Top Ten Best Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin Quotes from Star Wars

1 Charming to the last. You don't know how hard I found it, signing the order to terminate your life.

2 Enough of this. Vader, release him! [Motti] This bickering is pointless. Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the Rebel fortress by the time this station is operational. We will then crush the Rebellion with one swift stroke.

3 Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.

4 Princess Leia, before your execution, I would like you to be my guest at a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now.

5 ...I have just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently... The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.

6 You see, Lord Vader? She can be reasonable... Continue with the operation. You may fire when ready... You are far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration, but don't worry. We will deal with your rebel friends soon enough.

7 You would prefer another target? A military target?! Then name the system! I grow tired of asking this, so it will be the last time. Where is the Rebel base?

8 In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that will be destroyed first. Since you are reluctant to provide us with the location of the Rebel base, I have chosen to test this station's destructive power on your home planet of Alderaan.

9 We need a statement, not a manifesto. The Holy City will be enough for today.

10 Obi-Wan Kenobi? What makes you [Darth Vader] think so? Surely he must be dead by now... The Jedi are extinct. Their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.