspects Luke's lightsaber and activates it] I see you have constructed a new lightsaber. Your skills are complete. [deactivates the lightsaber] Indeed you are powerful, as the Emperor has foreseen.
 * Luke: Come with me.
 * Vader: Obi-Wan once thought as you do. You don't know the power of the dark side! I must obey my master.
 * Luke: I will not turn. And you'll be forced to kill me.
 * Vader: If that is your destiny.
 * Luke: Search your feelings, father. You can't do this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.
 * Vader: It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master now.
 * Luke: [resigned] Then my father is truly dead.

 * The Emperor: Welcome, young Skywalker, I have been expecting you. You no longer need those. [uses the Force to detach Luke's cuffs] Guards, leave us. [the Emperor's guards leave the room] I'm looking forward to completing your training. In time, you will call me "Master".
 * Luke: You're gravely mistaken. You won't convert me as you did my father.
 * The Emperor: Oh, no, my young Jedi. You will find that it is you who are mistaken, about a great many things.
 * Vader: [hands Luke's lightsaber to the Emperor] His lightsaber.
 * The Emperor: Ah, yes, a Jedi's weapon, much like your father's. By now you must know that your father can never be turned from the dark side. So will it be with you.
 * Luke: You're wrong. Soon I'll be dead, and you with me.
 * The Emperor: [chuckles sinisterly] Perhaps you refer to the imminent attack of your Rebel fleet? Yes; I assure you, we are quite safe from your friends here.
 * Luke: Your overconfidence is your weakness.
 * The Emperor: [looks back at Luke] Your faith in your friends is yours.
 * Vader: It is pointless to resist, my son.
 * The Emperor: Everything that has transpired has done so, according to my design. Your friends, out there on the sanctuary moon, are walking into a trap, as is your Rebel fleet. It was I who allowed the Alliance to know the location of the shield generator. It is quite safe from your pitiful little band. An entire legion of my best troops awaits them. [mockingly] Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive.

 * Admiral Ackbar: Take evasive action. Green Group, stay close to holding sector MD-7.
 * Crewman: Admiral, we have enemy ships in sector 47!
 * Ackbar: It's a trap!

 * Vader: [searching for Luke in the Emperor's chamber] You cannot hide forever, Luke.
 * Luke: I will not fight you.
 * Vader: Give yourself to the dark side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for... [pauses] Sister. So, you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete. If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps she will.
 * Luke: [revealing himself] NEVER!!! [attacks Vader ferociously, eventually backing him onto a railing and cutting off his right hand. He stands over Vader for a moment.]
 * The Emperor: [laughing] Good! Your hate has made you powerful. Now, fulfill your destiny and take your father's place at my side.
 * Luke: [looks at Vader's severed hand, then turns to face the Emperor, throwing away his lightsaber] Never. I'll never turn to the dark side. You've failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.
 * [Pause]
 * The Emperor: [angrily] So be it... Jedi.

 * [Luke refuses to give in to the Emperor's demands and disarms himself]
 * The Emperor: [raising his hands toward Luke] If you will not be turned, you will be destroyed. [Fires lightning bolts at Luke, causing him to fall to the floor in agony. Darth Vader gets up and stands next to the Emperor, watching.] Young fool. Only now, at the end, do you understand. [shoots another round of lightning] Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side. You have paid the price for your lack of vision. [continues shooting lightning]
 * Luke: [writhing in agony] Father, please! Help me!
 * The Emperor: Now, young Skywalker... you will die. [intensifies lightning blasts against Luke in a fit of rage]
 * Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker: [looks back and forth at Luke and the Emperor] No. NOOOOOO!!!!! [grabs the Emperor from behind and throws him down into the reactor shaft]

 * [A redeemed Anakin Skywalker is dying in Luke's arms]
 * Anakin Skywalker: Luke, help me take this mask off.
 * Luke: But you'll die.
 * Anakin: Nothing.... can stop that now. Just for once, let me... look on you with my own eyes. [Luke carefully removes Vader's mask to reveal Anakin's disfigured face underneath.] Now... go, my son. Leave me.
 * Luke: No. You're coming with me. I'm not leaving you here. I've got to save you.
 * Anakin: [smiles] You already have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister... you were right. [dies]
 * Luke: Father... I won't leave you.

