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While on patrol, Luke gets kidnapped by a Wampa as an Imperial spy droid lands on Hoth. |
Words scroll through space saying the Empire is trying to hunt down the Rebel Alliance. | The Empire Rebels |
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| 2 | A Star Destroyer deploys a probe to the ice planet, Hoth. | Star Destroyer Probe |
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| 3 | Luke rides a Tauntaun around the icy surface of Hoth. He tells Han he is on patrol and saw a meteor hit and is going to check it out. Then a Wampa attacks and knocks out Luke. | Luke Tauntaun Probe (Han) Wampa |
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| 4 | Han enters the rebel base on a Tauntaun and greet Chewie, who is welding on the Millennium Falcon. | Han Chewie |
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| 5 | Han meets with Rieeken and Leia. Han reports their patrols haven’t found anything, Luke is still out patrolling, and Han is leaving to settle his debt with Jaba. Leia is upset Han is leaving. | Han Rieeken Leia (Luke) |
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| 6 | As Han leaves, Leia unsuccessfully tries to convince him to say, making it obvious she likes him. | Han Leia (Luke) |
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| 7 | C3PO and R2 walk through the halls of the rebel base and make comedic banter. | C3PO R2 |
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| 8 | C3PO and R2 approach Han at the Millennium Falcon and tell him Luke hasn’t checked in and Leia is worried about him. Han orders a deck officer to look for Luke in the rebel base. | C3PO R2 Han (Luke) (Leia) Rebel officer |
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| 9 | Later, the deck officer reports to Han that Luke isn’t in the rebel base. Han says he’ll go look for Luke on Tauntaun. The deck officer says it’s too dangerous, but Han goes anyway. | Rebel officer Han (Luke) |
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| 10 | In an ice cave, Luke wakes up and uses the force to grab his lightsaber and kill the Wampa that has captured him. Then Luke stumbles out of the cave. | Luke Wampa |
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Han finds Luke and saves him from freezing. |
R2 and C3PO stand vigil at the door to the rebel base. C3PO says it’s too cold to stay outside and look for Luke. C3PO goes inside while R2 remains outside watching for Luke. | R2 C3PO (Luke) |
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| 12 | Luke stumbles through the cold and collapses in the snow. | Luke | ||
| 13 | In the rebel base, Leia asks Derlin if Luke has returned. Derlin says no and they have to close the doors to the rebel base and assume Luke is dead and/or unreachable. | Leia Derlin (Luke) |
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| 14 | As Luke lays in the snow, Ben’s voice tells him to go to the Dagobah system. Then Luke falls unconscious. | Luke Ben |
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| 15 | Han finds Luke, then kills their Tauntauns with Luke’s lightsaber, and Han and Luke spend the night inside the Tauntauns. | Han Luke |
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| 16 | The next morning Zev drives a snow speeder through the Hoth landscape and retrieves Han and Luke. | Zev Han Luke |
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| 17 | At the rebel base, Luke is put in a healing tank. | Luke | ||
| 18 | In a hospital room at the rebel base, Leia, Han, R2 and C3PO tell Luke how good it is to see him alive and recovering. Han and Leia flirt some more. | Leia Han R2 C3PO Luke Chewie |
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| 19 | In the rebel base command center, Rieekan tells Leia and Han their instruments have detected something metal a few miles from the base. Han and Chewie leave to check it out. | Rieeken (Probe) Leia Han Chewie |
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| 20 | Han and Chewie find and destroy the Imperial probe. | Han Chewie Probe |
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| 21 | Han reports back to Leia and Rieekan the Empire knows their location. | Han Leia Rieekan The Empire |
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| 22 | On a Star Destroyer, Ozzel tells Vader their probe on Hoth sent suspicious readings. Vader uses the force to confirm the probe located the rebel base. | Ozzel Vader (Probe) (Rebels) |
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Team 1 plans and prepares to defend themselves as Team 2 plans and prepares to attack. |
A rebel captain issues orders for speeder squadrons to defend the base while the rest of the personnel is evacuated by transport space ships. | Rebel captain Rebels |
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| 24 | Han and Chewie frantically and unsuccessfully try to repair the Millennium Falcon. | Han Chewie |
