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Posted by barna284 on 1 October 2000 10:21 PM
I was reviewing some posts today regarding the death of Sir Alec Guiness, and I remember a quote of his saying something in the lines of "...the dialogs where mediocre...". This is not intended to take any credit from Sir Alec (I think he was a terrific actor). Instead, I was wondering if all of you think SW has luosy lines. I'm no Shakespeare, yet there are some truly brilliant lines in SW, things like (I'm quoting somewhat freely...)
"You will realize that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our point of view"
and some others I can't quite remember at the moment. What do you think? Do the SW scripts have some poetic potential? Post your opinion and your favourite lines!
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Posted by Lokar on 1 October 2000 11:00 PM
There is one line that I thought was the best and it was the line Obi-Wan said right before the one you quoted.
"What I told you was true, from a certain point of view."
When I first saw RtoJ I'd didn't think much about it (I was 6 at the time), but as I got old and learned more of the world that line became very profound.
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Posted by jedibrass on 1 October 2000 11:02 PM
"If money is all that you love then that is what you shall recieve."
"You came in THAT?! You're be braver than I thought."
"I won't get a scratch on her, I PROMISE."
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Posted by jedibrass on 1 October 2000 11:24 PM
heres another one.
quote:-how could anyone forget that line. and how about this one:
"Size matters not."
quote:
"I . . . I can't believe it!"
"Then that is why you have failed"
Posted by Lokar on 1 October 2000 11:25 PM
Apology acepted Captian Needa.
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Posted by Templar on 2 October 2000 01:44 AM
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."
"It's against my programing to impersonate a deity." (maybe it's just the fact that I know several programing languages, and the fact that the programer would have thought it up...)
"Your overconfidence is your weakness."
"Your faith in your friends is yours."
"I want them aliver. *No disintigrations.*"
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Posted by Derren Tombs on 2 October 2000 02:38 AM
"I am a Jedi like my father before me."
Posted by Armage Bedar on 2 October 2000 07:46 AM
"Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."
On a related note, I have a friend who has a daily "blank quote" calendar with some odd pics from the fifties (black and white, of course). He has taken to filling them in with Star Wars quotes and phrases. Some are quite appropriate: for example, a deer is standing behind a boy who is playing a piano. The quote is for the deer, and he wrote in, "I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience."
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Posted by Quay Qel Droma on 2 October 2000 04:39 PM
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid"
"It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.."
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Posted by wolverine on 3 October 2000 12:33 AM
"i'd just as sooner kiss a wookie"
Posted by Du'Kaal on 3 October 2000 02:29 AM
"If you strike me down, I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
Posted by Puck on 3 October 2000 07:09 AM
"No reward is worth this!"
Posted by jedibrass on 3 October 2000 05:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by wolverine
"i'd just as sooner kiss a wookie"
Posted by Emperor Xanderich II on 4 October 2000 08:27 AM
"The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am."
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Posted by Silencer on 4 October 2000 10:36 AM
"I find your lack of faith disturbing."
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Posted by wolverine on 4 October 2000 02:02 PM
The power of this metal monstrosity is nothing compared to the power of the force...
Posted by jedibrass on 4 October 2000 03:09 PM
"R2-D2! You know better than to talk to a strange computer!"
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Posted by Quay Qel Droma on 4 October 2000 10:07 PM
" why you stuck up, half witted, scruffy looking nerfherder!!"
"who's scruffy looking"
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Posted by Derren Tombs on 4 October 2000 10:50 PM
"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebel's hidden fort..."
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Posted by stunnedtodeath on 6 October 2000 01:07 PM
Man all the quotes that were posted earlier are really great. Why is it that all the Star Wars fiction books that come out endlessly repeat the same tired quotes over and over again. if I hear one more person say "I've got a bad feeling about this." one more time I throwing a pie in their face! Hey, what are you doing with that pie? I was just typing the line out! Aghh!
Posted by Lokar on 6 October 2000 07:00 PM
"Never tell me the odds."
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Posted by Templar on 6 October 2000 08:56 PM
Hey, there are plenty of good quotes in the EU.
Well, most of them come from the X-wing books.
"Sometimes, I miss my sanity."
"I don't have to blow up everything I see, I just like to."
"Are you aware that wearing an Ewok as swimwear is a felony in some systems?"
"I expected you to be taller."
"I expected you to be dead."
"Pretty, what do we blow up first?"
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Posted by Lokar on 8 October 2000 05:21 PM
-"Your Tauntan will freeze before the reach the first marker!"
-"Then I'll see you in Hell"
Rebel solider and Han Solo.
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Posted by Lokar on 13 October 2000 12:48 AM
Obi-Wan we meet gain. When we last met I was but a student, now I am the master.
Your only a master of evil Darth.
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Posted by Ronin on 13 October 2000 08:22 AM
"There's......two many of them!"
An A-wing pilot says this in RotJ and (I think) a Naboo Pilot in TPM, the thing is that the A-wing Pilot pauses for so long it's as if he's counting the number of Imp's!
Anyway, we always try to get in a "There's...1,2,3..erm...too many of them!" into our big dogfights!
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Posted by Zethnar on 19 October 2000 01:25 AM
'He dosen't like you.'
'I'm sorry.'
'I don't like you either! You best watch yourself, were wanted men, I've got the death sentence on twelve system!'
'I'll be careful.'
'YOU'LL BE DEAD!'
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Posted by Silencer on 19 October 2000 07:34 AM
"I have a bad feeling about this"
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Posted by Lokar on 14 November 2000 11:12 PM
And I kick myself for not thinking of it earlier. You know, ESB have 75% of all the cool lines in the Star Wars movies.
"I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it any futher".
" This deal is getting worst all the time".
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