 * [Han Solo and Princess Leia has just watched the Death Star blow up in the daylight sky]
 * Han: I'm sure Luke wasn't on that thing when it blew.
 * Leia: He wasn't. I can feel it.
 * Han: You love him. Don't you?
 * Leia: Yes.
 * Han: All right. I understand. Fine. When he comes back... I won't get in the way.
 * Leia: Oh... it's not like that at all. [referring to Luke Skywalker] He's my brother.

About Return of the Jedi

 * Star Wars meant a lot to young people around the world – young people who were around six, seven and eight years old, and older as well. Those people grew up. So when they saw The Empire Strikes Back, they were a little bit more mature. By the time I came along to direct Return Of The Jedi, they were 18. 19 and 20.
 * I have a son who’s about your age and part of the Star Wars generation. So he was my most intimate link to the Star Wars saga. So that meant that what I was able to bring to the Star Wars saga, which the other directors couldn’t since they were dealing with a younger generation, was a certain kind of modern maturity, which you couldn’t have had in Star Wars [Episode IV], because you would have lost a lot of people. I was able to entertain the little kids with the Ewoks and all the stuff that made them feel safe, but I was able, at the same time, to give young adults the kind of things they’re looking for, which is a lot of excitement, a lot of showmanship. But they are also looking for true relationships and genuine emotions. I think that’s what has always been in the Star Wars saga, but I was really able to bring that out and make it work. I think that’s what Return Of The Jedi had that the others didn’t have. I’m not criticising the others: they simply weren’t ready for it.
 * Richard Marquand, Interviews:Return of The Jedi, Star Wars, Jules-Pierre Malartre, Den of Geek, 25 June 2013.

Taglines

 * Return to a galaxy... far, far away.
 * The saga continues...
 * The Empire falls...
 * Coming May 25, 1983 to your galaxy. [Second Advance poster]

Cast

 * Mark Hamill — Luke Skywalker
 * Harrison Ford — Han Solo
 * Carrie Fisher — Leia Organa
 * — Lando Calrissian
 * Anthony Daniels — C-3PO
 * Peter Mayhew — Chewbacca
 * / — Anakin Skywalker
 * Ian McDiarmid — Emperor Palpatine
 * David Prowse — Darth Vader
 * Alec Guinness — Obi-Wan Kenobi

Voices

 * Frank Oz — Yoda
 * James Earl Jones — Darth Vader

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Split from Star Wars
This page was split from the Star Wars page. Please see that page for the edit history prior to the split. —LrdChaos 18:04, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Trimming
Shouldn't this page be trimmed already? I can't remove the Checkcopyright template if this page is not trimmed.(StarWarsFanBoy 22:06, 28 November 2009 (UTC))
 * So why don't you give trimming a try? See if you can get this page down to an acceptab;e ;evel. ~ UDScott 22:16, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Because if I trim the page I might trim it into having no notable or Memorial Quotes on the page. Besides I don't know what quote is notable or Memorial.(StarWarsFanBoy 00:20, 29 November 2009 (UTC))
 * Newsflash SWFB, trim already done, so can you stop the "It's already trimmed" message you've spammed in the other threads? Thank you. --Eaglestorm 17:42, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay I will stop.(StarWarsFanBoy 23:06, 3 December 2009 (UTC))

Seriously? You added the NOOOO part?

I've removed the spurious 'NOOOO' from the dialogue, because it wasn't present in the 1983 film from which this wikiquote page purports to show quotes. I double checked on my own VHS copy of Return of the Jedi, and there isn't any 'noooo' in that scene. Instead, it appears only in an alternative ending released by George Lucas some decades after the original film.
 * So purchase a Blu-ray copy of the film and find out for yourself. AdamDeanHall (talk) 23:53, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

This film is a classic, and has TONS of great and memorable quotes
"If a page is considered by an editor to have an unusually large number of memorable quotes (e.g., some movie classics), an appeal can be made to the community to allow an exception to the guidelines. A forum will be created for editors to make the case for a quote or an article which exceeds the limits for number or length of quotations. Each discussion will be limited to a standard time and will be decided by community consensus. Articles will be tagged to inform readers when a discussion is taking place." - A forum will be created? Has this already happened?

