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"They [the Jedi] trained more than anything else to understand the transitional nature of life, that things are constantly changing and you can't hold on to anything. You can love things but you can't be attached to them. You must be willing to let the flow of life and the flow of the Force move through your life, move through you. So that you can be compassionate and loving and caring, but not be possessive and grabbing and holding on to things and trying to keep things the way they are. Letting go is the central theme of the film."
―George Lucas[src]
"When writing Jedi I look to the stoics. The code and the stoics teaching fits hand in hand. But like the stoics, the most fascinating Jedi to me are those who are still striving for the perfection of their philosophy, the ones who still struggle and, at times, fail. [Quotes Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.33: Receive without pride, let go without attachment.[4]"
―Author Cavan Scott, 23 July, 2021[src]
"The best way to pursue happiness is to help other people. Nothing else will make you happier."
―George Lucas, as quoted by Dave Filoni[src]

An incomplete collection of quotes relating to the central theme of Star Wars.[1][2][3][5] Prominently used by George Lucas and his student Dave Filoni as the core thematic motif of Star Wars, as well as writers such as Chris Avellone and Alex Wheeler, letting go is present throughout Star Wars media. Since 2013, the Lucasfilm Story Group has overseen storytelling in the new canon as well as ongoing Legends continuity material, i.e. Star Wars: The Old Republic, to offer expertise on past stories as well as George Lucas' values in order ensure continuity from a thematic point of view.

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"Time. That's what's left when you strip away everything else. […] From a certain perspective, time's the only thing a thief ever really steals. And it's the only gift an irredeemable disaster can give to anyone. […] You know what I think? Whether you're hanging on to rage or regret or greed or grief…sometimes?
Love is letting go."
―Chelli Lona Aphra, in a holo-message to her lover, her protégé, and her father.[src]
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Luke Skywalker lets go of his life.

Luke Skywalker lets go of his life.
Holding on and letting go

Holding on and letting go

Thematically irrelevant instances of "let go" are omitted.[6] Other key words are underlined. Note that although the 3D The Clone Wars (Seasons 1-6) is listed under "Dave Filoni," it is part of both the Canon and Legends continuities. For more information on continuity, see Star Wars Legends and Canon.
Following section covers time until the release of The Phantom Menace. Latest direct mention of letting go:
29th Sep, 2021

1971–1998

"Use the Force, Luke. Let go, Luke."
―Obi-Wan Kenobi guides Luke Skywalker to save the Rebellion from the Death Star[src]
Year Source
Writer(s)		 Quote Released
1971 THX 1138
George Lucas
Walter Murch 		"We are only here to help you. You have nothing—" [THX 1138 takes hold of policeman 16's Force pike-like weapon]
"Watch it! Come on now, we don't want to hurt you. Let go."

—Policemen 3947 and 16 capture THX 1138, who ignores their lies and tries to free himself and his lover from their consumerist society and totalitarian surveillance-state. Eventually, THX escapes to the surface world instead of fighting back with violence.[src] (image)

1971-03-11
1976 In the filming of A New Hope
Peter Diamond 		"As we swung across, there was a terrible tear, and my buddy said to me, 'Peter, your harness has snapped!' and Mark, 'I'm not going in that stupid—it's too dangerous!' And this is where I discovered you had to be a good liar. I said, 'no, there's nothing wrong with the harness; I split my trousers as I landed.' He said, 'oh I thought it was the harness,' I said, 'Mark, I wouldn't let you go on this if it was dangerous.'"

—Peter Diamond, on the Death Star chasm swing Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill performed[src]

2004-09-21
1976 In the filming of A New Hope
George Lucas 		"[…] I come in on weekends and recut the film on my own, and I tried to get the editor cut it my way and he didn't want to so I had to let the editor go. So I had no editor, I was behind schedule, I had to race to finish the movie […]"

—George Lucas reflects on the making of Star Wars[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A_54T6-EcI&list=PL148kCvXk8pDDlx6g0Blzl6b8COFSMFRb&index=4 [src]

2004-09-21
1977 A New Hope
George Lucas 		"Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him."
"You mean it controls your actions?"
"Partially, but it also obeys your commands. […] This time, let go of your conscious self… and act on instinct.

—Obi-Wan Kenobi mentors Luke Skywalker
"It'd be as well to let it go. It's too far out of range." —Obi-Wan Kenobi, as the Millennium Falcon trails a lone TIE fighter. The Falcon is captured by the Death Star as a result.
"Help him! What happened?"
"I don't know! It just…let go of me and disappeared!" —Leia and Luke in the trash compactor, regarding the dianoga
"Use the Force, Luke. Let go, Luke." —Obi-Wan Kenobi guides Luke Skywalker. The Rebellion is saved from the Death Star as a result.

1977-05-25
1980 The Empire Strikes Back
George Lucas 		"Your weapons, you will not need them."

—Yoda (used again here)

1980-05-20
1983 Return of the Jedi
George Lucas 		"You can't do this, I felt the conflict within you; let go of your hate."

—Luke Skywalker, to his father
"Take your weapon! Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!"Darth Sidious tempts Luke Skywalker (used again here)
Luke Skywalker throwing his lightsaber (life) away.[7] Also observed by Dave Filoni: "[…] but what saves Luke is his ability to look at all that and look at his father and say: 'No. I'm gonna throw away this weapon, I'm not gonna do that; I'm gonna let that go and be selfless. […] Anakin then in that moment has to decide to be the father that he's never had; he has to give up all the power in the galaxy and save his son. And that's the selfless attitude, that he returns for his son, and that's what saves him in terms of—the son saves the father, the father saves the son—and it works out perfectly, and I draw that line all the way from Phantom Menace to Jedi—that's the story of Star Wars, and everything else— [interrupted by Jon Favreau] […]" —Dave Filoni[src]

1983-06-02

(film) 2020-05-08 (Filoni)

1985 Ewoks
"The Land of the Gupins"
Bob Carrau 		Summary: As hostile Grass Trekkers attack the Gupin stronghold, the self-proclaimed King of the Gupins, Punt, takes the key that unlocks the Juniper Chest, a sacred item that gives Gupins their magical powers, from the wingless Gupin Mring-Mring. Punt believes that by doing so, he would become the one who would save his people as foretold by a prophecy. Mring-Mring lets Punt do so, though in the false king's selfishness, the key is broken. Mring-Mring insteads inserts his hand into the Chest, opening it himself and allowing Gupins to tap into its power and thus defeat the invading Grass Trekkers. Additionally, as a result of unlocking the Chest himself, Mring-Mring finally gains his wings and is crowned king. 1985-10-26
1993 Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas
Bob Carrau 		Cantina single: "If Only I Could Let Go and Cry" 1993-11-01
1993 Tales of the Jedi 2: Ulic Qel-Droma and the Beast Wars of Onderon, Part 2
Tom Veitch 		"I'm sorry…we have a strict ban on alien races entering the Royal Citadel […]"
"Didn't I say it? We are Jedi! Let him go!"

—An Onderonian guard and Ulic Qel-Droma, regarding the Twi'lek Jedi Tott Doneeta
"Let the worm-head go. I sense the Force in them. These three are Jedi […] —Queen Amanoa of Onderon
"All your ancestors belonged to the dark side, Galia. But that is over. The shadow has been broken. Let go of the past. You are free! —Jedi Master Arca Jeth speaks to Galia, the heiress to Onderon's throne, daughter of Queen Amanoa, and descendant of Freedon Nadd (Sith apprentice to Darth Naga Sadow, in turn apprenticed to Simus)

1993-11-15
1993 Tales of the Jedi 3: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, Part 1
Tom Veitch 		"Let go of that droid. He didn't do anything to you."
"Oh yeah? Who sez?"

—Andur Sunrider and Hutt henchman Quanto, regarding A-3DO. Quanto is halved by a lightsaber soon after.

1993-12-01
1993 Tales of the Jedi 4: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, Part 2
Tom Veitch 		"Vima! Let them go! Stay with mama!"

—Nomi Sunrider warns her daughter, Vima, from chasing after neeks running off to a dark side lake. Vima does not listen and is nearly killed by mutant dragons.

1994-01-18
1996 The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook
Kathy Tyers, Eric S. Trautmann, Bill Smith 		"Please, let Eppie go."
"The valiant resistance leader weakens? […] I will either execute your wife, or I will ensure that she causes me no more trouble. […] Choose, Belden."

—Orn Belden and Wilek Nereus, who forces the former to choose between letting his lover, Eppie, die in pain for Bakura, or for her to be painlessly transformed with an operation. Belden eventually choses to not let go:

He mustn't think about Eppie suffering. He must think of Bakura. What would his choice mean to the Senate? If Eppie lived, Nereus could threaten her again and again, controlling him, leveraging Bakura. Brave Eppie was willing to die. Shouldn't he let her go?
But he loved her. He bowed his head. He couldn't look at her. Evidently a coward's love was worthless - but love was all he had left.

1996-02-?
1996 The New Rebellion
Kristine Kathryn Rusch 		He didn't believe Kueller was letting him leave so easily.
"What do you want from me, when I return to Telti?" Brakiss asked.
"Skywalker."

— Brakiss is tasked with taking down Luke Skywalker by the dark-sider Kueller

She had even worn her hair in the long-outdated style, braids wrapped around her ears, in defiance of the new Senate members—as a sign that Chief of State Leia Organa Solo was once Leia Organa, princess, senator, and Rebel leader. Han had kissed her roughly before she left their apartments and had grinned at her. Well, Your Worship, does this mean I get to go back to being a scoundrel?
She had laughingly pushed him away, but his words echoed even as Mon Mothma spoke. Perhaps Leia was the problem. Perhaps she was not willing to move forward.
Perhaps she was the one unwilling to let go of the past. — Leia, as former Imperials are allowed to be elected into the New Republic Senate

Jarril: "Some life. Sitting around all day, watching the babies while the little woman runs her own private empire."
Han Solo: [grab's Jarril's shirt collar] "Watch it, pal."
[…]
Han: "What do you want?"
Jarril: "I want help, Han"
(Narrator): Han let Jarril go. Jarril slammed back into his seat. […]

"I'm getting you medical care, sweetheart."
"Let me go, Han."
"You've helped enough. We're going to the center."
"I've got to go in there."
"I'll go in. You stay here."
"Let me go, Han."
"[…] I don't want you to die because you don't know when to quit."
"I'm not going to die."
"Lady, I wish I were as sure of that as you are."
―Han and Leia. The latter is injured by the bombing of the Senate Hall[src]

"Put down the blaster."
Jarril shrugged and let go.
"I wasn't going to use it anyway." —A stormtrooper and Jarril. After a brief interrogation on the spot, the stormtroopers murder Jarril.

He remembered Ben and Yoda; he always let those students go although he gave them the same admonition Yoda had given him: Mind what you have learned. And in his mind he always added the next sentence: Save you it can —Luke Skywalker, on allowing his Jedi students to leave their training behind. Luke had let the Imperial Brakiss go, allowing him to fall to the dark side and become an agent of evil.

"The secret to using your powers, Leia, is to let go of what you know. Let the Force guide you." —Luke's teaching to Leia, as remembered by the latter

Letting go of those emotions was harder than anything she had tried. Since she was eighteen years old, she had fought the Empire. It had destroyed her home, murdered her beloved father, and given her a twisted birthright from an evil man, a birthright she had tried to cleanse by naming her youngest son after that evil man's good side. She had been tortured, shot, and wounded in explosions. She had lost friends over and over again to the Empire.
And now she was expected to coexist with them. […] She couldn't abandon that. She couldn't let go. For if she let go of her hatred for the Empire, she might lose the love she had found in the Rebellion. Mon Mothma had the ability to set those passions aside. But that had been part of the reason she had stepped down. — Leia, Senate election results day. (Former Imperials held a majority after the Senate Hall bombing) However, Leia is torn as she reminds herself of Luke's teachings: fear and anger and hate belonged to the dark side.

