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Why does the ESB opening crawl identify Luke as a leader of the Rebellion? [duplicate]
In The Empire Strikes Back, this is part of the opening crawl:
Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Luke Skywalker have established a new secret base on the ...
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Did Luke lose his X-Wing on Cloud City?
Luke flies to Cloud City near the end of The Empire Strikes Back to rescue his friends. R2-D2 follows him into the facility when they land.
R2-D2 then follows Lando and company out to the Millennium ...
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Did Luke have help from Obi-Wan in using the Force in the wampa cave on Hoth? [duplicate]
In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke is hanging upside down in the wampa cave and reaches out to pull his lightsaber to him in order to cut himself down. However, we know that at this point his Jedi ...
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In ESB, did Vader sense Leia instead of Luke when he was chasing the Falcon? [duplicate]
In ESB, at the end of Hoth's attack, Vader saw the Falcon take off.
He's looking for Luke Skywalker. For him, Luke is on the ship, according to this:
"Our pursuit ships have sighted the Millennium ...
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Was Luke Skywalker the leader of the Rebel forces on Hoth?
Rewatching Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, I noticed the opening crawl declares Luke Skywalker as the leader of the Rebel forces on Hoth:
Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of ...
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Did Palpatine really think Luke could become a Jedi?
In episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back, Emperor Palpatine seems worried that Luke could become a Jedi.
VADER: What is thy bidding, my master?
EMPEROR: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
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For how long does Luke train with Yoda? [duplicate]
I have always been surprised how confident Luke seemed to be when trying to rescue Han Solo from Jabba's palace.
It is fair to assume that training with Yoda boosted his Jedi skills. My ...
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What is Yoda sitting next to during Luke's training?
What is Yoda sitting next to while he is training Luke? Is it a pair of blue jeans? I don't recall seeing Luke bring any blue apparel to Dagobah.
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What is the color of Luke Skywalker's Hoth attire? [closed]
I am just curious of the color of his outfit during the Battle of Hoth. I am referring to the moment when he is mounted on his tauntaun, and when his body was upside in wampa's lair.
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Why did Darth Vader reveal to Luke that he is his father?
In my opinion, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader are different. In Return of the Jedi, Luke says, "I've accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father". Then Vader says, "that name ...
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Did Obi-Wan train Luke in between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back?
In my previous question, Have we ever seen an untrained Force-sensitive using Force powers?, I told you about an argument between me and my friend on whether or not it would have been possible for Rey ...
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What are Luke and Yoda eating in Yoda's hut in Episode V? [duplicate]
I was watching Episode V with my nephew yesterday.
In the scene in Yoda's hut on Dagobah, Yoda offers Luke some oat porridge like food before revealing himself to be a jedi master.
My nephew's ...
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Why did Obi-Wan wait years after his death to tell Luke to go to Dagobah to find Yoda?
While reading this question, it came to me that Obi-Wan waited far too long to tell Luke to go find Yoda. Obi-Wan Kenobi could have appeared to Luke minutes after Luke blasted the first Death Star to ...
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How did Luke get his lightsaber back after A New Hope?
After Vader kills Obi-Wan on the Death Star, his lightsaber falls at Vader's feet. Luke witnesses from a distance and escapes on the Falcon. The rest of the movie plays out, but that's the last we see ...
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If Darth Vader discovered Luke was his son from the Emperor in the 2004 retconned version of “The Empire Strikes Back”, then how did the Emperor know?
The basics.
This question is based on an answer I posted on the “Movies and TV” Stack Exchange which asked about how Darth Vader discovered Luke Skywalker was his son and how the logic/rationale over ...
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