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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[1]

"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 media, 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.[2]

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 Standard. 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.[3]

Appearances in Star Wars

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

Canon media

Films

"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[4]
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
―Anakin Skywalker, on Geonosis in the arena, in reference to the approaching execution beasts[5]
"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[6]
"I have a really good feeling about this!"
―Han Solo, when he takes over piloting the Millennium Falcon out of the maelstrom[7]
"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[8]
"I have a very bad feeling about this."
―Luke Skywalker, when the Millennium Falcon approaches the Death Star[9]
"I got a bad feeling about this."
―Han Solo, before the walls of the trash compactor start to close in[9]
"I have a bad feeling about this."
―Princess Leia, while inside the belly of the space slug, just before the mynocks appear[10]
"Artoo, I have a bad feeling about this."
―C-3PO, when entering Jabba the Hutt's palace[11]
"I have a really bad feeling about this."
―Han Solo, after the Ewoks start the preparations to roast him, Luke, and Chewbacca[11]
"I got a bad feeling about this."
―Han Solo, upon realizing that the rathtars have been set loose on his freighter, the Eravana[12]
"I got a bad feeling about this."
―Lando Calrissian, when the First Order army lands on the planet Pasaana[13]

Books

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Comics

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Video games

Television

Legends media

Books

Comics

Video games

Role-playing games

  • 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!"[124]

Television

Non-canon media

Books

Comics

Television

Short Films

Theme park attractions

Parodies

Non-Star Wars appearances

NB: The following lists are in alphabetical order.

Other Lucasfilm projects

Animation

  • In Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers, Skelly tells this to Bones after the castle they were looking for disappeared.
  • In Aladdin, during the episode called "The Hunted," Jasmine says the words as the gang are in the marketplace at night while they start to disappear one by one.
  • In Batman: The Animated Series, during the episode "Birds of a Feather," Veronica Vreeland says, "I got a bad feeling about this."
  • In Darkwing Duck, during the episode "Dead Duck," Darkwing says this as Megavolt heads in to Andy's Anvil Factory.
  • In Digimon: The Movie, Tai says, "I got a bad feeling about this, Agumon."
  • In Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Bardock says the line when in a spaceship returning to Planet Vegeta on Frieza's orders.
  • Dragon Ball Z
    • In Season 1 Episode 4, titled "Piccolo's Trump Card! Gohan is a Crybaby!" in The Japanese version and "Piccolo's Plan!" in the English Dub (S1E4), Bulma, who is riding in a jet with Krillin and Roshi, says: "I have a terrible feeling about all of this," while Goku and Piccolo fight Raditz.
    • In Season 1 Episode 25, titled "Tien goes all out!" in the Japanese sub and "Sacrifice" in the English Dub, Goku, going through SnakeWay, says: "Dammit! I have a bad feeling about this!"
  • In Futurama, during the episode "A Pharaoh to Remember," Philip Fry says, "Call it a hunch, but I have a bad feeling about this!"
  • In Disney Goofy cartoon "How to take care of your yard," at the winter season, it starts snowing and Goofy says, "I got a bad feeling about this."
  • In Hot Wheels: AcceleRacers: Ignition, after the drivers enter the Storm Realm, "Lani Tam" says "(sigh) I have a bad feeling about this." And "Gig" says "Computers don't have feelings".
  • In Megaman NT Warrior (Season 2, Axess, Stream, Beast and Beats+), Maylu Sakurai and Roll EXE. both say "I have a bad feeling about this."
  • In Mickey Mouse (2013), during the episode "Wonders of the Deep" Donald Duck, while he and Mickey Mouse were underwater, says "I have a bad feeling about this."
  • In Neon Genesis Evangelion, during the episode "A Human Work," Misato says, "Talk about hot. I've got a bad feeling about this" as she enters the malfunctioning robot, Jet Alone.
  • In Patlabor: The New Files, during the episode "The Woman Who Came from the Stars," Mikiyasu Shinshi quotes the line verbatin.
  • In Phineas and Ferb, during the episode "The Chronicles of Meap," after Ferb parodies Obi-Wan Kenobi by saying "That's no cloud, it's a space station," Phineas says "I have a really good feeling about this."
  • In Pokémon: Advanced Battle, during the episode "Gaining Groudon" May says "Oh, no. I have a bad feeling about this."
  • In Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, during the episode "Plus Est En Vous" Eugene says "I have a bad feeling about this" after Rapunzel said she had an idea.
  • In The Real Ghostbusters, it is said in the episode "Adventures in Slime and Space."
  • In Regular Show, during the episode "Meet the Seer", Skips (voiced by Mark Hamill) says the line as he approaches a planet in a spaceship.
  • In Sonic the Hedgehog, during the episode "The Doomsday Project," when Robotnik assumes that he will have Sonic falling for his final trap, Sniverly says the line when he is aware and sure that Robotnik's plan will fail.