He had had to report, and he had, on the condition that they let him go. His information had been valuable enough, and his mind damaged enough, that they had let him go. He had run until Kueller found him, and Kueller had put him together again.
For a price.
Skywalker. — Brakiss, forced to serve Kueller

"Were you expecting me, Brakiss?"
"At some point, Skywalker. You never let your students go easily."
"It's been years. Students make their own choices. You aren't the only student I've lost."
"I was the only member of the Empire to best you."
"This is an Imperial facility, then?"
"No. It's mine."
"You're no longer with the Empire. See, Brakiss? Some good did come from your stay on Yavin 4."
"I'm not with the Empire any longer because the Empire no longer exists."
"There are still enclaves."
"Powerless groups who cannot let go of the past. I have a new life here, Skywalker. I don't need you."
―Brakiss and Luke confront each other. Brakiss states that he no longer uses the Force, but Luke reminds him that he still holds a lightsaber. Brakiss lets it go and asks what Luke wants, to which Luke offers the former Imperial a chance to return to the light. Brakiss picks up his lightsaber again and attacks Luke.[src]
"You tried and you failed, and Skywalker, out of the goodness of his Jedi heart, let you live."
" […] I hate Skywalker."
"You don’t hate Skywalker. You hate the way he makes you feel. You hate yourself, Brakiss. You hate what you've become."
―Kueller and Brakiss[src]

The ledge was slippery. Lando's boots were made for metal floors, not water-and-slime-covered rock. The Reks helped him keep his balance, but if they let go, he might fall into the green-coated water. The thought made him shudder.

Letting his students go was the hardest part of teaching: allowing them to make their own mistakes, allowing them to be themselves, allowing them to choose their own paths. Brakiss had a great deal to fight from his past; Luke hoped that Brakiss would make the correct choice for the future.

"And I can't believe you think we're simplistic enough to think that you can let go of your enmity toward your former enemies. How many Imperial soldiers did you kill on Endor, Princess? How many minor bureaucrats died when the Death Star blew?"
―Senator Meido, believing that Han and Leia caused the bombing of the Senate Hall[src]
"Trust Mon Mothma, Leia. She managed to unify a diverse group of Rebels and make them into a real government. She has a devious side."
"What's her plan?"
"To let us go. The ships are already being prepared. She believes we need to get rid of this Kueller as quickly as we can. Under your leadership, we can do that, Leia."
―Wedge Antilles and Leia, on Mon Mothma's plan to allow a new rebel fleet to attack Kueller without full permission from the Senate[src]

As he opened his mouth, an energy quarrel bubbled through the water and lodged in the back of Nandreeson's throat. Fire spewed from his mouth, instantly doused by the water. He let go of Lando's leg and Lando swam for the surface. — Nandreeson lets Lando go, but only after being shot in the throat

"I thought you were dead. Nandreeson wasn't going to let you live."
―Ana Blue to Lando, regarding Nandreeson[src]
"No pushing, buddy. You almost didn't survive that one."
"I'm tough."
"Stupid is more like it. What were you thinking, coming back to the Run?"
"I had to find you, Han. You can let go now."
―Han and Lando. The latter was injured in the leg[src]

There was nothing to grab on to. So the next time the tongue slammed him against the roof, he dug his fingers into the soft palate. The creature yelped and pushed at him with its tongue. Luke let go, the jaws opened, and he was sailing through the air. — Luke escapes the maw of Kueller's beast by letting go

Kueller let go. Yanne dropped to his knees, and remained there, gasping. Kueller reminds Yanne of his place with a Force choke

"Tell me how useful you are to Skywalker, and I might let you go. [… Brakiss shocks Fardreamer with Force lightning] Your friend Skywalker frowns on such use of the Force, but I find it helpful. Now cooperate with me, Fardreamer, and I'll let you go."
―Brakiss and Fardreamer[src]
 1996-12-?
1997 Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire 4: The Dogs of War
Kevin J. Anderson 		"The enemies are defeated…at great cost to the city of Coruscant…let them go back to their Sith Empire."

—Having won the Battle of Coruscant, Jedi Master Memit Nadill lets the surviving Sith retreat[src]

1997-07-17

1999–2005

"I miss her."
"Afraid to lose her, I think, hmm?"
"What has that got to do with anything?"
"Everything."
―Anakin Skywalker, attached to his mother and possessive of their bond, is trialed by Yoda[src]
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Anakin loved his mother, Shmi

Anakin loved his mother, Shmi
Anakin at

Anakin at Varykino

The following section covers the period between the release of The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith
Year Source
Writer(s)		 Quote Released
1999 The Phantom Menace novelization
Terry Brooks, based on screenplay by George Lucas 		"Oh boi, oh boi! I love yous, love yous forever!" *begins kissing Qui-Gon*
"Let go! Are you brainless? You almost got us killed!"
"Brainless? I speak!"
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent! Now let go of me and get out of here!"

—Jar Jar Binks and Qui-Gon Jinn's first encounter

1999-04-21
1999 "One" TV commercial campaign tone poems
Shmi Skywalker: One Love 		"Don't look back before you go.
Eyes forward. Choices to make; dreams to realize.
Don't look back before you go.
Know the truth. Learn to let go.
Don't look back before you go, before you leave…me."

—Shmi Skywalker, to Anakin

1999-05-03
1999 The Phantom Menace
George Lucas 		Qui-Gon: "What's this all about?"
Ani: "He said I cheated."
Qui-Gon: "Did you?"
Ani: "No!"
Qui-Gon: "Do you still think he cheated?"
**Greedo speaks in native language and nods**
Qui-Gon: "Well Ani, you know the truth. You'll just have to tolerate his opinion. Fighting will no change it."

—Anakin fights Greedo after the podrace, but is interrupted by Qui-Gon (deleted scene)
"Son, my place is here. My future is here. It is time for you to let go… to let go of me. I cannot go with you."
"I don't want things to change." —Shmi and Anakin Skywalker
"You can't stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting." —Shmi to Anakin

1999-07-16
1999 The Phantom Menace soundtrack (Extended Edition)
John Williams 		Letting Go / Attack Of The Sith


Anakin leaving Shmi and Tatooine + desert duel scene

2002 Attack of the Clones
George Lucas 		"I haven't worked for a year to defeat the Military Creation Act to not be here when its fate is decided!"
"Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is requested of us."
"Anakin… you've grown up."

—Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker

"The thought of not being with you— I can't breathe. […] You are in my very soul, tormenting me. […] "
"We can't. It's… just not possible."
"Anything is possible, Padmé, listen to me."
"No, you listen! We live in the real world. Come back to it. […] If you follow your thoughts through to conclusion, it'll take us to a place we cannot go—regardless of the way we feel about each other."
"You're asking me to be rational. That is something I know I cannot do." —Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala
"Where are you going?"
"To find Obi-Wan."
"No, you're not."
"Let go of me." —Padmé Amidala, to Anakin Skywalker[8]

2002-05-16
2003 Making of Revenge of the Sith
George Lucas 		"What drove me to make these movies is that this is a really interesting story about how people go bad. In this particular case, the premise is: Nobody thinks they're bad. They simply have different points of view. This is about a kid that's really wonderful. He has some flaws—and those flaws ultimately do him in. The core issue, ultimately, is greed, possessiveness—the inability to let go. Not only to hold on to material things, which is greed, but to hold on to life, to the people you love—to not accept the reality of life's passages and changes, which is to say things come, things go. Everything changes. Anakin becomes emotionally attached to things, his mother, his wife. That's why he falls—because he does not have the ability to let go."

—George Lucas, 13th April; after creation of 1st draft[src] (See also: "Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: An Oral History" section)

2005-04-02
2003 26th June; revised draft 4 of ROTS
George Lucas 		Voice of Palpatine: "You do know, don't you, if the Jedi destroy me, any chance of saving her will be lost."
Padmé: "I truly, deeply love you. Before I die. I want you to know."
C-3PO: "My Lady, are you…Are you all right?"
Anakin: "I can't do this…I can't let her die."

—Padmé's Ruminations scene. Anakin then rushes out of the Council Chamber to his speeder[src]
"Just help me save Padme's life. I can't live without her. I won't let her die. I want the power to stop death." —After causing the death of Mace Windu, Anakin pledges himself to Darth Sidious, blatantly stating his motives[src]
"Failed to stop the Sith Lord, I have. Still much to learn, there is…"
"Patience. You will have time. I did not. When I became one with the Force I made a great discovery. With my training, you will be able to merge with the Force at will. Your physical self will fade away, but you will still retain your consciousness. You will become more powerful than any Sith."
"Eternal consciousness."
"The ability to defy oblivion can be achieved, but only for oneself. It was accomplished by a Shaman of the Whills. It is a state acquired through compassion, not greed."
"…to become one with the Force, and influence still have…A power greater than all, it is."
"You will learn to let go of everything. No attachment, no thought of self. No physical self."
"A great Jedi Master, you have become, Qui-Gon Jinn. Your apprentice I gratefully become." —Yoda speaks to the spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn on Polis Massa[src]

2003 KotOR I
"And I let her go. To my shame, she went on to kill many Jedi during the war until she, herself, was slain in the final battle. […] Even though I… deserved every punishment and more… they let me go. Mitigating circumstances, they said. I deserved compassion, they said. That… that was when the Jedi left me. That was when they failed me. They may have been able to forgive me. I… could never forgive myself."
―Jolee Bindo, on letting go of his love, Nayama, and being let go of by the Jedi Council's compassion[src]
"The Jedi just let you go?"
―One of the player's options as Revan, speaking to Jolee Bindo[src]
"I don't know. Maybe. He might have killed me if I tried, or I might have killed him. I was stupid, however, and I let him go."
―Carth Onasi, about letting Saul Karath go. Karath then laid waste to Taris[src]
 2003-07-15
2004 Star Wars: Clone Wars
Bryan Andrews
Darrick Bachman
Paul Rudish
Director Genndy Tartakovsky 		"Anakin, I'm also sensing something strange, but you must let that ship go. It's baiting you."

—Obi-Wan Kenobi speaks to Anakin Skywalker via comlink as Skywalker pursues Asajj Ventress[src]

2004-13-26
2004 KotOR II
Chris Avellone 		"[…] he [Darth Sion] will not let us go without blood being shed."

—Kreia speaks to the Exile at Peragus

Kreia's eyes were atrophied, though she could "see" more than any other NPC in The Sith Lords.

"There is nothing wrong with my sight, if that is your question. …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiyTWWYLrCw " —Kreia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPBAHnhjHEM

"Very well. I am sad to see her go, but it's true that it is always best to avoid becoming attached to anything, in my line of work."
―Doton Het, on selling Ramana to the Jedi Exile[src]
Chodo Habat: "Have you acquired the files?"
B-4D4: "1. Yes. I have transferred them to this datapad."
Chodo Habat: "Good. You are free to go."
Moza: "Is it a good idea for us to just let it go, Chodo?"
Chodo Habat: "I don't see why not."
Moza: "It is capable of lying. Droid are not made to lie, so people do not expect it. Imagine the trouble it could cause."
Chodo Habat: "B-4D4 aided us agaist Czerka, using his abilities for the greater good. I do not believe there will be any problems."
B-4D4: "1. I assure you that I will cause no trouble, Master Habat."
Chodo Habat: "Very well. Farewell, B-4D4"
―Ithorians Chodo Habat and Moza discuss whether to let the Exile-controlled B-4D4-GE3 droid, who had helped them on Citadel Station, go[src]
"If these Sith attacked you, they will soon realize their mistake. And if you escaped… they most likely let you go to see if you would lead them here."
―Atris to the Exile at the Telosian Jedi Academy, regarding the Exile's escape from Peragus[src]

The Exile: "Those Jedi were all on the Council that exiled me."
Bao-Dur: "A strange coincidence."
Kreia: "It is no coincidence. There is some larger plan at work here. And we are walking into it. This is too convenient to be anything but a trap."
The Exile: We have no choice—those Jedi know what happened to me." —The Exile, Bao-Dur, and Kreia discuss after watching a holo-recording of the Exile's trial.