"The standard for good quotations is that they are memorable, significant, well-expressed and concise. See Wikiquote:Quotability for a guideline to the selection of quotations." - There are MANY quotations/sections of dialogue from this film that fit this description.

Here are some quotability factors applicable to the film, from "Wikiquote: Quotability": "Is the quote particularly witty, pithy, wise, eloquent, or poignant?" - Yes! "Is the quote independently well known (as with proverbs and certain well-reported comments)?" - Yes!

I think the Star Wars movies' Wikiquote pages should resemble those of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Princess Bride (film) in terms of quotable portions of the film with great renown. Just my $0.02.

I previously wrote in an edit summary: How has "It's a trap!" not been on this list?! and how are there no other single-character quotes worth grouping together outside of key dialogue?

Eaglestorm, I think you should loosen the reins a bit on the "11 quotes only for 132 minutes" stance.

- Xanderox (talk) 22:06, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Oh and do with this the same horseshit you pressed on with one of the movies you mentioned? I'm sorry that's not the way we do things around here, inspite of your rather emotionally charged rant that only shows your inability to understand copyvio. refer to the above headers. If you can't hack the rules, get out. You do not want to push the issue, or those articles you painstakingly bloated under the guise of longwinded edit summaries will be nuked for LOQ as   well. End of discussion--Eaglestorm (talk) 01:40, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Please do not bite the newcomers
 * I don't know how I missed your gem of a reply, but good grief...take a moment to acknowledge my specific claim and maybe don't be so rude? "It's a trap!" is a classic quote, especially because people who state it often do so in an Ackbar voice!
 * I'll let you have the last word, because I think you probably prefer it that way. But maybe go easy on loquacious-in-edit-summaries-and-talk-pages editors like me? It's not like I dropped all this in the quote page itself. I was just trying to defend the "It's a trap!" entry, and you launched into a "don't like it, get out" rant that I say minimizes the worthy exception to the guidelines that the OT Star Wars films merit. -- Xanderox (talk) 19:45, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Not gonna happen, if you want to set precedents. Don't push it. --Eaglestorm (talk) 07:38, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Not gonna happen, if you want to set precedents. Don't push it. --Eaglestorm (talk) 07:38, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Content dispute
DawgDeputy, I think the IT’S A TRAP line is one of the most famous lines in Star Wars. The LOQ page explicitly states exceptions can be made for films with many iconic quotes. I am perfectly willing to find the full context if you’d prefer. Dronebogus (talk) 19:26, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that "it's a trap" is a very famous quotation from this film. To not include it is an oversight. —Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:56, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

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Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a German statesman. Although his political career spanned 60 years, beginning as early as 1906, he is most noted for his role as Chancellor of West Germany from 1949-1963 and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966. He was the oldest person to be chancellor after the Second World War.

Quotes

 * We will never forget. If it takes us five or ten or twenty years, we will never rest until we get our revenge.
 * As quoted by General Sir Charles Fergusson in a memorandum (10 July 1945), recalling conversations with Adenauer in 1918-1919, at the end of World War I. As published in Adenauer : The Father of the New Germany (2000) by Charles Williams, p. 293 books.google

 * I wish that an English statesman might once have spoken of us as Western Europeans.
 * Adenauer's remarks on an Associated Press interview (5 October 1945)

 * Unless we act, events that we Europeans will be unable to influence will overtake us. I believe we Europeans feel far too safe. Europe’s political and economic leadership in the world, which was still unchallenged at the beginning of the century, has long since ceased to exist. Will the dominant cultural influence of Europe be maintained? I think not, unless we defend it and adjust ourselves to new conditions; history has shown that civilisations are all too perishable.
 * Address on continuing European integration at the Grandes Conférences Catholiques (25 September 1956)

