Questions tagged [the-empire-strikes-back]
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980, second movie produced). Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, The Empire has caught up with the Rebels and destroyed their base on Hoth, separating Luke from his friends. While Luke seeks the mysterious Jedi Master Yoda, Han Solo and Leia are chased by the Empire. Use with the [star-wars] tag.
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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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Were there any contemporary sources (prior to RotJ) that confirmed that Darth Vader was telling the truth to Luke?
It struck me that the average movie viewer (upon hearing the famous "No, I am your father" line) might have disbelieved it and it's not until Return of the Jedi, three years later, that we see Yoda ...
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How was Luke's prosthetic hand in Episode V filmed?
I am referring to this scene (starting at the 0m37s mark) in Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
This seems like a very sophisticated prop glove, but there is significant visible depth to ...
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Prior to Cloud City, did Vader know that Han and Leia were "friends" of Luke?
By the time we see the Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back, it clear that the heroes know that Luke, Leia, and Han have special feelings for each other that go beyond being comrades in the rebellion....
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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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Why did Luke use his left hand to shoot?
In A New Hope Detention Center Shoutout scene Luke is clearly shooting with his left hand. Later in this same video at 4:51 he makes a leftie shot more clearly.
In The Empire Strikes Back while ...
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Questions about The Empire Strikes Back: "Give the evacuation code signal, and get to your transports."
This part doesn't make sense to me. C-3PO says it's the last transport. Han, Leia and C3PO leave, but what about those she ordered to give the code signal? Han and Leia just leave them behind.
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Is Rogue Group/Rogue Squadron named after Rogue One (in-universe)?
In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker leads "Rogue Group" at the Battle of Hoth:
Rogue Group, use your harpoons and tow cables. Go for the legs. It might be our only chance of stopping them.
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Can T-47 airspeeders fly in space?
Are the T-47 airspeeders (from Episode V, on the planet Hoth and also seen in Part IV of Obi-Wan Kenobi) able to fly in space in a similar manner to spacecraft?
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Why does Vader think that Obi-Wan can "no longer help" Luke? [duplicate]
In Episode V, what did Vader mean when he told the Emperor:
Obi-Wan can no longer help him?
Help him in what way? Obi-Wan's Force ghost 'had been' helping Luke since the Battle of Yavin which ...
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Trying to find the Return of the Jedi teaser that ran after The Empire Strikes Back in 1982
I saw The Empire Strikes Back when it was first in theaters, and I saw it again when it was re-released in 1982, in anticipation of Return of the Jedi coming out the next year. At the end of Empire, ...
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What planets would I be able to see in the sky I were standing on the battlefield of Hoth?
As the title says, If I were standing in the spot where the battle of Hoth took place in The Empire Strikes Back and I looked upwards, what planets would I be able to see in the sky?
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Was Lando referring to this event on Cloud City?
In The Empire Strikes Back, Han piloted the Millennium Falcon to Cloud City. Upon arrival at the gas-mining colony Han's party was welcomed by menacing Lando Calrissian and his motley team. Lando ...
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Did Darth Vader astral-project himself into the cave on Dagobah?
Did Darth Vader astral-project a solid image of himself in the cave on Dagobah the same way that Luke did on the planet Crait?
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Where did the rebel fleet go after Haven in Canon?
At the end of Empire, the last thing we see is the heroes looking at a protostar from the rebel rendezvous, known as Haven.
I would like to know where they went after that. Did they go straight to a ...
