Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back/Nit Central Corrections

* Nit Central Princess Leia? If King Organa is Dead, shouldn't she be Queen Leia? Craig Livingston on Friday, November 27, 1998 - 1:00 pm: Was Organa ever refered to as King? If not Alderaan could be ruled by a prince/princess. The sons and daughters of the ruling prince/princess would also be called prince/princess.
* So, Luke just happens to land a few miles from Yoda's house. Craig Livingston on Friday, November 27, 1998 - 1:00 pm: Yoda might have sensed Luke's approach from space, and guided Luke's decent (Luke would not have noticed, he said all his instruments were dead, hmm... again Yoda's work?).
* Luke calls a flashlight a lamp, when he meets Yoda. Craig Livingston on Friday, November 27, 1998 - 1:00 pm: Luke's flashlight does cast light in all directions, that makes it a lamp in my book.
* How does Vader turn on the Hologram transmitter in the scene with the Emperor? Craig Livingston on Friday, November 27, 1998 - 1:00 pm: Vader wakes over to a circle, kneels on it, it lights up, the transmission begins. I gathered that kneeling on the circle actives the transmitter. Alternatively, Vader could have flipped a switch somewhere with the Force.
* Luke's lightsaber is now blue, it was white in the previous movie. Chris Thomas on Saturday, November 28, 1998 - 10:06 pm: Luke could have made some modifications to the lightsabre which now make it emit a blue light instead of a white one.
* Why did Lando & Co. disable the Falcon's hyperdrive? It was broken anyway. Paul T. on Thursday, November 26, 1998 - 5:49 pm: The hyperdrive on the falcon was broken at first. It was fixed at Cloud City but I believe that Lando's people were ordered to de-activate it.
* Why dosen't the rebel fleet include a few stolen TIE fighters? Craig Livingston on Friday, November 27, 1998 - 1:00 pm: How do you capture a TIE? You can't disable one, if you so much as graze a TIE with a weapon, they explode! Even if the rebels manage to steal an undamaged TIE, it wouldn't be long before it exploded. SeniramUK (talk) 11:02, 5 September 2021 (UTC) Plus there’s the risk of you getting accidentality shot down by your own side!
* Anonymous on Thursday, November 26, 1998 - 5:46 pm: Throughout the movie Chewbacca's hair seems matted and unkempt. Perhaps he like it that way!
* Neil on Tuesday, December 08, 1998 - 5:37 am: When Luke falls out of Cloud City you see some thing fall away from him, is this hand or light saber? If it is either of these two then how did the Empire find Lukes hand to clone him and how did he get his first light saber back to give to Mara in the Last Command? Adam Chmelka on Tuesday, December 08, 1998 - 5:52 pm: His hand (holding the lightsaber) fell down the shaft immediately after it was cut off. The Empire presumably recovered both. DNA from the hand was used to create the clone "Luuke" in TLC, which was given the lightsaber to use. After killing the clone, Luke reclaimed the saber and gave it to Mara.
* Brian Henley on Saturday, December 12, 1998 - 11:01 am: Zev finds the lost Han and Luke. But what happens next? Does he pick them up? Zev's Snowspeeder is a two person vehicle! Zev guided the rescue team to the spot.
*Those laser bolts that the AT-ATs are firing look to be pretty powerfull. Here's my question: How do one of those bolts hit Luke's Snowspeeder, do enough damage to kill Dak (the tailgunner) but not do enough damage to bring down the speeder? The technicians probably fitted extra armour to the main structure, but not the rear.
*"They'll be within range of our tractor beam in moments.." Huh? The Millenium Falcon at one point practically scrapes paint off the Executor's hull! How can it not be within range of the tractor beams? Thet are quite a distance away from the Executor when Piett makes the tractor beam remark.
* Spockania on Saturday, December 12, 1998 - 7:18 pm: I'm not sure, this might be a nit- "We have thousands of probe droids searchig the galaxy..." Isn't several thousand too few to explore over a million entire worlds for a small group of rebels? They’re only checking likely planets, presumably away from densely populated areas.
* Furthermore, why is the captain studying the raw data? Isn't that a job for some ensign somewhere? He may be double checking it, after an initial check showed it was worthy of further investigation.
* G. Hans on Saturday, February 13, 1999 - 9:59 am: Isn't it a bit impractical to have a city in the clouds? Clouds aren't very good for visibility - someone could crash into a refinery or something. They probably have very good sensors, and dedicated clear travel areas.