Books

Comics

Films

  • In 2001: A Space Odyssey (released prior to Episode IV), computer HAL 9000 says "I have a bad feeling about it." Additionally, astronaut Frank Poole says (with regard to HAL), "I've got a bad feeling about him," while speaking with fellow astronaut Dave Bowman.
  • The Aliens, the line is used twice when the marines are in an orbital drop above Acheron LV-426. PFC Frost says, "I'm telling you, man, I've got a bad feeling about this drop," to which PFC Crowe responds, "You always say that, Frost. You always say, 'I've got a bad feeling about this drop.'"
  • In Blade II, Scud (Norman Reedus) says, "I have a bad feeling about this, B."
  • In The Long Kiss Goodnight, Samuel L. Jackson's character says "I've got a bad feeling about this" before he enters a train station.
  • In The Monster of Phantom Lake from indie filmmaker Christopher R. Mihm (a noted Star Wars fan), the phrase appears three times in his award-winning debut movie, and once in its sequel, It Came From Another World.
  • In Reservoir Dogs, Mr. Orange says "I have a very bad feeling about it."

Television

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • In Castle 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.'"
  • In Fringe 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.
  • 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."
  • In Melissa and Joey, during the episode "Oh Brother," 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."
  • In NCIS 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!"
  • In The Shield, 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.

