The Last Starfighter (1984) - Quotes

Understanding the Death Blossom Mechanism

Grig: Remember, Death Blossom delivers only one massive volley at close range, theoretically.

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Cultural Differences in Home Environments

Alex Rogan: [they are inside an asteroid, hiding from the armada] This reminds you of home????

Grig: Aaah, yes, I live below ground with my wifeoid and six thousand little Griglings. At least, until Xur turns them into slaves. Where does your kind live?

Alex Rogan: In houses, mostly, that's caves above ground. I live in a mobile home.

Grig: What is that?

Alex Rogan: It is like a cave that goes places. Only we never went anywhere.

Grig: A mobile cave that never went anywhere. Fascinating.

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Confrontation Over the Last Starfighter's Existence

Ko-Dan 1st Officer: Unidentified craft.

Lord Kril: [gazes at the computer scanner and recognizes an all-too-familiar ship] What is it?! Wait...

Xur: [Lord Kril and his lieutenant look at Xur] Gunstar?!! But...but that's impossible! We destroyed them all!!

Lord Kril: [finally realizes the truth; to the Ko-dan guards] So..."The last Starfighter is dead." This has gone far enough! Seize him!!

Xur: [the Ko-dan guards confiscate his scepter and remove him from the bridge] How dare you do this?! I am the Emperor of Rylos!! I, and I alone, command this entire armada—! Release me! I command you! You will pay for this with your lives...!!!

Lord Kril: All guns, fire!!

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Signal Received: The Last Starfighter Alert

Ko-Dan 1st Officer: Commander Kril, we're getting a signal on the alert frequency.

Lord Kril: Acknowledge.

Ko-Dan 1st Officer: Extermination Emissary Zeta Six, one message. "The last Starfighter..." Transmission pulsars have stopped, Commander.

Lord Kril: The last Starfighter...

Xur: [confidently] Is dead! The last Starfighter is dead! Nothing can stop us now! Ahead full to Rylos!

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Reality of Space Travel Revealed

Maggie Gordon: Alex in space? Is this for real?

Beta: Yes! That's what I'm trying to tell you - it's ALL for real.

Maggie Gordon: Well, then don't talk, DRIVE!

Beta: There he is. When I get the signal, we're gonna jump, okay?

Maggie Gordon: What do you mean jump?

Beta: We're gonna ram him.

Maggie Gordon: [shocked] What?

Beta: Are you ready? Jump!

Maggie Gordon: [jumps off the truck] Alex!

Beta: [grimly smiling; sacrifices himself] You owe me one, Alex.

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Surprise Strategy in a Desperate Situation

Alex Rogan: Hold it! There's no fleet, no Starfighters, no plan? One ship, you, me and that's it?

Grig: Exactly! Xur thinks you're still on Earth. Classic military strategy: surprise attack.

Alex Rogan: It'll be a slaughter!

Grig: That's the spirit!

Alex Rogan: No, MY slaughter! One ship against the whole armada?

Grig: Yes, one Gunstar against the armada. I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against incredible odds.

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Confusion Over Starfighter Hangar Status

Alex Rogan: [as they prepare to launch] Wait a minute... when did the hangar go up?

Grig: I told you, when Xur attacked!

Alex Rogan: And where were the Starfighters?

Grig: In the hangar!

Alex Rogan: You mean they're dead?

Grig: [scoffs] Death is a primitive concept; I prefer to think of them as battling evil, in another dimension!

Alex Rogan: In another dimension?! How many are left?

Grig: Including yourself?

Alex Rogan: Yeah!

Grig: One!

Alex Rogan: ONE?!

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A Farewell Between Friends

Beta: Good luck, Alex.

Alex Rogan: You too... Alex.

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Misunderstandings Among Friends and Aliens

Alex Rogan: What did you do to Maggie?!

Beta: Do to her?! We were looking up at the stars and she sticks her tongue in my ear. I screamed. I'll apologize to her tomorrow, okay?

Alex Rogan: You're not gonna be here. You're going back to Centauri right now!

Louis Rogan: [trying to sleep, angry] What's up, Alex?

Alex Rogan: Back to sleep, Louis, or I'm telling Mom about your Playboys!

Beta: [as Alex is walking out] You're blowing it, Alex.

Louis Rogan: [looks down from the bed, shocked] What the?!

Beta: [imitating Alex] I said back to sleep, Louis, or I'm telling Mom about your Playboys!

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Exploring Identity Through Simuloids in Dialogue

Alex Rogan: [shocked] Hey, you look like me!

Beta: Of course I do. I'm a beta unit.

