"You're safe. When we heard about Alderaan, we feared the worst."

[USS Triumphant]

"I mean, an entire planetary population was just murdered, but you know, screw them: we were really just worried about YOU."

What other dialog in the Star Wars series struck you as tone deaf or just really OFF?

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I didn't find that line off at all. They had a lot of time to mourn for all those people, but it was at the moment when the Empire was about to blow THEM up... not only did they care about Leia in particular because she was the Rebellion's Liaison to the government at the time, but she also literally had their only hope of fighting the Empire. Let's not forget there is a pulpiness to the story. All things being equal, they should have spent the whole movie mourning over the loss of the planet, but there is a need in this kind of story to look ahead and to fight the fight. I love how Luke is portrayed in A New Hope, it's his first adventure away from home and there is something about how he carries himself in the corridor fights where he thinks he's not gonna get shot (and he doesn't). He has that naivete that is portrayed so perfectly, and brought down a few notches in the next film.

 

[sidious618]

That line makes perfect sense. There are a lot of stupid lines in Star Wars, but that ain't one of them. If I saw my friend after his country has been blown up, I'd probably say something similar.

In terms of terrible dialogue, it's like shooting fish in a barrel with AotC, so something from that, probably.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Just start with the prequels. You will be finding bad, "off" dialogue until the end of time, such as anything starting with "weesa," "Now this is podracing!" (I did not know the average podrace involved a large space battle where a large number of people are being blasted to dust....

That entire "romantic / playful" exchange between Anakin & Padme in ROTS (apartment balcony) was not only badly delivered, but was clumsy and embarrassing.

 

[martok2112]

Just start with the prequels. You will be finding bad, "off" dialogue until the end of time, such as anything starting with "weesa," "Now this is podracing!" (I did not know the average podrace involved a large space battle where a large number of people are being blasted to dust....

That entire "romantic / playful" exchange between Anakin & Padme in ROTS (apartment balcony) was not only badly delivered, but was clumsy and embarrassing.

To be fair, the "Now this is podracing" line was spoken by Anakin as a little kid. And we all know kids say the darndest things.

Such a line would've probably better been spoken by Anakin as a teenager driving a speeder in the chase through the spires and heavy traffic of Coruscant in AotC.

I will agree about that "lovey dovey" exchange between Anakin and Padme in the apartment in RotS. That was pretty cringeworthy, despite being spoken in my favorite SW movie.

 

[Candlelight]

"...before I knew it, I was elected Queen..."

Elected? ELECTED??

 

[Mr Light]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elective_monarchy

 

[Greylock Crescent]

In terms of terrible dialogue, it's like shooting fish in a barrel with AotC, so something from that, probably.

There is that sequence when Anakin uses the word "Master" something like six times within twenty seconds.

It's ... masterfull.

 

[martok2112]

"...before I knew it, I was elected Queen..."

Elected? ELECTED??

Supreme executive authority is not derived just because some water winch lobs a scimitar at you!

(And I may have completely screwed that line up. )

 

[The Old Mixer]

I think you meant "wench", and it was actually "watery tart".

 

[RoJoHen]

The prequels are seriously painful to listen to. I feel so bad that the actors had to speak such lines.

 

[Maurice]

"...before I knew it, I was elected Queen..."

Elected? ELECTED??

Supreme executive authority is not derived just because some water winch lobs a scimitar at you!

(And I may have completely screwed that line up. )

I think you meant "wench", and it was actually "watery tart".

Nope. You've conflated two lines. It's...

You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

 

[The Old Mixer]

He conflated the line. The phrase "watery tart" was in there, and is closer to the one he used than "moistened bint".

 

[martok2112]

Not only did I screw the line up (as I figured I did), I completely pooch screwed the spelling too.

Oh, for shame.



(But my heart was in the right place.)

Humorous sideline: I remember one morning, walking into the bar where I perform. We had a female bartender opening up her bar, and we had just opened up. I walked up to the bar and I burped like a stinking Bourbon Street drunk, and called out to her in my best impersonation of an inebriate slur as she had her back to me : "Bar wench!"

She whirled around angrily. If looks could kill... Anyway, she bellows: "What the fuck?!!" She only caught a glimpse of who had said that because I had collapsed to the floor, breathless from laughing so hard. When I was finally able to regain my feet and stand up (my face, I'm sure, red as beets from uncontrollable laughter), she chuckled and then started laughing herself. "You S.O.B.!" She said.

Good times.

 

[Kor]

Captain Typho: "We made it. I guess I was wrong, there was no danger at all."
*BOOOOM*

Though I must point out that the Saturday-afternoon matinee serials of the 1930s, which Lucas loved and used as the basis for Star Wars, were filled with silly, cringe-worthy dialog. So in this regard, the SW prequel trilogy is actually more faithful to that genre than the original trilogy! Why is this such a problem?

Kor

 

[Mach5]

"...before I knew it, I was elected Queen..."

Elected? ELECTED??

"Popular rule is not democracy, Annie. It gives the people what they want, not what they need. And, truthfully, I was relieved when my two terms were up."

Is it really democracy if it's the politicians who decide what the people need, and not the people themselves?

 

[martok2112]

"...before I knew it, I was elected Queen..."

Elected? ELECTED??

"Popular rule is not democracy, Annie. It gives the people what they want, not what they need. And, truthfully, I was relieved when my two terms were up."

Is it really democracy if it's the politicians who decide what the people need, and not the people themselves?

[Palpantine-esque voice] I find your inquiry -- most enlightening. Here, have this drink. We have much to discuss. (Doing best to conceal lightsaber behind back.)