- Luke Skywalker: I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you.
- Anakin Skywalker: You already have, Luke.
- Darth Vader: Luke... help me take this mask off.
- Luke: But you'll die.
- Darth Vader: Nothing... can stop that now. Just for once... let me... look on you with my *own* eyes.
- [Luke takes off Darth Vader's mask one piece at a time. Underneath, Luke sees the face of a pale, scarred, bald-headed, old man - his father, Anakin. Anakin sadly looks at Luke but then gives a tired smile]
- Anakin: Now... go, my son. Leave me.
- Luke: No. You're coming with me. I'll not leave you here, I've got to save you.
- Anakin: You already... have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister... you were right.
- [Anakin smiles and his eyes begin to droop slumps down in death while giving one last dying breath]
- Luke: Father... I won't leave you.
- [Han and Chewbacca are reunited]
- Han Solo: Chewie? Chewie, is that you?
- [Chewie grabs Han and shakes him]
- Han Solo: Ch-Chewie! I can't see, pal. What's going on?
- [Chewie barks]
- Han Solo: Luke? Luke's crazy! He can't even take care of himself, much less rescue anybody.
- [Chewie barks again]
- Han Solo: A Jedi Knight? Jeez, I'm out of it for a little while, everyone gets delusions of grandeur!
- Luke: Your thoughts betray you, Father. I feel the good in you, the conflict.
- Darth Vader: There is no conflict.
- Luke: You couldn't bring yourself to kill me before and I don't believe you'll destroy me now.
- Darth Vader: You underestimate the power of the Dark Side. If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny.
- Luke: Never. I'll never turn to the Dark Side. You've failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.
- The Emperor: [angry] So be it... Jedi!
- Yoda: Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Luke... Luke... do not... do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor or suffer your father's fate you will. Luke, when gone am I... the last of the Jedi will you be. Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke. There is... another... Sky... walker.
- [Yoda dies]
- [last lines]
- Han Solo: I'm sure Luke wasn't on that thing when it blew.
- Princess Leia: He wasn't. I can feel it.
- Han Solo: You love him,
- [pause]
- Han Solo: don't you?
- Princess Leia: Yes.
- Han Solo: All right. I understand. Fine. When he comes back, I won't get in the way.
- Princess Leia: Oh, Han, it's not like that at all.
- [whispering]
- Princess Leia: He's my brother.
- Luke Skywalker: [approaching R2-D2] I can't do it, R2. I can't go on alone.
- Obi-Wan: [from out of sight] Yoda and I will always be with you.
- Luke Skywalker: Obi-Wan.
- [Obi-Wan's spirit approaches Luke]
- Luke Skywalker: Ben! Why didn't you tell me? You told me that Darth Vader betrayed and murdered my father.
- Obi-Wan: Your father... was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be the Jedi Anakin Skywalker and "became" the Sith Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So, what I told you was true... from a certain point of view.
- Luke Skywalker: A certain point of view?
- Obi-Wan: Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view. Anakin was a good friend. When I first met him, your father was already a great pilot. But I was amazed how strongly the Force was with him. I took it upon myself to train him as a Jedi. I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda. I was wrong.
- Luke Skywalker: There is still good in him.
- Obi-Wan: He's more machine now than man. Twisted and evil.
- Luke Skywalker: I can't do it, Ben.
- Obi-Wan: You cannot escape your destiny. You must face Darth Vader again.
- Luke Skywalker: I can't kill my own father.
- Obi-Wan: Then the Emperor has already won. You were our only hope.
- Luke Skywalker: Yoda spoke of another.
- Obi-Wan: The other he spoke of is your twin sister.
- Luke Skywalker: But I have no sister.
- Obi-Wan: Hmm. To protect you both from the Emperor, you were hidden from your father when you were born. The Emperor knew, as I did, if Anakin were to have any offspring, they would be a threat to him. That is the reason why your sister remains safely anonymous.
- Luke Skywalker: Leia! Leia is my sister.
- Obi-Wan: Your insight serves you well. Bury your feelings deep down, Luke. They do you credit, but they could be made to serve the Emperor.
- Luke: Master Yoda... is Darth Vader my father?