* Hans Thielman on Tuesday, May 11, 1999 - 12:55 pm: Since Obi-Wan-Kenobi was Jedi master Qui-Gon-Jin's apprentice, why did Obi-Wan (or his spirit) claim to Luke that Yoda was the Jedi master who taught him? Gordon Lawyer on Saturday, May 15, 1999 - 7:48 am: I suspect that (so to speak) Yoda was lecture hall and Qui-Gon-Jin was his internship.
* Adam Howarter on Monday, May 31, 1999 - 4:29 am: Vader orders the fleet to establish a blockade around the planet. But ship after ships runs it!! Yet Piett is still alive at the end of the movie. Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Monday, May 31, 1999 - 10:45 am: Perhaps Vader has seen the that the dark side is the wrong path and is trying to get back top the good side of the force. Lucas said that ep. 4-6 are about the redemption of Anikin/Vader.
* Why didn't Vader use the force to hold the Falcon down on Hoth. It may be too big and/or powerful for that to be possible.
* What was the point of the snowspeeders? Instead of going to the trouble of making ships JUST to operate on Hoth, why not just use the X-wings? The speeders aren't made just to operate on Hoth – they were only modified to operate there. As for the X-Wings, these were likely undergoing pre flight checks elsewhere, so they could leave as quickly as possible after the pilots arrived.
* AT-ATs are without doubt a bad idea. Waaaay to high a center of gravity. Tracked vehicles would have been much better. SeniramUK (talk) 11:02, 5 September 2021 (UTC) Not for tackling tall obstacles! Douglas Nicol on Saturday, September 04, 1999 - 5:11 pm: I agree about the AT-AT being an impractical weapon. If you read any of the West End Games RPG material, especially the Imperial Sourcebook, the AT-AT was like many of the Empires weapons, design to intimidate, act as weapons of terror. This is fine when subduing superstitious natives and primitive planets but surely the Empire knows the Rebels aren't like that and would put something in that is a bit more practical. Jedi Apprentice on Monday, September 06, 1999 - 12:44 pm: Vader was probably hoping that the less experienced soldiers would simply be intimidated by something so large and deceivingly fast.
* I find it hard to believe the cables used were strong enough to trip the AT-ATs. Compared to the size of those beasts I'd think they'd snap. Depends on the method and material used to make them!
* After the above cut scene, outside where Han is being shocked. Vader leaves, the hatch snapping shut behind him. Lando then says "this deal is getting worse by the moment." He seems to be planning to doublecross Vader's doublecross. The only problem is Fett AND (count them) TWO stormtroopers are standing right there. Did none of them (the troopers especially) feel this bit of dissatisfation on Lando's part should be reported to Vader? JC on Tuesday, June 01, 1999 - 1:11 pm: It was just an expression of dissatisfaction, not necessarily a plot for retribution. Fett probably wouldn't care as long as he gets his bounty. And perhaps the stormtroopers couldn't hear him through their helmets? He was sort of muttering it under his breath.
* When Luke lands he seems to come down with a case of "now what did I come here for?" He just saw Leia and the others be hauled one direction, yet he lets himself get sidetracked back the way they just came from. I guess he really did need to work on that concentration part like Yoda said. Leia did tell him to leave, as he was heading into a trap.
* Right before Han is frozen. Chewbacca brakes out and puts up a little fight. Fett raises his gun to shoot him...then Vader stops him???!! Why? Why does Vader care if Chewie gets turned into a rug? The only thing I can think of is because he recognizes C-3PO on Chewie's back as his first "do it yourself" science project and he doesn't want that broken anymore then it already is. Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Monday, May 31, 1999 - 10:45 am: Would you let a bounty hunter shoot your favourite childhood toy? If so, can I vaporize your teddy bear? SeniramUK (talk) 11:02, 5 September 2021 (UTC) Also, he doesn’t want them getting killed accidentality.
* We got to wonder about the effectivenss of this carbon freezing chamber. Remember Bespin has to make enough money to pay the bills at the end of the month. This chamber apparently only freezes things that are about 6' by 4'. Is that really cost effective? I would expect a much larger chamber knocking out much larger blocks. Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Monday, May 31, 1999 - 10:45 am: An aluminun plant near where I live produces similar sized blocks. If you can make 6'x4'x'1 blocks every 5 minutes or so, Bespin could easily pay their bills. (Note: Al is 1 space right and 1 space down from Carbon on a Periodic Table. Atomic No. 5 and 13 respecively.)
* Again after seeing I would have expected C3PO to say something like. "Oh its master Anakin! Thank the maker. He'll take care of me." Why? 3P0 underwent a memory wipe at the end of 
* After Luke makes his mental call to Leia she says "we've got to go back." Lando then protests "what about those fighters." What fighters? The fighters don't start attacking until after they've turned around. Vader’s presence would inevitably require a few fighters flying around.
