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"You aren't gonna say you have a bad feeling about this, are you? I hate it when you say that." ―Han Solo to Luke Skywalker [src]

"I have a bad feeling about this" is a well-known phrase in Star Wars and has become a running gag throughout the saga, as well as several other Lucasfilm and unrelated properties. It is heard nearly as many times in the Star Wars saga as "May the Force be with you."

The phrase is heard for the first time in the first Star Wars film, Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and reappeared at least once in each subsequent movie. It it also heavily featured in others Star Wars medias, like books, comics and video games, where the locution can vary in its exact wording. When spoken, the A in "bad" is sometimes drawn out, as "I have a baad feeling about this." The phrase is also occasionally referenced by having a character say "I have a good feeling about this", or something to that effect.[1]

Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi is the first Star Wars film to not feature "I have a bad feeling about this" spoken in Galactic Basic. However, the film's director, Rian Johnson, confirmed that the line is in the film, and that it is spoken by BB-8 during the opening battle sequence.[2]

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Appearances in Star Wars Edit

NB: The lists concerning Star Wars medias are in chronological order.

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"I have a bad feeling about this." ―As Obi-Wan Kenobi's first line at the beginning, when he talks to Qui-Gon Jinn onboard the Saak'ak [src]

"I've got a bad feeling about this." ―Anakin Skywalker, on Geonosis in the arena, in reference to the approaching execution beasts [src]

"Oh, I have a bad feeling about this." ―Obi-Wan Kenobi talking to Anakin Skywalker as their starfighters approach a large, closing blast door on the Invisible Hand [src]

"I have a really good feeling about this!" ―Han Solo, when he takes over piloting the Millennium Falcon out of the maelstrom. [src]

"I have a bad feeling about th..." ―K-2SO, when entering an elevator with Jyn Erso and Cassian Jeron Andor on Scarif, before being interrupted by Cassian [src]

"I have a very bad feeling about this." ―Luke Skywalker, when the Millennium Falcon approaches the Death Star [src]

"I got a bad feeling about this." ―Han Solo, before the walls of the trash compactor start to close in [src]

"I have a bad feeling about this." ―Princess Leia, while inside the belly of the space slug, just before the mynocks appear [src]

"Artoo, I have a bad feeling about this." ―C-3PO, when entering Jabba the Hutt's palace [src]

"I have a really bad feeling about this." ―Han Solo, after the Ewoks start the preparations to roast him, Luke & Chewbacca [src]

"I got a bad feeling about this." ―Han Solo, upon realizing that the rathtars have been set loose on his freighter. [src]

"I got a bad feeling about this." ―Lando Calrissian, when the First Order army lands on the planet Pasaana [src]

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In The Long Shot Campaign (published in Star Wars Campaign Pack, re-published in Classic Campaigns), NPC Siene Symm orders battle stations and any one of the PC's answers "Battle stations? On a yacht? I have a bad feeling about this!"[109]

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In LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace, Han these lines after he, Yoda and Cody crashland on Hoth while pursuing a battle droid which was escaping with the Republic's Secret Battle Plans.

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In Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, the character Art3mis says the line before an enormous battle, after a reference to Return of the Jedi is made.

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In Left 4 Dead: The Sacrifice , a web comic, Louis says, "I got a bad feeling about this."

, a web comic, Louis says, "I got a bad feeling about this." In World of Warcraft comic series, Thrall, the Warchief of the Horde, says "But I have a bad feeling about it."

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In 24 , during episode 16 of season 1, after Robert Ellis is murdered in New Orleans, interrupting his phone call, Jack calls David Palmer and tells him, "I have to be honest with you. I've got a very bad feeling about this." Jack says he assumes Ellis is dead or he would have answered the phone.

, during episode 16 of season 1, after Robert Ellis is murdered in New Orleans, interrupting his phone call, Jack calls David Palmer and tells him, "I have to be honest with you. I've got a very bad feeling about this." Jack says he assumes Ellis is dead or he would have answered the phone. In The Big Bang Theory , episode 12, Leonard says "A bad feeling I have about this, hmm" in a Yoda voice. Yoda has never said the line in any official media.