Alex Rogan: What the hell is a beta unit?!

Beta: A beta unit is a simuloid. An exact duplicate of you, only not as loud.

Alex Rogan: Huh????

Beta: I was in the Starcar, remember? We shook hands. I became you, unfortunately.

Alex Rogan: Let me get this straight, you're a robot?

Beta: I beg your pardon. I'm a state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line beta unit, put here as a courtesy replacement for while you are away. Lucky me. Wait a minute... what are you doing back?!

Alex Rogan: Are you kidding? It's war up there!

Beta: Oh, save the whales, but not the universe, huh?

Alex: Why don't you go up there and fight?

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Unexpected Conversations About Relationships

Alex Rogan: [calling out] Maggie! You're never going to believe this!

Maggie Gordon: [slaps him, angrily] I told you, Alex! Me and my- how did you put it- "strange sexual urges" aren't talking to you anymore!

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Facing Destiny and Embracing Change

Centauri: Alex, Alex! You're walking away from history! History! Did Chris Columbus say he wanted to stay home? No! What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galoka think that the Yulus were too ugly to save?

Alex Rogan: [confused] Who's Galoka?

Centauri: [realizing his mistake] Never mind.

Alex Rogan: Listen, Centauri. I'm not any of those guys, I'm a kid from a trailer park.

Centauri: If that's what you think, then that's all you'll ever be!

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Nightmare Disrupted by Unexpected Conversation

Louis Rogan: [startled] Alex, what the hell's going on?!

Beta: Louis, you are having a terrible nightmare. Go back to sleep.

Louis: Alex, your head...

Beta: I said back to sleep Louis, or I am telling Mom about your Playboys!

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Power and Leadership in the Ko-Dan Empire

Xur: [admiring his scepter] Just like your Ko-Dan Emperor's, isn't it, Commander Kril?

Lord Kril: It takes more than a scepter to rule, Xur. Even on Rylos.

Xur: You're right, Kril. It does take more than a scepter.

Ko-Dan 1st Officer: [aside, to Lord Kril] How long must we endure this fool?

Ko-Dan Controller: We have a break in the Frontier

Lord Kril: Fire the meteor gun!

Xur: My dear Ko-dan friends, lest we forget! It was your own emperor who granted me command of this armada. For only I hold the secret to the Frontier. Only I know the location of the Starfighter base. And therefore, only I will give the order to fire!

Lord Kril: Forgive me, Xur.

Xur: [smirks] You are forgiven, Commander Kril. Meteor gunner... fire!

Xur: At last, it is done! Soon the Frontier will be down, and they will bow to their new emperor! Or I will darken the sky with their ashes.

Ko-Dan 1st Officer: Commander, Xurian spy reports that one starfighter has escaped.

Xur: Escaped?!

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Impending Invasion and Reluctant Heroes

Xur: Hear me, Rylans! When the green moon of Galan is eclipsed, Ko-Dan Armada will invade! Very soon, we shall destroy you all. And not ever your mighty Starfighters will be able to save you!

Enduran: [defiantly] We shall see, Xur! We shall see!

Centauri: [laughs, to Alex; mutters to himself, in the Starcar on the way back to Earth] You still want to go? And miss all the excitement? Little brat! I invent the game, find the kid, drag him up there and he doesn't want to be a Starfighter, I give up!

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A Son's Betrayal and a Father's Rejection

Xur: [on image] Yes, Father. Your mighty Frontier grows weaker by the moment.

Enduran: Do not call me Father! You are no longer my son! You are an outcast! Why have you returned?

Xur: I have returned for the good of all Rylans.

Enduran: With an armada of Ko-Dan warships behind you?

Xur: There are some Rylans who would welcome me, Father.

Enduran: Star League justice put down your Xurian cult! Your followers are few and scattered!

Xur: [angry] Star League?! A refuge for weak worlds not worthy to be our equals!

Enduran: That is for the Rylans to decide! And not for a dangerous and evil child such as yourself!

Xur: And yet, it is this child who caught your master spy!

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Conflict Over Money and Talent in Gaming

Rylan Bursar: Return the money, Centauri.

Centauri: Return the money?! Are you delirious?! Do you know how long it took to invent the games? To merchandise them? To get them in the stores by Christmas?

Grig: It must be terribly embarrassing for you and I do sympathize, however--

Centauri: But I saw him fight! He could be the greatest Starfighter ever!

Alex Rogan: That was just a game, Centauri!

Centauri: A game! Well, you may have thought it was a game - but it was also a test! Aha, a test! Sent out across the universe to find those with the gift to be Starfighters. And here you are, my boy! Here you are!