- Yoda: [avoiding the subject] Rest I need. Yes. Rest.
- Luke: Yoda, I must know. If you know, tell me.
- Yoda: Your father he is.
- [pause]
- Yoda: Told you, did he?
- Luke: Yes.
- Yoda: Unexpected this is. And unfortunate.
- Luke: Unfortunate that I know the truth?
- Yoda: No! Unfortunate that you rushed to face him... that incomplete was your training. That... not ready for the burden were you.
- C-3PO: [Ewoks bowing before C-3PO] I do believe they think I am some sort of god.
- Han Solo: Well, why don't you use your divine influence and get us out of this?
- C-3PO: I beg your pardon General Solo, but that just wouldn't be proper.
- Han Solo: Proper?
- C-3PO: It's against my programming to impersonate a deity.
- Darth Vader: You cannot hide forever, Luke.
- Luke Skywalker: I will not fight you.
- Darth Vader: Give yourself to the Dark Side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for... sister. So, you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete. If you will not turn to the Dark Side... then perhaps she will!
- Luke Skywalker: [igniting light saber, screams] NEVER!
- Luke: Soon I'll be dead, and you with me.
- The Emperor: [laughing] Perhaps you refer to the imminent attack of your rebel fleet? Yes, I assure you, we are quite safe from your friends here.
- Luke: Your overconfidence is your weakness.
- The Emperor: Your faith in your friends is yours!
- Lando Calrissian: We've gotta be able to get some kind of a reading on that shield, up or down.
- Nien Nunb: [speaks in Sullustese]
- Lando Calrissian: But how could they be jamming us if they don't know... if we're coming?
- [over comlink]
- Lando Calrissian: Break off the attack! The shield is still up!
- Wedge Antilles: I get no reading. Are you sure?
- Lando Calrissian: Pull up! All craft, pull up!
- Admiral Ackbar: Take evasive action! Green group, stick close to holding section MV-7!
- Mon Calamari: Admiral! We have enemy ships in sector 47!
- Admiral Ackbar: It's a trap!
- C-3PO: I'm rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.
- Luke Skywalker: [1:25:15] Search your feelings, Father, you can't do this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.
- Darth Vader: It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master now.
- Luke Skywalker: Then my father is truly dead.
- Moff Jerjerrod: [3:56] Lord Vader, this is an unexpected pleasure. We are honored by your presence...
- Darth Vader: You may dispense with the pleasantries, Commander. I'm here to put you back on schedule.
- Moff Jerjerrod: I assure you, Lord Vader. My men are working as fast as they can.
- Darth Vader: Perhaps I can find new ways to motivate them.
- Moff Jerjerrod: I tell you, this station will be operational as planned.
- Darth Vader: The Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation.
- Moff Jerjerrod: But he asks the impossible. I need more men.
- Darth Vader: Then perhaps you can tell him when he arrives.
- Moff Jerjerrod: [aghast] The Emperor's coming here?
- Darth Vader: That is correct, Commander. And he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.
- Moff Jerjerrod: We shall double our efforts.
- Darth Vader: I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.
- Luke: If I don't make it back, you're the only hope for the Alliance.
- Princess Leia: Luke, don't talk that way. You have a power I don't understand and could never have.
- Luke: You're wrong, Leia. You have that power too. In time you'll learn to use it as I have. The Force runs strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. And... my sister has it. Yes. It's you, Leia.
- Princess Leia: I know. Somehow, I've always known.
- Stormtrooper: Don't move!
- [Han glances nervously at Leia... who subtly reveals the blaster hidden at her side]
- Han Solo: I love you.
- Princess Leia: [smiles] I know.
- C-3PO: At last, Master Luke's come to rescue me!
- Bib Fortuna: Master.
- [Jabba wakes up with a start]
- Bib Fortuna: May I present Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight?
- Jabba the Hutt: [in Huttese; subtitled] I told you not to admit him!
- Luke: I must be allowed to speak.
- Bib Fortuna: He must be allowed to speak.
- Jabba the Hutt: [grabs Bib Fortuna; in Huttese] You weak minded fool! He's using an old Jedi mind trick.
- [Jabba shoves Bib Fortuna aside]
- Luke: You will bring Captain Solo and the Wookiee to me.
