I probably say "These aren't the droids you're looking for" more than anything else. When I'm in a situation over which I have no control, and I want to amusingly express my futile desire to change it, I wave my hand and say, "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
Or when I feel super-powerful and want to convey my (inevitably fleeting) sense of potency, I wave my hand and say, "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
This usually makes Iain laugh and say, "That is literally why I married you, right there."
[Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker pull up to an Empire checkpoint in Luke's hovercraft; R2-D2 and C-3PO are in the back. Two stormtroopers walk up to the hovercraft.]
Stormtrooper: How long have you had these droids?
Luke: About three or four seasons.
Obi-Wan: They're for sale if you want them.
Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan [waving his hand]: You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren't the droids we're looking for.
Obi-Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.
Obi-Wan [to the perplexed Luke]: Move along.
Stormtrooper [waving them along]: Move along. Move along.
[Luke pulls away.]
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