Harrison Ford credited as playing...
Han Solo
- Han Solo: [answers the intercom after commandeering an attack station] Uh, everything's under control. Situation normal.
- Voice: What happened?
- Han Solo: Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but, uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine, we're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?
- Voice: We're sending a squad up.
- Han Solo: Uh... uh, negative, negative. We have a reactor leak here now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak, very dangerous.
- Voice: Who is this? What's your operating number?
- Han Solo: Uh...
- [blasts the intercom, destroying it]
- Han Solo: Boring conversation, anyway. LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY!
- Han Solo: Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me.
- Princess Leia Organa: It's a wonder you're still alive.
- [Pushing past Chewbacca]
- Princess Leia Organa: Will someone get this big walking carpet out of my way?
- Han Solo: No reward is worth this.
- [R2-D2 and Chewbacca are playing the holographic game aboard the Millennium Falcon]
- Chewbacca: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh!
- C-3PO: He made a fair move. Screaming about it can't help you.
- Han Solo: Let him have it. It's not wise to upset a Wookiee.
- C-3PO: But sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid.
- Han Solo: That's 'cause droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that.
- Chewbacca: Grrf.
- C-3PO: I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, R2: let the Wookiee win.
- Princess Leia Organa: It's not over yet.
- Han Solo: It is for me, sister. Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money.
- Princess Leia Organa: You needn't worry about your reward. If money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive.
- [to Luke]
- Princess Leia Organa: Your friend is quite the mercenary. I wonder if he really cares about anything. Or anybody.
- [she stalks out]
- Luke Skywalker: [calling after her] I care.
- [to Han]
- Luke Skywalker: So, what do you think of her, Han?
- Han Solo: I'm tryin' not to, kid.
- Luke Skywalker: Good.
- Han Solo: [baiting him] Still, she's got a lot of spirit. I don't know, whaddya think? You think a princess and a guy like me...
- Luke Skywalker: [quickly] No.
- Han Solo: Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you're lookin' for passage to the Alderaan system?
- Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship.
- Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
- Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: Should I have?
- Han Solo: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you old man. What's the cargo?
- Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: Only passengers. Myself, the boy, two droids... and no questions asked.
- Han Solo: [chuckles] What is it? Some kind of local trouble?
- Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements.
- Luke Skywalker: She's rich.
- Han Solo: [interested] Rich?
- Luke Skywalker: Rich, powerful. Listen, if you were to rescue her, the reward would be...
- Han Solo: What?
- Luke Skywalker: Well, more wealth than you can imagine!
- Han Solo: I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit.
- Luke Skywalker: You'll get it.
- Han Solo: Hokey religions and ancient weapons are not a good match for a blaster at your side, kid.
- Luke Skywalker: You don't believe in the Force, do you?
- Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other; I've seen a lot of strange stuff. But I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny. Anyway, it's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
- Darth Vader: [zeroing in on Luke's fighter] I have you now!
- [one of Vader's wing-men explodes]
- Darth Vader: What?
- Han Solo: YAHOOO!
- [the Millennium Falcon appears]
- Tie Fighter pilot: Look out!
- [Han fires again, the second fighter collides with Vader's, sending him careening away]
- Han Solo: You're all clear, kid, now let's blow this thing and go home!
- [Luke fires, the torpedoes dive down the exhaust port; the Millennium Falcon leads the remaining rebel ships away as the Death Star explodes]
- Luke Skywalker: [about Princess Leia] They're gonna execute her! Look, a few minutes ago you said you didn't want to just wait here to be captured. Now all you want to do is stay?
- Han Solo: Marching into a detention area is not what I had in mind.
- Luke Skywalker: But they're gonna kill her!
- Han Solo: Better her than me!
- [as the garbage compactor closes in]
- Han Solo: One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
- Princess Leia Organa: This is some rescue! You came in here, but didn't you have a plan for getting out?
- Han Solo: [indicating Luke] He's the brains, sweetheart!
- Luke Skywalker: [1:07:19] Boy, it's lucky you have these compartments.
- Han Solo: I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself in them. This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off, I'd never get past the tractor beam.
- Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: Leave that to me.
- Han Solo: You damn fool! I knew you were gonna say that!
- Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi: Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?
- Luke Skywalker: So. You got your reward and you're just leaving, then?
- Han Solo: That's right, yeah. Got some old debts I gotta pay off with this stuff. Even if I didn't, you don't think I'd be fool enough to stick around here, do you? Why don't you come with us? You're pretty good in a fight. We could use you.
- Luke Skywalker: Come on. Why don't you take a look around. You know what's about to happen, what they're up against. They could use a good pilot like you, you're turning your back on them.
- Han Solo: What good is a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station is not my idea of courage. It's more like, suicide.
- Luke Skywalker: [angry] Okay. Take care of yourself Han. I guess that's what you're best at isn't it?
- Han Solo: [as Luke walks away] Hey, Luke. May the Force be with you.
- [to Chewbacca]
- Han Solo: What're you looking at? I know what I'm doing.
- Princess Leia Organa: Looks like you've managed to cut off our only escape route.
- Han Solo: [sarcastically] Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, your highness.
- Han Solo: This is *not* gonna work.
- Luke Skywalker: Why didn't you say so before?
- Han Solo: I *did* say so before.