"Atris says that you fell to the Dark Side [sic] in the Mandalorian Wars when you gave in to your lust for battle. Once you tasted war, you could not give it up —"The Last Handmaiden" meets the Exile for the first time[src]

"I want to become like you. I want to be strong! I don't want to be afraid or alone anymore.I… I… I don't want to keep running, and looking, and never feel like I'm finding what I'm looking for. I'm tired of being hunted. When the galaxy takes something from me, I want the power to let go… and I want the power to heal the echo when it's gone."
"4. Sometimes it is difficult to let go of such things." —Mira and the Jedi Exile

"It will grant you strength, vitality for the times ahead. Forsake it, deny it, and you will deny power."
"The only power I need is myself."
"Ah… and that is the choice of Malachor V, at last. You have made a strange choice—a unique choice. Very well, I accept it."
"[You have turned away from power—the true lesson of strength—gaining experience and +2 to Wisdom]"
"And know that that is the true lesson of strength—to turn away from strength that is not your own."
"Were you testing me?"
"I'm always testing you, never forget that. Always be on your guard—otherwise, you may learn something." —Kreia and the Exile converse[src]

"Learn the ways of the Force. I could teach you. But you must let go of your anger, or else it would destroy you, and you will fall. […] Your anger fills you and consumes you. You feel it everytime you think of Malachor. But you must find a way to let it go. Let the Force heal you and protect you. Open yourself to it." —The Exile, to Bao-Dur[src]

1. "[Awareness] Kreia respects one who can turn away from power, Sion, not one who is a slave to it." —The Exile, to Darth Sion

2. "[Intelligence] She has chosen me because I gave up the Force—and you could not. Let go, and you will understand."The Exile, to Darth Sion (src begins)

"There is no life without the Force… the Force is a blade, without it, one is defenseless."
1. "Yet I survived. And strong enough to face you now." 2. "The Force is only a part of what life is, Sion. You feel it, but do not understand it." 3. "If you are afraid to let go of power, then that is weakness." —Sion and the Exile

"Why… why did she [Kreia] choose you? What makes you able to defeat me, defeat me here? (Malachor V, a well of darkness)
1. "Because I was able to turn away from it [the Force]. And you could not." 2. "In giving up the Force, one can gain strengths that would be impossible otherwise" 3. "The place is not what matters. It is the man." 4. "It is simple. As she did, I was forced to survive without the Force. That is what she respects." —Sion and the Exile

"The Force is who I am—the dark side fills me. It is what I am."
1. "And Kreia hates the Force, even as she wields it. If the Force is what you are, then that is what she despises." 2. "The Force fills an empty, shattered shell. There is little left of the man you once were—you know this." 3. "It is possible to live without the Force. And die without it." —Sion and the Exile

(After selecting 1. above) 1. "It is the truth, Sion… you feel it. Let go. It is not such a terrible thing." 2. "What kind of life have you lived with the Force flowing through you. Was it worth living?" 3. "I have beaten you. Admit it, finally, and surrender." —The Exile (src ends)

"I have thought of this moment, more than you know. And I wondered, if here, at this ending between us, if you would care enough to try to save me—if you could find it within yourself to spare one who has fallen so far. And I wondered, if here, at this ending between us, if you would care enough to try to save me—if a Jedi could find it within themselves to spare one who has fallen so far. I wanted you to say that you would save me. For that, I am grateful. I wanted you to say those words—for that I am grateful. But I do not want your mercy. I want you to be complete, as you were meant to be. To let the echo die, and hear the sound of the Force again." —Kreia, to the Exile

2004-12-06
2004 ILM, making of ROTS
George Lucas 		Animator Shawn Kelly: "They do this a lot in video games."
Rick McCallum: "That is cool, George. But I know you're not gonna like it."
George Lucas: "I like it, but in theory…"
John Knoll: "Darth Vader throws his lightsaber on the walkway [in Episode VI]"
RM: "Yeah! Let's do it!"
Rob Coleman: "You want to think about it?"
GL: "Well, I could—it's just a little intense. I don't want the rating to become an R. It's good, but is it appropriate?"
RC: "What if he jumps with the lightsaber, and lands on his chest?"
GL: "I hate to say it, but it seems very un-Jedi."
RM: "But these are difficult times."
GL: "A good Jedi does not let go of his sword. If Yoda swings around, he could end up on his chest…"

—Discussion on Yoda throwing his lightsaber through a clone, jumping on the trooper's chest, and pulling it out[src]

2005-04-02
2004 ILM, making of ROTS
"John, let it go."
―October 26; Rick McCallum to John Knoll, who objects that there would be "sky glow" regarding Lucas request that the brightness of a scene be brought down[src]
 2005-04-02
c. 2004 Making of ROTS
George Lucas 		"The problem that Anakin has in this whole thing is he has a hard time letting go of things. As he sought more and more power to try to change people's fates to the way he wants them, that greed goes from trying to save the one you love to realising you can control the universe."

—George Lucas, on Anakin Skywalker[src][9] (See also: "Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: An Oral History" section)

2005-04-02
2004 September 3, last day of shooting after 35 years
"No human can let go. It's very hard. Ultimately, we do let go because it's inevitable; you do die and you do lose your loved ones. But while you're alive, you can't be obsessed with holding on. As Yoda says in this one, 'You must learn to let go of everything you're afraid to let go of.' Because holding on is in the same category [as] and the precursor to greed. And that's what a Sith is. A Sith is somebody that is absolutely obsessed with gaining more and more power—but for what? Nothing, except that it becomes an obsession to get more. The Jedi are trained to let go. They're trained from birth. They're not supposed to form attachments. They can love people—in fact, they should love everybody. They should love their enemies; they should love the Sith. But they can't form attachments. So what all these are movies about is: greed. Greed is a source of pain and suffering for everybody. And the ultimate state of greed is the desire to cheat death."
―George Lucas, on Yoda-Anakin scene↓[src]
 2005-04-02
2005 Revenge of the Sith
George Lucas 		"Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them do not. Miss them do not. Attachment leads to jealousy; the shadow of greed that is. […] Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."

—Yoda, to Anakin Skywalker
"Don't worry abot him. Let him go." —CT-0000/1010 allows Bail Organa to leave the Jedi Temple
"Let her go, Anakin. Let. Her. Go." —Obi-Wan Kenobi, again to Anakin

2005-05-19
2005 Revenge of the Sith novelization
Matthew Stover, significant involvement of George Lucas
Source: Revenge of the Sith novelization Attribution: Obi-Wan lets go of himself, allowing the Force to guide him to Grievous during their duel on Utapau

Letting go of intention, letting go of desire, letting go of life, Obi-Wan fixed his entire attention on a thread of the Force that pulled him towards Grievous: […]

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Source: Revenge of the Sith novelization Attribution: Yoda's let go advice to Anakin scene. Again, note that 'love' here is referring to passion (selfish), not compassion (selfless)

"[…] The shadow of greed, attachment is. What you fear to lose, train yourself to release. Let go of fear, and loss cannot harm you." Which was when Anakin had realized Yoda wan't going to be any help at all. The greatest sage of the Jedi Order had nothing better to offer him than more pious babble about Letting Things Pass Out Of His Life. Like he hadn't heard that a million times already. Easy for him—who had Yoda ever cared about? Really cared about? Of one thing Anakin was certain: the ancient Master had never been in love.

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"Eternal life…"
"The ultimate goal of the Sith, yet they can never achieve it; it comes only through the release of self, not the exaltation of self. It comes through compassion, not greed. Love is the answer to the darkness."

—Yoda and Qui-Gon Jinn, who stresses on letting go through love (i.e. compassion i.e. selflessness)

2005-04-02
2005 Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
James Luceno 		"Olee's a fine young woman–they’re all decent beings. But they’re deluded, Roan. It's over. They have to realize that and get on with their lives. You told me that attachment is the root of many of our problems. Well, that includes being so attached to the Jedi order that you can’t leave it behind. If being a Jedi means being able to accept what has happened and move on, then they honor the order best by letting go."

—Jula Shryne, to Roan Shryne

2005-11-22

2006–2012

"We had to learn how to look at the galaxy from his point of view and let go of some of what we considered canon after we found out the ideas were only EU. Really we had to "unlearn what we had learned" and go back to the movies as the defining source material."
―Dave Filoni, on writing The Clone Wars[src]
George Lucas
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Year Source
Writer(s)		 Quote Released
2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
The Emperor: "You were destined to destroy me. Do it. Give in to your hatred!"
Starkiller: "[ignites his lightsaber]"
Rahm Kota: "He's beaten. Let it go...."
Starkiller: "It's a trick! He's stronger than you know. And he deserves to die for what he's done to me."
Kota: "Maybe so, but if you strike him down in anger, you'll be right back where you began."
―The Emperor is confronted by the Jedi Kota and Galen Marek (Starkiller). Galen lets go of the Emperor and escape[src]
2008 The Clone Wars interview
Dave Filoni
Henry Gilroy 		"We could come up with ideas and present them to him immediately, so there was no concern as to whether or not it "was" Star Wars. This series at least to George is NOT EU, it is a part of Star Wars as he sees it. I think if anything there was a period where Henry and I had to learn exactly what it took to be a part of George Lucas' Star Wars, and tell the Star Wars story his way. We had to learn how to look at the galaxy from his point of view and let go of some of what we considered canon after we found out the ideas were only EU. Really we had to "unlearn what we had learned" and go back to the movies as the defining source material."

—Dave Filoni, on working on The Clone Wars with George Lucas and writer Henry Gilroy[src] (archive url)

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2008–2010 Star Wars: Rebel Force
"Alex Wheeler" (identity unknown) 		Jaxson: "You gonna stop me, Wormie?"
Luke Skywalker (Wormie): "Maybe I am."
Windy: "Guys, take it easy."
Leia Organa: "Luke, just let go."
Jaxson, in Leia's voice: "Yeah, Luke, be a good little boy and let it go."

—Luke gets angry at Jaxson's accusation of the dead Biggs Darklighter being a traitor. Unable to let go, Luke gets into a disastrous skyhopper race.[src]
[Quotes work in progress]

2009-05-01
c. 2009 Jake Lloyd interview
Jake Lloyd 		"Has Star Wars been that much part of your life for the last decade?"
"They wouldn't let it go. You know how they can be in high school […]"

—Interviewer and Jake Lloyd[src]

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2009 The Clone Wars
[Authors work in progress] 		"Let him go, sir. We've got the spice back."

—On Florrum, Commander Stone advises Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks[src]
Hondo: "Now let me go, and I might let you live. […] So what now, Jedi? You're going to arrest me, eh?"
Obi-Wan: "No. Anakin, release him."
Anakin: "What?"
Obi-Wan: "Captain, you have nothing we want, and since we're not prisoners anymore, you have no bargaining power. […] Let's leave on even terms. […] We have no quarrel with you. We seek no revenge."
Hondo: "Indeed. Very honourable, Master Jedi."
Obi-Wan: "Oh Captain, you will find that Count Dooku does not share our sense of honour. And he knows where you live." —Obi-Wan and Anakin escape from their captivity under Hondo; Dooku had escaped from Hondo earlier[src]
"I can still sense your worry for Anakin, your attachment to him. […] I went through the same process when I was your age with my own master. He was like a father to me. I realized that for the greater good, I had to let him go. Don't lose a thousand lives just to save one."
"Maybe, but that doesn't mean that I can't try to save his life." —Aayla Secura and Ahsoka Tano[src]

"Yousa let us go!"
"Who are you? Why are you holding us?" —Jar Jar and Padmé, captured by Nuvo Vindi[src]

"Where's Senator Amidala?"
"She went to look for the lab&mdash"
"And you let her go?" —Anakin, angry that Gregar Typho let Padmé go with Jar Jar to search for Separatists on Naboo[src]

"Waxer, let it go!"
"I'm not just gonna let the droids get her!"
"I'm just trying to keep you alive." —Boil and Waxer, after finding a Twi'lek girl in the streets of Ryloth[src]
"I can't let Bane get away."
"Patience, Master. Patience." —Anakin and Ahsoka pursue Cad Bane[src]
Cad Bane: "Hurry up, Jedi, or she dies."
Ahsoka: "No, Master! Don't do it!"
Anakin: "I can't let you die, Ahsoka."
Ahsoka: "Master, no."
Anakin: "We'll deal with the holocron later."
Cad Bane: "How touching." —Trying to escape with the stolen kyber memory crystal, the key to thousands of children that both the Jedi and the Sith desire, Cad Bane holds Ahsoka hostage[src]
"We cannot abandon our Padawans."
"You misjudge me. I, too, care for my apprentice. But if their time has come…"
"I refuse to let Ahsoka die." —Anakin, like a father to Ahsoka, and Master Luminara Unduli, quick to accept death[src]
"I knew they were still alive. I told you we shouldn't give up on them."
"It's not that I give up, Skywalker, but unlike you, when the time comes, I am prepared to let my student go. Can you say the same?"
**shrugs no** —Having saved Ahsoka and Barriss Offee, Anakin and Luminara Unduli converse once more[src]
"[…] and she wanted me to kill her. She told me…"
[smiling] "But you couldn't do it."
"No. No, I couldn't. But should I have? I mean, it worked out now, but if we had failed […]"
But you did the right thing. You knew the freezing cold would kill the worms. Letting go of our attachments is a difficult struggle for all of us." —Ahsoka and Anakin. The infected Barriss Offee had wanted Ahsoka to kill her to stop the spread of brain worms.[src]

