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Alex Newborn (+5)
"There's a profound moment in the oft-lamented Star Wars Holiday Special, when Jefferson Starship frontman Marty Balin looks skyward as he ponders lyrically, "Yes, I would really like to know. What are they watching us for?""

- Alex Newborn

For

 * 1) Menkooroo 21:35, January 18, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 02:12, January 19, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 13:32, January 19, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Tinwe (comlink) 13:29, January 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Cavalier One FarStar.svg( Squadron channel ) 14:22, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

Ian Liston (+3)
"I play a stormtrooper, in a walker, who's trying to shoot down my own bloody plane."

- Ian Liston, the actor who portrays Wes Janson, on The Empire Strikes Back.

For

 * 1) Well this would explain why he kept missing every shot. Dark Ridley 17:11, March 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:17, March 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 13:18, March 6, 2012 (UTC)

Backstroke of the West (+1)
"Ratio tile, the wish power are together with you."

- A poor translation of "May the Force be with you" from an infamous Episode III bootleg

For

 * 1) trollface.jpg  &mdash;NA YAYEN  22:56, January 20, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 03:34, January 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Mr. Speaker? Menkooroo 03:35, January 22, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Tinwe (comlink) 13:38, January 23, 2012 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) I have yet to see a quote from this abomination that doesn't make me cringe. This one is no different. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Council Chambers Monday, January 23, 2012, 04:45 UTC
 * 2) Huh?  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 14:05, January 23, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) There were a few funny ones but this...this is not one of them. :\ Bella&#39;Mia 05:05, January 27, 2012 (UTC)

For

 * 1) It's lightsaber.  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 14:38, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 03:11, March 2, 2012 (UTC)

30 Rock (+7)
"Wow, that was this creep I went to college with. Such a nerd! And this is coming from someone who wrote lyrics to the song the cantina band plays in Star Wars! [Singing:] Figrin D'an the Kloo horn man, he's from Clak'dorr VII&hellip;."

- Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) reveals her Star Wars fandom

For

 * 1) I always suspected Tina Fey was a Star Wars fan. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 16:26, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I wonder how many people will then try and sing that when they see this quote.  nayayen ★talk  20:08, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) This show is a treasure trove of good Star Wars quotes. Darth Trayus ( Trayus Academy ) 01:49, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Menkooroo 01:58, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 03:11, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Mn, okay.  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 13:30, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) TIEPilot051999 03:39, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Tinwe (comlink) 07:15, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) <-  Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 18:47, March 14, 2012 (UTC)

Against

 * Mm, no Enochf 02:52, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * :/  JangFett  (Talk) 02:21, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

For

 * 1) Read the alt text of the strip too!  nayayen ★talk  18:42, March 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 12:56, March 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 17:47, March 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:42, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5)  Imperators II (Talk) 22:23, March 10, 2012 (UTC)

For

 * BTW, a Blue Milk Special article was trash-compacted a while ago, and I'd kinda like to bring it back Enochf 14:41, March 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * 1)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 14:46, March 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  Imperators II (Talk) 14:57, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 01:00, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

For

 * 1) I should probably watch this show more often, but CBS gives me gastric reflux Enochf 17:04, March 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 13:04, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  Imperators II (Talk) 14:57, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) &mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 15:05, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Tinwe (comlink) 15:20, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) Love BBT <- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 18:52, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 01:00, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

Zero Punctuation (+6)
"I opted for smuggler, it bringing back pleasant memories of an airplane ride I once took with three condoms full of pre-cut Acapulco gold. This, it turned out, is a primarily long-range class, whose job is to hide behind things going pew-pew-pew with a blaster and, in curious defiance to how blasters usually behave in Star Wars, not missing ninety percent of the time."

- Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, reviewing Star Wars: The Old Republic

For

 * 1) On a whim, throwing some Yahtzee out there Enochf 18:45, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 19:01, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) I love Zero Punctuation <- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 19:33, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) The blasters always miss. Unless it's Kyle Katarn who's shooting it.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 20:42, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:29, February 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 20:05, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Zero Punctuation (+6)
"I'm astonished that not a single person gets their hand cut off in this game."

- Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, in the addendum to the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed review

For

 * 1) Enochf 18:45, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) I love Zero Punctuation <- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 19:33, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Who says they don't?&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 20:41, February 24, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:29, February 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 09:34, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6)  nayayen ★talk  01:20, March 1, 2012 (UTC)

Forbes (+7)
"Even beyond this one mistake, by adopting a management style of 'failure leads to Force choking,' Vader developed an organizational culture that was destined to be weak. People would be afraid to offer feedback or suggestions, choosing instead to follow orders to the letter. This ensures that decisions are made at a very high level, and anyone under those levels will lack initiative or the ability to act on their local knowledge. What's more, by punishing failure so harshly, the Empire provides an incentive for people within the organization to actually lead their superiors to failure. After all, the quickest way to promotion in the Empire is for your boss to make a mistake, so it's in your own best interests to ensure that he does."

