Star Wars has given us some fantastic lines over the last half-century. And it's not just, "May the force be with you" and everything Yoda ever said. Ranging from emotional to funny to badass, Star Wars quotes can be appropriate for any occasion — given you choose the right one.
That said, it's pretty much impossible to put together a shortlist of the best quotes from 130+ glorious hours of Star Wars content — so instead, we went ahead and included all of our favorites. As a bonus, that means that this list can also facilitate a lightspeed nostalgia trip through that galaxy far, far away.
For your convenience, the quotes are divided by which movie or TV show they belong to and listed in release order. Enjoy, and may the force be with you.
Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977)
1. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "In my experience, there is no such thing as luck."
2. Leia Organa: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."
3. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age."
4. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
5. C-3PO: "I suggest a new strategy, Artoo: Let the Wookiee win."
6. Darth Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
7. Han Solo: "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."
8. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "That’s no moon. It's a space station."
9. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"
10. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "You don’t need to see his identification. …These aren’t the droids you’re looking for."
11. Han Solo: "It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs."
Though, the above quote about the Kessel Run has been disputed quite a few times in subsequent Star Wars movies. Like in this quote from Solo:
12. Leia Organa: "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"
13. Luke Skywalker: "I have a very bad feeling about this."
14. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
15. Darth Vader: "When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master."
16. Luke Skywalker: "It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home; they're not much bigger than two meters."
17. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Use the Force, Luke."
Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
18. Han Solo: "Yes, Your Highnessness?"
19. Han Solo: "I thought they smelled bad on the outside!"
20. Han Solo: "Laugh it up, fuzzball."
21. Leia Organa: "Why, you stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking…nerf-herder!"
22. Han Solo: "Punch it!"
23. Han Solo: "Never tell me the odds."
24. Yoda: "Ah! A great warrior. Wars not make one great."
25. Han Solo: "You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life."
26. Yoda: "Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things."
27. Yoda: "Do. Or do not. There is no try."
28. Yoda: "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."
29. Darth Vader: "If you only knew the power of the Dark Side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father." Luke Skywalker: "He told me enough. He told me you killed him!" Darth Vader: "No. I am your father."
30. Leia Organa: "I love you." Han Solo: "I know."
31. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "That boy is our last hope." Yoda: "No. There is another."
Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983)
32. Yoda: "Always pass on what you have learned."
33. Luke Skywalker: "The Force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. My sister has it."
34. Admiral Ackbar: "It's a trap!"
35. Luke Skywalker: "Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side. You've failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me."
36. Luke Skywalker: "I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you." Anakin Skywalker: "You already have, Luke."
Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (1999)
37. Shmi Skywalker: "You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting."
38. Qui-Gon Jinn: "Your focus determines your reality."
39. Qui-Gon Jinn: "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
40. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future." Qui-Gon Jinn: "But not at the expense of the moment."
41. Yoda: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you."
42. Qui-Gon Jinn: "There's always a bigger fish."
43. Qui-Gon Jinn: "Your focus determines your reality."
Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones (2002)
44. Yoga: "Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."
45. Anakin Skywalker: "Sometimes, we must let go of our pride, and do what is requested of us."
46. Padmé: "All mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would like. It's the only way we grow."
Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008)
47. Yoda: "To answer power with power, the Jedi way this is not. In this war, a danger there is, of losing who we are."
48. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "A great leap forward often requires first taking two steps back."
49. Duchess Satine Kryze: "Senators, I presume you are acquainted with the collection of half-truths and hyperbole known as Obi-Wan Kenobi?"
50. Ahsoka Tano: "You don’t have to look tough to be tough."
51. Yoda: "No longer certain that one ever does win a war, I am."
52. Force Priestess: "All that surrounds us is the foundation of life. The birthplace of what your science calls 'midi-chlorians.' The foundation of what connects the living Force and the cosmic Force. When a living thing dies, all is renewed. Life passes from the living Force into the cosmic Force and becomes one with it. One powers the other. One is renewed by the other."
Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith (2005)
53. Padmé Amidala: "So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause."
54. Chancellor Palpatine: "Do it."
55. Anakin Skywalker: "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy." Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Only a Sith deals in absolutes."
56. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "It's over Anakin, I have the high ground."
57. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Hello there."
Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021)
58. Wrecker: "Why'd you tell me we're out of rations? Now I'm starving."
59. Tech: "Understanding you does not mean that I agree with you."
60. Echo: "It's ironic. Clones wanted names instead of numbers, yet now people are signing up to be given numbers."
61. Hunter: "Blind allegiance makes you a pawn. A real leader protects his squad."
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
62. Lando Calrissian: "Everything you've heard about me is true."
63. Lando Calrissian: "You need anything?" L3: "Equal rights."
64. Qi'ra: "What should we drink to?" Han Solo: "Let's drink two and see where it goes"
65. Rio Durant: "Have you ever tried to disinvite a Wookie to anything? Not a good idea."
Star Wars: Rebels (2014)
66. Grand Inquisitor: "There are some things far more frightening than death."
67. Obi-Wan Kenobi: "If you define yourself by your power to take life, a desire to dominate, to possess, then you have nothing."
68. Kanan Jarrus: "Battles leave scars...some you can't see."
69. Grand Admiral Thrawn: "To defeat an enemy, you must know them. Not simply their battle tactics, but their history, philosophy, art."
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
70. Chirrut Îmwe: "I'm one with the Force. The Force is with me."
71. Saw Gerrera: "You can stand to see the Imperial flag reign across the galaxy?" Jyn Erso: "It's not a problem if you don't look up."
72. Jyn Erso: "Rebellions are built on hope."
73. Chirrut Îmwe: "I fear nothing. For all is as the Force wills it."
The Mandalorian (2019)
74. The Mandalorian: "I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold."
75. The Mandalorian: "This is the Way."
76. The Mandalorian: "Wherever I go, he goes."
77. The Mandalorian: "I'm not leaving my fate up to chance."
The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
78. Boba Fett: "Jabba ruled with fear. I intend to rule with respect."
79. The Mandalorian: "Loyalty and solidarity are the Way."
80. Boba Fett: "You can only get so far without a tribe."
81. Luke Skywalker: "Get back up. Always get back up."
Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens (2015)
82. Maz Kanata: "The belonging you seek is not behind you. It is ahead."
83. Poe Dameron: "I can't do this alone. I need you in command with me."
84. Maz Kanata: "The Force, it's calling to you. Just let it in."
Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi (2017)
85. Kylo Ren: "Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. It's the only way to become what you were meant to be."
86. Yoda: "Heeded my words not, did you? Pass on what you have learned. Strength. Mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is. Luke, we are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters."
87. Luke Skywalker: "What do you see?" Rey: "The island. Life. Death and decay, that feeds new life. Warmth. Cold. Peace. Violence." Luke Skywalker: "And between it all?" Rey: "Balance and energy. A force." Luke Skywalker: "And inside you?" Rey: "Inside me, that same force."
Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
88. "We'll always be with you. No one's ever really gone."
89. Luke Skywalker: "We've passed on all we know. A thousand generations live in you now. But this is your fight."
90. Rey: "I'm Rey." Woman: "Rey who?" Rey: "Rey Skywalker."
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
91. Darth Vader: "You didn't kill Anakin Skywalker. I did."
Andor (2022)
92. Maarva Andor: "That’s what a reckoning sounds like."
93. Eedy Karn: "You might as well wear a sign that says, 'I promise to disappoint you.'"
94. Cassian Andor: "I'd rather die trying to take them down than die giving them what they want."
95. Luthen Rael: "I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see."
