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1->'''Darth Vader:''' What is it, General?
2->'''General 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 [[OrbitalBombardment any bombardment]].
3->'''Vader:''' The rebels are alerted to our presence. [[GeneralFailure Admiral Ozzel]] came out of lightspeed too close to the system.
4->'''Veers:''' [[TooDumbToLive He felt surprise was wiser—]]
5->'''Vader:''' He is as clumsy as he is stupid. General, prepare your troops for a surface attack.
6->'''Veers:''' Yes, my Lord.
7->''(Veers leaves the chamber; Vader's chair revolves to face a viewscreen with two Imperial Navy officers)''
8->'''Admiral Kendel Ozzel:''' Lord Vader. The fleet has moved out of lightspeed and we're preparing to—''[[PsychicStrangle ah!]]''
9->'''Vader:''' YouHaveFailedMe for the last ''time'', Admiral. [[HypercompetentSidekick Captain Piett]]?
10->'''Captain Firmus Piett:''' ''(steps forward)'' Yes, my Lord?
11->'''Vader:''' Make ready to land our troops beyond their energy field and deploy the fleet, so that nothing gets off the system. ''(meanwhile, Ozzel finally dies from Vader's Force choke)'' YouAreInCommandNow, ''[[FieldPromotion Admiral]]'' Piett.
12->'''Piett:''' ...thank you, Lord Vader!
13->''(The two technicians notice Ozzel's corpse while Piett signals the guards to dispose of the body)''
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16->'''Leia Organa:''' Sigh... you make it so difficult sometimes.
17->'''Han Solo:''' [[SelfDeprecation I do, I really do.]] You could be a little nicer, though. Come on, admit it--sometimes you think I'm alright.
18->'''Leia:''' Occasionally, maybe, when you aren't acting like a scoundrel.
19->''(Leia tries to tend to a hurt finger, then Han takes her hand and massages the bruised joint)''
20->'''Han:''' Scoundrel? ''Scoundrel?'' [[InsultBackfire I like the sound of that.]]
21->'''Leia:''' Stop that.
22->'''Han:''' Stop what?
23->'''Leia:''' Stop ''that,'' my hands are dirty!
24->'''Han:''' My hands are dirty too, what are you afraid of?
25->'''Leia:''' Afraid?
26->'''Han:''' ...you're trembling.
27->'''Leia:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I'm not trembling.]]
28->'''Han:''' [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys You like me because I'm a scoundrel.]] There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.
29->'''Leia:''' I happen to like nice men.
30->'''Han:''' I'm "nice men."
31->'''Leia:''' No, you're not. You're--
32->''[[TheBigDamnKiss (They kiss passionately. Until...)]]''
33->'''[[MomentKiller C-3PO:]]''' Sir, sir! I've isolated the reverse power flux coupling!
34->'''Han:''' [[SarcasmMode Thank you! Thank you]] ''[[SarcasmMode very much.]]''
35->'''C-3PO:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Oh, you're perfectly welcome, sir!]]
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38->'''Vader:''' What is thy bidding, my Master?
39->'''[[TheEmperor Emperor]] [[BigBad Sheev Palpatine]]:''' There is a great disturbance in the Force.
40->'''Vader:''' I have felt it.
41->'''Palpatine:''' We have a new enemy, Luke Skywalker.[[note]]In the 1990s reerelease, he replaces "Luke Skywalker" with "young Skywalker". From 2004 on, it is "The young rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker."[[/note]]
42->'''Vader:''' Yes, my Master[[note]]From 2004 on, it is "How is that possible?"[[/note]]
43->'''Palpatine:''' He could destroy us. [[note]]From 2004 on, he says "Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true." before this line.[[/note]]
44->'''Vader:''' He's just a boy. [[TheMentor Obi-Wan]] can no longer help him.
45->'''Palpatine:''' The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must ''not'' become a Jedi.
46->'''Vader:''' If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.
47->'''Palpatine:''' ...yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
48->'''Vader:''' He will join us or die, Master.
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51->'''Odd Gremlin Creature:''' Why must you become Jedi, hmm?
52->'''Luke Skywalker:''' Mostly because of my father, I guess.