 * European integration should not be rigid but as flexible as we can possibly make it. It should not be a straitjacket for the peoples of Europe but should be their common mainstay, a common support for the healthy, individual development of each of them.
 * Address on continuing European integration at the Grandes Conférences Catholiques (25 September 1956)

 * The Soviet Government and the Soviet people should not lend themselves to co-operating in the conversion into a concentration camp of part of a large neighbouring country against the will of its inhabitants.
 * Statement to the Bundestag on the building of the Berlin Wall (18 August 1961)

 * A reformation of relations between the Soviet people and the German people is not possible along the lines pursued by the authorities of the Soviet zone of Germany. The Germans in that zone have come to hate and despise those who violate them in so inhuman a manner. And they must be having similar feelings towards those who support that system. The closing of the border is an unprecedented admission of bankruptcy. It shows that the people who are compelled to live in that part of Germany can be prevented only by the use of physical force from leaving that paradise of workers and farmers. There is but one possibility of placing relations between the Soviet and German peoples on a new foundation: the German people must be given back the right, denied to no people on earth, to form, through a free and uninfluenced expression of their will, a government which would then be truly entitled to speak, act and decide on behalf of the whole German nation.
 * Statement to the Bundestag on the building of the Berlin Wall (18 August 1961)

 * The Federal Government and with it all Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany feel in these days particularly close to the Germans in the Soviet-occupied zone. We are all aware of the obligation that we have explicitly taken upon us when adopting our Basic Law. We stated at the time that we acted also on behalf of those Germans to whom participation was denied. To the entire German people on both sides of the zonal border we addressed our appeal to complete in free self-determination the unity and freedom of Germany. Our fellow-citizens in the Soviet-occupied zone should even in these critical days not doubt for a moment that we shall never slacken in striving passionately for the attainment of this great objective.
 * Statement to the Bundestag on the building of the Berlin Wall (18 August 1961)

 * Make Europe your revenge.
 * To French PM Guy Mollet after British PM Sir Anthony Eden unilaterally cancelled the Suez operation, thus angering Mollet. (6 November 1956), as quoted in Europe's Troubled Peace, 1945-2000 (2006) by Tom Buchanan, p.102, 2nd ed. 2012 p. 84 books.google

 * I see the significance of the Marshall Plan in the fact that probably for the first time in history a victorious country held out its hand so that the vanquished might rise again.
 * Oral History Interview with Konrad Adenauer (10 June 1964), Harry S. Truman Library

 * In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that he did not also limit his stupidity.
 * As quoted in A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House (1965) by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., p. 291 books.google

 * I am a German, but I am also, and always have been, a European and have always felt like a European. I have therefore long advocated an understanding with France; I did so, moreover, in the 1920s, during the severest crises, and also in the face of the Reich Government.
 * Konrad Adenauer: Memoirs 1945-1953 (1966)

 * The French fear of German resurgence which caused France to press for a policy of dismemberment of Germany seemed to be altogether exaggerated. After 1945 Germany lay prostrate - militarily, economically and politically - and in my opinion this condition was a sufficient guarantee that Germany could not again threaten France. In the future United States of Europe I saw great hope for Europe and thus for Germany. We had to try to remind France, Holland, Belgium, and the other European countries that they were - as we were - situated in Western Europe, that they are and will forever remain our neighbours, that any violence they do to us must in the end lead to trouble, and that no lasting peace can be established in Europe if it is founded on force alone.
 * Konrad Adenauer: Memoirs 1945-1953 (1966)

 * After twelve years of National Socialism there simply were no perfect solutions for Germany and certainly none for a divided Germany. There was very often only the policy of the lesser evil. We were a small and very exposed country. By our own strength we could achieve nothing. We must not be a no-man's land between East and West for then we would have friends nowhere and a dangerous neighbour in the East.
 * Konrad Adenauer: Memoirs 1945-1953 (1966)

 * An unsteady nation has no friends. The German people seriously worry me. The only thing I can say for them is that they have lived through too much. They have not found peace of mind and stability since the war of 1914-18.
 * As quoted in "Adenauer 1876-1967" (28 April 1967) by James Bell, Life, Vol. 62, No. 17

