On this same idea, I was trying to remember the last spoken words of Return of the Jedi, and I think they’re from Leia to Han, “It’s not like that…he’s my brother.” I think everything after that is background celebration and music. Anyone care to correct me?
Great line. Paul Verhoeven was so impressed with it that he cut out a “media break” that was to follow in which we would learn that Lewis recovered.
Nitpick: Those words weren’t spoken, they were printed on the screen. That doesn’t count, does it? I’m actually trying to remember the first spoken lines of Star Wars: A New Hope, but they were so memorable that I’m drawing a total blank.
BuckleBerryFerry, I think you’re right about ROTJ, though.
Avalonian, I think the first spoken words in SW:ANH are from C-3P0, and we can assume they are along the lines of “we’re doomed.”