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| 25 | Luke dresses for battle and orders a droid which equipment to prioritize loading on the transport ships. | Luke Rebels R2 |
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| 26 | Luke says farewell to Han and Chewie as they continue trying to repair the Millennium Falcon. | Luke Han Chewie |
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| 27 | In the rebel base control room, Controller tells Rieeken a fleet of Star Destroyers has come out of hyper space above Hoth. Rieeken orders Controller to reroute all the power to the shields until the transports get away and to prepare for the ground assault. | Rebels Rieeken (The Empire) |
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| 28 | On a Star Destroyer, Veers tells Vader the rebels are aware of the Imperial fleet and are preparing to defend/evacuate. Vader blames Ozzel and kills him using the force. Then Vader promotes Piett to Ozzel’s position. | Veers Vader Ozzel Piett |
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| 29 | In the hangar of the rebel base, Leia explains to an audience they will send escorted transports through the shields two at a time and use an ion blast cannon to clear a path for their escape through the space fleet blockade. Then, survivors are to proceed directly to the rendezvous point. | Leia Rebels (The Empire) |
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| 30 | In/around the rebel base, troops prepare to fight the incoming Imperial forces. | Rebels Stormtroopers |
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| 31 |
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Team 1 attacks Team 2 while also successfully beginning their escape. |
A rebel transport ship and two fighter escorts leave Hoth. An Imperial officer tells his Captain that a transport ship is leaving the planet. The Captain is happy about blowing up the transport ship. | Rebels Imperial officer #1 Imperial officer #2 |
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| 32 | Two giant cannons at the Rebel base shoot into the sky. The blasts hit a Star Destroyer, which burns and veers as the Rebel transport ship and its escorts fly past the Imperial blockade. | Rebels The empire |
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| 33 | In the Rebel base’s hangar, Luke and Dack get in their snow speeders. They hear an announcement that the first transport ship escaped successfully, and Luke and Dack tell each other they’re in good spirits. | Luke Dack |
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| 34 | On the surface of Hoth, a Rebel officer spots an Imperial Walker in his binoculars. He announces on his radio that he’s spotted Walkers. | Rebels Walkers |
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| 35 | Rebel troops run around, aim their weapons and prepare to fight the Walkers. | Rebels Walkers |
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| 36 | Montage shot of Rebel snow speeders, including Luke’s, approach the Walkers. | Rebel speeders Luke Walkers |
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| 37 | After shooting a Walker a few times without effect, Luke says on his radio that blasters don’t affect Walkers and to use harpoons and tow cables instead. | Walkers Luke Rebel speeders |
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| 38 | Luke’s snow speeder is hit, and his copilot, Dack dies. | Luke Dack Walkers |
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| 39 | Walkers and snow speeders fight each other, both with successes and failures. | Walkers Rebel speeders |
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| 40 | In a Walker, Veers tells Vader over the radio that he’s approaching the Rebel base and will disable the base’s shields in moments. | Veers Vader Rebels |
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| 41 | In his snow speeder, Luke tells Wedge he’ll have to harpoon the Walker they’re engaged with because Dack, Luke’s copilot, is dead. | Luke Wedge (Dack) Walkers |
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| 42 | Wedge shoots a harpoon around a Walker’s legs and then circles the Walker, tying up its legs and making it trip and crash. | Wedge Walkers |
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| 43 | Montage of shots of Rebels, including Luke and Wedge, celebrating Wedge’s victory. | Rebels Walkers Luke Wedge |
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| 44 | In the Rebel base command center, Rieekan says they need to send more transports at a time but can’t protect them en mass. Leia says they have to try because they’re running out of time. | Rieeken Leia (Rebels) (The Empire) |
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Team 2 advances on Team 1 as Team 1 suffers losses and scrambles to escape. |
