Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Luke's head spins in the direction the creature faces. But there is no one there. The boy is bewildered, but it gradually dawns on him that the little creature is Yoda, the Jedi Master, and that he is speaking with Ben. BEN'S VOICE He will learn patience. YODA Hmmm. Much anger in him, like his father. BEN'S VOICE Was I any different when you taught me? YODA Hah. He is not ready. LUKE Yoda! I am ready. I... Ben! I can be a Jedi. Ben, tell him I'm ready. Trying to see Ben, Luke starts to get up but hits his head on the low ceiling. YODA Ready, are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained! A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. (to the invisible Ben, indicating Luke) This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away... to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things. (turning to Luke) You are reckless! Luke looks down. He knows it is true. BEN'S VOICE So was I, if you'll remember. YODA He is too old. Yes, too old to begin the training. Luke thinks he detects a subtle softening in Yoda's voice.
Originally posted 2018-06-28 20:00:00.
