What's the single worst quote from the Star Wars films?
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That's definitely up there near the top. Not because of the delivery or any fault of Oscar's. Even the sentence in isolation is not that bad. But in context, it's just....god damn. They stick Palpatine's broadcast exclusively into Fortnite and this is basically the best we get in the actual movie? Fuck.
Why not just start the movie with a creepy little montage across the galaxy of various spooked peoples listening to the broadcast? Then we actually get shown not told, and this line doesn't need to exist. And the montage could end with an infuriated Kylo, leading into his mustafar wayfinder scene.
I think I like TRoS more than most but this was just indefensible.
I'd also like to submit to the courts: "I'm haunted by the kiss that you should never have given me. My heart is beating... hoping that that kiss will not become a scar. You are in my very soul... tormenting me. I will do anything that you ask. If you are suffering as much as I am, please, tell me." Anakin this is some incel shit, jesus
How about: "It's all Obi-Wan's fault! He's jealous! He's holding me back!" ugh fuck off
Or "It's not fair!!!!!!" Anakin, 20 year old man, 22 BBY
I think I could just submit the script for Episode 2 line for line in this thread and most would be valid entries to OP's question.
And also: "Medically, she's completely healthy. For reasons we can't explain, we are losing her. She has lost the will to live." Was there really no better way of saying that, George? I know that extreme stress/grief combined with childbirth and also getting fucking choked out too could realistically result in this outcome. That is not a healthy person. Do not tell me that the medical droid is completely baffled and that Padme is just peacing out because fuck them kids. Be honest was that just a DoorDash droid?
"Only a Sith deals in Absolutes" is fine in a vacuum, but terrible when one of the iconic Jedi mantras is "Do or do not. There is no try".
The "prank call" bit of The Last Jedi. Want to immerse your audience? Remind them of childish prank calls with hip and quippy remarks.
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It's this.
The lines are bad, they dont even really all go together and they are delivered like they are both at gun point.
Like this sounds like this several different pieces of footage of them practising a few different versions of a script which were then accidentally mislabelled and edited together and left in the movie.
The basics of it is that giving the Force a biological origin and explanation does a good job at taking the magic and spirituality out of spiritual space magic. No long lasting effect since Midichlorians were dropped harder than Jar Jar Binks, as they were never mentioned again.
Not to mention the fact that it is spoken by arguably one the most talented actors in all of the 9 films (Oscar Isaac) and still manages to be the worst line across all of them just really seals the deal.
I don't know if it's the worst, but it's incredibly annoying.
But the "Nooooo" inserted into the ROTJ blu-ray when Vader kills Palpatine.
It just feels like Lucas getting back at the fans for hating the line in Ep 3. "oh, you hate the line, well here it is again"
The moment worked so well without it
But the "Nooooo" inserted into the ROTJ blu-ray when Vader kills Palpatine.
It just feels like Lucas getting back at the fans for hating the line in Ep 3. "oh, you hate the line, well here it is again"
The moment worked so well without it
It's so brazen and daft that it comes off as spiteful, yeah. After all of the criticism the prior edits garnered, and after all the time that had passed since the Special Editions in particular, you would think there would be at least some impetus for these already-beloved movies to be preserved as they were, but nope! Take one of the best parts of the movie and slap an exclamation over what was previously an unvoiced sequence. The apparent callback to that often-derided moment in episode 3 makes an already bad situation somehow even worse. Just boggles my mind.
Since the Kill Bill one ver was already postedNot the worst, but Leia's response to finding out Luke is her brother is laughable. "I know... somehow, I've always known."
Bullshit.
I used to hate the "Ani I want to have our baby back on Naboo" line with a burning passion. Until the prequels came back around as a giant meme anyway.
If I remember right that line is part of this whole shit show of dialogue.
Honestly, I would be perfectly fine with that if Palpatine hadn't actually returned and had stayed dead.
I would have liked the idea of the First Order/Kylo Ren seeking the empire's heir and turn her to their side as means to legitimate their movement. Of course, that would require an actual writing effort...
This really has to be the winner. There is plenty of bad dialog, but that takes the cake.
Christ I keep forgetting that was from episode 3. Those shitfests blur together in my mind 😂
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"I WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL JEDI EVER! I WILL EVEN LEARN TO STOP PEOPLE FROM DYING!"
is definitely some teenage edgelord stuff and it's said by Anakin in 2.
i feel like it's at least delivered in a way where he gets across that he knows it's terrible. it kind of sets the tone for the entire movie
lol it's this
Well, having both suddenlies in there illustrates that the screams stopped as abruptly as they started, which indicates that whatever happened to them was swift and fatal on a massive scale.
I watched my RotJ blu-ray once.
After that, it was back to the DVD.
Thanks, George.
Fear is their greatest defense. I doubt if the actual security there is much greater than on Aquila or Sullust and what is there is most likely directed towards a large scale assault.
okay so this is cheating because it was cut from the film, but without looking it up, guess what movie this was going to be in, what character was going to say it, and during which scene
okay so this is cheating because it was cut from the film, but without looking it up, guess what movie this was going to be in, what character was going to say it, and during which scene
I don't know. All those Anakin love quotes are hilarious.
Besides Palpatine, what about: Rey!!! Hearing Flynn yelling Rey's name constantly was grating. Poor dude; Disney did him dirty.
Besides Palpatine, what about: Rey!!! Hearing Flynn yelling Rey's name constantly was grating. Poor dude; Disney did him dirty.
You could have used a synonym, although I still believe that's redundant. In fact, instead of cutting the first suddenly, I would remove the second one. The first one already tells us something 'suddenly' happened and because of that they were silenced.
That one always bothered me, but it was buried in a movie full of other lines that bothered me just as much…
Ah come on, it's one of the few fun parts of that movie and is actually delivered pretty well, all things considered…
There are a lot of dumb dialogues in Star Wars, but somehow this one stands out.
Wrong, wrong, and wrong. That line is literally prophetic. This is literally everyone anytime Tatooine is mentioned now.
Anakin knew.
"Rey Skywalker"
Made me roll my eyes so god damn hard. Way to miss a powerful and great moment where Rey could've said "Just Rey" or even "Rey Palpatine"
Bringing back the whole thing of the movie of your name and bloodline not defining who you are and it's you who make those choices. How the hell does her calling herself a Skywalker even make sense
Made me roll my eyes so god damn hard. Way to miss a powerful and great moment where Rey could've said "Just Rey" or even "Rey Palpatine"
Bringing back the whole thing of the movie of your name and bloodline not defining who you are and it's you who make those choices. How the hell does her calling herself a Skywalker even make sense
"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth."
It's that last part that really seals the deal.
I like TLJ but I hate the "yo momma" phone call bit.
There's some weird modern dialogue in TLJ that really takes me out. Poe's "big ass door" line is another.
Uh yes that would immerse the audience more so than taking the space wizard movie as seriously as possible and having all the characters talk like.....well this: