The Last Starfighter Quotes

The Last Starfighter is a television program that first aired in 1970 . The Last Starfighter completed its run in 1970.

It features Gary Adelson as producer, Craig Safan in charge of musical score, and King Baggot (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Last Starfighter is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Last Starfighter is 101 minutes long. The Last Starfighter is distributed by Universal Pictures.

The cast includes: Robert Preston as Centauri, Dan Mason as Lord Kril, George McDaniel as Kodan Officer, Dan O'Herlihy as Grig, Lance Guest as Alex Rogan, Vernon Washington as Otis, Catherine Mary Stewart as Maggie Gordon, Norman Snow as Xur, Chris Hebert as Louis Rogan, Meg Wyllie as Granny Gordon, Kay E. Kuter as Enduran, John O'Leary as Rylan Bursar, and Barbara Bosson as Jane Rogan.

The Last Starfighter Quotes

Lance Guest as Alex Rogan

• (Lance Guest) "The command ship."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "There -- the turret at the far end."
• (Lance Guest) "I see it."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Good luck, Starfighter."
• (Lance Guest) "Thanks, Grig. For everything."

• (Lance Guest) "I'm sorry, it was an accident. I didn't mean to step on you, uh, whatever that is."

• (Lance Guest) "Maybe there is a Starfighter left."

• (Lance Guest) "Wait a minute -- when did the hangar go up?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "I told you. When Xur attacked."
• (Lance Guest) "And where were the Starfighters?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "In the hangar."
• (Lance Guest) "You mean they're dead?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Death is a primitive concept. I prefer to think of them as battling evil in another dimension."
• (Lance Guest) "In another dimension? How many are left?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Including yourself?"
• (Lance Guest) "Yeah."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "One."
• (Lance Guest) "One ?"

• (Lance Guest) "Hey, you look like me."
• (Beta) "Of course I do. I'm a beta unit."
• (Lance Guest) "What the hell is a beta unit?"
• (Beta) "A beta unit is a simuloid. An exact duplicate, only not as loud."

• (Lance Guest) "Is this my Gunstar?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "This is a prototype, different from the other ships. She has greater range, more power, and a slight weapons modification. Of course, she features deflective plating, so she can withstand several direct hits."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "From here, this is where I navigate the ship, maintain life support and propulsion systems."
• (Lance Guest) "-- ok. So where do I sit?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Way up there, in the Gunnery Chair."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Hang on."
• (Lance Guest) "Ok."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Now, climb into the Gunnery Chair."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Now, I'm moving you into launching position. There in front of you are the 2 switches to your heads-up display. Turn them on."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "While you're engaging the enemy, the screen with reflect all battle instruments towards you."
• (Lance Guest) "Hey, where did it go?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "It's still there. Suspended in a Xenon mist, but it's only visible if you look dead ahead."
• (Lance Guest) "Ah, got it."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "The lever on your left is the Chair Control. As you can see, all weapons track with your every move."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Grasp the Targeting Control with your right hand. At your fingers is the Weaponry: the Lasers, Photon missiles --"
• (Lance Guest) "-- and the Particle Beams."
• (Lance Guest) "Hey wait, this is like back home."
• (Lance Guest) "But, what's this?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Careful. CAREFUL. That's Death Blossom, a weapon of last resort. Luckily, I was in here working on it when the hangar went up."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Now are you ready? All systems, Go. IGNITION."

• (Beta) "Good luck, Alex."
• (Lance Guest) "You too -- Alex."

• (Lance Guest) "Store's closed, mister."
• (Robert Preston) "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?"
• (Lance Guest) "Alex Rogan, and you're looking at him."
• (Robert Preston) "Alex Rogan. Ha ha ha."
• (Lance Guest) "Who are you?"
• (Robert Preston) "Centauri's the name. I invented Starfighter, which is why I'm here."
• (Lance Guest) "It is?"
• (Robert Preston) "It is. We have to talk about a matter of utmost importance. Step into my office."
• (Robert Preston) "Step into my office."

