From Yoda to Vader: 100+ Famous Star Wars Quotes and Sayings

In a galaxy not so far away, words from Star Wars have become part of how we talk every day.

Since that first movie hit screens on May 25, 1977, these space stories have given us lines that make us laugh, think, and even feel braver when times get tough.

Think about it – even people who’ve never seen a single Star Wars movie probably know “May the Force be with you” or can mimic Darth Vader’s deep voice saying “I am your father.”

These words have jumped off the screen and into our everyday lives, showing up in jokes, important speeches, and even on playground equipment where kids pretend to be their favorite heroes.

From Yoda’s backwards wisdom to Han Solo’s cocky one-liners, from Princess Leia’s brave defiance to Luke Skywalker’s journey from farm boy to Jedi, these quotes capture something special about being human – even when the characters saying them aren’t human at all!

Some make us laugh, some give us goosebumps, and others have become the perfect way to express how we feel when our own words just aren’t enough.

Whether you’re a longtime fan who’s seen every movie a hundred times or someone who’s curious about why these space stories still matter so much after all these years, these quotes show the heart of what makes Star Wars special.

So grab your lightsaber, jump to lightspeed, and explore these unforgettable words from that galaxy far, far away. These are indeed the quotes you are looking for!

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Yoda Quotes From Star Wars

• “Judge me by my size, do you?” — The Empire Strikes Back

•  “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Fear is the path to the dark side.” — The Phantom Menace

•  “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” — The Phantom Menace

• “Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.” — The Empire Strikes Back

•  “In a dark place we find ourselves, and a little more knowledge lights our way.” — Revenge of the Sith

• “Size matters not.” — The Empire Strikes Back

•  “Wars not make one great.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.” — The Empire Strikes Back

•  “You must unlearn what you have learned.” — The Empire Strikes Back

•  “When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not.”— Return of the Jedi

• “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” — Yoda

• “Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force.” – Revenge of the Sith’

• “The greatest teacher, failure is.”  – The Last Jedi’

• “Wars not make one great.”  — The Empire Strikes Back’

Darth Vader Quotes From Star Wars

• “I’ve been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master.” — A New Hope

• “The Force is strong with this one.” — A New Hope

•  “No. I am your father.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “I find your lack of faith disturbing.” — A New Hope

• “If you only knew the power of the dark side.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Be careful not to choke on your aspirations.” — Rogue One

•  “You have failed me for the last time.” — The Empire Strikes Back

•  “You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me.” — The Empire Strikes Back

Luke Skywalker Quotes From Star Wars

•  “I won’t fail you. I’m not afraid.” — The Empire Strikes Back

•  “I’ve seen this raw strength only once before. It didn’t scare me enough then. It does now.” — The Last Jedi

• “You’ll find I’m full of surprises.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Strike me down in anger and I’ll always be with you, just like your father.” — The Last Jedi

• “No one’s ever really gone.” — The Last Jedi

• “Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny.” — The Rise of Skywalker

• “The Force is not a power you have. It’s not about lifting rocks. It’s the energy between all things, a tension, a balance, that binds the universe together.” — The Last Jedi

• “To say that if the Jedi die, the light dies is vanity.” – The Last Jedi’

Obi-Wan Kenobi Quotes From Star Wars

• “Remember … the Force will be with you, always.” — A New Hope

• “Use the Force, Luke.”— A New Hope

• “You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. You were to bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness.” — Revenge of the Sith

• “Be mindful of your thoughts Anakin. They’ll betray you.” — Attack of the Clones

• “In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.”— A New Hope

•  “Your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them.”— A New Hope

• “You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you.” — Revenge of the Sith

• “Who’s the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?”— A New Hope

• “Don’t give in to hate. That leads to the Dark Side.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Why do I get the feeling you’re going to be the death of me?” — Attack of the Clones

• “Dreams pass in time.” — Attack of the Clones

• “I have a bad feeling about this.” — The Phantom Menace

• “Strike me down and I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

• “Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

• “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.”  — A New Hope’

• “That’s no moon.”  — A New Hope’

Han Solo Quotes From Star Wars

• “Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy.”— A New Hope

• “Never tell me the odds!” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Chewie, we’re home.” — The Force Awakens

• “Great, kid. Don’t get cocky.”— A New Hope

• “Women always figure out the truth.” — The Force Awakens

• “Laugh it up, fuzzball.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “You know, sometimes I amaze even myself.”— A New Hope

• “Don’t everybody thank me at once.”— A New Hope

• “Let’s keep a little optimism here.”— Return of the Jedi

• Rey: Is that even possible? Han Solo: I never ask that question until after I’ve done it! — The Force Awakens