2009-01-09
2009-01-16
2009-02-13
2009-03-06
2009-11-13
2009-12-04
2009 Fate of the Jedi: Omen
Christie Golden 		Luke didn't want to think that the Force was prompting Ben to do this, but it was beginning to seem this way. He knew that there were times when a parent had to let his children make their own choices—and their own mistakes. […] It was out of Luke's hands now, and he chose to let it go.
"Okay. Tadar'Ro should be here in an hour or so anyway. Be interesting to see what he has to say about all this." Ben poured himself a cup of caf and turned away without another word. Pained but resigned, Luke let him go. 		2009-06-23
c. 2010 The Clone Wars writers' meeting
George Lucas 		This entire video, where Lucas explains just about everything to TCW writers whilst Dave Filoni just continues sketching as if he already knows it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44H1zWYubmM and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68dvgRT3Kx8 (two copies of same video)[1] 2011-09-16
2010 The Clone Wars
[Authors work in progress] 		"I wasn't expecting you to bring friends along."
"I couldn't help it, Aurra. What are you going to do about them?"
"What do you think?"
"Let them go?"
**sighs**

—Ruthless bounty hunter Aurra Sing and a young Boba Fett aboard the Slave I with child clones[src]

2010-04-23
2010 The Clone Wars
[Authors work in progress] 		"That kid destroyed an entire cruiser trying to get to you, and you're just going to let it go?"
"Is there something else I should be doing, Skywalker?"

—Anakin and Mace Windu, after Boba Fett's attempted assassination of his father's killer[src]

2010-04-23
2010 Red Harvest
Joe Schreiber 		"Let me go."
"Every traitor makes a meal of his allies. This is your last meal, Dranok, and you must eat it, every morsel. That is the offer I present to you. If you can do that, I will allow you to walk out of here alive."

—After betraying his partner, Dranok is captured by Darth Scabrous, who presents the head of Dranok's partner for consumption. Scabrous later dies after failing to consume the midi-chlorians of a Jedi's heart.

"What's your business here, Jedi?"
"Let me go."
"Right. Let's see what the Masters have to say about you." —Ranlaw, Sith acolyte, and the Jedi Hestizo Trace. Ranlaw dies immediately after.

"Listen to me. I don't know who you are, but I am in possession of a very special set of skills. If you bring my sister back right now, unharmed, then I'll let you go. But if you don't, I promise you, I will track you down. I will find you. And I will make you pay." —Rojo Trace, to "the presence of [Hestizo Trace's] abductor." (Scabrous) Rojo later dies for Zo to survive.

2010-12-28
c. 2011 J.W. Rinzler interview
George Lucas 		"I remember occasionally, once or twice, there would be like some really outrageously hostile thing [laughs] and somebody would get really upset, and George would just be like: 'You know, it's freedom of speech. Just let it go, let's move on.'"

—Jonathan W. Rinzler, on watching fan films with George Lucas[src]

2020-07-07
2011 The Clone Wars
Christian Taylor, with Filoni and Lucas 		"It is time you realized that your guilt does not define you, son; you define your guilt."
"The only love I feel in my heart is haunted by what would happen should I let go."
"Then it is not love—it is a prison."

—An apparition of Shmi speaks to Anakin on Mortis[src]

2011-01-28
2011 The Clone Wars soundtrack Track titled "Let Them Go" for when Anakin conquers the beast forms of both the Son and the Daughter ?
2011 The Old Republic—The Lost Suns 2
Alexander Freed 		"I'm with the Republic Strategic Information Service. Key word is information—if you talk, I let you go."

—Republic Strategic Information Service agent Theron Shan, upon capturing Teff'ith

2011-07-20
2011 Star Wars: Jedi—The Dark Side
Scott Allie 		"Let me take your son away from this!"
"I let him go once—I'd sooner die than lose him again!"
"You risk his life as you risked your daughter's!"
"What?! Who risks more children's lives than the Jedi?!"

—Qui-Gon Jinn and Crion[src]

2011-09-21
2011 The Clone Wars
Jose Molina 		"Don't touch me!"
"Let go of her!"

—Padmé and Anakin, captured by Riff Tamson and his Karkarodon enforcers[src]

2011-09-23
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic
Writer(s) not specified 		The Barsen'thor: "Your fellow Wookiees may not risk their lives and villages simply for your bloodlust."
Gwarror: […] «All right, Jedi. Truce. If you and your lizard agree.»
The Barsen'thor: [says something about peace and letting the Wookiee go]
Qyzen Fess: «Herald, he kills and kills, with trickery! To let go spits in the Scorekeeper's face!»
Gwarror: «Even better. We leave. Do not follow.»

—The Barsen'thor and the Trandoshan Qyzen Fess are confronted by Gwarror, a Wookiee who kills members of Fess' species weakened from undergoing shko-yagu.

Vette: "I don't know, Tivva. You want to just go shoot this Hutt in the face?"
The Emperor's Wrath: "You're not cut out for that sort of thing, Vette. You will die a little inside."
Vette: "And this from a Lord of the Sith. You're right, of course."
Tivva: "This is our mother we're talking about, Ce'na! Our mother!"
Vette: "Let it go. There's been enough pain in this family."
Tivva: "Weak. Weak and cowardly. You are not my sister." [leaves the room]
Vette: [sadly] "Let's go. Nothing left here." —Seeking their mother, sisters Vette and Tivva gather on Tatooine with the Emperor's Wrath. After the revelation of her mother's death at the hands of Whuddle, Tivva vows to kill the Hutt.
"Hey. You saved my life. You know that, don't you? I don't mean literally. Okay maybe I would have died at that Hutt's bolt hole. But either way I wouldn't have come back the same girl. […] Tivva called. She was fine after she cooled off—she was always like that. Maybe you saved her too." —Vette, to the Emperor's Wrath

Hunter Moon: «You tread on unwelcome ground. I am Hunter Moon. I will feast on your screams.»
Dialogue options: 2. Let him go —The Barsen'thor finds "Hunter Moon" interrogating the Sith Lord Chayloss. The captor refuses to let go and is killed.

"Ha! Had enough? Child. Can you feel your grip on life slipping? Why persist in this futile gesture of vengeance? Let go, embrace your death." —Darth Baras, "being sporting" while dueling the Emperor's Wrath before the Dark Council

"He won't remain in this weakened state for long. Surely, you don't mean to let him go." —Darth Vowrawn, in the case that the player (Wrath) defeats and spares Baras (labelled a LS option)

2011-12-20

oprah

2019 George Lucas
"[…] and the only way I could write it and direct it was to say I will go back and finish those other two movies and make this complete. I will not let this just die right here; I have to complete the whole three movies."
―George Lucas, on negotiating with Fox over the original trilogy[src]
 2012-01-23
2012 The Clone Wars
Christian Taylor 		"This does not look good. This does not look good at all. I asked you to join us in good faith and you bring a Jedi into our camp!"
"She wasn't meant to be here! Please, let her go."
"I'm afraid that's not an option."

—Lux Bonteri and Pre Vizsla, regarding Ahsoka Tano[src]

2012-01-13
2012 The Clone Wars
Brent Friedman 		"You found the ship like I said. Our deal was you let me go now."
"The deal has changed."

—Obi-Wan, undercover as "Rako Hardeen," and a Hutt Clan Nikto guard[[[src]

2012-01-27
2012 Intro to Fate of the Jedi in The Old Republic: Deceived paperback (Leia character portrait) Once more, Leia had to let go of one of her children, when it became apparent that Jacen had succumbed to the dark side. 2012-05-29
2012 The Clone Wars
Chris Collins 		Saw: "Looks like it's been decided—you're the leader."
Steela: "Saw—."
Lux Bonteri: "Let him go. He just needs to blow off some steam. He'll be back."
Steela: "I can't."
Ahsoka Tano: "Why?"
Steela: "Because he's my brother."

—Dissatisfied by the election of Steela Gerrera instead of himself, Saw Gerrera storms off[src]

2012-10-13
2012 The Clone Wars
Chris Collins 		"He's innocent! Let him go!"

—An Onderon citizen, at the execution of King Ramsis Dendup[src]

2012-10-20
2012 The Clone Wars
Christian Taylor 		"It would be wise if you would let me go."
"No, it would be unprofitable if I would let you go. And why would I do something as short-sighted as that?"
"If you don't let me go, you will wish you had been born a protocol droid!

—Ahsoka (captured yet again) and her captor, Hondo Ohnaka[src]

2012-11-17

2013–2016

"At death, in order for you to preserve your identity, you must know yourself, your true self, and then let go."
―Serenity mentors Yoda[src]
George Lucas
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Time between Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm and 2017. Declaration: Dark Disciple is the best Star Wars novel.
Year Source
Writer(s)		 Quote Released
2014 The Clone Wars Season Six
Christian Taylor, in conjunction with George Lucas 		"Surely you can get to a ship."
"General Skywalker, I'm afraid I'm trapped. **gasps** Let me go!"

—Padmé is captured on Scipio whilst contacting Palpatine's office, where the Chancellor is with Anakin[src]

"Great emotions you will find on Scipio, will you not?"
"I am worried for Senator Amidala."
"Correct, you were, about Clovis, but let go of your selfishness, you must, if you are to see clearly." —Yoda advises Anakin before the latter sets off for Scipio[src]

"I'm not the villain here. Tell him, Padmé!"
"Let me go, Clovis." —Anakin confronts Rush Clovis on Scipio, who holds Padmé at gunpoint[src]

"Let me go."
"No Anakin, don't." —Rush Clovis and Padmé, both of whom were being held by Anakin over an abyss[src]

"Whasa you doin'? Oh! Let mesa go! Let mesa go! Let mesa go! No! Let mesa go! Let mesa go!" **gets slapped in the face** —A captured Jar Jar Binks[src]

"At death, in order for you to preserve your identity, you must know yourself, your true self, and then let go." —Serenity teaches Yoda to let go[src]
"Save him, Jedi? Can you save him?"
"Why not let him go? Let him die, and you can stop all that I will do…"
"No. The future is not yours, yet. Tempted, I will not be. Sacrifice all, I am ready to do." —Darth Sidious and Yoda, as the former unleashes Force lightning whilst Anakin Skywalker falls[src]

2014-03-07
2014 "Showdown on Dathomir"
(The Clone Wars)
Authored by Jeremy Barlow, based on script written by Aïda Mashaka Croal and Matt Michnovetz in conjunction with George Lucas for Star Wars: The Clone Wars (season seven, c. 2012):[10] 		Rook Kast: "Lord Maul! Dathomir is lost! We must retreat!"
Talzin: "Go, my son."
Maul: "We can escape together!"
Talzin: "Not this time. If I lower my defenses, you will die. Run!"
Maul: "Mother!"
Gar Saxon: "We have to run, Lord Maul! If you die, everything is lost!"
Maul: "Let go of me!"

—Confronted by Sidious, Dooku, and Grievous, Maul is saved by Talzin and his followers, though Talzin is killed[src]

2014-08-20
2014 Star Wars Rebels
Spark of Rebellion
Dave Filoni? 		"Let go! You can't keep me here! Take me back to Lothal."