, episode 12, Leonard says "A bad feeling I have about this, hmm" in a Yoda voice. Yoda has never said the line in any official media. In Castle episode "The Double Down", Richard Castle says, "I got a bad feeling about this."

episode "The Double Down", Richard Castle says, "I got a bad feeling about this." Criminal Minds In the episode "North Mammon", Jason Gideon says, "I've got a bad feeling about this one." In the episode "The Eyes Have It", David Rossi says, "I got a bad feeling about this guy."

In DC's Legends of Tomorrow episode "Marooned", Jefferson Jackson says, "To quote every 'Star Wars' movie ever made, 'I've got a bad feeling about this.'"

episode "Marooned", Jefferson Jackson says, "To quote every 'Star Wars' movie ever made, 'I've got a bad feeling about this.'" In Fringe episode "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide", Peter Bishop says, "Walter... I'm getting a bad feeling about this."

episode "Lysergic Acid Diethylamide", Peter Bishop says, "Walter... I'm getting a bad feeling about this." In Kamen Rider Decade , episode 24, Shitari says, "I have a bad feeling about this" when he sees Kamen Rider Diend.

, episode 24, Shitari says, "I have a bad feeling about this" when he sees Kamen Rider Diend. In Lost , during the fourth season, a character says the line before being ambushed and killed. Later, in the series finale, just before the opening title card, Hurley says, "I've got a bad feeling about this," shortly after remarking that the enigmatic Jacob is "worse than Yoda."

, during the fourth season, a character says the line before being ambushed and killed. Later, in the series finale, just before the opening title card, Hurley says, "I've got a bad feeling about this," shortly after remarking that the enigmatic Jacob is "worse than Yoda." In Melissa and Joey , during the episode "Oh Borther", when Joey discovers that the man whom Melissa is dating may be her half-brother, he compares the situation to Luke and Leia. When she points out that in the analogy, Joey would be Han Solo, he takes it as a compliment and then says, "I got a bad feeling about this."

, during the episode "Oh Borther", when Joey discovers that the man whom Melissa is dating may be her half-brother, he compares the situation to Luke and Leia. When she points out that in the analogy, Joey would be Han Solo, he takes it as a compliment and then says, "I got a bad feeling about this." In The Mighty Boosh , Bollo the gorilla's catchphrase is "I've got a bad feeling about this."

, Bollo the gorilla's catchphrase is "I've got a bad feeling about this." In NCIS episode "Sharif Returns", Anthony DiNozzo says, "I've got a bad feeling about this."

episode "Sharif Returns", Anthony DiNozzo says, "I've got a bad feeling about this." In Power Rangers Ninja Storm episode "The Samurai's Journey Part 1" Shane says "I've got a bad feeling about this!".

episode "The Samurai's Journey Part 1" Shane says "I've got a bad feeling about this!". In The Shield , resident nerd of the Strike Team Ronnie Gardocki utters this before a money exchange.

, resident nerd of the Strike Team Ronnie Gardocki utters this before a money exchange. In Stargate SG-1 season 9 episode "Avalon", Mitchell says: "You ever get a bad feeling about something?" Then, in the season 10 episode "Family Ties", Vala says this to her father.

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In Doctor Who audio drama "Sword of Orion" from Big Finish, Ike says "I'm getting a bad feeling about this trip" to Grash in reference to their mission to scrap an apparently deactivated spacecraft which is later revealed to carry a horde of Cybermen. Writer Nick Briggs was influenced by Star Wars when writing the story, so the insertion of the famous line is deliberate. Also in the story, the word "droid" is used, the Cybermen's ship is on numerous occasions referred to as a "stardestroyer", and the main local hub of society and commerce is called Garazone, a deliberate phonic corruption of Coruscant, although in its characteristics Garazone is more like Mos Eisley.

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