Echo Three to Echo Seven.
Han, old buddy, do you read me?
Loud and clear, kid. What's up?
I finished my circle.
I don't pick up any life readings.
There isn't enough life on this ice cube...
to fill a space cruiser.
Sensors are placed. I'm going back.
Right. I'll see you shortly.
There's a meteorite that hit the ground near here.
I want to check it out. It won't take long.
Steady, girl. What's the matter?
You smell something?
Rrraaah!
Chewie!
Chewie?
Chewie!
All right! Don't lose your temper.
I'll come right back and give you a hand.
Solo?
No sign of life out there, General.
The sensors are in place.
You'll know if anything comes around.
Commander Skywalker reported in yet?
No. He's checking out a meteorite that hit near him.
With all the meteor activity in this system...
it's going to be difficult to spot approaching ships.
General, I got to leave. I can't stay anymore.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, there's a price on my head.
If I don't pay off Jabba the Hutt...
I'm a dead man.
A death mark's not an easy thing to live with.
You're a good fighter, Solo.
I hate to lose you.
Thank you, General.
Well, Your Highness, guess this is it.
That's right.
Well, don't get all mushy on me.
So long, Princess.
Han!
Yes, Your Highnessness?
I thought you had decided to stay.
Well, the bounty hunter we ran into in Ord Mantell...
changed my mind.
Han, we need you!
We need?
Yes.
Well, what about you need?
I need?
I don't know what you're talking about.
You probably don't.
And what precisely am I supposed to know?
Come on!
You want me to stay because of the way you feel about me.
Yes! You're a great help to us.
You're a natural leader.
No! That's not it.
Come on.
A-ha!
You're imagining things.
Am I? Then why are you following me?
Afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a good-bye kiss?
I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee!
I can arrange that.
You could use a good kiss!
I didn't ask you to turn on the thermal heater.
I merely commented that it was freezing in the princess's chamber.
How will we dry out her clothes?
Oh, switch off!
Why did you take this apart now?
I'm trying to get us out of here, and you pull both...
Excuse me, sir.
Put them back together now!
Might I have a word with you, please?
What do you want?
Well, it's Princess Leia, sir.
She's been trying to get you on the communicator.
I turned it off.
I don't want to talk to her.
Well, Princess Leia is wondering about Master Luke.
He hasn't come back yet.
She doesn't know where he is.
I don't know where he is.
Nobody knows where he is.
What do you mean, nobody knows?
- Well, uh, you see... - Deck Officer!
- Excuse me, sir, might I...
Yes, sir?
Do you know where Commander Skywalker is?
I haven't seen him.
It's possible he came through the south entrance.
It's possible?
Why don't you go find out?
It's getting dark out there.
Yes, sir.
Excuse me, sir. Might I inquire what's going on?
Why not?
Impossible man.
Come along, R2, let's find Princess Leia.
Between ourselves...
I think Master Luke is in considerable danger.
Sir, Commander Skywalker hasn't come in the south entrance.
He might have forgotten to check in.
Not likely. Are the speeders ready?
Uh, not yet. We're having trouble adapting them to the cold.
We'll have to go out on tauntauns.
Sir, the temperature's dropping too rapidly.
That's right, and my friend's out in it.
Your tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker.
Then I'll see you in hell. Hyah!
Rrraaah!
Grrrr!
Graaah!
You must come along now, R2.
There's really nothing more we can do.
And my joints are freezing up.
Don't say things like that!
Of course we'll see Master Luke again.
And he'll be quite all right.
You'll see.
Stupid little short circuit.
He'll be quite all right.
Sir, all the patrols are in.
Still no...
Still no contact from Skywalker or Solo.
Mistress Leia, R2 says he's been quite unable to pick up any signals...
although he does admit that his own range is far too weak...
to abandon all hope.
Your Highness, there's nothing more we can do tonight.
The shield doors must be closed.
Close the doors.
Yes, sir.
R2 says the chances of survival are 725 to 1.
Gahhh!
Actually, R2 has been known to make mistakes...
from time to time.
Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
Don't worry about Master Luke.
I'm sure he'll be all right.
He's quite clever, you know, for a human being.
Luke.
Ben?
You will go to the Dagobah system.
Dagobah system?
There you will learn from Yoda...
the Jedi master who instructed me.
Ben!
Luke!
Don't do this, Luke.
Come on, give me a sign here.
Not much time.
Ben.
Hang on, kid.
Dagobah system.
Whew!
This may smell bad, kid...
Yoda.
But it'll keep you warm...
till I get the shelter up.
Ben... Dagobah...
Ahhh!