In the Rebel base hangar, Han and Chewie frantically try to fix the Millennium Falcon. | Han Chewie |
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| 46 | C3PO oversees R2 being lowered into an X-wing spaceship that Luke will use to escape Hoth. | C3PO R2 Rebels |
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| 47 | As the battle on the surface of Hoth wages on, in his Walker, Veers orders his troops to advance. | Veers Stormtroopers Rebels |
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| 48 | In his snow speeder, Luke talks to Zev over his radio. Luke tells Zev to use his harpoon on another Walker while Luke covers him. | Luke Zev Walkers |
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| 49 | Sev and Luke engage the Walker while coordinating their attack over the radio. | Sev Luke Walkers |
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| 50 | Zev’s speeder is blown up by laser fire, and Luke’s speeder is critically hit with laser fire. | Zev Luke Walkers |
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| 51 | Han meets Leia running through the halls of the Rebel base, and they flirt. An announcement over a loudspeaker says Imperial troops have breached the base. Leia tells a Rebel officer to issue a final evacuation order. | Han Leia Stormtroopers Rebels |
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| 52 | On the surface of Hoth, Rebel troops retreat as Imperial forces advance. | Rebels Stormtroopers Walkers |
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| 53 | Luke jumps out of his damaged snow speeder and he blows up the Walker by climbing up it and throwing mines in it. | Luke Walkers |
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| 54 | In his Walker, Veers prepares to fire on the Rebel shield generators. | Veers Rebels |
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| 55 | In the Rebel base, Han and Leia run to the Millennium Falcon to evacuate themselves. | Han Leia |
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| 56 | Vader strides through the halls of the Rebel base surrounded by storm troopers. | Vader Stormtroopers |
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| 57 | Han, Leia and C3PO continue running towards the Millennium Falcon. | Han Leia C3PO |
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| 58 | Han, Leia and C3PO arrive at the Millennium Falcon and meet a relieved Chewie. | Han Leia C3PO Chewie |
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| 59 | Vader and his accompanying storm troopers continue walking down a hallway of the Rebel base. The storm troopers are panicked, but Vader is calm. | Vader Stormtroopers |
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| 60 | In the Millennium Falcon, Han and Chewie have problems getting the ship started. | Han Chewie Leia C3PO |
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| 61 | Storm troopers enter the Rebel hangar. The Millennium Falcon shoots them. | Stormtroopers Han Chewie Leia C3PO |
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| 62 | Han starts the engine of the Millennium Falcon and takes off. | Stormtroopers Han Chewie Leia C3PO |
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| 63 | Vader sees the Millennium Falcon fly away. | Vader Stormtroopers Han Chewie Leia C3PO |
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| 64 | As Luke and Wedge get into X-wings, Luke says goodbye to Wedge and says he’ll meet him at the rendezvous. Then Luke takes off and flies into space. | Luke Wedge |
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Luke flies to Dagobah as Team 2 chases the Millennium Falcon into an asteroid belt. |
Luke tells R2 they’re not going to the rendezvous point. They’re going to the Degobah system. | Luke R2 |
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| 66 | The Millennium Falcon is pursued by Tie-fighters. Han says there are two Star Destroyers in front of them, which they’ll have to outmaneuver. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 67 | The Millennium Falcon flies past the two Star Destroyers. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 68 | Han tries to jump to light speed, but it doesn’t work. C3PO says the hyperdrive motor is broken. Han says they’re in trouble. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 69 | As Han and Chewie frantically mess with controls an check things in the cockpit, they realize they’ve flown into an asteroid field. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 70 | Han says they’ll fly into the asteroid field despite Leia and C3PO’s protests. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 71 | The Millennium Falcon races through the asteroid field. Some of the Tie-fighters following it hit asteroids and blow up. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 72 | Leia tells Han they need to get out of the asteroid field before they’re pulverized. Han says he’s going to take them closer to a big asteroid. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 73 | As the Millennium Falcon dives towards a large asteroid, another asteroid hits the two Tie-fighters chasing the Millennium Falcon. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 74 | Han sees a good place to land on an asteroid and maneuvers the Millenium Falcon. Leia and C3PO are surprised and confused. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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Luke finds/trains with Yoda as the rest of Team 1 hides in an asteroid and tries to fix the Millennium Falcon. |