- Alex Knapp, "Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire," published in Forbes magazine website

For

 * 1) Here's an odd one hot off the presses Enochf 20:44, March 6, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 02:17, March 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 12:58, March 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 17:48, March 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) Tinwe (comlink) 07:07, March 11, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6)  nayayen ★talk  23:39, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Thursday, March 15, 2012, 01:37 UTC

Forbes (+6)
"We here at Forbes aren’t terribly scared of a Galactic Empire whose ground forces can’t face a sustained assault by teddy bears armed with sticks and whose 'ultimate weapon' can be destroyed by farmers or random mining executives with little to no space combat experience."

- Alex Knapp's reaction to Death Star PR's rebuttal to his "Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire"

For

 * 1) I saw DeathStarPR post that. Never thought he'd respond. XD NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 23:27, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  nayayen ★talk  23:39, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 23:50, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 12:53, March 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5)  Imperators II (Talk) 14:58, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) LOL! &mdash;MJ&mdash; Council Chambers Thursday, March 15, 2012, 01:38 UTC

Forbes (+9)
"It was Palpatine’s manipulations that put Jar-Jar in the Senate. Once in the Senate, it was Jar-Jar who led to the vote granting Palpatine the emergency powers he needed to install an army. It was that army that made the Clone Wars possible. It was the Clone Wars that made the Empire possible. No Jar-Jar, no Clone Wars, no Empire. I rest my case right here. Any organization founded on Jar-Jar Binks is doomed to failure."

- Alex Knapp's reaction to Death Star PR's rebuttal to his "Five Leadership Mistakes Of The Galactic Empire"

For

 * 1) NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 23:33, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  nayayen ★talk  23:39, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 23:50, March 12, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Hate me, but...I actually like Jar Jar and the Gungans.  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 12:54, March 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * 5) lol  Imperators II (Talk) 14:59, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 6) I can't count how many times I've thought almost that same exact thing.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 15:06, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 7) Tinwe (comlink) 15:19, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 8) Per Lee. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Holocomm</b> Thursday, March 15, 2012, 01:39 UTC
 * 9) Well summed up. I do believe I've heard Culator put forward that exact line of reasoning. Enochf 05:02, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

Ideal officer (+1)
"The Houk was the kind of bridge officer every Sith officer wanted: more interested in his own job than in taking someone else's job."

- Sith Lord Yaru Korsin about his Houk officer Gloyd

For

 * 1)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 16:21, March 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  Imperators II (Talk) 22:24, March 10, 2012 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) See below.  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:37, March 10, 2012 (UTC)

Comments

 * Should be in QOTD/Other under narrative text. Korsin never actually says or thinks this.  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:37, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thought as much. Please zap it, Enochf.  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 10:01, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Corrected. Thanks, Enochf.  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 22:29, March 10, 2012 (UTC)

Dear 2-1B (+4)
"How many times do I have to tell you people? I mean, I'm only try to help save your lives. You think Star Wars is all about looking cool, but it's not. It's about ensuring the health and survival of all Rebel officers stationed on Hoth Base, and administering medical assistance to all who qualify as listed under calculation zone 6C quadrant 2 – and believe me, I know that at the deepest levels of my programming."

- 2-1B, in the Dear 2-1B advice column

For

 * 1) Not really IU, so I'll put it here Enochf 20:47, March 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2)  Clone Commander Lee  Talk 14:31, March 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 00:42, March 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * 4) Menkooroo 01:08, March 10, 2012 (UTC)

TCW junior novel (+1)
"They walked on in silence. Ahsoka searched her mind for a topic of conversation that wouldn't lead to bad memories for Anakin. Master Yoda's favorite color, maybe? No, that wouldn't do."

- Ahsoka Tano walking through the Tatooinian desert with her trainer, Anakin Skywalker

For

 * 1) It was at the dollar store. I caved and this made me chuckle. NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 23:57, March 14, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Enochf 05:02, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) Not funny.  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 01:00, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

TCW junior novel (-1)
"Ahsoka smiled. Anakin had gone from wishing she didn't exist to praising her in one afternoon."

- Ahsoka Tano elated after destroying a Droideka with her trainer, Anakin Skywalker

For

 * 1) The entire plot of the movie in one sentence. NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 23:57, March 14, 2012 (UTC)

Against

 * 1) Oh fuck off.  IFYLOFD  ( Floyd's crib ) 01:00, March 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * 2) Well, now I almost feel bad jumping on the Against bandwagon... thanks a lot, Floyd! Enochf 05:03, March 15, 2012 (UTC)

Comments

 * Simmer down. :) NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 02:00, March 15, 2012 (UTC)