The Force Quotes

My friend jewelry designer Courtney Crangi has been obsessed with Star Wars all her life and has seen the movies 150 times. When we first started talking about it, I was amazed that her knowledge made mine - which was even then pretty impressive - seem pathetic. And I think there are a couple of reasons for this. One is that the leader of the rebellion is Princess Leia. American theatergoers had never seen a princess like that. She's not a delicate flower, she's not passive, she's often the only one who has a clue.

I shrivel up every time someone mentions Star Wars to me.

My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.

Star Wars has always struck a chord with people. There are issues of loyalty, of friendship, of good and evil... The theme came from stories and ideas that have been around for thousands of years.

It wasn't long after I began writing Star Wars that I realized the story was more than a single film could hold. As the saga of the Skywalkers and Jedi Knights unfolded, I began to see it as a tale that could take at least nine films to tell - three trilogies - and I realized, in making my way through the back story and after story, that I was really setting out to make the middle story.

Star Wars is a saga of Good vs. Evil, divided into nine parts.

At nine years old, I saw 'Star Wars.' I saw it a gazillion times.

'Star Wars' is my heart. I love it.

I got into the genesis of Star Wars, and the tale seemed to me endlessly fascinating.

The 'Star Wars' films are known for their exotic aliens, sophisticated robots, sleek technology, and planet-sized battle stations.

Star Wars - the movie I saw 12 times as a 17-year-old. The movie that began a cultural and creative universe that now spans generations. For me to be a part of this in The Clone Wars is a dream come true.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

The 'Star Wars' movie is coming out. Disney has kept the details of the movie under wraps because they're not Sony.

'Star Wars' is just a special story.

'Star Wars' meant everything to me growing up.

The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.

From the outset, I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies.

I've heard, 'May the Force be with you' about as many times as, 'Hey, how you doing?'

'Star Wars' is my favorite movie series ever. I like the old ones better than the new ones, but I like all of them.

It would be excellent to do a 'Star Wars.'

Zerbrowski said, "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." It took me a second to realize that he had just quoted Star Wars to me. It made me smile, and in that moment I loved him, just for that.

I think it's always wise to be concerned about any of the characters in 'Star Wars,' right?

Oh great. Yoda captured us.

Luke Skywalker, right now, is the last Jedi. There's always wiggle room in these movies - everything is from a certain point of view - but coming into our story, he is the actual last of the Jedi.

It's the primordial characters [of the Star Wars]. It's the beautiful princess and the callow youth and the smartass that I played and the wise old warrior that Alec Guinness played. And it was a fairy tale. It was a fairy tale.