• (Beta) "Wait a minute, what are you doing back?"
• (Lance Guest) "Are you kidding? It's war up there."
• (Beta) "Oh, save the whales, but not the universe, huh?"

• (Lance Guest) "We did it."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Yes, we actually did, didn't we?"
• (Lance Guest) "The command ship."

• (Lance Guest) "Otis, I just never have a chance to have a good time around here."
• (Vernon Washington) "Things change. Always do. You'll get your chance. Important thing is, when it comes, you've got to grab with both hands, and hold on tight."

Catherine Mary Stewart as Maggie Gordon

• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "Termination agent sent one message."
• (Beta) "There he is. When I give the signal, we're gonna jump, okay?"
• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "What do you mean jump?"
• (Beta) "We're gonna ram him."
• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "What?"
• (Beta) "Are you ready? Jump."
• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "Alex."
• (George McDaniel) ""Last -- Starfighter -- ""
• (Beta) "You owe me one, Alex."
• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "Alex."
• (George McDaniel) "Transmission ended at source, Commander."
• (Dan Mason) ""The Last Starfighter -- ""
• (Norman Snow) "-- Is dead."
• (Norman Snow) ""The Last Starfighter is dead." Ahead full, to Rylos."

• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "I love you, Alex Rogan."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Six --"
• (Lance Guest) "Heads-up display, check."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Five --"
• (Lance Guest) "Lasers, check."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Four --"
• (Lance Guest) "Particle beams, check."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Three --"
• (Lance Guest) "Proton bombs, check."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Two --"
• (Lance Guest) "Chair control, check."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "One --"
• (Lance Guest) "Let's do it."

• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "Alex in space? Is this for real?"
• (Beta) "Yes. That's what I'm trying to tell you, it's all for real."
• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "Well then, don't talk, drive."

• (Catherine Mary Stewart) "I love you Alex Rogan."

Robert Preston as Centauri

• (Robert Preston) "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."

• (Robert Preston) "The amusing thing about this, 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"."
• (Lance Guest) "Where are you going? Where are you taking me?"
• (Robert Preston) "I told you, I want to save it for a surprise. Hey, are you the 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? Noooo, of course you're not."
• (Robert Preston) "That's why I'm not gonna tell you."
• (Lance Guest) "Oh, God."
• (Robert Preston) "Besides, I just love surprises, don't you?"

• (Robert Preston) "Alex. Alex. You're walking away from history. History. Did Chris Columbus say he wanted to stay home? Nooooo. What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save?"
• (Lance Guest) "Who's Galoka?"
• (Robert Preston) "Never mind."
• (Lance Guest) "Listen, Centauri, I'm not any of those guys. I'm a kid from a trailer park."
• (Robert Preston) "If that's what you think, then that's all you'll ever be."

• (Robert Preston) "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?"

• (Robert Preston) "Little brat. I invent the game, find the kid, drag him up there, and he doesn't wanna be a Starfighter. I give up."

• (Robert Preston) "Get a good look, Alex, you can bet your asteroids you'll be seeing more of them"
• (Lance Guest) "What?"
• (Robert Preston) "This is a Zando-Zan. An interstellar hit-beast. Courtesy of Xur."
• (Lance Guest) "Xur? Why's he after me?"
• (Robert Preston) "Somehow he found out you're a Starfighter."
• (Beta) "You see, Alex, you've gotta go back. You stay here, you're dog meat."
• (Robert Preston) "Trust Centauri on this, my boy. Because in two hours, this park will be crawling with ten Zando-Zans, with just one thought on their microscopic little minds: kill Alex Rogan."

• (Robert Preston) "You still want to go? And miss all the excitement?"

• (Robert Preston) "Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada."

Barbara Bosson as Jane Rogan

• (Barbara Bosson) "Alex, what is all this?"
• (Lance Guest) "I, uh, I've been to another planet, Ma."

Dan O'Herlihy as Grig

• (Dan O'Herlihy) "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?"

