Empire Strikes Back Quotes:

Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will...

- George Lucas

topic: Dark, Destiny, Forever, Jedi Knights, Dark Side

A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.

- Frank Oz

source: "Fictional character: Yoda". "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back", www.imdb.com. 1980.

topic: Defense, Use, Force, Jedi Knights, Strike Back

Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? And well you should not. For my ally is the Force. And a powerful allyit is.

- Leigh Brackett

source: "Fictional character: Yoda". "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back", 1980.

topic: Powerful, Judging, Judge Me, Hmm, Strike Back

Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.

- George Lucas

source: The Empire Strikes Back (motion picture) (1980).

topic: Change, War, Growth, Starting Anew, Judge Me

May the Force be with you.

- George Lucas

source: Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

topic: Movie, Film History, Psychics, Chosen One, Best Film

I never plan tomorrow because I don’t even know what I’m doing today.

- Coco Rocha

topic: Today, Heat, Tomorrow, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

- George Lucas

source: George Lucas (2015). “ArtFolds: Yoda: Yoda and the Force”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring, Inspiring Movie, Knowing The Future

Know what you are talking about.

- Pope John Paul II

topic: Knowledge, Talking, Humpty Dumpty, Software Design, Catch Me

Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances.

- Leigh Brackett

source: "Fictional character: C-3PO". "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back", www.imdb.com. 1980.

topic: War, Surrender, Circumstances, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back

Know what you're talking about.

- George H. W. Bush

source: George H.W. Bush (2013). “All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings”, p.99, Simon and Schuster

topic: Knowing Jesus, Talking, Scary, Humpty Dumpty, Software Design

What do you think you're doing?

- Ben Aaronovitch

topic: Thinking, Space Odyssey, Lucky Charms, It's A Wonderful Life, James Bond Movie

Seventeen years after its intial release, The Empire Strikes Back is still as thrilling and involving as ever. Because of the high quality of the original product, it doesn't show a hint of dating. Neither [ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope nor Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ] were able to match the narrative scope of Empire , which today remains one of the finest and most rousing science fiction tales ever committed to the screen.

- James Berardinelli

source: "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,

topic: Stars, War, Years, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back

I've said it would have to be our Empire Strikes Back for me to come back and for me to pull the whole team back together. I think we do have that idea. We do have the idea that feels big and really blows the doors off this franchise. It's hinted at promises of something for two movies now, for thirty years, so it's time to deliver on that.

- Joseph Kosinski

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Team, Blow, Thinking, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back

I saw The Empire Strikes Back the week that it came out. My father was a huge Star Wars fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me.

- Donald Faison

topic: Stars, Dad, Father, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back

I am never going to do an Empire Strikes Back ending again in a game, even if they put branding irons to my feet.

- Chris Avellone

source: "'Everything is Possible': Inside the Minds of Gaming's Master Storytellers". Gamespot Interview, www.gamespot.com. March 24, 2005.

topic: Games, Iron, Feet, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back

After 'The Empire Strikes Back,' I got to make big films that I didn't care about, 'Never Say Never Again' and 'RoboCop 2,' and then I got too old.

- Irvin Kershner

source: "Irvin Kershner obituary" by Ronald Bergan, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2010.

topic: Care, Empires, Film, Strike Back, Robocop

Confession: When I went to see The Empire Strikes Back I found myself glancing at my watch. The Force is with us, indeed, and a lot of it is hot air. It's a measure of my mixed feelings about The Empire Strikes Back that I'm not at all sure that I understand the plot. The Empire Strikes Back is about as personal as a Christmas card from a bank.

- Vincent Canby

topic: Air, Feelings, Watches, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back

I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins.

- Joss Whedon

topic: Stars, War, Believe, Strike Back, Empire Strikes Back