* How did Luke know Leia could help him. Last time he saw her she was being escorted by a squadron of imperial troops. He may have sensed that she had been able to escape on the Falcon.
* As they leave Vader prepares to use the tractor beam, but then they never do. The Falcon’s hyperdrive reactivated before they could establish a targeting lock.
* Again why is Piett alive at the end of this one? Vader was too distracted by what happened with Luke. In addition, Piett is too good an officer to get rid of without a very good reason, especially so soon afer Ozzell’s demise.
* Why didn't the Empire do something to secure the Falcon, instead of fixing, then deactivating, the hyperdrive why not just quietly kick it over the side or something? Charles Cabe (Ccabe) on Monday, May 31, 1999 - 10:45 am: Bait. If Leia, Han, or Chewie try to escape, they will try to get to the Falcon.
* Johnny Veitch on Monday, June 21, 1999 - 2:04 pm: Between ANH and ESB the Falcon`s cockpit has sprouted a door, instead of just a doorway. Probably a version of the modification shown in 
* When Darth Vader speaks to General Veers while in his meditation chamber, his voice has a strange echo. This could be due to the material lining the inside of the chamber.
* Luke and Dak get into the snowspeeder before the AT-ATs are spotted. Why is this? Why not get into X-wings? Perhaps they are getting ready for the inevitable ground assualt.
*During the battle, there are three AT-ATs. One is tripped up, but later scenes still show three and in a couple of scenes an AT-ST. Maybe these are reinforcements? But after Luke destoys one AT-AT, there is only Veers` walker left. What happened to the other AT-AT and the AT-ST? Alexander Shearer on Sunday, June 27, 1999 - 8:42 am: There are actually (at least) four to begin with, I believe. Just because we only see Veers' AT-AT after the other two are tanked (by tripping and up-close Jedi sabotage) doesn't mean the other one isn't around; it's just that Veers makes the critical shot.
*When Threepio is re-activated by Chewie the lights in his eyes are on, but he doesn`t seem to notice his surroundings. The visual sensor part of the eyes may still br inactive.
* Adam on Friday, July 30, 1999 - 5:27 pm: Right at the end of their duel Luke hits Vader's arm. Oddly enough it doesn't slice it off!! So is his armor made of some super dense metal? That would explain why Han's blaster fire just bounced off his hand. OTOH if so how did Luke manage to cut off his hand in RotJ. The impact in this duel was only a glancing blow.
*Craig Livingston on Sunday, October 17, 1999 - 6:48 pm: In the Special Edition, Vader shuttles up from Bespin to his Star Destroyer and flies into a bay that looks suspiciously like the one on the Death Star in ROTJ (gee I wonder why?). But in this landing bay the door faces SIDEWAYS and the ship flies HORIZONTALLY in (I know it's in space, but Star Destroyers have a definate gravitational 'down'). Star Destroyer's have their landing bays on the BOTTOM and ships fly VERTICALLY to and from them (watch Vader's shuttle launch in ROTJ, for example). Does Vader's Super Star Destroyer have extra landing bays that we don't notice in the external shots? Padawan on Sunday, May 21, 2000 - 2:52 am: The shuttle goes up into the SSD and then along into the docking bay. Look at the scene where it enters the bay and you`ll see that.
* Josh Gould on Monday, January 24, 2000 - 12:19 pm: The nit that had always bothered me most in this great movie concerns the Millenium Falcon's hyperdrive. After they leave Hoth, we know that the hyperdrive is not working. Then they fly into the asteroid field. After escaping from the giant space worm, Han, Leia, Chewie and Threepio run into Captain Needa's star destroyer (the Avenger, I believe). Once it's gone, leaving garbage along with the Falcon (it's in good company, isn't it?), Han sets course for Bespin. But, had the hyperdrive decided to start working? Or, is Bespin in the Hoth system? It would have to be. Otherwise, it would take years, perhaps decades to get to Bespin. (Remember this is supposed to be the Outer Rim Territories where systems are far apart.) How DOES the Falcon get to Bespin?!! I can't imagine that it's in the same system; it just seems illogical. Jason on Tuesday, January 25, 2000 - 9:15 pm: There are some people who claim that the Millenium Falcon accelerated to near the speed of light and experienced time distilation, so the trip wouldn't take as long to them. That would explain why Luke improved so much and how the empire was able to set up all of its traps at Bespin. It seemed to make sense to me. I am not claiming that this theory is my own and unfortunetly, I don't remember off hand where I read that. Josh Gould on Wednesday, January 26, 2000 - 8:10 am: I suppose it's possible… But, it doesn't really seem like Luke was on Dagobah that long. I would imagine a few weeks, maybe a month at the outside. After all, he seems to learn quickly. SeniramUK (talk) 11:02, 5 September 2021 (UTC) Han could have managed to use a back up hyperdrive.