 * I reserve the right to be smarter today than I was yesterday.
 * As quoted in Loggers' Handbook Vol. 36 (1976), p. 72; also in North Western Reporter, Second series (1992); similar remarks have been attributed to others, including more recent attributions to Adlai Stevenson and Abraham Lincoln.
 * Variant:
 * I insist on being smarter today than I was yesterday.
 * As quoted in How to Win the Meeting (1979) by Frank Snell, p. 3

 * One does not throw out dirty water as long as one doesn't have any clean water.
 * Statement about Hans Globke, as quoted in "In eigener Sache" at n-tv (8 June 2006)

 * What do I care about my nonsense from yesterday?
 * As quoted in Discussion : Mastering the Skills of Moderation (2009) by Horst Hanisch, p. 91

Attributed

 * We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon.
 * Reader's Digest 1972, p. 194 books.google

 * History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.
 * Lend Me Your Ears: Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (2010), 4th edition, edited by Antony Jay

Quotes about

 * Did it have to come to this? The paradox is that when Europe was less united, it was in many ways more independent. The leaders who ruled in the early stages of integration had all been formed in a world before the global hegemony of the United States, when the major European states were themselves imperial powers, whose foreign policies were self-determined. These were people who had lived through the disasters of the Second World War, but were not crushed by them. This was true not just of a figure like De Gaulle, but of Adenauer and Mollet, of Eden and Heath, all of whom were quite prepared to ignore or defy America if their ambitions demanded it. Monnet, who did not accept their national assumptions, and never clashed with the US, still shared their sense of a future in which Europeans could settle their own affairs, in another fashion. Down into the 1970s, something of this spirit lived on even in Giscard and Schmidt, as Carter discovered. But with the neo-liberal turn of the 1980s, and the arrival in power in the 1990s of a postwar generation, it faded. The new economic doctrines cast doubt on the state as a political agent, and the new leaders had never known anything except the Pax Americana. The traditional springs of autonomy were gone.
 * Perry Anderson, "Depicting Europe", London Review of Books (20 September 2007)

 * Among the most anxious witnesses to the Hungarian and Suez crises was West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The Federal Republic, NATO’s newest member, had declared its neutrality in the war against Egypt, but it had been jarred by the Soviets’ brutal repression in Hungary and by Moscow’s threats to London and Paris as well as by America’s cavalier treatment of its principal European allies. Seizing the moment of his arrival in Paris on November 6, just as the ceasefire was announced, Adenauer urged his hosts to work together to “build Europe.”
 * Carole C. Fink, The Cold War: An International History (2017)

 * I am deeply grateful for your kind message from Milwaukee and I reciprocate most cordially your expression of good wishes. It was indeed a pleasure for me to have a chance to talk with you during your stay in Washington. I share your viewpoint regarding the community of interests and ideas which exists between our respective Governments and peoples, and I know that your visit here has contributed materially to the further strengthening of the bonds of friendship between our two countries. Mrs. Eisenhower joins me in sending you warm regards.
 * Dwight D. Eisenhower; Exchange of Messages Between the President and Chancellor Adenauer of Germany Online, The American Presidency Project; 22 June 1956

 * On behalf of the American people I congratulate you for your historic contribution not only to the affairs of your own country but to those of the European community as a whole. Through your dedication and inspiring leadership, the Federal Republic has risen out of the chaos of war to a position of influence and responsibility in the community of free nations. Moreover, there has been developed in Germany a government guided by the principles of democracy and motivated by a sincere desire to play a positive role in the great movement toward European cooperation and integration. Your effective work in developing understanding between our two peoples has also been a contribution of major significance.
 * Dwight D. Eisenhower; Message to Dr. Adenauer on His 10th Anniversary as Chancellor of Germany, The American Presidency Project; 15 September 1959