• (Dan O'Herlihy) "The Armada will break through the Frontier here, and reach Rylos in about 20 clicks. Squadrons of deck fighters will precede the mothership."
• (Lance Guest) "Squadrons? How many squadrons?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "It isn't the number of squadrons that concerns me, it's this communication turret that sends out the commands to the deck fighters, which enables them to act as one during the fight."
• (Lance Guest) "Wait a second. We knock out the turret to get the fighters. But to get the turret, we gotta get through the fighters. We're dead."
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "I'll have it all figured out by the time we reach the Frontier."
• (Lance Guest) "What's that?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "The Frontier."

• (Dan O'Herlihy) "Remember, Death Blossom delivers only one massive volley at close range -- theoretically."
• (Lance Guest) "What do you mean, "theoretically"?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "After all, D.B. has never been tested. It might overload the systems, blow up the ship."
• (Lance Guest) "What are you worried about, Grig? Theoretically, we should already be dead."

• (Dan O'Herlihy) "This, is my Wife-oid, and six thousand little grig-lets."

• (Dan O'Herlihy) "You must be Louis. I hear good things about you."
• (Chris Hebert) "Hear that, you slimes? I'm famous."

Dan Mason as Lord Kril

• (Dan Mason) "Damage report."
• (George McDaniel) "Guidance system out. Auxiliary steering out."
• (Dan Mason) "Divert. Divert."
• (George McDaniel) "She won't answer the helm. We're locked into the moon's gravitational pull. What do we do?"
• (Dan Mason) "We die."

• (Dan Mason) "The last Starfighter --"
• (Norman Snow) "Is dead. The last Starfighter is dead. Nothing can stop us now. Ahead full to Rylos."

• (Unnamed) "-- We have a break in the Frontier."
• (Dan Mason) "Fire the meteor gun."
• (Norman Snow) "MY DEAR KODAN FRIENDS -- Lest we forget, it was your own Emperor who charged me with command of this armada -- For only I hold the secret to the Frontier -- Just as only I know the location of the Starfighter base -- And therefore, ONLY I WILL GIVE THE ORDER TO FIRE."
• (Dan Mason) "Forgive me, Xur."
• (Norman Snow) "You are forgiven, Commander Kril. Meteor gunner -- fire."

Norman Snow as Xur

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

George McDaniel as Kodan Officer

• (George McDaniel) "Commander, our guns are out. Damage control teams responding."
• (Dan Mason) "Forget the guns. Ramming speed."

John O'Leary as Rylan Bursar

• (John O'Leary) "Return the money, Centauri."
• (Robert Preston) "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?"
• (Dan O'Herlihy) "It must be terribly embarrassing for you and I do sympathize, however --"
• (Robert Preston) "But I saw him fight. He could be the greatest Starfighter ever."
• (Lance Guest) "That was just a game, Centauri."
• (Robert Preston) "A game. Well, you may 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."
• (Lance Guest) "Right, here I am, about to be killed"
• (Robert Preston) "Killed. You don't seriously think it's dangerous, do you? Don't be silly. Trust me."

Chris Hebert as Louis Rogan

• (Chris Hebert) "What's up, Alex?"
• (Lance Guest) "Back to sleep, Louis, or I'm telling Mom about your Playboys."
• (Beta) "You're blowing it, Alex."
• (Chris Hebert) "What the s***?"
• (Beta) "I said, back to sleep Louis, or I'm telling Mom about your Playboys."

• (Chris Hebert) "Woo. All right. We're being invaded."

Kay E. Kuter as Enduran

• (Kay E. Kuter) "Aeons ago, our ancestors created our great Frontier, a barrier of energy encircling the peaceful systems of the Universe and forever shutting out the scourge that plagues beyond. Fellow Rylans, because of a dark betrayal -- our Frontier will soon collapse. So we turn to you, Starfighters and your Navigators, whom of all the billions of creatures in the Star League, only you few were found to possess the umm -- "gift." YOU -- and you alone -- stand between us and the black terror of the Ko-Dan. VICTORY OR DEATH."

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