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"The ability to speak does

Tom Schardin — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:18:06 -0600

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent, now get out of here."

- Qui-Gon Jinn, "Epsiode I: The Phantom Menace."

"The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural."

-Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith."

"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."

- Master Yoda, "Epsiode I: The Phantom Menace."

"I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."

- Darth Vader. "Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back."

Yes, I do like Obi-Wan, but

bhall09 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:07:49 -0600

Yes, I do like Obi-Wan, but Han Solo takes the cake for cool sayings in the movies.

"I have a bad feeling about this."
"Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her."
"Laugh it up fuzzball."
"He's the brains, sweetheart."
"Chewy, take the Professor and hook him up to the hyperdrive."
"Never tell me the odds."
"That's great kid, now don't get cocky."
"Don't worry. She'll hold together...Hear me baby? Hold together."
"I'm out of it for a little while, and everyone gets delusions of granduer"
"You're all clear kid, now let's blow this joint and go home."

Then there is:
"I shall watch your career with great interest." - Palpatine in Episode 1.
"I'm a jedi, like my father before me." - Luke

"Someday your going to be wrong and I just hope I am there to see it." - Leia...and Leia's best line...."Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking, nerfherder."
"Who's scruffy-looking?" - Han
"You said you wanted to be here when I made a mistake; this could be it sweetheart." - Han

The back-and-forth between Han and Leia was always great.

Oh, and its always the fool who follows is the most foolish.

(Brian Hall is the Sports Editor for the Jordan Independent and Shakopee Valley News, and can be reached at bhall@swpub.com.)

Luke says, "I'll try." Yoda

Thom Boncher — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:15:00 -0600

Luke says, "I'll try."

Yoda replies . . .
"Do. Or do not. There is no try."

From the second Star Wars movie, I think.

Or how about, "Go ahead. Make my day." Oh wait, that's Dirty Harry.

Obi Wan is great, but the

Brandon — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:43:13 -0600

Obi Wan is great, but the bigger fool is the fool who follows. At least the first fool is blazing his own trail.

It’s hard to pick a favorite line from those movies. There are so many good ones. Here are my favorites from just the first movie (with a little bit of help from IMDB):

The best Obi Wan line is, “In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.”

And the line I quote the most is probably “These are not the droids you’re looking for.”

Han gets all the best one-liners, though: “Sorry about the mess,” “Boring conversation anyway,” “No reward is worth this.” If it wasn’t for Indiana Jones, Han Solo would easily be the coolest movie character ever.

'Who's the bigger fool ...?'

Mathias Baden — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:18:26 -0600

Great line: "Who's the bigger fool -- the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

It's from "Star Wars" (aka "A New Hope" -- you know, Episode IV?), which I've been watching ever since I got back to the office after my city council meeting.

Obi Wan Kenobi is full of great wisdom for geeks.

What's your favorite movie line -- Obi Wan's or otherwise?