# Lines you hope are in the new Star Wars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 16, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372 "2015-07-16T23:41:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/21 "2015-07-17T05:26:28Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> “Luke, you’re my father.”

…and my uncle.

[Dueling banjos start to play in the background]

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/22 "2015-07-17T06:29:03Z")

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“Now, don’t you worry. The saucers are up there. The graveyard is out there. But I’ll be locked up safely in there.”

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**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/23 "2015-07-17T09:12:52Z")

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“Give these people air!”

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/24 "2015-07-17T09:45:28Z")

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Han “You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon? … It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.”

Astronomer “You do know a parsec is a measure of distance, not time?”

Han “Uh, OK … It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than a light-year.”

Astronomer :smack:

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**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/25 "2015-07-17T09:52:07Z")

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“Squeal like a Jawa!”

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**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/26 "2015-07-17T11:02:44Z")

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“This conflict surely has been a series of… STAR WARS”

_Everybody looks straight at camera_

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/27 "2015-07-17T11:40:16Z")

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“Midichlorians ? Ha ! How gullible Obi-Wan was, I wanted to know. Hook line and sinker, he bought it.”

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/28 "2015-07-17T12:12:37Z")

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Qui Gon Jinn he also told.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/29 "2015-07-17T12:50:08Z")

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Episode [del]VII[/del] IV  
THE FORCE AWAKENS

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/30 "2015-07-17T13:10:48Z")

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“Oh yeah? Well fuck you, Chewie!”

- spoken by anyone.

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/31 "2015-07-17T13:55:32Z")

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“There is no Light or Dark. There is only the Force.”

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/32 "2015-07-17T14:11:03Z")

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"So, I’m tendin’ bar there at Ecklund and Swedlin’s last Tuesday, and this little guy’s drinkin’ and he says, ‘So where can a guy find some action? I’m goin’ crazy out there at the lake,’ and I says, “What kinda action?” and he says, ‘Woman action, what do I look like?’…

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/33 "2015-07-17T14:14:53Z")

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“We’re gonna need a bigger boat”.

What? It’s a great line!

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**Author:** ![Debillw3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Debillw3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debillw3)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/34 "2015-07-17T14:28:53Z")

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“Luke, I am your father”

That way, obnoxious trivia nerds can be cut off at the knees when they butt in with “That line wasn’t in the movies! HAWHAWHAWHAW!”

Oh, and:

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”

Heck, let’s just make those the only 2 lines in the movie.

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/35 "2015-07-17T14:31:40Z")

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> [@AK84](#):
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> Qui Gon Jinn he also told.

Adherents of vaguely-defined mumbo jumbo religions really fricking gullible are. Endlessly entertaining to me it is. When like me 900 years your are, just as bored will you be.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/36 "2015-07-17T14:49:29Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> Episode [del]VII[/del] IV  
> THE FORCE AWAKENS

Apparently, The Force was as bored with eps I, II and III as the rest of us.

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**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/37 "2015-07-17T14:54:19Z")

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“That’s no moon. Han, pull up your damn pants!”

“Yeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssss!”

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/38 "2015-07-17T14:57:36Z")

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I said no banthas! That’s one two three four FIVE banthas!

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**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/39 "2015-07-17T17:59:51Z")

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“I am Jabba’s son, ‘Pizza’”

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lines-you-hope-are-in-the-new-star-wars/725372/40 "2015-07-17T18:05:14Z")

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Qui Gons force ghost: I have a particular set of skills…

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