—Ezra Bridger to Zeb, aboard the Ghost
"Agh! Let go!"
"Kid, get out of the way!"
"I'm trying!"
"Sorry kid! You did good." —Caught by Agent Kallus as a result of being pushed out of the way by Zeb while escaping an Imperial cruiser, Ezra Bridger is abandoned as Ahsoka's Theme plays
"Hey! Get off me! Let go!" —Ezra Bridger, as his property is searched and seized by stormtroopers
"[Sarcastically:] 'You need to go warn them, Ezra.' What was I thinking. And of course the only thing I managed to hold onto was this worthless piece of…urgh!" —(Immediately after being searched) Locked in a cell with the holocron he stole from Kanan, Ezra speaks to himself. He then lets go of his frustration and calms down, unintentionally opening the holocron through the Force

2014-10-03
2014 Star Wars Rebels
Dave Filoni?
"Focus. Focus on letting go."
"Letting go? Rather hold on if you don't mind."
"Enough jokes. Focus.""
―Kanan Jarrus trains Ezra Bridger[src]
 2014-10-27
2015 Star Wars Rebels
Dave Filoni?
"As the Inquisitor dangled above growing explosions and fire, he realized he had been defeated—yet he was more afraid of his Master's wrath for his failure. He chose death, warning Kanan that he had unleashed something terrible, and let go."
―The SW.com Databank[src]
 2015-03-02
2015 Star Wars (Marvel Comics, 2015–2019)
Jason Aaron
"All I am is a danger to everyone around me!"
"What you are is special. General Kenobi saw that. I don't know why you won't let yourself accept it."
"Ben's dead. Just like my father. And when I tried to avenge them…Darth Vader swatted me away like I was an insect. Until I'm something more than I am now…I shouldn't even be here. I shouldn't be around any of you."
"Luke…what are you saying?"
"I'm sorry, Leia. But please…just let me go."
"Go? This is what you were born for. You can't…go where? Luke!"
―Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa[src]
 2015-04-22
2015 Dark Disciple
Christie Golden
Based on animatics/scripts written by Katie Lucas
Matt Michnovetz
Dave Filoni
in conjunction with George Lucas
(The Clone Wars (Season Seven, c. 2012))[10]
"Good, Vos. You can now touch the dark side at will. But it's one thing to feel those emotions—rage, hate, and anguish—and quite another to use them. You must let go of your compassion, and focus on your hatred."
―Asajj Ventress trains Quinlan Vos on Dathomir[src]

Source: Dark Disciple

Would there be anything left of Asajj Ventress if she were truly to let go of hatred and instead accept what had shone in Vos's eyes—that she was loved for simply being? Something surged through her, and she did not know if it was longing—or terror.

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"You grasp at straws, Vos. I understand why. It is a hard thing to accept that the world you thought you knew was not the truth. It is difficult to step away from everything, to let go. But do it, Vos. Come away from that false world. Join me!"
"I will never join you!"
―Dooku shows Vos a holorecording of Ventress killing Vos' master. Vos denies the apparent truth and accuses Dooku of the deed, saying the Sith simply replaced the images of himself with Ventress. Echoes Palpatine-Ani/Vader-Luke/Dooku–Obi-Wan; Dooku then resolves to make Vos prove to himself that his lover murdered his master earlier in the war[src]

"Don't let it win. Let's leave everything—Dooku, the Jedi, everything. We can go away together, just like we planned. Just you and me!"
"Run away with someone who lied to me?"
―Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos, echoing Padmé and Anakin on Mustafar[src]

Source: Dark Disciple

Kenobi hoped desperately that Vos wouldn't take that final step, that one that would doom him. Don't let him [Dooky] go, old friend…

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Note: Quinlan Vos was assigned by the Jedi Council to assassinate Dooku. Holding Dooku at sabre-point, and tempted by the dark side, Vos spared the Sith Lord to pursue the identity of Darth Sidious.
"Let him bleed. This is what we want. This is what we need. He must die!"
"No! I need him alive."
―Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos, echoing Mace-Ani[src]

Source: Dark Disciple

Now that it had come time to let her [Asajj Ventress] go, he [Quinlan Vos] realized it would take everything in him to do so.

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"…she was able to let go of revenge."
―Quinlan Vos, on Asajj Ventress[src]
 2015-07-07
2015 Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
Greg Rucka
"I've got the money. Listen to me, I have Jabba's money! I'll give it to you. All of it. All of it, it's yours—just let us go."
"Where?"
"It's on my ship. You let me go and get it, I'll bring it to you."
"Solo. If I let you go to the ship, you will not come back. We will come with you."
"You come with us, there's nothing to stop you shooting us in the back once you have the money."
"Correct."
"So you can see why I think that's kind of a rotten deal."
"We can offer you another deal. We can kill you here, then take your ship and your money."
"I don't like either deal."
―Han Solo (with Chewie) negotiates with a group of bounty hunters. They refuse to let go, and are thus ambushed by Imperial troops as Han planned. As usual, Han and Chewie get away with the resulting mess…[src]
"Please! Let him go."
"The Wookiee traveled with a human, a Corellian. Name Solo, Han, verify… or my colleagues will kill your friend."
"They were here! Less than an hour ago. Now let him go!"
"Where are they now?"
"Somewhere in the city. They were going shopping."
―…temporarily. Han's friend, Delia Leighton, is interrogated by the same bounty hunters at the threat of the life of her friend, Curtis. Hunters refuse to let go; Han and his friends win in the end; bad guys lose[src]
 2015-09-04
2015 Chewbacca (1 · 2)
Gerry Duggan
"Jaum isn't going to let anyone go. The chemicals in the larvae are too valuable."
―Arrax, who was forced to mine larvae for Jaum, who eventually loses his enterprise and is captured by the Empire[src]
"Your dealings with me are almost at an end."
"So— you-you'll us go?"
"Heh. I didn't say that. No, Arrax, I'm not letting you walk out of here, because I'm bundling my entire operation, including your debts."
―Jaum and Arrax[src]
"Let go of me! Let my father go!"
"You want to be reunited with your father? Throw her down below! Double her shifts, and halve her rations."
"You'll pay for this, Jaum!"
―Zarro, the daughter of Arrax, and Jaum[src]
 2015-10-14
2015-10-28
2016 Ahsoka
E. K. Johnston 		Obi-Wan letting go of the past and present, though wanting to cross from life to death/skip to the future and meet Qui-Gon:
Source: Ahsoka Attribution: Previous lines: Obi-Wan remembering the past
Next: see below

He made himself pass them all by. It was easier this time. It grew easier every time. That made his heart hurt, to think he was so fickle that he could turn his back on them to achieve his own ends. When he thought it, he heard Yoda, reminding him that his work was important, that he must focus on the future alone, obscuring the past and even ignoring the present if he must. He had to break through.
He reached the bottom again, the quiet place where his doubts, loves, and fears were gone. Then he realised it wasn't the bottom, not quite. There was another level below.
Obi-Wan let go of Ben Kenobi's house, the last place in the galaxy where a piece of Anakin Skywalker rested, and broke through the wall between life and death.
It was dark there if he wanted to take anything with him or leave anything behind, but he wished for neither of those things, so he stood in the light. His senses were sharp, he could hear every sound at once, and also none of them. It took him a moment to focus on the voice he most wanted to hear.
Alone and connected. Aloof and hopelessly entwined. Obi-Wan had only a moment before he was wrenched back into the physical world, but it was long enough to renew his hope.

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"Obi-Wan. Let go."
―The spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn speaks to Ob-Wan Kenobi[src]

Note: Obi-Wan being responsible for "the future" was also mentioned in Rebel Force. 		2016-10-11
2016 Star Wars Rebels
Dave Filoni
"[Bendu remained] in a deep slumber until Kanan Jarrus' imbalance awoke him. He called to the Jedi, recently blinded by Darth Maul, and began to train him in letting go of his fear and regret."
―The SW.com Databank[src]

"Let us go!"
"Negative, captain. I calculate that this will be my only opportunity to end the Clone Wars as I planned—with a victory for the Separatist Alliance."
"What do you want us to do, surrender?"
"On the contrary, I want you to fight. To prove, once and for all, whose tactical strategy was superior."
"[…]we're not fighting!"
"If you will not fight, you will be terminated."
―Captured alongside Ezra, Kanan, and Zeb, Rex demands the Separatist leader Kalani to release them[src]

Ezra: "Rex, all I did was point out that none of you were meant to win—you couldn't."
Rex: "And we needed to hear it."
Kalani (via hologram): "Agreed. I am satisfied if you are, Captain."
Rex: "I am."
Kalani (via hologram): "Very good. […] So, this is where we part ways."
Ezra: "Roger roger."
―Again following the theme of controlling your emotions and letting go of possessions—there are some things you can't control (unrelated personal project: also, this sequence is followed by music from the ESB Battle of Hoth track)[src]
 2016-09-24
2016-10-22
Unknown date Anakin Skywalker Databank entry
"Aware of Anakin's shortcomings and his tendency to forge strong emotional attachments, Yoda assigned Anakin a Padawan learner: Ahsoka Tano. Yoda hoped that Skywalker would learn how to let go of his student as she grew, which was key for Anakin. While Anakin bristled at first to this appointment, a strong bond grew between teacher and student. They had many adventures together, and as Ahsoka matured, so did Anakin. But Ahsoka eventually became disillusioned and left the Jedi Order, an act which Anakin regretted."
―The Databank[src]
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Darth Vader receives a haunting vision of the one he refused to let go of

Darth Vader receives a haunting vision of the one he refused to let go of

The following covers time from 2017 to 2020. --
Year Source
Writer(s)		 Quote Released
2017 Star Wars Rebels
Dave Filoni?
"Let me go! You're making a mistake!"
―Captured, Ezra Bridger complains to a Stormtrooper Commander[src]
 2017-02-25
2017 Star Wars (Marvel Comics, 2015–2019)
Jason Aaron
"You would die for these things? These creatures you've never even met?"
"I'm not dying. No one's dying. I think we all just need to…"
[Luke Skywalker is stabbed by Garro]
"I believe you said something about not dying."
―Garro and Luke Skywalker[src]

"No one else dies. Time to learn to live, it is. […] Feel it living around you. It is time to live in peace with the stone. To live in peace with yourself."
―Flashback of Yoda speaking to Garro[src]

"Die, you wretched Jedi! And help me end this war!"
[Luke is stabbed by Garro again]
"[…] You remind me of me. You… You're nothing but a frightened child. Just like I was. Do you know the only good thing I was good at… when I was a child? […] Walking away."
[Garro walks away and reaches a large rock]
"You were right. It took you sending this boy to me for me to see. I was the master. And now… it's time for my final lesson."
―Garro speaks to Luke Skywalker and Yoda before letting go of his stonepower, giving life to the fallen Great mountain[src]

Source: Star Wars 30 Attribution: The Journals of Ben Kenobi

A world that had been dead was alive again. Whether it stayed that way, though, was another question. That depended on the people. And their willingness to give of themselves instead of taking.

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"'A Jedi must humble himself before he can ever become powerful.'"
―Luke Skywalker reads from "the Journals of Ben Kenobi"[src]
 2017-04-05
2017 Adventures in Wild Space: The Rescue
Tom Huddleston
"Should we open fire?"
"Let them go. The planet is ours."
"I'm picking up a ship leaving Agaris. It's an Imperial craft, but all our ships are accounted for."
"The family Graf. Good. Send a fighter squadron to intercept."
―An Imperial and Wilhuff Tarkin, regarding escaping Agarians and detected rebels[src]
 2017-05-04
2017 From a Certain Point of View
Work in progress (2 mentions relating to Greedo)
Claudia Gray ("Master and Apprentice")
Meg Cabot ("Beru Whitesun Lars")
Source: "Master and Apprentice"—From a Certain Point of View Attribution: Set during the Jawa funeral in A New Hope, just before Luke returns from the Burning Homestead.

Qui-Gon allows his awareness to spread outward from this place, until Obi-Wan is only part of the symphony of life around him. The snakes burrow deep beneath the dunes. […] Sunshine suffuses them all with warmth until Qui-Gon can let go completely, releasing his body and even his name, until he is again one with the Force.
As Obi-Wan will soon learn, the most beautiful form of mastery is the art of letting go.

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Source: "Master and Apprentice"—From a Certain Point of View Attribution: Set during the Jawa funeral in A New Hope, just before Luke returns from the Burning Homestead.

Look, I get it. To most people, I'm just Luke Skywalker's aunt Beru, the old lady who's always bustling around the kitchen, pouring everybody blue milk. I'm the one who wouldn't stop nagging Luke's uncle Owen to let him go to the Academy already.
[…] It wasn't because I wanted Luke to go. It's because that's what Luke wanted. And I wanted Luke to have whatever he wanted.
And okay, there might have been a small part of me that was hoping if he went, things might turn out all right. Maybe […] we'd both be alive today […] But I guess we'll never know now.