 * On each of the six leaders profiled in this book, these upheavals left an indelible mark. The political career of Konrad Adenauer (born 1876), who served as mayor of Cologne from 1917 to 1933, would include the interwar conflict with France over the Rhineland as well as the rise of Hitler; during the Second World War, he was twice imprisoned by the Nazis. Beginning in 1949, Adenauer shepherded Germany past the lowest point of its history by abandoning its decades-long quest for domination of Europe, anchoring Germany in the Atlantic Alliance, and rebuilding it on a moral foundation which reflected his own Christian values and democratic convictions.
 * Henry Kissinger, Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy (2022), pp. 19-20

 * Born in 1876 – only five years after German unification under Bismarck – Adenauer was for the rest of his life associated with his native city of Cologne, with its towering Gothic cathedral overlooking the Rhine and its history as an important locus in the Hanseatic constellation of mercantile city-states. As an adult, Adenauer had experienced the unified German state’s three post-Bismarck configurations: its truculence under the Kaiser, domestic upheavals under the Weimar Republic, and adventurism under Hitler, culminating in self-destruction and disintegration. In striving to remake a place for his country in a legitimate postwar order, he faced a legacy of global resentment and, at home, the disorientation of a public battered by the long sequence of revolution, world war, genocide, defeat, partition, economic collapse and loss of moral integrity. He chose a course both humble and daring: to confess German iniquities; accept the penalties of defeat and impotence, including the partition of his country; allow the dismantling of its industrial base as war reparations; and seek through submission to build a new European structure within which Germany could become a trusted partner. Germany, he hoped, would become a normal country, though always, he knew, with an abnormal memory.
 * Henry Kissinger, Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy (2022), pp. 19-20

 * In West Germany and here in Berlin, there took place an economic miracle, the Wirtschaftswunder [Miracle on the Rhine]. Adenauer, Erhard, Reuter, and other leaders understood the practical importance of liberty -- that just as truth can flourish only when the journalist is given freedom of speech, so prosperity can come about only when the farmer and businessman enjoy economic freedom. The German leaders -- the German leaders reduced tariffs, expanded free trade, lowered taxes. From 1950 to 1960 alone, the standard of living in West Germany and Berlin doubled.
 * Ronald Reagan, Brandenburg Gate Speech, 12 June 1987

 * But the will to not let history repeat itself, to do something radically new, was so strong that new words had to be found. For people Europe was a promise, Europe equalled hope. When Konrad Adenauer came to Paris to conclude the Coal and Steel Treaty, in 1951, one evening he found a gift waiting at his hotel. It was a war medal, une Croix de Guerre, that had belonged to a French soldier. His daughter, a young student, had left it with a little note for the Chancellor, as a gesture of reconciliation and hope. I can see many other stirring images before me. Leaders of six States assembled to open a new future, in Rome, città eterna … Willy Brandt kneeling down in Warsaw. The dockers of Gdansk, at the gates of their shipyard. Mitterrand and Kohl hand in hand. Two million people linking Tallinn to Riga to Vilnius in a human chain, in 1989. These moments healed Europe.
 * Herman Van Rompuy, Nobel Peace Prize Lecture of the European Union, 10 December 2012

 * The biggest Cold War problem inside western Europe was how to handle the German question. From the setting up of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, there had always been a suspicion that West German leaders would give up on Western cohesion in order to strike a deal with the USSR on reunification. The idea was not far-fetched. Mistrust of Germans, any Germans, went together with the knowledge that under Cold War conditions such a deal was the only means through which the Germans could achieve what other Europeans assumed were their most cherished aims. But the assumption of German pliability toward the Soviets foundered on the thinking of the West German Bundeskanzler (premier) Konrad Adenauer. A conservative Christian Democrat from Rhineland in the west of the country, Adenauer wanted reunification, but he wanted his Germany’s integration with the Western powers even more. Adenauer was keenly aware of how enticing the siren song of reunification, even under Communist conditions, could be to some of his countrymen. He therefore at all times prioritized cooperation with the French and with the Americans. “For us, there is no doubt that we belong to the western European world through heritage and temperament,” he had said already in his first declaration as German premier. And Adenauer became a constant in West German politics, remaining chancellor until 1963, when he was eighty-seven years old.
 * Odd Arne Westad, The Cold War: A Global History (2017)

