Octorox said:
The OT has some equally bad lines, they just aren't pivotal to the story.
no, a lot of the lines from the OT, are just as bad as the prequel lines....
and THEY ARE PIVOTAL.....people here on this board , either have selective memories,
bad memories, or just can't see past them:
(by the way, the original star wars from '77 is one of my all time favorite films)
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Luke: But what if this Obi-Wan comes looking for him?
Uncle Owen: He won't. I don't think he exists anymore. He died about the same time as your father.
Luke: He knew my father?
how does someone 'die' about the same time as someone else? either they died at the same time, or they didn't?
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Governor Tarkin: The Jedi are extinct, their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.
'their fire has gone out of the universe' ? is that supposed to be poetic?
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General Tagge: What of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical reading of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, they might find a weakness and exploit it.
what is this, monty python? how much more explanation do you need?
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Obi-Wan: Yes. I was once a Jedi knight, the same as your father.
Luke: I wish I'd known him.
Obi-Wan: He was the best star pilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior. I understand that you've become quite a good pilot yourself.
come on obi-wan, get to the point......................why do keep changing the subject so much, just stick to one thing, why the unnecessary
speculation about whether luke is a good pilot or not?
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C-3PO: And I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations. And this is my counterpart R2D2.
no really? and we couldn't figure that out by ourselves, did you have tell us that?
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Darth Vader: Several fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me!
[the pilots follow Vader to the hangar]
duh? do they really need to be told that enemy fighters are going to blow them up?
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Imperial Officer: We count 30 Rebel ships, Lord Vader, but they're so small they're avoiding our turbolasers!
Darth Vader: We'll have to destroy them ship to ship. Get the crews to their fighters.
i guess 'turbolasers' are somehow 'faster' than regular laser guns????????
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Luke: You don't believe in the Force, do you?
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
gee, Han, have you really seen everything in the galaxy? why do tell Luke later on 'may the force be with you'?????
who said it was a mystical energy field?
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Han Solo: Great shot, kid, that was one in a million!
no han, it was ONLY one shot out of one......not one out of a million
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Princess Leia: This is some rescue. When you came in here, didn't you have a plan for getting out?
no really leia, we didn't make any plans to get you out, we just came up with half a plan....duh
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| Han Solo: |
well han, hokey lines and metaphors/analogies aren't really much better are they?
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| Luke Skywalker: |
i'm not sure, but is luke trying to channel yoda-speak here? how about, 'this planet is the farthest from
the bright center of the universe'........................
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| Darth Vader: | |
| Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi: |
gee ben, i'm sure Darth vader was really insulted by that snappy come-back...............i can almost hear the rim shot after he said it..
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| Darth Vader: |
oh no really, ben is old? say it isn't so !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Red Six: I got a problem here.
Biggs: Eject!
Red Six: I can hold it.
Biggs: Pull up!
Red Six: No, I'm all right... ahhh!
gee, don't get too descriptive now
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Stormtrooper: Close the blast doors!
[the doors shut just after Han and Chewie run through the doorway, locking the Stormtroopers out]
Stormtrooper: Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!
can't seem to make up your mind now, can you?
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Princess Leia: The Imperial Senate will not sit still for this. When they hear you've attacked a diplomatic...
Darth Vader: Don't act so surprised, your highness. You weren't on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you.
Princess Leia: I don't know what you're talking about. I am a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan...
Darth Vader: You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take her away!
well gee Darth vader, if you already knew all that , why did you bother asking in the first place,
and why don't you just use the force, and get the answers without all the drama???????????
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Stormtrooper Officer: Someone *was* in the pod. The tracks go off in this direction.
Stormtrooper: [holding up a ring of metal] Look, sir: Droids.
someone? what do you mean someon? if it was a 'droid', it wasn't really a person was it?
do you really have to make it that obvious? when they were sent down, they knew that
no persons were on the escape pod, since there was no life readings on it?
did they not get the message? and then they have to tell us that its 'droids'?????????
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Uncle Owen: Did he take those two new droids with him?
Aunt Beru: I think so.
Uncle Owen: Well, he'd better have those units in the South Ridge repaired by midday, or there'll be hell to pay.
how do you have 'hell' to pay? and where would you pay it? and what would you pay it with???????????
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Han Solo: Where did you dig up that old fossil?
Luke: Ben is a great man.
Han Solo: Yeah, great at getting us into trouble.
yeah, han, but you're not so great at repeating dialogue or coming up with new lines
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[approaching the Death Star]
Luke: I have a very bad feeling about this.
i have a very bad feeling we'll be hearing this line a few hundred more times in the future
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leia “Aren’t you a little short for a stormtrooper?”
no really, i passed the stormtrooper fitting, what do you think? what difference does his height make?
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Han Solo: Damn fool, I knew you were going to say that.
Obi-Wan: Who's the more foolish: The fool, or the fool who follows him?
i don't know, who comes up with more vague lines, that don't really amount to more than platitudes?
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C-3PO: We've stopped. Wake up! Wake up!
[R2D2 beeps]
C-3PO: We're doomed.
yes, you're doomed to repeating more lines of dialogue like this...
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Luke: I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you.
Princess Leia: You're who?
are you just hard of hearing? or did you miss the first part............'luke skywalker'..
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ok , you get the idea...............................you just have to consider
that things / speech / drama was a lot different back in the 70's
compared to now...
don't get me wrong , i LOVE 'star wars' for all its flaws, corny dialogue,
mistakes, matte lines, imperfect effects, flaws, and everything else
that adds character to it..
pointing out random fragments of bad dialogue from the prequels
is easily just as pointless.........
later
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