Video games

  • In Ace Attorney, the phrase is used many times.
  • In Battlefield: Bad Company, a soldier called Sweetwater says the phrase twice during the first mission.
  • In Chrono Trigger, Lucca says it in a sewer, before crossing a door.
  • In Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge for Xbox, one of the characters repeats this phrase a few times.
  • In Doom 3, Frank Cinders says the phrase in his PDA message. Since in the sentence prior he uses the word "droid," it is unlikely to be a coincidence.
  • In Dragon Age: Origins, it is one of the dialogue options of the Human Noble origin story when talking with Eleanor Cousland.
  • In Final Fantasy VI a man says the phrase right before an apocalyptic event within the game. Banon also says it if you let Imperial soldiers get to him in the multi-party battle.
  • In Final Ninja Zero from Nitrome, during level 20, when Takeshi gets to the first force field, Lady Snow Fox says in a message, "You go find the generator that is powering this force field, I'll stay here. I've got a bad feeling we might be heading into a trap."
  • In Fire Emblem for the Game Boy Advance, Hector of Ostia says, "Look at the size of them. I've got a bad feeling about this" in reference to a trio of dragons that emerge from the Dragon's Gate shortly after Nergal's death.
  • In Forza Horizon 4, the line is an unlockable option for the Quick Chat feature.
  • In Half-Life, security guards sometimes use the phrase.
  • In Halo: Combat Evolved, a UNSC Marine says "I got a bad feelin' about this..." while Sergeant Johnson replies: "Boy, you always got a bad feeling about something," only for their platoon to be ambushed by the Flood. In Halo 2, the same conversation is repeated between two Unggoy soldiers as an easter egg, who say "Me have bad feeling about this..." "You always have bad feeling! You had bad feeling about morning food nipple!"
  • In Horizon: Forbidden West phrase "I've got a bad feeling about this" was said by Aloy at the beginning of the game, when she returned to the city of Meridian.
  • In Kingdom Hearts when you go to Halloweentown, after Jack Skellington finds Sally and asks for her memory, she says, "Jack, I have a bad feeling about this."
  • In Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, after Bowser has defeated Dark Fawful, and Starlow (called Chippy) talks to Bowser about Fawful having some of the Dark Star's Dark Power, one of Starlow's lines to Bowser is "Ooh... I have a bad feeling about this."
  • In Mass Effect, the phrase is uttered often and by different characters.
  • In Mega Man X5, Zero beings to wonder why he's not infected with the Maverick virus and says "I have a bad feeling about this."
  • In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, a character says "I have a bad feeling about this," causing another character to say, "Do you think it's a trap?"
  • In Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark, one of the henchmen says upon entering a room with a sarcophagus, "The stench of evil hangs upon this place. I have a bad feeling about that sarcophagus." The sarcophagus in question spawns a mummy lord if opened.
  • In Quake 4, Medic Egan from Wolf squad says the phrase during the first level aboard Hannibal.
  • In Quest for Glory I, when you wander into the brigands' lair, it says, as the hero sees six armed brigands, "You have a bad feeling about this place." Then five more pop out and the text says, "You have an even worse feeling about this place."
  • In Red Dead Redemption, the line is often heard.
  • In Resident Evil 4, Leon S. Kennedy says that when he first sees a signpost.
  • In RuneScape, one of the pre-selected QuickChat phrases is "I've got a bad feeling about this."
  • In Shining Force II, during King Galam's escape in the light tubes, BOWIE says it.
  • In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood sometimes Tails says "I have a bad feeling about this."
  • In Sonic Colors, in the Wii version, Sonic says about feeling the ground shaking under his feet to see plums of dust rising and rumble tumble and Wisps running for their lives, which is why he has a bad feeling. In the DS version, Sonic has a bad feeling about his encounter with a Nega-Wisp. Sonic also first said the phrase in Sonic and the Secret Rings.
  • In Sonic Heroes, in the beginning of Team Chaotix's story, after Vector the Crocodile and Charmy Bee got a walkie talkie from a package, Espio the Chameleon says "I've got a bad feeling about this..." He also says that phrase in Shadow the Hedgehog.
  • In Star Fox 64, Peppy says "I've got a bad feeling about this, Fox." at "Aquas" level, He also says it after warning Fox to be careful, in the Super Smash Bros. series game.
  • In StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Karass says "I have a somewhat unfavorable premonition about this" when repeatedly clicked on. Also, Jim Raynor says "I have a bad feeling about this" in the first mission when approaching Backwater Station.
  • In Starsiege, the character Harabec Weathers (voiced by Mark Hamill) says "...I've got a bad feeling about this!"
  • In Super Mario Sunshine, at the start of the gameplay of the game, Princess Peach says, to Mario, "Be Careful. I have a bad feeling about this..."

