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star wars - Yoda's dialogue in Rey's dream sequence


As the answer to this question explains, during Rey's "dream"1 in The Force Awakens, we hear Obi-Wan's voice saying:



Rey... these are your first steps.



The word "Rey" is a sample edited from Alec Guinness saying "afraid" in one of the OT films; the rest of the line was a recording of Ewan McGregor made specifically for The Force Awakens. I actually noticed the line when I saw the movie, and I immediately recognized the voice behind the "Rey" portion as that of Alec Guinness.



However, the scene in question is very jarring, fast-paced, disorienting, and confusing, so I had trouble taking in everything that was happening. In all the commotion and rapid-fire changes of scenery and action, I apparently missed another familiar voice.


According to this article, the dream sequence also features a brief vocal performance from Frank Oz as Yoda, but I totally missed it, and now I'm dying to know exactly what Yoda said.


What does Yoda say during Rey's dream?


Note: My question is related to this one about what Rey sees in her dream, but whereas that question focuses on the visuals, mine is directed at what she hears Yoda say.



1 I don't think "dream" is really an accurate description of what is happening, but I don't know what else to call it - "dream", "flashback", "vision", and "hallucination" each convey a bit of what is happening to Rey, but none of these words seem to describe the entirety of the experience in a satisfactory way; I have opted to use the word "dream" because it is as good as any of the other options, but I think it covers slightly more territory than any of the others do.



Answer




You can hear two words from Yoda, which I believe are "Its energy".


This is a snippet from the sentence "Its energy surrounds us and binds us" that Yoda uttered while training Luke on Dagobah in Empire Strikes Back.



This is what I heard when viewing The Force Awakens. During my second viewing of the film, I made a point of listening closely to sounds and words in the dream sequence.


I also checked the official novelization — neither Obi-Wan's nor Yoda's dialogue appears in the novel. That being said, I'm reasonably certain that Yoda said "Its energy".


This is consistent with the fact that Yoda's dialogue for The Force Awakens was excised from existing sound bites, as reported by numerous sources. For example:



Oz also recorded some lines for the movie, but the creative team opted to use dialogue featured in past films instead.



(Source)


UPDATE: The use of the "Its energy..." sound bite that I heard has been confirmed here — thanks @WadCheber!


UPDATE: For completeness, here is the clip of the scene:






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