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2017-10-03
2018 The Last Jedi
Rian Johnson 		[Work in progress]
Note: Similar to the Jedi Exile in KOTOR2, Luke Skywalker cut himself off from the Force by the time of The Last Jedi, by choice.
Luke Skywalker yet again throwing his lightsaber away.
"Poe, get your head out of your cockpit. There are things you can not solve… by jumping into an X-wing and blowing something up! I need you to learn that."
"There were heroes on that mission."
"Dead heroes, No leaders."
―Leia Skywalker Organa Solo and Poe Dameron, the latter of whom did not let go of striking the FO and disobeyed Leia[src]

"Rose, that's a real hero. Know right from wrong… and don't run away from when it gets hard"
―Rose Tico reminisces her sister's words on Finn, who is about to let go of the fight against the FO[src]

"It's cold. It's calling me."
"Resist it, Rey. Rey? Rey! You went straight to the dark."
"That place was trying to show me something."
"It offered you something you needed. And you didn't even try to stop yourself."
―Luke Skywalker and Rey, the latter of whom clinged on to the calling of darkness[src]

"It's all a machine, partner. Live free, don't join."
―DJ[src]

"Are you fueling up the transports? You are. All of them? We're abandoning ship? Is that… That's what you got? That's what you brought us to? Coward! Those transports ships are unarmed, unshielded. We abandon this cruiser, we're done. We don't stand a chance. No, you are not just a coward, you are a traitor."
―Poe Dameron, unwilling to sacrifice the Raddus and escape from the FO, confronts Amilyn Holdo[src]

"Young fool. It was I who bridged your minds. I stoked Ren's conflicted soul. I knew he was not strong enough to hide it from you. And you were not wise enough to resist the bait. And now, you will give me Skywalker. Then I will kill you with the cruelest stroke."
"No."
"Yes. Give me everything."
"No! No! No!"
―Snoke, to Rey[src]

"She was more interested in protecting the light than she was seeming like a hero"
―Leia Skywalker Organa Solo, on Amilyn Holdo as the latter choses to allow for the rebels to escape by letting go of their ship and herself[src]

"Let the past die. Kill it if you have to. That's the only way to become what you were meant to be."
―Kylo Ren to Rey[src]
(used again here)
"No, no. You're still holding on! Let go!"
―Kylo Ren to Rey[src]

Poe: "They're picking us all off. We're not gonna make it."
Finn: "All right, making my final approach. Target in sight, guns are hot."
Poe: "No! Pull off!"
Finn: "What?"
Poe: "The cannon is charged! It's a suicide run! All craft, pull away!"
Finn: "No! I'm almost there!"
Poe: "Retreat, Finn! That's an order!"
Rose: "Finn? It's too late! Don't do this!"
Finn: "No! I won't let them win!"
Rose: "No! Finn, listen to Poe! We have to retreat!"
―Not willing to let go of downing the FO's weapon, Finn continues charging ahead.[src]

"Rose? Rose? Rose? Why would you do that? Huh? I was almost there. Why would you stop me?"
"I saved you, dummy. That's how we're gonna win. Not fighting what we hate, saving what we love."
―Finn and Rose[src]

Kylo Ren: "Stop! I want every gun we have to fire on that man. Do it. More! MORE!"
Armitage Hux: "That's enough. That's enough! Do you think you got him? Now, if we're ready to get moving, we can finish this."
Shuttle pilot: "Sir?"
Kylo Ren: "Bring me down to him. Keep the door covered and don't advance until I say."
Hux: "Supreme Leader, don't get distracted, our goal… [gets shoved into a wall]"
Shuttle pilot: "Right away, sir."
―Kylo Ren would not let go of Luke Skywalker[src]

 2017-12-14
2018 Star Wars: Poe Dameron
Charles Soule
"The Empire is gone, and I was a fool to think it could return. I let myself be seduced by a dream of days long past."
"Don't be too hard on yourself. Dreaming of days past is what old men are supposed to do, and it gets worse the older you become. These days, it's basically all I do."
"Yes, I bet you've seen a thing or two in this strange galaxy of ours, old man. Me too. Believe me. Me too. I like you, Lor San Tekka. It's almost a pity."
―Terex his captive Lor San Tekka[src]

Terex: [Touches his charred head] "Oh, yes. That's much better" [Looks into Phasma's armor]" Although I think I may have to take up wearing a hat". [Gets up, supporting himself against his medical bed with one hand, the other holding his head] Oooh. Feeling a little woozy. I think I should get back to my ship now. Give myself that antidote.
First Order interrogator: "Aren't you forgetting something, you traitorous worm? Where is Lor San Tekka?'"
Terex: [Prods at a stormtrooper's chest] "Oh. And I'd like a set of that armor, too, please. I lost mine. You can just have it brought to my ship."
First Order interrogator: "Did you not hear me? You're going nowhere. The implants were removed—it's time you lived up to your end of the bargain."
Terex: "Oh my. How terrifying. Phasma, please explain to this idiot just how much of an idiot he is."
Phasma: "Terex won't give us Lor San Tekka's location until he's safely away. We can't keep him here to torture because the poison he took will kill him before we can pull the information out of him. We have to let him go. We have to trust him."
First Order interrogator: "Trust him?"
Terex: "Afraid so. Now move, or you'll eat that blaster."
First Order interrogator: [Lowers his blaster]
Terex: [Exits] "Smart decision[…] Don't forget the armor."
―Terex awakens and leaves the Absolution's medical bay[src]

"Why would you do that? The fate of the entire galaxy rests on that man."
"For one thing, Poe, I think I've finally realized the key to happiness. Stop caring about the fate of the galaxy. […] [M]aybe the Resistance and the First Order will get there at the same time and tear each other apart. Or maybe they'll just kill you. Or maybe you'll just kill them. However it goes… I'm happy."
―Poe Dameron and Terex, via hologram[src]
 2018-02-14
2018 Star Wars Rebels finale
Dave Filoni
"Here in this place, I can change things. I can stop Kanan from dying."
"You don't know that."
"Yes I do. If I can change your fate, I can change his.
[…] Ezra, Kanan gave his life so that you can live. If he's taken out of this moment… you all die."
"You don't understand what you're asking me to do."
"Yes, I do; you can't save your master, and I can't save mine. I'm asking you to let go."
―Ezra Bridger and Ahsoka Tano, on the power and limitations of the World Between Worlds[src]
 2018-02-26
2018 The Last Jedi novelization
Jason Fry
Rian Johnson
"Let go, Luke."
―Luke Skywalker hears the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi just before letting go[src]
*Originated from a short story by Claudia Gray. See section "Jason Fry SW.com editorial" for more details. 		2018-03-06
2018 Jason Fry SW.com editorial
Jason Fry 		On how various Star Wars tales were incorporated into his Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition:[12]
"But I also relied on explorations of the Force from my fellow authors. Three stories in the 2017 anthology From a Certain Point of View were an enormous help. Claudia Gray's "Master and Apprentice" packs a wealth of ideas into seven short pages, and gave me insights into Force ghosts and the slippery nature of time in relation to the will of the Force. A Force ghost seeming nearly corporeal, the idea of time as a circle, and letting go as a Jedi's final lesson all show up in The Last Jedi novelization, and wouldn't have existed without Claudia's work. From the same collection, Cavan Scott's "Time of Death" and Gary D. Schmidt's "There Is Another" offered further insights into the Force and time, and moving glimpses of Jedi who must serve the Force by waiting."
―Jason Fry[src]
 2018-03-08
2018 Star Wars Rebels finale
Dave Filoni
"Mom? Dad? You'll always be a part of me… but I have to let you go."
―Ezra Bridger is offered the choice of reuniting with his parents by Darth Sidious. Sidious loses his composure the instant Bridger utters the phrase[src]
 2018-05-05
2018 Star Wars: Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith
Charles Soule
"Listen, if you just go…leave us be…I can offer you something. I have codes. Secret contact frequencies. I can tell you how to find other survivors of the Purge. Just…let us live."
"Funerals."
[…]
"Now…let us pray."
"Fear. Anger. Resentment. I sense them in you. You have let yourself feel, Eeth Koth. It gives you power. More than the Jedi would ever have allowed you."
"Perhaps it's the Zabrak in me. Or perhaps…now I have something to lose."
"Whatever the cause…it's too late."
[…]
"No! I won't let you take them!"
"We shall see, Jedi."
"I told you, Sith. I am no Jedi, not anymore. I am a husband. As of today, a father. And, to protect the ones I love…your doom."
―Eeth Koth, former Jedi, now priest and father, is hunted by Vader[src]

"Please…please…woman to woman…don't take her. Don't take my child."
"I… Go. Just go."
"Thank you. Thank you.""
―Nearby, Mira, Koth's wife, escapes towards a shuttle with her child, but is caught up by an Inquisitor[src]

"Oh sister…what are you up to."
"Sister…you let them go? When Vader finds out, he'll…What have you done ?"
"Done? Nothing's done."
―The Fifth Brother and another Inq, who have just caught up with the previous Inq[src]

"Ah… I understand. You are truly a perfect Sith, Lord Vader.
You let nothing go."
―Darth Sidious[src]

