Darth Vader Said, “Luke, I Am Your Father” myth


That Famous Line From The Empire Strikes Back is Actually a Misquote

Darth Vader never actually says, “Luke, I am your father.” Vader instead says, “No, I am your father.” In other words, this is just one of those misquoted movie lines.[1]

So why does everyone think he says, “Luke, I am your father?” I’ll submit to you that it is not the Mandela effect. Instead my theory is that it was on some TV show or movie comedy along the way said, “Luke, I am your father,” and that was the version that got stuck in the lexicon.

The full quote from the famous scene in The Empire Strikes Back is featured below (in script form and clip form).

Notice Vader doesn’t say the word “Luke” until the end of this exchange. Previously in the exchange he calls him “young Skywalker” and “Skywalker”… which is a little strange since that is his last name too.

“Luke, I Am Your Father”

				VADER
		There is no escape.  Don't make 
		me destroy you.  You do not yet 
		realize your importance.  You 
		have only begun to discover your 
		power.  Join me and I will complete 
		your training.  With our combined 
		strength, we can end this destructive 
		conflict and bring order to the 
		galaxy.

				LUKE
		I'll never join you!

				VADER
		If you only knew the power of the 
		dark side.  Obi-Wan never told 
		you what happened to your father.

				LUKE
		He told me enough!  It was you 
		who killed him.

				VADER
		No.  I am your father.

Shocked, Luke looks at Vader in utter disbelief.

				LUKE
		No.  No.  That's not true!  
		That's impossible!

				VADER
		Search your feelings.  You know 
		it to be true.

				LUKE
		No!  No!  No!

				VADER
		Luke.  You can destroy the Emperor.
		He has foreseen this.  It is your 
		destiny.  Join me, and together 
		we can rule the galaxy as father 
		and son.  Come with me.  It is the 
		only way.
Article Citations
  1. Empire Strikes Back Script. IMSDB.com.
Conclusion

The line we all know and love and repeat, “Luke, I am your father,” is a misquote. Darth Vader never says that.


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Jesse M R Danyluck Supports this as a Fact.

In the original theatrical release he actually does say no luke, I am your father. It wasn’t until it was released outside of theatre that it got edited. Why it got edited I had no idea but I have a video taken from inside the original screening where this is what he says

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TERRELL HODGE Supports this as a Fact.

Just watched a clip from the 1980’s with crowd reaction and he days no Luke…i am you father.

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Michael Powers Did not vote.

This is the most pathetic excuse for journalism I’ve seen in a long time.
A) “Does Darth Vader actually say ‘I am your father’?”
B) “Darth Vader never actually says, ‘Luke, I am your father.'”
Where’s the contradiction or myth??? He still says, “I am your father,”
You are probably so stupid you don’t realize that, “Luke, I am your father”, “I’m your father, Luke”, or Luke saying, “You’re not my father!!!” are variations on a meme, the point of which is to exaggerate the melodrama and reduce the tension produced by the scene.

The writers for this site are overpaid — FACT

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Scott Supports this as a Fact.

How come James earl jones quotes his line from the movie Luke I Am your father on the Big Bang theory? Did he forget his own line? I don’t think so.

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