Ah! I thought they smelled bad on the outside!
Echo Base, I've got something.
Not much, but it could be a life-form.
Commander Skywalker, do you copy?
This is Rogue Two.
Captain Solo, do you copy?
Commander Skywalker, do you copy?
This is Rogue Two.
Good morning.
Nice of you guys to drop by.
Echo Base, this is Rogue Two.
I've found them.
Repeat, I've found them.
Master Luke, sir, it's so good to see you fully functional again.
Thanks, 3PO.
R2 expresses his relief also.
How ya feelin', kid? You don't look so bad to me.
You look strong enough...
to pull the ears off a gundark.
Thanks to you.
That's two you owe me, junior.
Well, Your Worship...
looks like you managed to keep me around for a little while longer.
I had nothing to do with it.
General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous...
for any ships to leave the system...
until we've activated the energy field.
That's a good story.
I think you just can't bear...
to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain.
Hah hah hah!
Laugh it up, fuzzball...
but you didn't see us alone in the south passage.
She expressed her true feelings for me.
My...
Why, you stuck-up, half-witted...
scruffy-looking nerf herder!
Who's scruffy-looking?
I must have hit pretty close to the mark...
to get her all riled up like that, huh, kid?
Well, I guess you don't know everything about women yet.
Headquarters personnel, report to command center.
Take it easy.
Excuse us, please.
Princess, we have a visitor.
Picked up something outside the base's Zone 12 moving east.
It's metal.
Then it couldn't be one of those creatures.
Could be a speeder, one of ours.
No.
Wait.
There's something very weak coming through.
Sir, I'm fluent in six million forms of communication.
This signal is not used by the Alliance.
It could be an imperial code.
It isn't friendly, whatever it is.
Come on, Chewie, let's check it out.
Send Rogues 10 and 11 to Station 38.
Grrr!
Gahhh!
I'm afraid there's not much left.
What was it?
Droid of some kind.
I didn't hit it that hard. Must've had a self-destruct.
An imperial probe droid.
It's a good bet the Empire knows we're here.
We'd better start the evacuation.
Admiral.
Yes, Captain?
I think we've got something, sir.
The report is only a fragment...
from a probe droid in the Hoth system...
but it's the best lead we've had.
We have thousands of probe droids searching the galaxy.
I want proof, not leads.
The visuals indicate life readings.
It could mean anything.
If we followed up every lead...
But, sir...
the Hoth system is supposed to be devoid of humans.
You've found something?
Yes, my lord.
That's it. The rebels are there.
My lord, there are so many uncharted settlements.
It could be smugglers...
That is the system.
And I'm sure Skywalker is with them.
Set your course for the Hoth system.
General Veers, prepare your men.
Admiral.
Groups 7 and 10 will stay behind to fly the speeders.
As soon as each transport is loaded...
evacuation control will give clearance for immediate launch.
Right, sir.
All right! That's it.
Try it.
Oh! Turn it off! Turn it off!
Sir, it will take quite a while to evacuate the T-47 s.
Forget the heavy equipment.
There's plenty of time...
to get the smaller modules on the transports.
Take care, sir.
Thanks.
Chewie, take care of yourself, O. K?
O.K., O. K!
Hi, kid.
There's got to be a reason for it.
Check it at the other end.
Wait a second.
You all right?
Yeah.
Be careful.
You, too.
General, there's a fleet of Stardestroyers...
coming out of hyperspace in Sector Four.
Reroute all power to the energy shield.
We gotta hold them till all transports are away.
Prepare for ground assault.
What is it, General?
My lord, the fleet has moved out of light speed.
ComScan has detected an energy field...
protecting an area of the sixth planet of the Hoth system.
The field is strong enough to deflect any bombardment.
The rebels are alerted to our presence.
Admiral Ozzel came out of light speed too close to the system.
He... He felt surprise was wiser.
He is as clumsy as he is stupid.
General, prepare your troops for a surface attack.
Yes, my lord.
Lord Vader.
The fleet has moved out of light speed, and we're preparing to...
Aaugh!
You have failed me for the last time, Admiral.
Captain Piett.
Yes, my lord?
Make ready to land our troops beyond their energy field...
and deploy the fleet so that nothing gets off the system.
You are in command now, Admiral Piett.
Thank you, Lord Vader.
All troop carriers will assemble at the north entrance.
The heavy transport ships will leave as soon as they're loaded.
Only two fighter escorts per ship.
The energy shield can only be opened for a short time...
so you'll have to stay very close to your transports.
Two fighters against a Stardestroyer?
The ion cannon will fire several shots...
to make sure that any enemy ships will be out of your flight path.