 * But what really gave credence, to Germans and other Europeans alike, to Adenauer’s Westbindung (attachment to the West), was the extraordinary recovery of the West German economy that started around 1950. The Wirtschaftswunder, the German economic miracle, had many causes. Marshall Plan assistance and the linking of the deutschmark to the US dollar was one. The gradual integration of the West German economy into a western European framework was another. Perhaps most important was the US decision to shield the Federal Republic of Germany from the full effect of wartime debt and postwar reparations. The FRG had to pay some reparations, and the dismantling of some German industries and compensatory takeover of patents and technology continued until the early 1950s. But the cumulative burden of excessive debt never came into play. As a result, West Germany was even freer than some of its new Western partners to plan for further expansion as its economy began to grow. The social transformation the Wirtschaftswunder created was one of the biggest stories of postwar Europe. In 1945 all of Germany was a bombed-out disaster zone. Ten years later most people had jobs that paid well enough for their families both to consume and to save. Industries and infrastructure were approaching prewar levels. Housing was being rebuilt at astonishing rates. West German banks had credit available and the country’s currency and interest rates were stable. The West German economy grew by more than 5 percent year on year during the 1950s and ’60s. It was the highest growth rate of any major European economy, more than twice that of Britain, for instance.
 * Odd Arne Westad, The Cold War: A Global History (2017)

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Vomit

Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth. Vomit is the substance expelled. Synonyms and slang terms for vomit include emesis, puke, barf, throw up, upchuck, ralph, and spit up.

Quotes

 * Good painters imitate nature, bad ones vomit it.
 * Miguel de Cervantes, in El licenciado Vidriera [The Lawyer of Glass], in Novelas ejemplares (1613).

 * Vomiting is not a deal breaker. If Hitler had vomited on Chamberlain, Chamberlain still would have given him Czechoslovakia.
 * Jerry Seinfeld in "The Pitch", Seinfeld (S4E3, (16 September 1992).

 * You know in some cultures, they only eat vomit. I never been there before, but I read about it...in a book!
 * White Goodman (Ben Stiller) in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (18 June 2004).

 * As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
 * The Bible, Proverbs 26.

 * What about orange juice and milk? What's the upchuck factor on that?
 * Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) in Heathers (1 October 1988).

 * You may find this hard to believe, but it's the best thing I've ever thrown up.
 * Max Vandenburg (Ben Schnetzer) in The Book Thief (3 October 2013).

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Formatting guidlines
Sex and the City adheres to (or at least, tries to adhere to) the standard formatting scheme for TV shows on Wikiquote. See Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Format for more details. The main points are: tag after each line.
 * Indent every part of the quote with a colon, including scene context. Only the  should not be indented.
 * Scene content (location, time, past event, etc. not who the character is addressing) is added in braces ([]) before the quote and is in italic (i.e. [The four women are eating at a Burger King]).
 * Use only the first name of the characters. This saves space and there is a cast list at the bottom.
 * Bold the name of the speaker by Name: to make "Name: ".
 * At this point, do not add Wikipedia links to the characters. As of now (14 June 2006) only Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones have articles at this point (both of which need cleaning), the rest of the names redirect to the main SATC article.
 * Likewise, do not link to individual episodes just yet. Only two are somewhat complete now (14 June 2006) and a handful are stubs.
 * Inline context clarifications (i.e. Carrie: [to Charlotte] Hi) should be in italic, en and after the colon (':').
 * Do not put the quote itself in italic or surround by quotation marks ("").
 * For context within the quote itself (i.e. Samantha: She [Miranda] went over there.) uses braces ([]) and no itallics.
 * End each quoted line with punctuation.
 * Try to keep the order of the quotes in the order that they are spoken on the show.
 * Separate quotes with .
 * You do not need to add a

Note: These were not made up by me, they are the sitewide standards/guidelines. Koweja 21:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