53->'''Gremlin:''' Oh, father? Powerful Jedi was he. Hee, hee. Hmmm... Powerful Jedi, hmmm...
54->'''Luke:''' Oh, come on, how could you know my father, you don't even know who ''I'' am! Agh, I don't even know what I'm ''doing'' here! We're wasting our time!
55->'''Gremlin:''' ''(heavy sigh)'' I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.
56->'''Obi-Wan Kenobi's Force Spirit:''' He will ''learn'' patience.
57->'''Gremlin:''' Hmmm... ''(looks at Luke)'' Much anger in him... Like his father.
58->'''Obi-Wan:''' Was ''I'' any different when you taught me?
59->'''Gremlin:''' Hm. He is not ready.
60->'''Luke:''' ''(wide-eyed as he realises the little alien has been testing him and found him wanting)'' ''Yoda''?
61->'''[[TheReveal Grand Master Yoda]]:''' ''(nods)''
62->'''Luke:''' ''(looking wildly for some sign of Kenobi)'' I ''am'' ready! I - Ben! I - I can be a Jedi! Ben tell him I'm re - ''(tries to stand in Yoda's hut and bangs his head against the low ceiling)''
63->'''Yoda:''' ''(long ears twitching in amusement)'' Ready are you? What know you of ready? For ''eight hundred years'' have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep, on who is to be trained... A Jedi must have the ''deepest'' commitment. Hm? The most ''serious'' mind. ''(to Kenobi, talking about Luke)'' This one. A long time have I watched. All his life as he ''looked away''. To the future, to the horizon... Never his mind on ''where'' he was! Hm? ''(while jabbing Luke with his walking stick)'' What - he - was doing! Hm, adventure. Huh, excitement. Heh, a Jedi craves not these things. ''You are reckless''!
64->'''Obi-Wan:''' So was I, if you remember.
65->'''Yoda:''' He is too old. Yes, too old, to begin the training.
66->'''Luke:''' But I've learned so much.
67->'''Yoda:''' ''(a heavier sigh now, adressing Kenobi)'' ... Will he finish what he begins?
68->'''Luke:''' I won't fail you. ''I'm not afraid.''
69->'''Yoda:''' ''(sinister, almost mocking)'' Ohhh? You will be... ''You will be''.
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72->"Do, or do not. There is no try."
73-->-- '''Yoda'''
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76->"Bounty hunters. We don't need their scum."
77-->-- '''Admiral Firmus Piett'''
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80->'''Darth 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''. ''(putting particular emphasis on the last word as he stops in front of the notorious mercenary Boba Fett)'' ''No'' disintegrations.
81->'''Boba Fett:''' [[DeadpanSnarker As you wish...]]
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84->'''Luke Skywalker:''' ''(fails to telekinetically lift his X-wing fighter from one of Dagobah's swampy lakes, sits down, exhausted)'' I can't... It's too big.
85->'''Master Yoda:''' Size matters not. Look at me! Judge me by my ''size'', do you? Mmm? Hm... and well you should not. For my ally is the Force. And a powerful ally it is. ''(reverent)'' Life creates it. Makes it grow. Its energy -- ''surrounds'' us... And ''binds'' us... ''Luminous beings are we!'' Not this ''(pokes Luke in the shoulder)'' 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...
86->'''Luke:''' ''(in awe, then despondent, he stands)'' You want ''the impossible''. ''(retreats to his camp to contemplate his inadequacy)''
87->'''Yoda:''' ''(lifts a wizened, tiny hand, closes his eyes, utterly at one with the Force. The waters bubble and Luke's ship is lifted aloft covered in weeds and algae. Artoo beeps frantically, calling his master and Luke comes back to the shore to witness his ship glide through the air without propellant or anti-grav of any kind and rest lightly on the loamy ground)''
88->'''Luke:''' ''(touching the craft as if to make sure it's really there, he sees his Jedi Mentor and rushes to him)'' I don't -- I don't believe it.
89->'''Yoda:''' ''(nods)'' ''That'' - is why you fail.