Luke flies over Dagobah. He tells R2 his sensors aren’t picking up any technology but lots of life on the surface of the planet. | Luke R2 |
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| 76 | Luke crashes his X-wing. | Luke R2 |
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| 77 | R2 falls in the swamp and is briefly attacked by a swamp monster. Luke begins to question whether coming to Dagobah was a wise idea. | R2 Luke |
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| 78 | Piett enters Vader’s room and tells him the Millennium Falcon entered an asteroid field. Vader says to pursue it despite the risks. | Piett Vader (Millenium Falcon) |
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| 79 | Han and Chewie mess with a bunch of controls. Han says C3PO needs to diagnose the problem with the hyperdrive. The Millennium Falcon lurches, and C3PO says the asteroid isn’t stable. | Han Chewie C3PO Leia |
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| 80 | Leia and Han flirt. | Leia Han |
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| 81 | On Dagobah, as Luke fixes his X-wing, Yoda comes to him and says he’ll lead Luke to Yoda in exchange for a flashlight. Luke agrees. | Luke Yoda R2 |
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| 82 | C3PO tells Han he needs to replace a part on the Millennium Falcon to get the hyperdrive working. | C3PO Han Chewie Leia |
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| 83 | Leia and Han flirt. Han kisses Leia. | Leia Han |
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| 84 | Vader tells several commanders to keep looking for the Millennium Falcon. Then Piett tells Vader that the Emperor wants to speak with him. | Vader Imperial officers Piett (The Emperor) |
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| 85 | Vader speaks with a hologram of the Emperor in his chamber. The Emperor says the force is strong with Luke Skywalker and he poses a threat. Vader says Skywalker would make a powerful ally, and he will try to convert or kill him. The Emperor approves of the plan. | Vader The Emperor (Luke) |
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| 86 | Yoda says he can’t train Luke because he’s impatient. Luke begs, and Yoda agrees to train him. | Yoda Luke |
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| 87 | Leia thinks about Han in the cockpit until an alien bat lands on the windshield and startles her. She runs out of the cockpit. | Leia Han Bats |
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| 88 | Leia tells Han they’re not alone. Han says he’ll go check it out. Leia says she’ll go with him. | Leia Han (Bats) |
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| 89 | Han, Leia and Chewie exit the Millennium Falcon and discover there are Mynocks in the cave, and the cave walls are the inside of a living creature. Han rushes everyone inside. | Han Leia Chewie Bats |
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| 90 | Han prepares the ship for takeoff, dismissing Leia’s advice to stay put. | Han Leia Chewie Bats |
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| 91 | The Millennium Falcon takes off just in time to escape the cave (which is actually a monster’s mouth) closing in on them. | Han Leia Chewie |
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| 92 | Luke trains with Yoda, who teaches him about the force. | Luke Yoda |
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| 93 | Yoda tells Luke to enter a path between dark trees to confront the dark side of the force. | Yoda Luke |
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| 94 | Luke enters the space between the dark trees and meets Vader. They have a light saber battle, and Luke cuts off Vader’s head, which has Luke’s face. | Luke Vader |
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Team 1 flies to Cloud City and is taken hostage by Lando as Luke prematurely ends his training with Yoda to go save his friends. |
Vader tells a group of bounty hunters they will be paid a fortune to capture the Millennium Falcon. Piett tells Vader their ship’s sensors have found the Millennium Falcon. | Vader Boba Fett (The Millenium Falcon) |