To-do list
Right now the Sex and the City doesn't fully comply with the standards listed above.
 * There are a large number of unidentified quotes
 * Before the first episodes of seasons 1, 2, and 3 are several quotes that need to be put with their correct episode.
 * At the end of the article are numerous quotes with no identification.
 * Some of these don't even have the speaker listed.
 * There is no standard use of (parenthesis) or [braces] within the article for context.
 * Some inline context statements come before the colon.
 * Some of the quotes listed in the "Unknown" section may be duplicatiosn of ones listed in their proper place.
 * If you really feel motivated, the Wikipedia articles need to be written, expanded, and cleaned up, especially the List of Sex and the City episodes. If you can, we also need a small screenshot from most episodes to be uploaded (please stick to the standardized naming convention of [[Image: Satc #x##.jpg]] with # being the season number and ## being the episode number, see w:Template talk:SATC episode for more information on uploading images).

I'll get to the formatting when I can (unless someone else does first), but I don't have the DVDs so I can't ID most of the quotes. Koweja 21:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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Category:Television series on DVD

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TVShowsOnDVD.com has a database of movies that have been released on DVD.

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Category:Current shows

Shows that are currently running.

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Category:FOX shows

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Category:Comedy Central shows

These articles feature original television shows from Comedy Central.

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User talk:220.85.164.85

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Spice Girls

The Spice Girls are an all-female pop music group who formed in 1994 in London, England and split up in 2001. They reformed in 2007.

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 * The top is high so your roots are forgotten Giving is good as long as you're getting What's driving you? it's ambition and betting I said who do you think you are?
 * Who Do You Think You Are.

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 03:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
A page created for a single episode of The Simpsons, with no quotes. —LrdChaos 15:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (4 Deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 15:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even if it had quotes, any attempt to make a decent article out of a TV show episode will violate any reasonable interpretation of "fair use". Best to include a very select sample in the overall article or a reasonable subset (like a season). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with above. ~ UDScott 12:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, quoteless - any quotes which are added before closure could be merged to The Simpsons. Smurrayinchester 22:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Bart the Genius

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 03:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Bart the Genius
A page created for a single episode of The Simpsons, with no quotes to merge. —LrdChaos 15:19, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 15:19, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even if it had quotes, any attempt to make a decent article out of a TV show episode will violate any reasonable interpretation of "fair use". Best to include a very select sample in the overall article or a reasonable subset (like a season). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:47, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with above. ~ UDScott 12:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Doctor Nick Riviera

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 03:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Doctor Nick Riviera
This page is for a character on The Simpsons, and has only one quote, which isn't really worth merging.
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 19:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 12:14, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete; The Simpsons has more Doctor Nick quotes than Doctor Nick! Smurrayinchester 22:44, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/List of The Simpsons episodes

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 03:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

List of The Simpsons episodes
This list is copied straight from Wikipedia. Since we don't have pages for most of the episodes listed (and those that do exist are tagged for merge or deletion) most of the links are red, and the images used don't exist here. While there has been some talk about how to handle the case of The Simpsons over at WQ:VP, it seems that the likely outcome is going to be splitting the main page into pages by season, not individual episodes, so nearly all of those links are going to remain red, or just be created as redirects to the season page. If and when the split for the main article is done, this page is going to become mostly redundant to that. —LrdChaos 15:26, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 15:26, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per LrdChaos. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with LrdChaos. ~ UDScott 12:12, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Yo Momma

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The result was: delete. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Yo Momma
Page appears to be copied wholesale from the Wikipedia page of the same title and has no quotes. —LrdChaos 16:39, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * NOTE: Above is de facto closure when archived. I forgot to post a formal closure notice at the time. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 00:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 16:39, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless quotes added. Intro should be trimmed to 1-3 sentences, too, and linked to the WP article. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:49, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, concur with above. ~ UDScott 12:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

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The result was: delete. — Jeffq 03:21, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon
A page for a Simpsons character that doesn't include any quotes that can be merged into The Simpsons. —LrdChaos 20:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (3 Deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:21, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Delete. —LrdChaos 20:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete unless pithy quotes added, in which case I reserve judgment for now for this Simpsons character pending further discussion at WQ:VP. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:52, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, but concur with Jeffq regarding ongoing discussion on characters from The Simpsons. ~ UDScott 12:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

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