The Empire Strikes Back

Echo Three to Echo Seven.

Han, old buddy, do you read me?

Loud and clear, kid. What's up?

Well, 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.

The 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.

Steady, girl. What's the matter? You smell something?

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, it's gonna be difficult to spot approaching ships.

General, I gotta leave. I can't stay any more.

- I'm sorry to hear that. - 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.

Don't get all mushy on me. So long, Princess.

Han.

- Yes, Your Highnessness. - I thought you had decided to stay.

The bounty hunter we ran into in Ord Mantell changed my mind.

Han, we need you.

- We need? - Yes.

- What about you need? - I need?

I don't know what you're talking about.

- You probably don't. - 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.

- Come on. - You're imagining things.

Am I? Then why are you following me?

Afraid I'd leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?

- I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee. - I can arrange that.

You could use a good kiss!

Don't blame me. I didn't ask you to turn on the thermal heater.

I merely commented that it was freezing in the princess's chamber.

It's supposed to be freezing.

How we're going to dry her clothes I really don't know.

Oh, switch off!

Why did you take this apart now? I'm trying to get us out of here.

- Excuse me. - Put them back together right now.

- Might I have a word? - What do you want?

Princess Leia's been trying to get you on the communicator.

I turned it off. I don't want to talk to her.

Princess Leia is wondering about Master Luke. He hasn't come back.

- 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?

Deck Officer.

- Deck Officer. - Excuse me, sir. Might l...

Do you know where Commander Skywalker is?

I haven't seen him. It's possible he came in 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 enquire 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.

Commander Skywalker hasn't come in the south entrance.

- Maybe he forgot to check in. - Not likely. Are the speeders ready?

Not yet. We're having trouble adapting them to the cold.

- We'll have to go out on tauntauns. - 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.

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 admits 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.

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.

Luke.

Ben?

You will go to the Dagobah system.

Dagobah system?

There you will learn from Yoda...

the Jedi master who instructed me.

Don't do this, Luke. Give me a sign here.

- Not much time. - Ben.

Hang on, kid.

Dagobah system. Dagobah.

This may smell bad, kid...

Yoda.

But it'll keep you warm till I get the shelter up.

Ben. Dagobah.

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...

Iooks 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...

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.

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-lookin'?

I must have hit close to the mark to get her riled up like that, huh, kid?

I guess you don't know everything about women yet.

Headquarters personnel, report to command centre.

Headquarters personnel, report to command centre.

Take it easy.

Excuse us, please.

Princess, we have a visitor.

We picked up something outside Zone 12 moving east.

- It's metal. - It couldn't be one of those creatures.

- Could be one of our speeders. - No. Wait.

There's something very weak coming through.

Sir, I am 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. Chewie, let's check it out.

Send Rogues 10 and 11 to Station 38.

- I'm afraid there's not much left. - What was it?

Droid of some kind. I didn't hit it that hard.

- Must have 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 forms.

- You 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 Seven and 10 will stay behind to fly the speeders.

As soon as each transport is loaded...

evacuation control will give clearance for launch.

Right, sir.

All right. That's it.

Try it.

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 time to get small modules on the transports.

- Take care, sir. - Thanks.

Chewie, take care of yourself, okay?

Okay, okay.

Hi, kid.

There's gotta be a reason for it. Check it at the other end.

Wait a second.

- Are 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? - The fleet has moved out of light speed.