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| 96 | A Star Destroyer chases the Millenium Falcon. C3PO tells Han the rear deflector shields are out. Han turns the ship around and flies straight toward the Star Destroyer. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers |
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| 97 | On the Star Destroyer, Needa watches the Millenium Falcon fly toward the Imperial ship and then disappear. Needa tells an officer he’ll apologize to Vader for losing the Millennium Falcon and to keep scanning for it. | Needa The Millenium Falcon (Vader) |
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| 98 | On Dagobah, Luke trains with Yoda in how to use the force. | Luke Yoda |
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| 99 | On a Star Destroyer, Vader kills Needa. Piett tells Vader the Millennium Falcon must have went into hyperspace. Vader orders Piett to search the galaxy for the Millennium Falcon. | Vader Needa Piett (The Millenium Falcon) |
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| 100 | In the Millennium Falcon, which is clinging to the side of a Star Destroyer, Han and Leia discuss where they can find a safe space port. Han looks at a map and says they should go Bespin and see his old friend, Lando. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Tie-fighters Star destroyers (Lando) |
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| 101 | The Death Star, which the Millennium Falcon is attached to, dumps its garbage into space. The Millennium Falcon releases and floats away with the debris. When the Death Star flies away into hyperspace, the Millennium Falcon flies away. Boba Fett’s small ship is floating with the garbage as well and follows them. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO Star destroyers (Boba Fett) |
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| 102 | On Dagobah, Yoda is training Luke. Luke sees a vision of Han, Leia and Chewie in trouble and tells Yoda he has to go to them. Yoda says this is unwise and urges Luke to have patience. | Yoda Luke (Han) (Leia) (Chewie) |
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| 103 | As the Millenium Falcon enters the atmosphere of planet Bespin, Han convinces the local air traffic control tower to let them land by dropping Lando’s name. | Han Liea Chewie C3PO (Lando) |
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| 104 | The Millennium Falcon lands on a floating city in the sky above Bespin. Han and Leia discuss whether or not they’re safe. | Han Leia Chewie C3PO |
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| 105 | Han and Leia watch as Lando approaches the Millennium Falcon with a group of guards. | Han Leia Chewie C3PO Lando |
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| 106 | Lando greets Han and embraces him after pretending to be angry about something that happened in the past. | Lando Han Leia C3PO Chewie |
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| 107 | While walking into the floating city, Han tells Lando their ship needs repairs, and he introduces Lando to Leia. Lando tells Han he’ll have his workers fix the Millennium Falcon. | Han Lando Leia C3PO Chewie |
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| 108 | While walking through a hall in the floating city, Lando tells Han he’s been having business difficulties. Han compliments Lando on being a business man. | Han Lando Leia C3PO Chewie |
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| 109 | While following behind Han, Leia, Chewie and Lando, C3PO wanders into a room and gets shot by a laser blaster. | Han Lando Leia C3PO Chewie Stormtroopers |
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| 110 | On Dagobah, Luke packs up his X-wing and tells Yoda he’s going to save Han and Leia. Yoda tells him not to, but Luke goes anyway. | Yoda Luke R2 |
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| 111 | Han and Leia pace in a bedroom. Leia says she senses something wrong and doesn’t trust Lando. She says C3PO is missing and they need to leave. Han consoles her. | Han Leia Chewie (Lando) (C3PO) |
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| 112 | Chewie enters Han and Leia’s room carrying C3PO on his back in pieces. Chewie tells Han he found C3PO in a junk room. Then Lando enters and summons the team to go have refreshments with him. | Chewie C3PO Han Leia Lando |
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| 113 | Walking through a hall, Han asks Lando if he’s worried about the Empire, and Lando says he’s made a deal that will keep the Empire out. | Han Chewie Leia Lando (The Empire) |
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| 114 | Lando leads the team into a room where Vader is waiting for them. Lando apologizes for betraying the team. | Lando Han Leia Chewie Vader |
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| 115 | Luke enters planet Bespin’s atmosphere in his X-wing and flies towards Cloud City. | Luke R2 |