To make sure that any enemy ships will be out of your flight path.
When you've gotten past the energy shield...
proceed directly to the rendezvous point.
Understood?
Good luck.
O.K. Everybody to your stations.
Let's go.
Their primary target will be the power generators.
Prepare to open shield.
Sir, rebel ships are coming into our sector.
Good. Our first catch of the day.
Stand by, ion control.
Fire.
The first transport is away.
Feeling all right, sir?
Just like new, Dak. How about you?
Right now I feel I could take on the whole Empire myself.
I know what you mean.
Echo Station Three-T-Eight.
We've spotted imperial walkers.
Imperial walkers on the north ridge.
Echo Station Five-Seven. We're on our way.
All right, boys, keep tight now.
Luke, I have no approach vector. I'm not set.
Steady, Dak.
Attack pattern Delta. Go now.
All right. I'm coming in.
Hobbie, you still with me?
That armor's too strong for blasters.
Rogue Group, use your harpoons and tow cables.
Go for the legs. It might be our only chance of stopping them.
All right. Stand by, Dak.
Oh, Luke, we've got a malfunction in fire control.
I'll have to cut in the auxiliary.
Just hang on. Hang on, Dak.
Get ready to fire that tow cable.
Ah!
Dak?
Dak!
Yes, Lord Vader, I've reached the main power generators.
The shield will be down in moments.
You may start your landing.
Rogue Three.
Copy, Rogue Leader.
Wedge, I've lost my gunner.
You'll have to make this shot.
I'll cover for you.
Set your harpoon. Follow me on the next pass.
Coming around, Rogue Leader.
Steady, Rogue Two.
Activate harpoon.
Good shot, Janson.
- One more pass. - Coming around, Wedge.
Cable out. Let her go!
Detach cable.
Cable detached.
Come on.
Hah! That got him!
I see it, Wedge. Good work.
I don't think...
we can protect two transports at a time.
It's risky, but we can't hold out much longer.
We have no choice.
Launch patrol.
Evacuate remaining ground staff.
Gahhh!
No, no! No.
This one goes there.
That one goes there, right?
R2, you take good care of Master Luke now, understand?
And do take good care of yourself.
Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
All troops will debark for ground assault.
Prepare to target the main generator.
Rogue Two, are you all right?
Yeah. I'm with you, Rogue Leader.
Well, set harpoon. I'll cover for you.
Coming around.
Watch that cross fire, boys.
Set for position three.
Steady.
Stay tight and low.
This is it!
Aah!
Hobbie!
I've been hit!
You all right?
Why are you still here?
Heard the command center had been hit.
You've got your clearance to leave.
Don't worry. I'll leave.
First I'm gonna get you to your ship.
Your Highness, we must take this last transport.
It's our only hope.
Send all troops in Sector 12...
to the south slope to protect the fighters.
Imperial troops have entered the base.
Imperial troops have entered...
Come on. That's it.
Give the evacuation code signal.
And get to your transports!
Oh! Wait for me!
Begin retreat!
Fall back!
Distance to power generators?
17.28.
Target. Maximum firepower.
Transport, this is Solo.
Better take off. I can't get to you.
I'll get her out on the Falcon.
Come on.
B-B-But where are you going?
Come back!
Wait!
Wait for me! Wait! Stop!
How typical.
Come on.
Gahhh!
Hurry up, goldenrod.
You're gonna be a permanent resident.
Wait! Wait!
How's this?
Would it help if I got out and pushed?
Captain Solo! Captain Solo!
It might.
Sir, might I suggest that you...
It can wait.
This bucket of bolts is never gonna get us past that blockade.
This baby's got a few surprises left in her, sweetheart.
Come on! Come on!
Switch over. Let's hope we don't have a burnout.
See?
Someday you're gonna be wrong...
and I just hope I'm there to see it.
Punch it!
R2!
Get her ready for takeoff.
Good luck, Luke. See you at the rendezvous.
Don't worry, R2.
We're going. We're going.
There's nothing wrong, R2.
I'm just setting a new course.
We're not gonna regroup with the others.
We're going to the Dagobah system.
Yes, R2?
That's all right.
I'd like to keep it on manual control for a while.
Gahhh!
I saw 'em! I saw 'em!
Saw what?
Stardestroyers, two of 'em coming right at us.
Sir! Sir!
Might I suggest...
Shut him up or shut him down!
Check the deflector shield.
Great.
Well, we can still outmaneuver them.
Take evasive action!
Prepare to make the jump to light speed.
But, sir!
They're getting closer.
Oh, yeah? Watch this.
Watch what?