• “I love you.” “I know.” – Han Solo, Princess Lei – Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back

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Princess Leia Quotes From Star Wars

• “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” — A New Hope

• “She was more interested in protecting the Light than seeming like a hero.” — The Last Jedi

• “I’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Somebody has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute, flyboy.” — A New Hope

•  “Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?” — A New Hope

• “Some day you’re gonna be wrong, I just hope I’m there to see it.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Get your head out of your cockpit.” — The Last Jedi

• “Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking …nerf-herder!” — The Empire Strikes Back’

• “Good intentions aren’t enough. They’re not meaningless, but that’s where we have to start, not where we end.” — Princess Leia

Anakin Skywalker Quotes From Star Wars

•  “Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is essential to a Jedi’s life. So you might say, that we are encouraged to love.” — Attack of the Clones

• “You’re asking me to be rational. That is something that I know I cannot do. Believe me, I wish I could just wish away my feelings, but I can’t.” — Attack of the Clones

• “Someday I will be the most powerful Jedi ever.” — Attack of the Clones

• “Mom, you said that the biggest problem in this universe is nobody helps each other.” — The Phantom Menace

• “What have I done?”-  Revenge of the Sith

• “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.”  — Attack of the Clones’

C-3PO Quotes From Star Wars

• “I’m rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.” — Return of the Jedi

• “We seem to be made to suffer. It’s our lot in life.” — A New Hope

•  “We’re doomed.” — A New Hope

• Poe Dameron: What, uh, what are you doing there, 3PO? C-3PO: Taking one last look, sir, at my friends. — (The Rise of Skywalker)

• “He’s quite clever, you know … for a human being.” — The Empire Strikes Back

• “Let the wookie win.” — C-3PO

Rey Quotes From Star Wars

•  “Something inside me has always been there, but now it’s awake.” — The Last Jedi

• “I need someone to show me my place in all of this.” — The Last Jedi

• “Light. Darkness. A balance.” — The Last Jedi

• “People keep telling me they know me. No one does.” — The Rise of Skywalker

• “I’ve seen your daily routine. You are not busy.” — The Last Jedi

• “I think I can handle myself.” — The Force Awakens

• “I know how to run without you holding my hand!” — Rey

Padmé Quotes

•  “So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause.” — Revenge of the Sith

• “What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?” — Revenge of the Sith

• “I’m not afraid to die. I’ve been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life.” — Attack of the Clones

• “To be angry is to be human.” — Attack of the Clones

• “Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is requested of us.” — Padmé Amidala

Supreme Leader Snoke Quotes

• “As long as he lives, hope lives.” — The Last Jedi

• “There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?” — The Force Awakens

Kylo Ren Quotes

• “I know what I have to do.” — The Last Jedi

• “Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.” — The Last Jedi

• “I know what I have to do, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.” –  The Force Awakens’

Finn Quotes From Star Wars

• “I was raised to do one thing, but I’ve got nothing to fight for.” — The Force Awakens

• “That’s one hell of a pilot!” — The Force Awakens

• “Rebel scum.” — The Last Jedi

Inspirational Star Wars Quotes for Every Fan

• “The Force, it’s calling to you. Just let it in.” — Maz Kanata,  The Force Awakens

•  “Dear child, the belonging you seek is not behind you…it is ahead.” — Maz Kanata, The Force Awakens

•  “We’re not alone. Good people will fight if we lead them.” — Poe Dameron, The Rise of Skywalker

• “Remember, Your focus determines your reality.” — Qui-Gon Jinn,  The Phantom Menace

•  “I sense great fear in you, Skywalker. You have hate. You have anger. But you don’t use them.” — Count Dooku,  Revenge of the Sith

• “I’m just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe.” — Jango Fett, Attack of the Clones

• “I’m one with the Force. The Force is with me.” — Chirrut Îmwe, Rogue One

• “That’s how we’re gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.” — Rose Tico,  (The Last Jedi)

• “Long have I waited, and now your coming together is your undoing.” — Palpatine,  The Rise of Skywalker

• “How wude!” — Jar Jar Binks, The Phantom Menace

• “Save the Rebellion! Save the dream.” — Saw Gerrera, Rogue One

• “He’s no good to me dead.” — Boba Fett , The Empire Strikes Back

• “Here goes nothing.” —  Lando Calrissian, Return of the Jedi

• “I find that answer vague and unconvincing.” — K-2SO, Rogue One

•  “You can’t stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.” — Shmi Skywalker Quotes, The Phantom Menace