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| 116 | Chewie puts C3PO back together in a jail cell where Leia is also. | Chewie C3PO Han Leia (Lando) |
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| 117 | Standing outside a room where Han is being tortured, Vader tells Boba Fett he can deliver Han to Jabba after Vader is done torturing him. Then Vader tells Lando to never let Leia and Chewie leave Cloud City. Vader angers Lando, because Vader altered his original deal. | Han Vader Boba Fett (Jaba) Lando (Leia) (Chewie) |
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| 118 | Han is brought into the jail cell. Chewie and Leia greet him. Then Lando enters and says Leia and Chewie can’t leave Cloud City, and Han will be handed over to Jabba. Lando says Vader doesn’t care about them. He just wants Luke. Vader apologizes, and Han shames him for betraying them. | Han Chewie Leia Lando (Jabba) (Vader) |
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| 119 | Vader oversees the carbon freezing chamber installation. Vader tells an Imperial soldier to test it on Han. If it works, they’ll freeze Luke in it as well and take him to see the Emperor. | Vader Stormtroopers (Han) (Luke) (The Emperor) |
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Han is frozen as Luke approaches Bespin. Then Luke fights Vader as the rest of Team 1 escapes Cloud City. |
Luke lands his X-wing on a platform at Cloud City. | Luke | |
| 121 | Han is led to the carbon freezing chamber by storm troopers. Lando tells Han he’s about to be frozen in carbonite. | Han Stormtroopers Lando Vader Chewie C3PO Leia |
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| 122 | Chewie gets angry about what’s happening to Han. So Han consoles him. As storm troopers take Han away, Leia tells Han she loves him. | Han Stormtroopers Lando Vader Chewie C3PO Leia |
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| 123 | Montage of shots of Leia, Lando, Chewie and C3PO reacting to Han being put in the carbonite freezing chamber. | Han Stormtroopers Lando Vader Chewie C3PO Leia |
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| 124 | After Han is frozen, Vader asks Lando if the carbonite freezing chamber worked. Lando says yes. So Vader tells Boba Fett he can take Han to Jabba. Then Vader tells an Imperial officer to reset the chamber for Luke. The officer says Luke has just landed. Vader tells Lando he’s taking Leia and Chewie. Lando says that wasn’t the deal. Vader threatens Lando. | Han Stormtroopers Lando Vader Boba Fett (Jabba) Chewie C3PO Leia |
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| 125 | Luke and R2 run into Boba Fett and two storm troopers in the hall transporting Han’s carbonite-encased body. Luke shoots the two storm troopers with a blaster while Boba Fett flees with Han’s carbonite-encased body. Down the hall, Leia shouts at Luke that he’s walking into a trap. Then doors close around Luke forcing him to go towards the carbonite freezing chamber. | Luke R2 Boba Fett Han Stormtroopers Leia |
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| 126 | Luke follows the path he’s forced to take. More doors close around him forcing him closer to the carbonite freezing chamber. Then the floor he’s standing on raises up and lifts him into the carbonite freezing chamber room. | Luke | ||
| 127 | Luke meets Vader and they begin fighting with their light sabers. | Luke Vader |
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| 128 | Lando, Leia, Chewie, C3PO and two storm troopers walk down a hall. Lando shoots the storm troopers with a blaster and tells the team he has decided to help them escape. Lando makes a plan to get to the Millennium Falcon and escape on it. Leia and Chewie don’t believe him, but he convinces them. | Lando Leia Chewie C3PO Stormtroopers |
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| 129 | Boba Fett loads Han’s carbonite-encased body into his ship. | Boba Fett Han |
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| 130 | Lando, Chewie, Leia and C3PO run into R2. They join up and continue moving towards the Millennium Falcon. | Lando Chewie Leia C3PO R2 |
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| 131 | Running down a hallway, Lando, Chewie, Leia, R2 and C3PO look out a window just in time to see Boba Fett’s ship fly away. Then storm troopers shoot at them, causing them to run away. | Lando Chewie Leia C3PO R2 Boba Fett Han Stormtroopers |
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| 132 | Vader and Luke continue light saber fighting as Vader tries to convert Luke to the dark side. Luke seems evenly matched with Vader. | Vader Luke |
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| 133 | Vader and Luke continue sword fighting. Vader begins getting the upper hand, and Luke goes on the defensive. | Vader Luke |