I think we're in trouble.
If I may say so, sir, I noticed earlier...
the hyperdrive motivator has been damaged.
It's impossible to go to light speed.
We're in trouble.
Horizontal boosters!
Gahhh!
Alluvial dampers.
Ow!
That's not it.
Bring me the hydrospanner!
I don't know how we're gonna get out of this one.
Ow!
Chewie!
That wasn't a laser blast. Something hit us.
Han, get up here!
Come on, Chewie!
Asteroids.
Oh, no.
Chewie, set two-seven-one.
What are you doing?
You're not actually going into an asteroid field?
They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?
You don't have to do this to impress me.
Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field...
is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Never tell me the odds!
Look out!
You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake.
This could be it, sweetheart.
I take it back.
We're going to get pulverized...
if we stay out here much longer.
Ain't gonna argue with that.
I'm going in closer to one of the big ones.
Closer?!
Gahhh!
Oh, this is suicide! There's nowhere to go.
There. That looks pretty good.
What looks pretty good?
Yeah, that'll do nicely.
Excuse me, ma'am, but where are we going?
I hope you know what you're doing.
Yeah. Me, too.
Yep, that's it. Dagobah.
No, I'm not gonna change my mind about this.
I'm not picking up any cities or technology.
Massive life-form readings, though.
There's something alive down there.
Yes. I'm sure it's perfectly safe for droids.
I know! I know!
All the scopes are dead. I can't see a thing.
Just hang on.
I'm gonna start the landing cycle.
No, R2, you stay put.
I'll have a look around.
R2?
R2!
Where are you?
R2!
You be more careful.
R2, that way.
R2!
Beeep!
Oh, no.
Are you all right?
Come on.
You were lucky to get out of there.
Anything broken?
If you're saying coming here was a bad idea...
I'm beginning to agree with you.
R2, what are we doing here?
It's like... something out of a dream or...
I don't know.
Maybe I'm just going crazy.
Yes, Admiral?
Our ships have sighted the Millennium Falcon, lord...
but it has entered an asteroid field, and we cannot risk...
Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral.
I want that ship, not excuses.
Yes, lord.
I'm gonna shut down everything...
but the emergency power systems.
Sir, I'm almost afraid to ask, but does that include shutting me down, too?
No. I need you to talk to the Falcon.
Find out what's wrong with the hyperdrive.
Sir, it's quite possible this asteroid is not entirely stable.
Not entirely stable?
I'm glad you're here to tell us these things.
Chewie, take the professor in the back...
and plug him into the hyperdrive.
Sometimes I just don't understand human behavior.
After all, I'm only trying to do my job.
- Let go. - Shh!
Let go, please.
Don't get excited.
Captain, being held by you...
isn't quite enough to get me excited.
Sorry, sweetheart.
I haven't got time for anything else.
Ready for some power?
O.K.
Let's see now.
Put that in there.
There you go.
Now all I gotta do is find this Yoda...
if he even exists.
It's really a strange place to find a Jedi master.
This place gives me the creeps.
Still...
there's something familiar about this place.
I don't know.
I feel like...
Feel like what?
Like we're being watched!
Away put your weapon!
I mean you no harm.
I am wondering... why are you here?
I'm looking for someone.
Looking?
Found someone you have, I would say, hmmm?
Right.
Help you I can. Yes, mmmm.
I don't think so.
I'm looking for a great warrior.
Ah!
A great warrior.
Ha ha ha!
Wars not make one great.
Put that down.
Hey! That's my dinner!
How you get so big eating food of this kind?
Listen, friend, we didn't mean to land in that puddle.
And if we could get our ship out, we would.
But we can't, so why don't you...
Cannot get your ship out. Hee hee hee!
Hey, get out of there!
Ah!
No! Ooh!
Hey, you could have broken this.
Don't do that.
Oh!
You're making a mess.
Hey, give me that!
Mine, or I will help you not.
I don't want your help. I want my lamp back.
I'm gonna need it to get out of this slimy mudhole.
Mudhole? Slimy?
My home this is...
Wha... Mmm!
R2, let him have it.
Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!
R2!
Now, will you move along, little fellow?
We've got a lot of work to do.
No! No, no!
Stay and help you I will... find your friend.
I'm not looking for a friend.
I'm looking for a Jedi master.
Oh. Jedi master. Yoda.
You seek Yoda.
You know him?
Mmmm. Take you to him I will.
Yes, yes, but now we must eat. Come.
Good food.
Come.
Come, come.
R2... stay and watch after the camp.
Oh! Where is R2 when I need him?