- [Jabba laughs]
- Jabba the Hutt: [in Huttese] Your mind powers will not work on me, boy.
- Luke: Nevertheless, I'm taking Captain Solo and his friends with me. You can either profit by this or be destroyed. It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers.
- Jabba the Hutt: [in Huttese] There will be no bargain, my young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die.
- C-3PO: His high exaltedness, the Great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately.
- Han Solo: Good, I hate long waits.
- C-3PO: You will therefore be taken to the Dune Sea, and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlaac.
- Han Solo: Doesn't sound so bad.
- C-3PO: In his belly you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.
- Han Solo: On second thought, let's pass on that, huh?
- Princess Leia: Luke, what's wrong?
- Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother? Your real mother?
- Princess Leia: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.
- Luke: What do you remember?
- Princess Leia: Just... images really. Feelings.
- Luke: Tell me.
- Princess Leia: She was... very beautiful. Kind, but sad. Why are you asking me this?
- Luke: I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her.
- Darth Vader: [1:23:43] The Emperor has been expecting you.
- Luke: I know... father.
- Darth Vader: So, you have accepted the truth?
- Luke: I have accepted that you were once a Jedi named Anakin Skywalker, my father.
- Darth Vader: [angrily] That name no longer has any meaning for me!
- Luke: It is name of your true self, you've only forgotten.
- The Emperor: [1:35:32] Come, boy, see for yourself. From here, you will witness the final destruction of the Alliance and the end of your insignificant rebellion.
- [Luke's eyes go to his lightsabre]
- The Emperor: You want this, don't you? The hate is swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger. With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant.
- Luke: No.
- The Emperor: It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. You, like your father, are now *mine*.
- EV-9D9: Ah, new acquisitions! You are a protocol droid, are you not?
- C-3PO: I am C-3PO, human/cyborg...
- EV-9D9: [cuts him off] Yes or no will do.
- C-3PO: Umm... yes.
- EV-9D9: How many languages do you speak?
- C-3PO: I am fluent in over six million forms of communication, and can readily...
- EV-9D9: [cuts him off again] Splendid! We have been without an interpreter since our master got angry with our last protocol droid and disintegrated him.
- C-3PO: Disintegrated?
- Lando Calrissian: [after seeing the Death Star is operational] Home One, this is Gold Leader.
- Admiral Ackbar: We saw it. All craft, prepare to retreat.
- Lando Calrissian: We won't get another chance at this, Admiral.
- Admiral Ackbar: We have no choice, General Calrissian! Our cruisers can't repel firepower of that magnitude!
- Lando Calrissian: Han will have that shield down. We've got to give him more time!
- Darth Vader: Do they have a code clearance?
- Admiral Piett: It's an older code, sir, but it checks out. I was about to clear them.
- The Emperor: If you will not be turned, you will be destroyed!
- [shoots Luke with Force lightning]
- The Emperor: Young fool... Only now, at the end, do you understand?
- [the Emperor shoots at Luke with more Force lighting]
- The Emperor: Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the Dark Side.
- [shoots Luke with another burst of Force lighting]
- The Emperor: Now, you will pay the price for your lack of vision!
- [shoots more Force lighting]
- [first title card]
- Title card/crawl: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
- Title card/crawl: Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in an attempt to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Little does Luke know that the GALACTIC EMPIRE has begun construction on a new armored space station even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star. When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy...
- Princess Leia: Luke, tell me. What's troubling you?
- Luke: Vader's here. Now, on this moon.
- Princess Leia: How do you know?
- Luke: I felt his presence. He's come for me. He can feel it when I'm near. That's why I have to go. As long as I stay, I'm endangering the group and our mission here . I have to face him.
- Princess Leia: Why?
- Luke: [pause] He's my father.
- Han Solo: Well, look at you! A General, huh?
- Lando Calrissian: Someone must have told them all about my little maneuver at the Battle of Taanab.
- Han Solo: Well, don't look at me, pal. I just said you were a fair pilot. I didn't know they were looking for somebody to lead this crazy attack.
- Lando Calrissian: I'm surprised they didn't ask you to do it.
- Han Solo: Well, who says they didn't? Only I ain't crazy.