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91->''(Back at the asteroid field, the Imperial Star Destroyer ''Avenger'' flies over the ''Executor''. A TIE shuttle departs, carrying the ship's captain, Lorth Needa, to the flagship so that he can personally deliver his report to Lord Vader. We then cut to see that Needa has already fallen to his knees, [[PsychicStrangle wheezing almost silently]]. He tries to rise, a vein beating at his temple, eyes rolling, and with that same sickening sound of a trachea being ground shut, he collapses onto his back, right at Lord Vader's feet)''
92->'''Darth Vader:''' [[BondOneLiner Apology]] ''[[BondOneLiner accepted]]'', Captain Needa.
93->''(Vader signals to a pair of navy troopers, who dart forward to remove the body. A group of technicians and [=NCOs=], who were watching the spectacle, immediately scatter as Vader approaches Admiral Piett at the communications station)''
94->'''Admiral Firmus Piett:''' Lord Vader, our ships have completed their scans of the area and found nothing. If the ''Millennium Falcon'' went into lightspeed, [[FasterThanLightTravel it would be on the other side of the galaxy by now]].
95->'''Vader:''' Alert all commands. Calculate every possible destination along their last known trajectory.
96->'''Piett:''' Yes, my Lord. We'll find them.
97->'''Vader:''' ''Don't'' fail me again... ''(enunciating the next three sylables with a finger wag of doom)'' Ad-mi-ral.
98->''(Vader sweeps from the bridge, leaving Piett sweating but still dutiful)''
99->'''Piett:''' ''(to his senior staff)'' Alert all commands. Deploy the fleet.
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101->'''Lando Calrissian:''' Lord Vader...
102->'''Darth Vader:''' ''(ignores him, looms over Fett)'' You may take Captain Solo to Jabba the Hutt ''after'' I have Skywalker.
103->'''Boba Fett:''' He's no good to me dead.
104->'''Vader:''' ''(with Han's harrowing screams in the background)'' He will not be ''permanently'' damaged.
105->'''Lando:''' Lord Vader! What about Leia and the Wookiee?
106->'''Vader:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat They must never again leave this city.]]
107->'''Lando:''' That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter!
108->'''Vader:''' Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly...?
109->'''Lando:''' ''({{beat}})'' No.
110->'''Vader:''' ''Good''! [[ShameIfSomethingHappened It would be unfortunate if I had to leave a garrison here]]. ''(closes lift doors in Lando's face)''
111->'''Lando:''' ''(furious)'' This deal is getting worse all the time...
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114->'''Princess Leia:''' I love you!
115->'''Han Solo:''' I know.
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118->"[[ILied I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.]]"
119-->-- '''Darth Vader'''
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122->"LUKE! Luke, don't, it's a trap! IT'S A TRAP!"
123-->-- '''Princess Leia Organa, saying ''[[MemeticMutation that]]'' line [[OlderThanTheyThink before]] our [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi favourite Mon Calamari]].'''
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126->'''[[TheDragon Darth Vader]]:''' Luke, you do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me, and I will complete your training. [[WeCanRuleTogether With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy]].\
127'''[[TheHero Luke Skywalker]]:''' I'll never join you!\
128'''Vader:''' If you only knew the power of TheDarkSide... Obi-Wan never told you what happened to [[DisappearedDad your father]].\
129'''Luke:''' [[ShutUpHannibal He told me enough!]] He told me you killed him.\
130'''Vader:''' No. ''[[WhamLine I]]'' [[LukeIAmYourFather am your father.]]\
131'''Luke:''' ''[[OhCrap (horrified)]]'' No...''No''... [[ThisCannotBe that's not true! That's]] ''[[ThisCannotBe impossible!]]''\
132'''Vader:''' Search your feelings. You ''know'' it to be ''true''.\
133'''Luke:''' '''''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]''''' [[HeroicBSOD Noooo...!]]\
134'''Vader:''' Luke, you can destroy [[BigBad the Emperor]]. He has foreseen this. [[BecauseDestinySaysSo It is your]] ''[[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny.]]'' [[WeCanRuleTogether Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son!]]\
135(''[[FaceYourFears Luke stares down into the massive abyss before facing his father]]'')\
136'''Vader:''' [[JoinOrDie Come with me. It is the only way.]]\
137(''[[FaceDeathWithDignity Luke chooses to fall into the abyss as Vader watches from above]]'')
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