Sir, I don't know where your ship learned to communicate...
but it has the most peculiar dialect.
I believe, sir, it says that the power coupling...
on the negative axis has been polarized.
I'm afraid you'll have to replace it.
Well, of course I'll have to replace it.
Here!
And, Chewie...
I think we'd better replace the negative power coupling.
Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help.
Would you please stop calling me that?
Sure, Leia.
You make it so difficult sometimes.
I do. I really do.
You could be a little nicer, though.
Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm all right.
Occasionally... maybe...
when you aren't acting like a scoundrel.
Scoundrel?
I like the sound of that.
Stop that.
Stop what?
Stop that. My hands are dirty.
My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?
Afraid?
You're trembling.
I'm not trembling.
You like me because I'm a scoundrel.
There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.
I happen to like nice men.
I'm a nice man.
No, you're not. You're...
Sir, sir!
I've isolated the reverse power flux coupling.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Oh, you're perfectly welcome, sir.
And that was the last time they appeared in any of our scopes.
Considering the amount of damage we've sustained...
they must have been destroyed.
No, Captain. They're alive.
I want every ship available...
to sweep the asteroid field...
until they are found.
Lord Vader.
Yes, Admiral. What is it?
The emperor commands you...
to make contact with him.
Move the ship out of the asteroid field...
so that we can send a clear transmission.
Yes, my lord.
What is thy bidding, my master?
There is a great disturbance...
in the Force.
I have felt it.
We have a new enemy...
the young rebel who destroyed the Death Star.
I have no doubt this boy...
is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.
How is that possible?
Search your feelings, Lord Vader.
You will know it to be true.
He could destroy us.
He's just a boy.
Obi-Wan can no longer help him.
The Force is strong with him.
The son of Skywalker...
must not become a Jedi.
If he could be turned...
he would become a powerful ally.
Yes.
He would be a great asset.
Can it be done?
He will join us or die, master.
Look, I'm sure it's delicious.
I just don't understand why we can't see Yoda now.
Patience!
For the Jedi...
it is time to eat as well.
Hmm? Heh heh.
Eat, eat.
Hot!
Good food! Mmm, good, hmm?
How far away is Yoda? Will it take us long to get there?
Not far. Yoda not far.
Patience. Soon you will be with him.
Root leaf.
I cook.
Why wish you become Jedi? Hmm? Hmm?
Mostly because of my father, I guess.
Ah, father.
Powerful Jedi was he.
Hee hee. Mmm, powerful Jedi.
Oh, come on.
How could you know my father?
You don't even know who I am.
I don't even know what I'm doing here.
We're wasting our time!
I cannot teach him.
The boy has no patience.
He will learn patience.
Hmm...
Much anger in him...
like his father.
Was I any different when you taught me?
No.
He is not ready.
Yoda.
I am ready.
Ben... I can be a Jedi.
Ben, tell him I'm...
Ready, are you?
What know you ready?
For 800 years have I trained Jedi.
My own counsel will I keep...
on who is to be trained.
A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, hmm?
The most serious mind.
This one a long time have I watched.
All his life has he looked away...
to the future, to the horizon.
Never his mind on where he was...
hmm?
What he was doing.
Hmph!
Adventure.
Ha!
Excitement. Ha!
A Jedi craves not these things.
You are reckless!
So was I, if you remember.
He is too old.
Yes, too old to begin the training.
But I've learned so much.
Ahh...
Will he finish what he begins?
I won't fail you.
I'm not afraid.
Oh...
You will be.
Aah!
Sir, if I may venture an opinion...
I'm not really interested in your opinion.
There's something out there.
Where?
Outside in the cave.
There it is. Listen. Listen!
I'm going out there.
Are you crazy?
I just got this bucket back together.
I'm not going to let something tear it apart.
Then I'm going with you.
I think it might be better...
if I stay behind and guard the ship.
Oh, no.
This ground sure feels strange.
It doesn't feel like rock.
There's an awful lot of moisture in here.
I don't know.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Yeah.
Watch out!
It's all right.
Yeah, that's what I thought... mynock.
Chewie, check the rest of the ship...
and make sure there are no more attached...
chewing on the power cables.
Mynocks.
Go on inside. We'll clean them off if there are any more.
Han!
Aagghh! Go away, go away, beastly thing!
Shoo! Shoo!
Wait a minute...
Let's get out of here!
The Empire is still out there! I don't think...
No time to discuss this in committee!
I'm not a committee!
You can't make the jump to light speed in this asteroid field.
Sit down, sweetheart! We're taking off!
Look!
I see it. I see it.
We're doomed!
The cave is collapsing.
- This is no cave. - What?