"Anakin Skywalker is dead."
"NO! Not again. I won't let you go."
―Apparition of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker/Vader[src]
 2018-08-08
2018-09-21
2018-12-19
2018 Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet
Robbie Thompson
"I'm done being held back by you… Solo. […] The Empire is good. And pure. Scumrats don't belong in the army, Solo."
"Let him go, 404-913. I said… let him go."
―Imperial cadets Beilert Valance (404-913) and Kanina Nico, while Valance confronts Han Solo[src]
 2018-11-07
2019 Age of Republic - Jango Fett 1
Jody Houser
"I wasn't sure you were going to let the Rodian go."
"I wasn't sure that I should. But… it didn't really seem like he was part of their plan. Rinn and Tiver were partners. It made sense they kept their betrayal to themselves."
"Is that all?"
"…No. I want him to tell other bounty hunters what happened today."
―Jango and young Boba Fett, after Boba killed their betrayers in a mission. With the event, Boba begins to secure his reputation as a ruthless hunter (who would not let go)[src]
 2019-01-09
2019 Rebels Remembered panel
Dave Filoni
"Everything I really learned from [of?] Star Wars I learned [from] watching George's movies; it's all in there. It's not a mystery if you pay attention and if you ask yourself the right questions […] It's really about, again, fundamentally becoming selfless more so than selfish, and it seems so simple but it's so hard to do, and when you're tempted by the dark side you don't overcome it once in life and then you're good; it's a constant. And that's what really Star Wars is about and what George, I think, wanted people to know: it's like, to be a good person and to really feel better about your life and experience life fully, you have to let go, of everything you fear to lose, because then you can't be controlled, but when you fear, fear is the path to the dark side, it's also the shadow of greed, because greed makes you covet things and greed makes you— you surround yourself to it and you surround yourself of all these things that make you comfortable in the moment but they don't really make you happy, and then when you're afraid of something, it makes you angry, [if] you're angry you start to hate something […] it's hard because anger can be a strength at times, but you can't use it in such a selfish way; it can be a destroyer then. So these are the core things of Star Wars […]"
―Dave Filoni, when asked about how the World Between Worlds function[src]
 2019-04-13
2019 Age of Rebellion - Boba Fett 1
Greg Pak
"Huh?"
"He's— he's letting us go?"
"Oh yeah. Look—he already got his man."
"Get down, Zingo! He's gonna circle back!"
"Get up, ya coward. He's a bounty hunter… he ain't coming for us unless he's paid."
―Zingo Gabnit and Turfitch, upon being nearly trampled over by Boba Fett and his mount, which was carrying a Rebel pilot[src]
 2019-05-08
2019 Age of Rebellion - Lando Calrissian 1
Greg Pak
"Oh, dear. Is there a problem?"
"What the kriff is going on here!?"
"It's… it's just a standard shipment of native fauna, sir. I don't—"
"These aren't fauna! These are people! Let— let them go! Right now!"
"Oh. Come now, Magnate Imperium Calrissian… if you want a life free of worry… you need billions of credits. And this is what it takes."
―Kako Fantanine and Lando Calrissian. The two had entered a business deal since the latter was poor, but upon discovering that the deal relied on slavery, Lando frees the slaves and remains the poorest Baron Administrator of Cloud City[src]
 2019-05-15
2019 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: An Oral History[13]
George Lucas
"The thing about Anakin is, Anakin started out as a nice kid. He was kind, and sweet, and lovely, and he was then trained as a Jedi. But the Jedi can't be selfish. They can love but they can't love people to the point of possession. You can't really possess somebody, because people are free. It's possession that causes a lot of trouble, and that causes people to kill people, and causes people to be bad. Ultimately it has to do with being unwilling to give things up. The whole basis here is if you're selfish, if you're a Sith Lord, you're greedy. You're constantly trying to get something. And you're constantly in fear of not getting it, or, when you get it, you're in constant fear of losing it. And it's that fear that takes you to the dark side. It's that fear of losing what you have or want. Sometimes it's ambition, but sometimes, like in the case of Anakin, it was fear of losing his wife. He knew she was going to die. He didn't quite know how, so he was able to make a pact with a devil that if he could learn how to keep people from dying, he would help the Emperor. And he became a Sith Lord. Once he started saying, "Well, we could take over the galaxy, I could take over from the Emperor, I could have ultimate power," Padmé saw right through him immediately. She said, "You’re not the person I married. You're a greedy person." So that's ultimately how he fell and he went to the dark side. And then Luke had the chance to do the same thing. He didn't do it."
―George Lucas[src]
(See also: "Making of Revenge of the Sith" and "Making of ROTS" sections) 		2019-05-24
2019 Age of Rebellion - Luke Skywalker 1
Greg Pak
"Ah. Yesssss… even better. If you can't let it go… let that guilt twist and fester… into something so much stronger."
―Darth Sidious speaks as Luke, who felt guilty for nearly leaving the rebels for safety and to live a quiet life, rushes to a rebel leader suspected to be abandoning his troops for his own safety. Luke controls his anger and helps the leader after discovering that he was working to save his men.[src]
 2019-06-05
2019 Star Wars Adventures 25
Delilah S. Dawson
"It's not the safest place I've been…but I can't let her go in alone."
―Leia Organa, regarding her friend, Amilyn Holdo, entering the Coruscant underworld[src]
 2019-09-11
2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Various writers, incl. Matt Michnovetz, Chris Avellone
"Prauf! You okay?!"
"Cal! I can't climb up!"
"Prauf! Just hang on!"
"I'm slipping!"
"No, don't let go!"
―Cal Kestis and Prauf, who slips but is saved by Kestis through the Force, though at the cost of alerting the Empire to a Jedi Purge survivor. Accompanying music track is titled "Don't Let Go"[src]
"I just keep failing, Master!"
"Do you? Good. Keep failing, keep getting back up. That is the only way to succeed. Do not allow yourself to be weighed down by ego and pretense. Let go of what you fear to lose and rise up."
**Vision ends** "Just gotta keep getting back up, BD."
"Beep?"
"As long as we get back up we're still in this fight."
―Young Cal is trained by Jaro Tapal[src]
"You think I'm gonna let you walk away with the holocron?"
"Of course not. We both have our pride. But yours has cost you the lives of all the Force-sensitive children on that list."
―Cal Kestis, having found the holocron, and the Second Sister, regarding potential Jedi whom Merrin thought would only be endangered by finding the holocron[src]

Cal helps Cere come to terms with her violent past and let go. —In-game databank entry: (Cere Junda) "5. A Jedi's Resolve"

"Trilla. I saw what you've been through. You've experienced great suffering. It's not too late to let it go."
"Let go? I'm stronger now because of the pain."
―Cal faces the Second Sister (who loses) at Fortress Inquisitorius[src]
"We went through a number of themes. Obviously, survival was a big one but that’s a broad theme. So one of the things that we ended up with, because it was an evolutionary process. But one of them where we ended up was essentially letting go. It was the opposite of control. So it was trusting in the Force. Letting destiny work itself out based on doing the right thing, which is something that I think we can all strive for. We wanted something positive in these dark times and the idea of not trying to vie for control, letting it go and going with the will of the Force so that the Force essentially creates your destiny as opposed to trying to influence others or put them under control, which is exactly what the Galactic Empire does. It’s oppression. That’s what we wanted to end up with, the idea of him having to eventually let go of the Holocron and allow the destiny of all those Force-users to evolve on their own. Give them free will because the second you intervene in their free will, it’s different."
―Matt Michnovetz, on Fallen Order's theme[14]
"I always go back to the six movies that George made. He laid out six movies and some television. […] I had those guys look at the Clone Wars series too […] It's a lot of this Jedi philosophy and then we threw in a tiny bit of Alan Watts for good measure to round out the edges, a little Zen Buddhism that supports our themes like letting go. So that helped tremendously sell that and we worked with the Story Team closely to make sure we got all the elements."
―Matt Michnovetz, on Jedi philosophy in Fallen Order[src]
 2019-11-15
2019 Doctor Aphra 40
Simon Spurrier
"Time. That's what's left when you strip away everything else. […] From a certain perspective, time's the only thing a thief ever really steals. And it's the only gift an irredeemable disaster can give to anyone. […] You know what I think? Whether you're hanging on to rage or regret or greed or grief…sometimes?
Love is letting go."
―Chelli Lona Aphra, in a holo-message to her lover, her protégé, and her father.[src]
 2019-12-11
2020 Star Wars (Marvel Comics, 2020–)
Charles Soule
"You'll find your own path. You're strong. The Rebellion will need that strength."
―Leia Organa, to Luke Skywalker[src]

"But the biggest thing I'm worried about… if I'm not going to be a Jedi… what am I supposed to be?"
―Luke Skywalker[src]
"By the way, kid, I don't see your lightsaber. Couldn't find it?"
"Actually, Lando, I stopped looking for it. I realized something. Something important. A Jedi isn't his lightsaber. A Jedi is someone who uses the Force to bring light to the galaxy. To protect people and push back the darkness. That particular lightsaber… the one I lost… I don't need it. It was my father's… but I'm not sure how I feel about that anymore. I'm going to be a Jedi. Even if I never see that lightsaber again."
[ … Luke taps into the Force and rescues Leia Organa and Bespin Wing Guardsmen]
"Kid, I got to say…I'm glad you and the Force worked things out."
―Lando Calrissian and Luke Skywalker on Cloud City, shortly after their escape[src]

"Lobot was the reason you wanted to come back here? Just to rescue him?"
"I needed to save Lobot, yeah—I owe him, big, and I'm gonna pay him back one day. But that wasn't the whole reason. […] It's [the tibanna gas beneath Cloud City] useless to the Empire. They'll leave Cloud City. You steal from Lando Calrissian, you pay the price. But what about you? Why did you come along?"
"I'm going to rescue Han. […] When the time comes, I don't want to have to depend on anyone else."
"[Lando walks to the cockpit's exit, Lobot follows]
"[…] Guess for both of us… it's mission accomplished."
―Leia Organa and Lando Calrissian converse as they leave Bespin with a stolen Imperial shuttle[src]

"Baron-Administrator Calrissian… we all want to thank you. Thank you so much."
"Uh…sure. Of course. My pleasure."
"You didn't abandon us to the Empire. You found the Rebellion, got help and came back for us. You rescued us. You're a hero."
[Lando is rendered speechless]
"I just did what I had to do. No big deal. […]"
[The new Rebel Alliance recruit hugs Lando]
"Thank you, Baron-Administrator, thank you."
[Lando turns to Lobot]
"Huh."
―Lando Calrissian is met with gratitude for saving his people from the ISB[src]

"I guarantee one day you'll wish you'd just stayed here and learned to fish. I know you won't leave unless I tell you where to find your blasted sword, so… fine. I'll tell you. It's your life. But I have a condition. If you want to help me, never bother me again. I don't care what the Force says. Leave me alone, or next time I'll make sure I kill you. […] The place I'm sending you to is an old Jedi outpost from the High Republic days. I thought I'd find everything I needed. Holocrons, a lightsaber…it was all within my grasp but I left it there. The place was guarded. Couldn't even tell you by what. I just sensed this…cold darkness. Didn't stick around to find out. I ran. If you're smart, you'll run too."
―Verla to Luke Skywalker, after the latter states that he feels he has a duty to save the galaxy and that he seeks the lightsaber he saw in his vision[src]

"But there are things worth fighting for. Things even worth dying for. The Jedi knew that. They understood loss in the service of a greater good."
―Inspired by the Jedi artifacts around him, Luke overpowers the phantom of the Grand Inquisitor[src]
[15]
"All right. I'm not letting Lobot go in there alone with you zealots. If we're gonna do this, let's do it. Honestly, I'm probably the only way this dumb mission could succeed."
―Lando, unwilling to let go of Lobot, joins the Pathfinders in infiltrating the Imperial Museum on Coruscant[src]
 2020-01-01
2020-03-18
2020-09-16
2020-12-09
2020 Star Wars: Bounty Hunters
Ethan Sacks
"While I get the urge to murder Black Krrsantan…I really do…I'm afraid you're going to have to let him go. I kind of need him for a job."
―Chelli Aphra to Bossk, regarding BK[src]
"Help me! Owwww! Let me go…there are stormtroopers after me!"
"I'll blast you myself for bringing trouble to my bar, you little gwerp—"
"Please, somebody help me!"
"—This look like a place heroes drink?"
―A young Beilert Valance and a bartender. Valance is saved by Nakano Lash, who becomes his mentor[src]
"You smug rancor's spawn! You killed T'ongor— Let me go! I'll fry you for this! You can't let her get away with this!"
―T'onga confronts Nakano Lash, though Valance restrains T'onga[src]
"Let her go."
"But you transmitted a call for help…"
"It's okay, Valance. T'onga deserves some closure."
―Lash and Valance. Valance complies as Lash clarifies the events that led to T'ongor's death, allowing T'onga to let go of her desire for vengeance[src]
"Let go, Cadeliah. It's not safe… you have to get in the escape pod."
"No, I'm not leaving! I can stay and fight with you. I can protect you!"
"You have a much greater fight ahead of you, dear girl. Just not now. Not here."
"But… I… can't lose you."
"Don't cry for me. My time has passed."
―Nakano Lash, who had cared for the child Cadeliah, urges the latter to let go and live with Valance while General Vukorah and Boba Fett set out to kill Lash[src]
 2020-03-11
2020-03-25
2020-08-19
2020-09-23
2020 The Clone Wars: Season Seven
Dave Filoni
George Lucas[16]
"Let me go. Let me die! You're all going to burn, we're all going to die!"
―Maul, to Ahsoka Tano and her allies[src]

In "Victory and Death," Ahsoka Tano must let go of Maul and his shuttle in order to save Rex.[17] 		2020-05-08
2020 The Jedi Mind SW.com announcement
Kristin Baver
"[…] the book is paired with beautiful illustrations from artist Christina Chung to give readers bite-sized meditations on everything from letting go to looking inward."
―Kristin Baver on The Jedi Mind[src]
 2020-07-06
2020 Shadow of Vader's Castle
Cavan Scott
"Wait! What? I can't move. W-why can't I move?!"
"Because I do not allow it."
"Please… the fumes… I can see… see the most terrible things. Let me go!"
―Imperial officer Vaneé and Darth Vader. Vader refuses to let go, forcing Vaneé to inhale the dark side lava fumes, go insane, and thus willingly submit as a servant[src]
"Let me go! You're hurting me."
―An innocent Twi'lek girl, captured by a stormtrooper under the bidding of the Emperor[src]
 2020-11-04
2020 The Jedi Mind
Amy Ratcliffe
"Next time you do this chore, do it very deliberately. Let go of everything else except for the task, and wholly engage in it."
―The Jedi Mind, p. 13[src]
 2020-11-10
2020 "Against All Odds" (Dak Ralter POV story from From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back)
R.F. Kuang

He doesn't have to fight any more
He can let go.
Calm sweeps across him. Suddenly the numb isn't so bad. The panic's gone. Nothing hurts.
It's all right, he thinks. It's all right.

