All Opening Crawls from the Star Wars Movies

All Opening Crawls from the Star Wars Movies

Here you can find the texts from all 9 Opening Crawls that traditionally introduce the plot of the Star Wars movies, aswell as the Opening Crawls that are shown in other Star Wars productions.

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Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.
Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo.
While the congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict....

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several thousand solar systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic. This separatist movement, under the leadership of the mysterious Count Dooku, has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to the Galactic Senate to vote on the critical issue of creating an ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC to assist the overwhelmed Jedi....

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere. In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate. As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor....

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.
Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy….

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the Death Star has been destroyed, Imperial troops have driven the Rebel forces from their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy.
Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker has established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth.
The evil lord Darth Vader, obsessed with finding young Skywalker, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space….

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Luke Skywalker has returned to his home planet of Tatooine in an attempt to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt.
Little does Luke know that the GALACTIC EMPIRE has secretly begun construction on a new armored space station even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star.
When completed, this ultimate weapon will spell certain doom for the small band of rebels struggling to restore freedom to the galaxy....

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

The EVIL GALACTIC EMPIRE has failed and a NEW REPUBLIC has risen to take its place. However, sinister agents are already at work to undermine the fragile peace.
A plot is underway to find the lost IMPERIAL GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN and bring him out of exile. Once presumed dead, rumors are spreading on Thrawn's return which would galvanize the IMPERIAL REMNANTS and start another war.
Former Jedi Knight AHSOKA TANO captured one of Thrawn's allies and learned of a secret map which is vital to the enemy's plan. Ahsoka now searches for the map as her prisoner, MORGAN ELSBETH, is transported to the New Republic for trial....

Star Wars: Ahsoka - Season 1 Episode 1

Luke Skywalker has vanished. In his absence, the sinister FIRST ORDER has risen from the ashes of the Empire and will not rest until Skywalker, the last Jedi, has been destroyed.
With the support of the REPUBLIC, General Leia Organa leads a brave RESISTANCE. She is desperate to find her brother Luke and gain his help in restoring peace and justice to the galaxy.
Leia has sent her most daring pilot on a secret mission to Jakku, where an old ally has discovered a clue to Luke’s whereabouts....

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

The FIRST ORDER reigns. Having decimated the peaceful Republic, Supreme Leader Snoke now deploys his merciless legions to seize military control of the galaxy.
Only General Leia Organa's band of RESISTANCE fighters stand against the rising tyranny, certain that Jedi Master Luke Skywalker will return and restore a spark of hope to the fight.
But the Resistance has been exposed. As the First Order speeds toward the rebel base, the brave heroes mount a desperate escape....

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE.
GENERAL LEIA ORGANA dispatches secret agents to gather intelligence, while REY, the last hope of the Jedi, trains for battle against the diabolical FIRST ORDER.
Meanwhile, Supreme Leader KYLO REN rages in search of the phantom Emperor, determined to destroy any threat to his power....

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

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Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering.

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24

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

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11

Your focus determines your reality.

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9

There aren't enough Jedi to protect the Republic. We're keepers of the peace, not soldiers.

Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

1

Truly wonderful the mind of a child is.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

7

Children & Childhood

Obi-Wan: "What took you so long?"
Anakin: "Well, you know, Master, I couldn't find a speeder that I really liked... with an open cockpit and the right speed capabilities."
Obi-Wan: "If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman."
Anakin: "I thought I already did."
Obi-Wan: "Only in your mind, my very young apprentice."

Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

7

This is how liberty dies - with thunderous applause!

Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

9

Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way.

Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

7

If you're not with me, then you're my enemy.

Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

7

Enemies & Opponents

Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

9

The Force will be with you. Always.

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

10

Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them!

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

9

Oh, great warrior? Wars not make one great.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

12

Do or do not. There is no try.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

13

C-3PO: "The possibility of successfully navigatin an asteroid field is approximately 3720 to 1."
Han Solo: "Never tell me the odds!"

Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

3

You will find that many of the truths we cling to, depend greatly on our own point of view.

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

11

I'll never turn to the dark side. You've failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.

Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

4

Luke: "I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you!"
Vader: "You already have, Luke."

Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

1

Impatience for victory will guarantee defeat.

Baylan Skoll in Star Wars: Ahsoka - Season 1 Episode 7

Typical. Always a plan, never a good one.

Sabine Wren in Star Wars: Ahsoka - Season 1 Episode 6

Anakin: "I'm here to finish your training."
Ahsoka: "It's a little late for that."
Anakin: "One is never too old to learn, Snips."

Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Ahsoka - Season 1 Episode 5

Thought it was a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. A magical power holding together good and evil, the dark side and the light? Crazy thing is, it's true. The Force, the Jedi - all of it. It's all true.

Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

2

Women always figure out the truth. Always.

Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

4

That lightsaber was Luke's. And his father's before him. And now, it calls to you.

Maz Kanata in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens - to Rey

Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night.

Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

5

We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

3

The greatest teacher failure is.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

2

Failures & Mistakes Learning

Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny.

Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

3

Palpatine: "A scavenger girl is no match for the power in me. I am all the Sith!"
Rey: "And I am all the Jedi!"

Rey Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

1

Poe Dameron: "What are you doing there, Threepio?"
C-3PO: "Taking one last look, sir... at my friends."

C-3PO in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

1

Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.

Master Yoda in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

8

Bo-Katan: "I haven't seen battle droids since the Clone Wars."
Din: "I have."
Bo-Katan: "Any of 'em look suspicious?"
Din: "They all look suspicious."

Din Djarin in The Mandalorian - Season 3 Episode 6

This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi, and will soon see the end of the rebellion.

Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

3

In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

4

Not all Mandalorians are bounty hunters. Some of us serve a higher purpose.

Bo-Katan in The Mandalorian - Season 2 Episode 8

1

As a Jedi, we were trained to be keepers of the peace, not soldiers. But all I've been since I was a Padawan is a soldier.

Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 7 Episode 11

1

Anakin: "When I got to them, we got into aggressive negotiations."
Padmé: "Aggressive negotiations? What's that?"
Anakin: "Well, negotiations with a lightsaber."

Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2

If you start deporting every shady looking guy with questionable tattoos, who's gonna go to Jets games?

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