Other media

  • 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.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heir to the Empire
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars (2015) 1
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bradley, Bill: 'Last Jedi' Director Explains How He Hid A Classic 'Star Wars' Easter Egg (2017-12-16). HuffPost (archived from the original on July 10, 2020)
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  5. ↑ Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  6. ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  7. ↑ Solo: A Star Wars Story
  8. ↑ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
  10. ↑ Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  12. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
  13. ↑ Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
  14. ↑ Brotherhood
  15. ↑ Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know
  16. ↑ The Mighty Chewbacca in the Forest of Fear!
  17. ↑ Leia, Princess of Alderaan
  18. ↑ "The Red One"
  19. ↑ Lost Stars
  20. ↑ Aftermath
  21. ↑ Aftermath: Empire's End
  22. ↑ Shadow of the Sith
  23. ↑ "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing"—Canto Bight
  24. ↑ Star Wars Adventures (2017) 19
  25. ↑ Princess Leia 1
  26. ↑ Doctor Aphra (2016) 26
  27. ↑ The Last Jedi Adaptation 4
  28. ↑ Star Wars: Force Collection
  29. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront
  30. ↑ Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  31. ↑ Star Wars Battlefront II
  32. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Shadow of Malevolence"
  33. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Rookies"
  34. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Downfall of a Droid"
  35. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Duel of the Droids"
  36. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Bombad Jedi"
  37. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Cloak of Darkness"
  38. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Lair of Grievous"
  39. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Blue Shadow Virus"
  40. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Mystery of a Thousand Moons"
  41. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Legacy of Terror"
  42. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Brain Invaders"
  43. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Zillo Beast"
  44. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back"
  45. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "The Academy"
  46. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Mercy Mission"
  47. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Point of No Return"
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Every 'Bad Feeling' in Star Wars | Star Wars By the Numbers on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
  49. ↑ Star Wars Rebels – "The Call"
  50. ↑ Star Wars Rebels – "Warhead"
  51. ↑ Star Wars Resistance – "Breakout"
  52. ↑ Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
  53. ↑ The Clone Wars: Wild Space
  54. ↑ Shatterpoint
  55. ↑ The Hive
  56. ↑ Revenge of the Sith novelization
  57. ↑ Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
  58. ↑ Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows
  59. ↑ The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception
  60. ↑ Rebel Dawn
  61. ↑ Death Star
  62. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine
  63. ↑ The Glove of Darth Vader
  64. ↑ Mission from Mount Yoda
  65. ↑ "A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale"—Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
  66. ↑ Shadows of the Empire
  67. ↑ X-Wing: Solo Command
  68. ↑ The Courtship of Princess Leia
  69. ↑ Tatooine Ghost
  70. ↑ Dark Force Rising
  71. ↑ Champions of the Force
  72. ↑ Children of the Jedi
  73. ↑ Darksaber
  74. ↑ The New Rebellion
  75. ↑ Ambush at Corellia
  76. ↑ 76.0 76.1 76.2 Before the Storm
  77. ↑ Lando Calrissian: Idiot's Array
  78. ↑ Vision of the Future
  79. ↑ Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest
  80. ↑ Young Jedi Knights: Heirs of the Force
  81. ↑ Young Jedi Knights: Shadow Academy
  82. ↑ Young Jedi Knights: The Lost Ones
  83. ↑ Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef
  84. ↑ The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime
  85. ↑ The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant
  86. ↑ The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest
  87. ↑ The New Jedi Order: Traitor
  88. ↑ Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
  89. ↑ Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Golden Age of the Sith
  90. ↑ Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan: The Aurorient Express
  91. ↑ Republic 60
  92. ↑ Jedi: Yoda
  93. ↑ Jedi: Shaak Ti
  94. ↑ The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct
  95. ↑ Reversal of Fortune
  96. ↑ "Falling Star"
  97. ↑ Ewoks 12
  98. ↑ Darth Vader Strikes
  99. ↑ "Slippery Slope"
  100. ↑ "Death Star Pirates"
  101. ↑ The Other
  102. ↑ "Lando's Commandos: On Eagles' Wings"
  103. ↑ Star Wars: Union
  104. ↑ "Storyteller"
  105. ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  106. ↑ Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
  107. ↑ Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
  108. ↑ Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace video game
  109. ↑ Star Wars: Republic Commando
  110. ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars (video game)
  111. ↑ Star Wars: Battlefront II
  112. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
  113. ↑ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
  114. ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War
  115. ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
  116. ↑ Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
  117. ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
  118. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies
  119. ↑ Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
  120. ↑ Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
  121. ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
  122. ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
  123. ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
  124. ↑ The Long Shot Campaign
  125. ↑ "Escape Into Terror"
  126. ↑ "Tail of the Roon Comets"
  127. ↑ "Sunstar vs. Shadowstone"
  128. ↑ Clone Wars Chapter 11
  129. ↑ Clone Wars Chapter 16
  130. ↑ Clone Wars Chapter 22
  131. ↑ LEGO Star Wars in 100 Scenes
  132. ↑ Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan
  133. ↑ The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee
  134. ↑ Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope
  135. ↑ Tag & Bink Were Here
  136. ↑ "The Emperor's Court"
  137. ↑ Star Tours
  138. ↑ Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
  139. ↑ Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
  140. ↑ Hardware Wars
  141. ↑ Robot Chicken: Star Wars
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