Daily Dialogue — July 31, 2014

Yoda: Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say? You must unlearn what you have learned.
Luke: Awright, I’ll give it a try.
Yoda: No. Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.

— Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980), screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, story by George Lucas

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Teaching. Today’s suggestion by David Proenza.

Trivia: Security surrounding this movie was so intense that George Lucas had regular reports about “leaks” from actors. George Lucas was so determined that the ending be kept secret that he had David Prowse (Darth Vader) say “Obi-Wan killed your father”, and dubbed it later to be “I am your father”. In fact, only five people eventually knew about the ending before the film’s release: George Lucas (came up with the idea in his second draft, after the death of Leigh Brackett), director Irvin Kershner (informed of such during story conferences), writer Lawrence Kasdan (also informed during story and script conferences), Mark Hamill (informed shortly before the shooting of the infamous scene), and James Earl Jones (told during the recording sessions for the final dub, and whom himself believed that Vader was lying).

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by David: “The ultimate lesson.”

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