Ian Doescher > Quotes

“True it is,/ That these are not the droids for which thou search'st.

-Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“I pray thee, sir, forgive me for the mess/And whether I shot first, I'll not confess.
- Han Solo”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“- Be thou not technical with me,/Or else thine input valve may swift receive/a hearty helping of my golden foot.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“O help/ Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art/ Mine only hope.

-Leia Organa”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“YODA Nay, nay! Try thou not. But do thou or do thou not, For there is no “try.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back

“[Luke, holding stormtrooper helmet.] Alas, poor stormtrooper, I knew ye not,/ yet have I taken both uniform and life/ From thee. What manner of a man wert thou?/ A man of inf'nite jest or cruelty?/ A man with helpmate and with children too?/ A man who hath his Empire serv'd with pride?/ A man, perhaps, who wish'd for perfect peace?/ What'er thou wert, goodman, thy pardon grant/ Unto the one who took thy place: e'en me.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“Thou truly art in jest. Art thou not small/Of stature, if thou art a stormtrooper?

-Leia Organa”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“LUKE —But O, what now? What light through yonder flashing sensor breaks?”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“This golden droid has been a friend, 'tis true,/ And yet I wish to still his prating tongue!/ An imp, he calleth me? I'll be reveng'd,/ And merry pranks aplenty I shall play/ Upon this pompous droid C-3PO!/ Yet not in language shall my pranks be done:/ Around both humans and droids I must/ Be seen to make such errant beeps and squeaks/ That they shall think me simple. Truly, though,/ Although with sounds obilque I speak to them, I clearly see how I shall play my part,/ And how a vast rebellion shall succeed/ by wit and wisdom of a simple droid. [R2-D2]”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“It is a period of civil war. The spaceships of the rebels, striking swift From base unseen, have gain’d a vict’ry o’er The cruel Galactic Empire, now adrift. Amidst the battle, rebel spies prevail’d And stole the plans to a space station vast, Whose pow’rful beams will later be unveil’d And crush a planet: ’tis the DEATH STAR blast. Pursu’d by agents sinister and cold, Now Princess Leia to her home doth flee, Deliv’ring plans and a new hope they hold: Of bringing freedom to the galaxy. In time so long ago begins our play, In star-crossed galaxy far, far away.”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“This Force, by troth, I'll never comprehend!
It doth control and also doth obey?
And 'tis within and yet it is beyond,
'Tis both inside and yet outside one's self?
What paradox! What fickle-natur'd pow'r!
Aye: frailty, thy name-- belike--is Force.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“Thou man of scruffy looks, thou who heard’st nerfs, Thou fool-born wimpled roughhewn waste waste of flesh!”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back

“-No, I am thy father.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back

“LEIA —Thy vanity Hath puff’d up thine imagination. HAN —Aye? Then why dost thou yet follow me? Wert thou Afraid I would depart without a kiss? LEIA I would as eagerly kiss Wookiee lips. HAN That can arrangèd be. By heaven’s breath, A kiss would suit thee well!”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back

“A plague on 3PO for action slow,/ A plague upon my quest that led us here,/ A plague on both our circuit boards, I say! [R2-D2}”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“LUKE —But O, what now? What light through yonder flashing sensor breaks? HAN It marks the loss of yon deflector shield.”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“ACKBAR —O knavery Most vile, O trick of Empire’s basest wit. A snare, a ruse, a ploy: and we the fools. What great deception hath been plied today— O rebels, do you hear? Fie, ’tis a trap!”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return

“TARKIN: The wench hath lied! Deceiving,
cut-throat girl,
Most cunning princess born of
Hell’s own heart!”
― Ian Doescher

“In time so long ago begins our play, In war-torn galaxy far, far away.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back

“[They shoot, Greedo dies. [To innkeeper:] Pray, goodly Sir, forgive me for the mess. [Aside:] And whether I shot first, I’ll ne’er confess! [Exeunt.”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“LUKE Friends, rebels, starfighters, lend me your ears. Wish not we had a single fighter more, If we are mark’d to die, we are enough To make our planets proud. But should we win, We fewer rebels share the greater fame. We all have sacrific’d unto this cause.”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“Once more unto the trench, dear friends, once more!”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“O be not anxious, comrades, fear ye not! The siuation here hath been controll'd. All merry 'tis in the detention block!....

That conversation did my spirits bore! Now Luke, prepare thyself for company.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope

“To Alderaan we fly on course direct, And to this feast of death I’ll not object. [Exit Darth Vader.”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“LEIA —O help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, help. Thou art Mine only hope. LUKE —I wonder who she is. Whoever she may be, whatever is Her cause, I shall unto her pleas respond. Not e’en were she my sister could I know A duty of more weight than I feel now. It seemeth she some dreadful trouble hath— Mayhap I should replay the message whole.”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“If flurries be the food of quests, snow on.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back

“Hath not a Sith eyes?
Hath not a Sith such feelings, heart and soul,
As any Jedi Knight did e’er possess?
If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you Blast us, shall we not injur’d be? If you Assault with lightsaber, do we not die?”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back

“LEIA [to Han:] Hast thou come here in that ungainly heap? Thou art, perhaps, then braver than I thought.”
― Ian Doescher, Verily, a New Hope

“REBO BAND [ sings:] A gangster, aye, a gangster, O! ’Tis well to be a gangster. A blaster ever by thy side, A stately barge in which to ride, A fair, young damsel to thee tied, ’Tis well to be a gangster. A gangster, aye, a gangster, O! ’Tis well to be a gangster. Full many servants lend thee aid, More guards than a Naboo brigade, And bounty hunters on parade— ’Tis well to be a gangster. A gangster, aye, a gangster, O! ’Tis well to be a gangster. The drinks all flowing fast and free, A sarlacc pit not far from thee, A rancor for thine enemy, ’Tis well to be a gangster. A gangster, aye, a gangster, O! ’Tis well to be a gangster.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return

“When this—my baby, source of all my hopes— Doth hit upon the speed of eighty-eight, In miles per hour, then Marty, verily, Thine eyes shalt witness shit most serious.”
― Ian Doescher, William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!