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2020-11-10
2020 Darth Vader (2020–)
Greg Pak
Padmé: "To be angry is to be human."
Yoda: "Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
Padmé and Anakin: "Come away with me. Help me raise our child. Leave everything else behind while we still can."
"We don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the Republic. I am more powerful than the Chancellor! I can overthrow him, and together you and I can rule the galaxy!"
Darth Vader: "Come with me. It is the only way."
Padmé: "I don't believe what I'm hearing…"
[Luke falling into the abyss of Cloud City after letting go. Vader sees Shmi taking the place of Luke, and later Padmé]: "<--Depicted through textless comic panels"
―Flashback from Vader's POV, after ZED-6-7 recounts the history of Shmi's kidnapping and the following massacre of Tusken Raiders (post–ESB).[src]

"When…did you last see Padmé?"
"On Coruscant. After the clone troopers burned the Jedi Temple. She insisted on flying to Mustafar—alone. Said it was personal. I should never have let her go."
―Darth Vader and Gregar Typho[src]

"Ukk! L-let go!"
"Be careful what you ask for."
"Gah!"
―Ochi, choked by Vader over lava and unaware of his surroundings, demands the Sith Lord to let go[src]
 2020-02-05
2020-07-29
2020-11-11
2020 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020)
Alyssa Wong
"Let go of me!"
―Eustacia Okka, captured by the greedy Ronen Tagge. The latter is killed by his own disintegration chamber as a result[src]
 2020-10-28
2020 Star Wars: The Mandalorian: "Chapter 11: The Heiress"
Jon Favreau
"It's time to go. Let go. Come on, kid."
―Din Djarin to Grogu, who wants to stay with the frogs[src]
 2020-11-13
2020 The LE(t)GO Star Wars Holiday Special
David Shayne
"Remember, a Jedi—"
"—must let go." **loses self-control, gives in to frustration, and almost murders a murder of porgs**
"No! Wha—that's not letting go!"
―Rey Skywalker trains Finn[src]
"Luke! Do you remember the first Jedi lesson you ever learned?"
"Let—"
"—go.""
―Rey and Luke Skywalker, who, in a tug-of-war with Darth Sidious in the Force, defeat the greedy Sith by letting the key to the galaxy's past hit Sidious in the face[src]
 2020-11-17
2020 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught
"I realize this is something you must do without me, but I couldn't let you go without at least wishing you luck."
―Lana Beniko speaks to the Commander before the latter sets off to destroy Vitiate once and for all, again[src]
"And I can't believe you think I'm going to just sit on the sidelines while Satele is in trouble. I lost one parent. I'm not just standing by and and letting the other one go."
―Theron Shan insists on rescuing his mother Satele by following the Commander[src]
 2020-12-09

2021

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The following covers 2021 and beyond. Latest direct mention of letting go:
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Year Source
Writer(s)		 Quote Released
2021 Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020)
Alyssa Wong
"S-Sana Starros! Y-yeah, she'll tell you everything! Just let me go!"
―Remy, interrogated by Vukorah of the Unbroken Clan. While the latter does not let go, her fate is TBD[src]
"The Unbroken Clan is one of the most dangerous syndicates on Corellia. Vukorah's not going to let this go."
"Uh-huh."
―Sana Starros and Chelli Aphra pursue a Nihil Path engine, which Vukorah also wants[src]
 2021-01-20
2021 The High Republic: Into the Dark
Claudia Gray
Attribution: As a result of Reath Silas' letting go, the Vessel and its crew were saved from the Great Disaster

Reath let go of caution, and of the ladder, dropping down into the inner workings of the ship.

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Attribution: As a result of Cohmac Vitus' letting go of caution, his master, Simmix, is "freed" from the mortal world. Simmix's death remains forever a heavy burden for Vitus to bear.

Every tenet of Jedi doctrine proclaimed that Cohmac should feel happy for Master Simmix, who had been freed from the illusion of mortality and the weaknesses of the flesh. […] When he shouldered his way past Master Laret, she raised no objection, just let him go. […] Master Simmix, always cautious with the lives of others, had sometimes been careless with his own. […] More than once, Cohmac had had to point that out. And yet, this time, this one fatal time, Cohmac had let it go.

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Attribution: A greedy kidnapper who lost his arm to the Jedi Reath Silas for not letting go of the girl Nan confronts the Jedi Orla Jareni.

The man knew he was guilty, obviously, but he was unwilling to let go of what he considered the righteousness of his wrath. "Don’t get all high-and-mighty with me. Don't the Jedi abduct children, too?" […] "Families willingly give their Force-sensitive children to the temples, so that they can be trained in the ways of the Jedi. It's their free choice" […] For future reference, when a young girl's screaming for you to let her go? She gets a free choice, too. If you ignore that, then you can't complain about the results.

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Attribution: Affie Hollow was angry at Leox Gyasi's explanation that she was attacked by 8-T gardening droids because they were simply following orders to protect plants on the Amaxine station.

Affie sighed and let it go. Of course the droids were only following their programming. Didn't mean she had to like them.

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Attribution: Affie leaves the Vessel's bridge; Leox had just told Affie that her mother figure, Scover Byne, might have been hiding secrets regarding the space station from her.

Without another word, she stalked off the bridge, half hoping Leox would follow her to apologize, but he let her go.

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2021-02-02
2021 Life Day Part 2
Michael Moreci
"Now, let the Wookiees go and be satisfied that you captured a Jedi Master."
―Qui-Gon Jinn to his Trandoshan captor[src]
 2021-03-02 (comic preview)
2021 The High Republic 3
Cavan Scott
"Come with us […] we can make you whole."
"Aaargh! Let me go!"
―The Drengir, dark side creatures bent on consuming other lifeforms, and the innocent boy Bartol[src]
 2021-03-03
2021 George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, during BLM/coronavirus pandemic
"The reality of nature and God and life is that things come and things go […] You have to learn to accept the fact that it is a continuum that you're just a part of […] enjoy them and love them while they're there and then be happy that they've gone someplace else. […] You can't hold on to people becuase the pain of losing somebody or losing something is your pain […] and you have to be able to overcome that. Otherwise you just suffer your whole life."
―George Lucas[src]
"The reality of nature and God and life is that things come and things go […] You have to learn to accept the fact that it is a continuum that you're just a part of […] enjoy them and love them while they're there and then be happy that they've gone someplace else. […] You can't hold on to people becuase the pain of losing somebody or losing something is your pain […] and you have to be able to overcome that. Otherwise you just suffer your whole life."
―George Lucas[src]
"Jedi don't hold on; I cannot hold on to you, and I learned that from George."
―Mellody Hobson, on accepting the fact that one of her colleagues was leaving[src]
"It's also something you learn with your children, because there is a point in your life when you have to let them go and be on their own, and it's a very hard thing to do. […] It's a natural thing, but the more you hold on the more painful it is, and if you just let people go--as I say, if you […] have a bird in your hand and you hold it too tight because you don't want it to go eventually you'll crush it—so the important part is to let it go and fly off and be on its own. It'll come back and the love will be the stronger."
―Geogre Lucas[src]
 c. 2021
2021 Doctor Aphra 9
Alyssa Wong
"Pay up, and I'll let you go…with a little parting gift, of course."
―Ariole Yu to Koz, following up on debts for the Sixth Kin; Yu is caught in an ambush as a result[src]
 2021-04-21
2021 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught "Secrets of the Enclave"

(Empire storyline) Dialogue options:

  1. Kill him. (DS option)
  2. [Say nothing]
  3. Rivix, let him go. (LS option)

(Republic storyline) Dialogue options:

  1. [Let Colonel Golah go] (LS option)
  2. [Kill Colonel Golah] (DS option)

(Empire storyline) Dialogue options:

  1. [Let Master Narezz go] (LS option)
  2. [Kill Master Narezz] (DS option)
 2021-04-27
2021 The Bad Batch — "Aftermath"
"Reprogramming this thing will be pointless if you crush it!"
"Hurry up!"
"Done. Let it go."
―Tech and Wrecker, as they capture an enemy training droid and reprogram it to serve them[src]
 2021-05-04
2021 Doctor Aphra 10
Alyssa Wong
"All right, doctor. Show us your expertise."
"And then you'll let me go?
"Hah, no. But I'll kill you last."
"That's not a great motivator."
―Vukorah, who holds hostage a group of innocents for the Nihil Path engine replica to be fixed, and Aphra; in the ensuing firefight, Vukorah refuses to let go of Aphra, chasing after her. Vukorah loses on of her eyes as a result[src]
 2021-05-26
2021 War of the Bounty Hunters – Jabba the Hutt 1
Justina Ireland
"Jabba? No, I can't go to Jabba's—I've heard stories of that sarlacc pit. Just let me go—I have connections. Big connections—bigger than the Hutts!"
"That's not how this works."
―Crimson Dawn mercenary Jarm Brock and captor Boba Fett[src]
 2021-07-21
2021 The Bad Batch — "Return to Kamino"
"You want to protect the kid, then let her go."
―Crosshair speaks to Hunter regarding Omega[src]
 2021-08-06
2021 The Bad Batch — "Kamino Lost"
"Let him go, Wrecker. Crosshair has always been sever and unyielding. It is his nature. You cannot change that. He cannot change that."
"Why are you defending me?"
"I am not. Understanding you does not mean I agree with you."
―Tech and Crosshair[src]
 2021-08-13
2021 War of the Bounty Hunters 3
Charles Soule
"Let me go…or I'll cut myself…a new braid."
―Boba Fett (who claims that his armour's brown braids were taken from Wookiees he killed) struggles under Chewbacca's classic chokehold[src]
 2021-08-18
2021 War of the Bounty Hunters 4
Charles Soule
"I assumed Jabba would bid for Han, and the Empire would take him in the end—he's too valuable a prize for them to let go."
―Qi'ra, in the aftermath of the auction for Han Solo[src]
 2021-09-08
2021 Star Wars 17
Charles Soule
"I never meant to let you go, Elthree. Things got around me. Saw some real bad luck, and next thing I know, you're gone. Maybe you're mad about that. I know I'd be. But listen…I apologize."
―Lando, to L3-37 inside the Millennium Falcon[src]
 2021-09-29

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Star Wars Episode V: George Lucas On The Force)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 YouTube George Lucas' Advice on the Colorado Flier YouTube channel (backup link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 YouTube George Lucas: Project Happiness Interview on the Mount Madonna School Values in World Thought YouTube channel (backup link)
  4. ↑ Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
  5. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Star_Wars_and_Philosophy.html?id=YL4Fm_5wbHUC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  6. ↑
    "At the apex of its arc, he let go, twisting and launching himself headlong through open space to catch hold of the spring-loaded rod as it came spiking out of the wall."
    ―Excerpt from Red Harvest[src]
  7. ↑
    "This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight."
    ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Luke Skywalker[src]
    (used again here)
    "This weapon is your life!"
    ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Anakin Skywalker[src]
  8. ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones - Bloopers & Outtakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZasLcoKWlY
  9. ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Revenge of the Sith Featurette: The Return of Darth Vader) // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq_2nK5KUAo
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Per an interview with a writer on The Clone Wars, season six of the TV series was already written by September 2011.
  11. ↑ Star Wars 4
  12. ↑ StarWars.com How The Last Jedi Novelization Connects to A Galaxy of Star Wars Books and Comics on StarWars.com (backup link)
  13. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: An Oral History on StarWars.com (backup link)
  14. ↑ Premium-Era-real Matt Michnovetz Jedi: Fallen Order Interview by Cicchitti, Conor on Star Wars Editor (July 5, 2021) (backup link archived on January 25, 2025)
  15. ↑
    "As the Inquisitor dangled above growing explosions and fire, he realized he had been defeated—yet he was more afraid of his Master's wrath for his failure. He chose death, warning Kanan that he had unleashed something terrible, and let go."
    ―The SW.com Databank[src]

    "There are some things far more frightening than death."
    ―The Grand Inquisitor's final words before being consumed in a fiery abyss[src]
  16. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars Will Be Forever on StarWars.com (backup link)
  17. ↑ From 3. Ahsoka letting go of the shuttle to help her friend.
    "For a moment it seems like Ahsoka might be able to stop Maul in his tracks, and bring back their means of escape. But […] alone, […] she fails. She literally must let go and return to the battle […] Utter defeat in an instant, but a choice she makes courageously in order to help her dear friend, Rex."
    ―Kristin Baver[src]

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