Alex Rogan: Right, here I am, about to be killed!

Centauri: Killed! You don't seriously think it's dangerous, do you? Don't be silly! Trust me!

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Delightful Welcome Among Friends

Rylan Bursar: [disgustedly] Rrrr... E sanchay!

Centauri: E sanchay! Onee mat swella! Preeta! Preeta!

Alex Rogan: Centauri, what's going on?

Centauri: He's just saying how delighted he is that you are here, and if there's anything that he can do to make your stay more enjoyable, just give him a ring.

Alex Rogan: My stay! What are you talking about? Where are we?

Centauri: Welcome to Rylos, my boy!

Alex Rogan: Rylos! Wait a minute... you mean, you mean... like in the game?

Centauri: [muttering; out loud] Oh, he's quick! He's quick! He's very quick! He's speechless! So long, Alex! Have fun! May the luck of the Seven Pillars of Gulu be with you at all times. Oh, someday these cheapskates will thank Centauri, trust me. BOOLA!

Fate and Surprises in Unexpected Encounters

Centauri: The amusing thing about this is, it's all a big mistake. That particular Starfighter game was supposed to be delivered to Vegas, not some flea-speck trailer park in the middle of tumbleweeds and tarantulas. So it must be fate, destiny, blind chance, luck even, that brings us together. And as the poet said, "the rest is history.

Alex Rogan: Where are you going? Where are you taking me?

Centauri: [singsong voice] I told you, I want to save it for a surprise. Hey, are you kind of kid who reads the last page of a mystery first? Who pesters the magician to tell you his tricks? Who sneaks downstairs to peek at his Christmas presents? No, of course you're not. That's why I'm not gonna tell you!

Alex Rogan: Oh, God.

Centauri: Besides, I just love surprises, don't you?

Unexpected Encounter at the Arcade

Centauri: Hello. Excuse me, son.

Alex Rogan: Store's closed, mister.

Centauri: I'm not here for cigarettes or bubble gum, my boy. Can you tell me the name of the person who broke the record on that game over there, and where I might find him?

Alex Rogan: Alex Rogan, and you're lookin at him.

Centauri: [laughs] Alex Rogan.

Alex Rogan: Who are you?

Centauri: Centauri's the name. I invented Starfighter, which is why I'm here.

Alex Rogan: It is?

Centuari: [gestures toward the back seat of his car] It is. We have to talk about a matter of utmost importance Step into my office.

Facing Fears and Affirming Love

Alex Rogan: The truth is you're scared of leaving this trailer park.

Maggie Gordon: I'm not scared of leaving this trailer park, Alex.

Alex Rogan: Hey, listen. Whatever happens, it's you and me forever, right? Right?

Maggie Gordon: I love you so much, Alex.

Alex Rogan: I'll always love you, Maggs.

Louis: [derisively] Diarrhea!

Seizing Opportunities in Life's Changes

Alex Rogan: Otis, I just never had a chance to have a good time around here.

Otis: Things change. Always do. You'll get your chance! Important thing is, when it comes, you gotta grab it with both hands and hold on tight!

Recruited to Defend Against an Invasion

Video Game Attract Mode: Greetings Starfighter! You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada!

Enduran: Victory or death!

Maggie Gordon: I love you, Alex Rogan.

Louis Rogan: [as Alex's ship lands on his return to Earth] Woohoo! All right; we're being invaded! This is great!!

Jane Rogan: Oh, Alex, I always knew you'd leave someday, but I never expected this.

Grig Praises Alex's Heroic Achievements

Grig: [After the stunned residents of the trailer park see Grig and Alex land the Gunstar] You should be proud of Alex, Mrs. Rogan. You must all be proud of him. He saved the Star League and hundreds of worlds, including Earth.

Intergalactic Recruitment and the Law

Grig: Up to your old Excalibur tricks again, eh, Centauri? Did it ever occur to you that it is against the law to recruit from worlds outside the Star League?

Sacrifices for Greater Good and Personal Gain

Centauri: [dies] Alex, I want you to know that it was for the greatest good that I brought you back. Of course... it never hurts to be rich.

Centauri Praises Talent and Offers Opportunity

Centauri: I must congratulate you on your virtuoso performance, my boy. Centauri is impressed. I've seen em come, and I've seen em go, but you're the best, my boy. Dazzling! Light years ahead of the competition! Centauri's got a little proposition for you. Are ya interested?

Recruitment for the Star League Mission

Centauri: [voice in video game] Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada.