Star Wars 42 : The Empire Strikes Back : To Be a Jedi Star Wars 42 : The Empire Strikes Back : To Be a Jedi is the forty - second issue in the " Marvel Star Wars " series of comics . Plot . Luke Skywalker watches as his recently landed X - wing fighter begins to slowly sink into the swamps of Dagobah . He endeavors to set up camp until he meets a diminutive green gnome who unceremoniously begins rifling through his belongings . The gnome learns that Luke is looking for a Jedi Master named Yoda and volunteers to take him to him . They return to the gnome ’ s dwelling and Luke begins to act impatient . It is revealed that the gnome is in fact , master Yoda . Yoda feels that Luke is too old and reckless to learn the ways of the Jedi , but the voice of Obi - Wan Kenobi encourages Yoda to train him . Yoda begins putting Luke through an extensive training period of physical and mental exercises . He pushes him to expand his knowledge and use of the Force . While Luke is training on Dagobah , Han Solo , Chewbacca , Princess Leia , and C - 3PO continue to outmaneuver Imperial gun ships through an asteroid field . Han angles the " Millennium Falcon " down towards one of the larger asteroids and swoops into a cave inside one of the craters . He lands the Falcon deep within the recesses of the cave as Imperial TIE bombers drop their payloads onto the outer surface of the asteroid . But they only touch down for a brief moment , until they realize that the “ cave ” they just entered is in fact a giant space slug . Han gooses the Falcon and they zip out of the mouth of the beast before it can consume them . Re - entering the battle with the TIE fighters , Han turns the " Millennium Falcon " around and executes a suicide - run straight for the " Avenger " . He veers off at the last second and then attaches the ship to the rear of the star destroyer ’ s deflector shields . Captain Needa of the " Avenger " is now forced to tell Darth Vader that he lost the " Falcon " . Meanwhile , Darth Vader has a private communiqué with Emperor Palpatine . Palpatine speaks of a new enemy – Luke Skywalker . Vader suggests that rather than kill Skywalker , they should instead attempt to turn him . Palpatine agrees with the plan and tells Vader to make preparations to capture Skywalker alive . Han and the others wait for the Imperial fleet to make their regularly scheduled garbage dump before entering lightspeed . As they do so , Han detaches the " Falcon " from the side of the " Avenger " and floats unobtrusively away with the rest of the garbage . Vader hires a group of bounty hunters to track down and capture the " Millennium Falcon " , and one of these hunters , Boba Fett , begins following Solo in his own ship , " Slave I " . With the Empire safely behind him , Han makes a course heading towards the planet , Bespin . Bespin is the last known hangout of an old friend of his – Lando Calrissian . Behind the scenes . This is Part four of the six part adaptation of " " . This issue includes a cover gallery to the British variants of Star Wars # – . Behind the scenes appearances of Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s Force ghost and Zuckuss . A bounty hunter appears partially obscured on the splash page who is presumably intended to be Zuckuss , though he looks nothing at all like the character that most people are familiar with . 1st comic book appearances of 4 - LOM , Boba Fett , Bossk , Dengar and IG - 88B . 1st full comic book appearance of Yoda . He made a cameo introduction in Star Wars # 41 . The artwork used to illustrate Yoda in this issue is different then that used in " The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of The Empire Strikes Back " . Yoda is seen significantly smaller than his movie or regular appearances . 1st comic book appearance of Lorth Needa . Dies in this issue . Bossk ' s flight suit is incorrectly colored purple on the cover of this issue . It should be orange . Lucasfilm Ltd . forbade Marvel Comics from actually illustrating the space slug for the official movie comic adaptation . As the comic book adaptations were being released concurrently with the release of , the staff of Lucasfilm wanted the appearance of the space slug to be a surprise .