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| 134 | Leia, Lando, Chewie, C3PO and R2 come to a locked door. R2 hacks Cloud City’s computer system and opens the door. | Leia Lando Chewie C3PO R2 |
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| 135 | Liea, Lando, Chewie, C3PO and R2 reach the Millennium Falcon and board it. Chewie begins starting up the ship. | Leia Lando Chewie C3PO R2 |
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| 136 | Chewie flies the Millennium Falcon away from Cloud City as the rest of the team gets settled. | Leia Lando Chewie C3PO R2 |
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Vader defeats Luke in combat. |
Luke and Vader continue light-saber fighting. Vader cuts off Luke’s hand and then tells Luke he’s lost and must join the dark side. Luke refuses. Then Vader tells Luke he’s his father and wants Luke to kill the Emperor so Vader and Luke can rule the galaxy as father and son. Luke suicidal-ly lets himself fall down a massive air vent. Vader walks away. | Luke Vader |
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| 138 | Luke is sucked into an exhaust pipe and falls through a series of them until he falls out of the bottom of Cloud City and hangs on an antenna. There he uses the force to try to call Ben or Leia for help. | Luke (Ben) (Leia) |
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| 139 | On the Millennium Falcon, Leia tells Lando and Chewie they need to go back for Luke. They disagree, but she convinces them. | Leia Lando Chewie C3PO R2 (Luke) |
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| 140 | From a landing platform, Vader watches the Millennium Falcon flying around. Vader tells a storm trooper to bring him his shuttle. | Vader Stormtroopers Millenium Falcon |
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| 141 | The Millennium Falcon flies under Luke. Lando opens a hatch in the roof and pulls Luke into the ship as Tie-fighters race toward them shooting. | Leia Lando Chewie C3PO R2 Luke |
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Team 1 saves Luke. |
Leia lays Luke down on a medical cot as the ship is rocked from Tie-fighter blasts. | Leia Luke Tie fighters |
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| 143 | The Millennium Falcon flies into space, where a Star Destroyer is waiting. Lando tries to use the hyperdrive, but to his surprise, it doesn’t work. | Star Destroyer Lando Chewie Leia Luke R2 C3PO |
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| 144 | Vader stands on the bridge of the Star Destroyer. He asks Piett if the Millennium Falcon’s hyper drive has been deactivated. Piet says yes and makes a plan to draw in the Millennium Falcon with the Star Destroyer’s tractor beam, where a boarding party will be waiting for it. | Vader Piett Star Destroyer Millenium Falcon |
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| 145 | Montage of shots R2 fixes C3PO. Chewie fixes the Millennium Falcon. Leia and Lando are showered with sparks in the cockpit. | R2 C3PO Leia Lando Chewie |
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| 146 | Laying in his cot, Luke senses Vader on the Star Destroyer. Luke calls out to him, and Vader uses the force to tell Luke to join him. Luke asks Ben why he didn’t tell him Vader is his father. | Luke (Vader) (Ben) |
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| 147 | On the bridge of the Star Destroyer, Piett tells an Imperial officer to ready the tractor beam. | Piett Imperial officer Star Destroyer Millenium Falcon |
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| 148 | R2 hacks the Millennium Falcon computer system and fixes the hyperdrive. Leia and Lando are thrown into their seats as the ship unexpectedly goes into hyperspeed. | R2 Leia Lando |
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| 149 | On the bridge of the Star Destroyer, Piett watches the Millennium Falcon disappear. He looks towards Vader in terror. Vader calmly walks away. | Piett Millenium Falcon Vader |
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Denouement |
The Millennium Falcon is docked on a huge Rebel starship. Lando sits in the cockpit of the Millennium with Chewie. Over the radio, Lando tells Luke that he and Chewie will find Jabba, Han and Boba Fett and then contact Luke. | Lando Chewie Rebels Luke (Han) (Boba Fett) |
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| 151 | Luke sits in a medical bed/room as a robot attaches a robotic hand to Luke’s arm. Over the radio, Luke tells Lando he’ll meet them at the rendezvous point on Tattooine. Everyone exchanges goodbyes. | Luke (Lando) R2 C3PO Leia Chewie |
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| 152 | Luke walks over to Leia and hugs her. They stand together looking out a window thinking about their lives as they watch the Millennium Falcon fly away into hyperspace. | Luke Leia |
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