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- The meme. Explanation The explanation behind the meme.
- Further mutations and successor memes, if any.
- "No, I am your father." Explanation The scene where Vader reveals to Luke that he is his father is one of the most famous scenes in the series and arguably all of cinema. It has reached It Was His Sled territory due to being frequently referenced in pop culture, usually as a "spoiler" that everyone knows or as a parody.
- Luke, I Am Your Father note Though never said exactly as it is, this version of the line is almost as likely to be used as the original when it comes to being referenced.
- "That's not true, that's impossible!" Explanation Luke's reaction to the infamous revelation, used as an extension of parodies of the above or when something is hard to believe.
- "Search your feelings. You know it to be true!" Explanation Darth Vader's reply to the above; once again used as an extension of the above, or when someone refuses to believe something.
- "NOOOOOOO!!! NOOOOooo...!" Explanation Luke breaking down after he realizes that Darth Vader is his father; usually any "I am your father" parody will end with a reference to this, and it's sometimes used in instances where a Big "NO!" would be appropriate, though not as often as Vader's "NOOOOOO!" in Revenge of the Sith.
- "I love you." "I know." Explanation Leia makes an Anguished Declaration of Love to Han just before he gets frozen in Carbonite. Han, characteristically, responds in a non-committal way. This is one of the iconic exchanges of the franchise that is often referenced by fans and continuously appears in merchandise to this day.
- The odds of navigating this page without giggling is approximately 3,720 to 1. Explanation Based on C-3PO's line "The possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1", which has been snowcloned many times and is almost always followed up with Han's line below.
- Never Tell Me the Odds! Explanation Han tells Threepio this when the protocol droid attempts to, well, tell him the odds of surviving a trip through an asteroid field. It's constanly referenced in other media for situations where a character points that the odds of failing are high.
- "Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking NERFHERDER!" Explanation Leia's response to Han saying that "she expressed her true feelings for me". Often used as an insult in the fandom.
- "Who's scruffy-looking?" Explanation Han's reply to the above, which can be expected to be said after the initial line is quoted.
- "Luke, don't! It's a trap!"note This line from Leia gained infamy due to being the first usage of the words "It's a trap" in the series - 3 years before Admiral Ackbar's incredibly memetic version in Return of the Jedi.
- "This deal is getting worse all the time."Explanation Lando's initial reaction to Vader Moving the Goalposts; usually used whenever something previously believed to be good ends up going badly.
- "You said they'd be left at the city under my supervision!" "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." Explanation Said by Vader to Lando Calrissian in the context of allowing the Empire onto Cloud City, it's become a massive Snowclone for "deal with it".
- Lando had no choice.Explanation Lando was given a Sadistic Choice by Darth Vader: cooperate with the Empire and lure Han and co. into a trap or have his city destroyed and people killed; so understandably, he had no choice but to comply to protect his city and people. Later, he muttered "I had no choice" once when he revealed he sold them out and once when he decided to double-cross the Empire and help Leia, Chewie, and C-3PO escape. In the latter's case, Leia mocked him while he's strangled by a very angry Chewie, "Oh, of course we understand, don't we, Chewie? He had no choice!"
- In a meta sense, it's now common for parents to record showing their young kids the big scene and uploading their reactions to YouTube.
- "So long, Princess."note Han Solo's goodbye to Leia before he attempts to leave to payoff Jabba the Hutt became a common tribute to Carrie Fisher after her death in 2016.
- "You will go to the Dagobah system." Explanation Obi-Wan's spirit appears to Luke in a vision and tells him this as he's freezing to death on Hoth. This has become a Stock Phrase along the lines of Your Princess Is in Another Castle! to mean the hero has no choice but to go on an inconvenient sidequest to some random location.
- "You Have Failed Me for the last time." Explanation Darth Vader's Pre-Mortem One-Liner when he force-chokes Admiral Ozzel to death. Expect this line to be quoted whenever something that repeatedly disappoints people or fails has a failure one too many or does something particularly disappointing when compared to the other things they did.
- "Do or do not, there is no try."Explanation Yoda says this to Luke when he says he'll try to lift his submerged X-Wing from the swamp. A Stock Phrase for any Old Master type of character.
- "This is no cave." Explanation When the Millennium Falcon takes refuge in a "cave" in one of the asteroids to hide from Imperial Forces, it soon turns out that they weren't in a cave, but in the belly of a space slug.
- "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee." Explanation Leia's retort to a cocky Han Solo, which is occasionally used in response to someone considered unattractive.
- "Laugh it up, fuzzball." Explanation Han is unimpressed that Chewie finds his Slap-Slap-Kiss interactions with Leia very amusing. This has become a Stock Phrase to reply to any fan who finds something funny about the franchise.
- "Concentraaate!" Explanation Master Yoda is standing on Luke's foot as he does a handstand during his Jedi training. Luke loses his concentration, causing both of them to topple over. Yoda's facial expression and tone of voice is hilarious, especially if the scene is slowed down.
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◊ of Han and Luke in cold weather gear and covered in snow on Hoth as a meme template with captions like "Going to the store, want anything?" or "Meanwhile, in Canada...". - "No ship that small could have a cloaking device!" Explanation The bridge crew of a Star Destroyer are confused that the Millennium Falcon has disappeared from their radar because they fail to realize it's piggybacking on their own ship. Amusingly, there were ships in both Canon and Legends that were that small yet had cloaking devices, retroactively making the crew look highly incompetent.
- Ice Cream Guy. Explanation There's an extra in the Cloud City evacuation scene who's carrying what looks suspiciously like a Hamilton Beach-brand ice cream maker. According to the Extended Universe, the "Ice Cream Guy" is named Willrow Hood and he's trying to protect a data core full of information vital to the Rebel Alliance. He's got something of a cult following among the fandom, including fans who cosplay as him and organize the "Running of the Hoods" at conventions.
- "This one goes here, that one goes there!"Explanation This line gets a lot of use in the Star Wars vs. Star Trek Fandom Rivalry, the idea being that to fix something in Star Trek you need to know about ODN conduits and dilithium matrices and plasma manifolds and isolinear chips, while to fix something in Star Wars all you need to know is "This one goes here, that one goes there."
- There Is Another. Explanation Yoda reveals that Luke Skywalker isn't the only remaining Jedi with this line. It's been used in a similar manner outside of the franchise, where a Last of His Kind situation is subverted.
- The Imperial MarchExplanation An iconic song of the franchise to hearken the arrival of either Darth Vader or the Empire, where they're about to actually bring shits down to the heroes. It has been associated with 'When an Obviously Evil character enters the scene', as in, if the character is so Obviously Evil, might as well just put in the Imperial March to hearken their arrival.
Lando Calrissian: "You said this page would be left under my supervision!"
Darth Vader: "
I've altered the page.
Pray I don't alter it any further."