•  “Now, be brave, and don’t look back.” — Shmi Skywalker Quotes, The Phantom Menace

• “Yeah, I’m responsible these days. It’s the price you pay for being successful.” — Lando Calrissian

• “I’ve found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities.” — Talon Karrde

• “Reality doesn’t care if you believe it.” — Boba Fett

• “Life is not without pain, but life concerns itself with how we handle that pain, or joy, or confusion, or triumph. Life is more than time passing before death; it is the sum and total of all we make of it.” — Elegos A’Kla

Legendary Star Wars Quotes That Will Inspire Every Jedi and Sith

• “You can’t stop the change, any more than you can stop the suns from setting.” — Shmi Skywalker

• “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” — Qui-Gon Jinn

• “Your focus determines your reality.” — Qui-Gon Jinn

• “You feel empty. You feel alone. Lonely. Almost frightened, but also strong, yes? The name for what you are feeling is freedom. How did you expect it to feel? You are free, and that can be lonely, and empty, and frightening. But it is also powerful.” — Jedi Master Vergere

• “Lesson one from this experience: Realize how much you don’t know. Lesson two: Make sure to learn from lesson one.” — Jacen Solo

• “This threshold is mine. I claim it for my own. Bring on your thousands, one at a time or all in a rush. I don’t give a damn. None shall pass.” — Gannar Rhysode

• “Inevitably, love is going to lead to as much sorrow and regret as it does joy. How you deal with the bad part of love determines your character, what determines the dark side’s hold over you.” — Jolee Bindo

• “Who I am is not important, my message is.” — Darth Revan

• “Advice: Any organic who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” — HK-47

• “We fight for justice because justice is the fundamental bedrock of civilization: An unjust civilization is built upon sand. It does not long survive a storm.” — Mace Windu

• “To be united by hatred is a fragile alliance at best.” — Kreia

• “There is nothing wrong with fear. You need never be ashamed of it, as long as it doesn’t stop you functioning. Fear is your natural warning system; it keeps you alive so that you can fight. Show me a man who isn’t afraid and I’ll show you a fool who is a danger to his entire ship.” — Admiral Adar Tallon

• “So this is how liberty dies … with thunderous applause.” — Queen Amidala

• “The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins — but in the heart of its strength lies its weakness: One lone candle is enough to hold it back. Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars.” — Narrator

• “The bigger the galaxy, the sweeter the homecoming.” — Corellian proverb

• “Easy is the path to wisdom for those only not blinded by themselves.” — Broadside

• “It’s every citizen’s duty to challenge their leaders, to keep them honest, and hold them accountable if they’re not.” — Ahsoka Tano

• “Sometimes it takes courage to stick to one’s beliefs, young Padawan.” — Aayla Secura

• “Rule 23: Never pull sentry duty on an empty stomach.” — Scorch

• “The winding path to peace is always a worthy one, regardless of how many turns it takes.” — “Dooku Captured” moral

• “Nobody cares who your father was, only the father you’ll be.” — Mandalorian proverb

• “Sometimes to heal, you must first hurt.” — Cilghal

• “If I trust the wrong guy, maybe I get hurt. But if I’m too scared to help someone who really needs it, who knows how many people will suffer?” — Corso Riggs

• “An object cannot make you good or evil. The temptation of power, forbidden knowledge, even the desire to do good can lead some down that path. But only you can change yourself.” — Bendu

• “If you define yourself by your power to take life, your desire to dominate, to possess, then you have nothing.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

• “The belonging you seek is not behind you; it is ahead.” — Maz Kanata

• “As long as there’s light, we’ve got a chance.” — Poe Dameron

•  “It’s not a problem if you don’t look up.” — Jyn Erso Quotes, Rogue One

• “Rebellions are built on hope.” — Jyn Erso Quotes, Rogue One

Memorable Star Wars Quotes

• “I am one with the Force. The Force is with me.” — Chirrut Îmwe

• “You’re not the only one who lost everything. Some of us just decided to do something about it.” — Cassian Andor

• “A tyrant can make anything seem to be ‘the will of the people.’ ” — Senator Leia Organa

• “Authority can be given, but leadership must be earned.” — Queen Breha Organa

• “That’s how we’re gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love.” — Rose Tico

• “Make ten men feel like a hundred.” – Cassian Andor, ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

• “I don’t like it. I don’t agree with it. But I accept it.” – Lando Calrissian, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’

• “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” — Title card

• “May the Force be with you.”

• “I have a bad feeling about this.”

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