Aboard the Death Star and the Rescue of the Princess
The Meeting
Motti tests Vader's resolve...
Motti:"This station is now the ultimate power in the universe...I suggest we use it." NEW
Vader:"I find your lack of faith disturbing..."
Vader:"As you wish..."
Leia and Tarkin
The Princess watches Alderran get blown to bits...
Leia:"The more you tighten your grip Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers..."
Tarkin:"We will deal with your Rebel friends soon enough..."
Death Star Gunner:"Commence Primary Ignition..." NEW
Tarkin's Slippers
Because the prop department did not have an adequate number of boots, Peter Cushing was forced to wear a pair that were too small for his feet. In order to avoid having to cram his feet into them too often, he asked Lucas to film him from waist up, and wore slippers most of the time. If you pay attention, you will see his boots once throughout the entire film, when he says "You may fire when ready..." at the end during the panorama shot of the Death Star control room.
Deja-Vu
Vader:"I sense something...A presence I've not felt since..." NEW
Taking the Control Room
Han, Luke, Ben and company smuggle aboard the Death Star
Han:"Damn fool...I knew you were gonna say that!"
Ben:"Who's the more foolish? The fool? Or the fool who follows it?" NEW
Ben:"The Force will be with you...Always." NEW
SFX: Blast Door Opening. NEW
SFX: Blast Door Closing. NEW
Han:"Where did you dig up that old fossil?!"
Luke & Han:"Ben is a great man...Yeah, great at gettin' us into trouble!" NEW
C-3PO, Luke & Han:"I'm afraid she's scheduled to be terminated...Oh No! We gotta do something! What are you talking about!?"
Luke & Han:"But they're gonna kill her! Better her than me!"
Hidden Genius
1138 comes from George Lucas's first film THX-1138......Now, not only do we have THX sound, but in American Grafitti, one of the licence plates was THX-138
Luke:" Prisoner transfer from Cell Block 1138?"
Ford's Improv Skills Part I
In order to create the right feel to the scene, Ford never learned the script for this part and made it up on the spot during filming!
Love that stunned expression!
Luke's "huh?" is still one of the funniest lines....
Leia & Luke:"Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper? Huh?? Oh...uniform!"
Luke & Leia:"I'm Luke Skywalker - I'm here to rescue you! You're who??"
The Inevitable Meeting
Vader:"He is here..." NEW
Vader:"Escape is not his plan....I must face him...alone."
Pinned Down
Solo traps the group in the cell bay corridor until Leia blasts their way into a trash chute.
Stormtrooper:"Off to your left...They went down the cell bay!"
Leia:"Into the garbage chute flyboy!"
Han:"Wonderful girl! Either I'm gonna kill her or I'm beginnin' to like her!"
The Trooper Blooper
During this scene, watch the right side of the screen when the Stormtroopers break into the control room where 3PO and R2 are hiding....The trooper nails his head on the doorway!
Solo's blaster shot richocheting around the compactor.
Leia:"Put that thing away! You're gonna get us all killed!"
Leia & Han:"It could be worse.....It's worse!"
Han:"I gotta bad feelin' about this!"
C-3PO:"Listen to them...They're dying Artoo....Curse my metal body I wasn't fast enough! My poor master!"
The Sexist Seventies
Han:"If we can just avoid anymore female advice, we ought to be able to get outta here!"
Leia:"Will someone get this walking carpet out of my way?"
Script Change
In the original release of the film in 1977, Leia asks "You came in that thing?" but it was subsequently changed for the Special Edition of the release in 1997. Another segment on Dagobah with Luke and R2, after being spat out by the beast, Luke says, "It's a lucky thing you don't taste too good" which was switched to "You're lucky to get outta there!" in the ESB: SE. It could also be due to the fact that "You came in that thing?" was one of the lines laced with sexual innuendo according to the "lists". (For more info on the lists, visit the MOVIE NEWS Page of my site)
Leia:"You flew in that thing? You're braver than I thought!"
Stormtrooper:"It's them! Blast them!" NEW
Luke - Whining in the thick of action!?
No offense to Mark Hamill, but Luke was a whiner!
Luke:"I think we took a wrong turn!"
Jimminy Cricket Kenobi
Ford's Improv Skills Part II
According to the biography "Imperfect Hero" by Gary Jenkins, this was an improvised line by Ford....
Han:"Great, kid...Don't get cocky!"
One of my favorite scenes in Star Wars
In the Lost Cut of Star Wars, this scene originated in the corridor on the Falcon immediately following the TIE Battle. While walking to the bridge, Solo and Luke exchange congratulations. This was cut from the final version, but would have served well in adding to the depth of Han and Luke's friendship at the same time as adding a new factor to Solo leaving at the end and Luke's subsequent reaction of "Well, take care of yourself, Han. I guess that's what you're best at!"
Han:"Not
a bad bit of rescuing....Y'know, sometimes I amaze even myself!"
Leia & Luke:"Your friend is quite a mercenary...I wonder if he cares about anything - or anybody! I care!"
Luke & Han:"So....whadda ya think of her, Han? Tryin' not to kid.....Good."
Han & Luke:"I
dunno...Whadda ya think..D'ya think a Princess and a guy like me - No."
