20 Greatest Star Wars Quotes Of All-Time

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11. No Shades Of Grey For Yoda

THE QUOTE: No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try. THE SPEAKER: Yoda THE FILM: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back THE BACKGROUND: Luke has finally begun his Jedi training with Yoda; the latter is trying to teach him patience and control. It is not going well. Luke is still somewhat grumpy and irritated, and these frustrations are compounded when his X-Wing begins to sink into the swamp, which makes him lose concentration on the exercise he was doing. €œWe€™ll never get it out now!€ Luke grumbles. He is clearly skeptical about his ability to move the X-Wing out of the swampy water using the Force, and Yoda goes about teaching Luke a valuable lesson. €œI€™ll try,€ Luke says to Yoda€™s command to lift the X-Wing out of the bog. Yoda sternly replies with the above.