* Kira Sharp on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 2:22 pm: If Luke (and Leia) are the last potential Jedis left in the galaxy, why did Obi-Wan and Yoda not keep a closer eye on them? If Yoda is so unhappy about how Luke turned out, why didn't he do something about it all the years that Luke was growing up? Why not during the three years that supposedly transpired between this film and the last one? Adam on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 - 9:55 pm: Or like I've said elsewhere. Why not take them both to Yoda and have him raise them? Yoda (and Ben) seemed to believe "only a fully trained Jedi can defeat Vader...." So why didn't you train THEM Yoda? Take them both when they where born and raise them as Jedi. Imagine Vader facing two fully trained 22 year old Jedi Knights on Bespin. Bad day to be a Sith Lord. Richard Davies on Saturday, May 11, 2002 - 2:28 pm:Maybe the combined force power of them in one place would alert Vader &/or the Imperial forces. A bit of an "Eggs In One Basket" situation.
*SaintSteven on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 8:14 pm: The odds of sucesfully navigating an asteroid field are over 3,000 to 1. Pretty tough odds for the Millenium Falcon. But at least two Star Destroyers and one Super Star Destroyer also make it, despite the fact those ships are bigger and slower. constanze on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 3:04 am: The Millenium Falcon was trying to hide in the asteroid field, so it dogded and swerved around. The Imperial ships simply used all their cannons to blast every asteroid in their way into smithereens.
* The Millenium Falcon lands on Cloud City and Lando walks out the door to greet them. They walk back inside with ease. Yet later when Luke is dueling Darth Vader, the debris Vader uses breaks the glass, which blows Luke and some other stuff out - indicating Cloud City is pressurized. Therefore, Lando cannot simply "walk out," nor can they "walk in" without the opening doors creating a bad vacuum. constanze on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 3:04 am: They probably use a force-field for the landing field. In SWIV, the Millenium Falcon is pulled into the Death Star with a tractor beam, and soldiers are standing around though there are no doors, so sth. must keep the atmosphere in. Sb. above wondered why you would build a city in the clouds, but I thought the dialogue mentions that they are mining the clouds for gases on bespin, so floating citys aren't that stupid. (I hope I'm not confusing the movie dialogue with the explanations from the book.)Darth Sarcasm on Friday, October 11, 2002 - 10:13 am: I assumed that the pressure difference was simply an aspect of the city's core. The properties of the core might also explain how Luke survives that immense drop to the bottom.
* John A. Lang on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 7:59 pm: Throughout this entire movie, Boba Fett is referred to as "bounty hunter". Why wasn't he ever addressed by his proper name? Josh M on Tuesday, March 04, 2003 - 9:12 pm: I assumed that Lando and the rest of the good guys (except for maybe Han and Chewie) may not have known his name. Vader on the other hand may not have respected him enough to call him buy his name.
*Anonymous on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 5:01 am: Why is the Falcon the only ship in thw whole movie with Hyperdrive? Is it so expensive? If it is how can Han afford it? And why can't the Empire? Similarly, all of the Empire's fleet is useless without hyperdrive. It would take years just to get from one system to another. The Death Star too is worthless for this principal. After all, why could none of darth's ships follow the Falcon after they took off? Gordon Lawyer on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 5:19 am: All the ships have hyperdrives. I think the problem was that they weren't expecting them to fix it so quickly and therefore weren't prepared to trace where it jumped. Darth Sarcasm on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 5:32 pm: They couldn't follow without knowing where they were headed. You have to remember, hyperspace is very, very fast... so fast that the jumps have to be calculated before moving into hyperspace. By the time the Imperials attempt a pursuit, the Falcon would not only be long gone, but could be anywhere... the best they can do is plot a course along the ship's last trajectory (which they did). Brian FitzGerald on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:45 am:Also Han's hyperdrive is faster than most others, remember than in EP IV he said "I've outrun Imperial Starships and not the local bulk crusers, I'm talking about the big Correllian clippers."''
* Darth Darthfulness on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 - 4:54 pm: When Luke decides to jump off the platform instead of join Vader, Vader uses the Force to guide him into the tunnel. I'm not sure why - it appears the idea is to let him fall to his death either way. J on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 11:28 pm: I never got the impression that Vader had anything to do with Luke's winding up in the tunnel. I thought it was Luke himself, though whether or not it was conscious use of the Force I couldn't say. Darth Darthfulness on Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 9:08 pm: I read somewhere that Vader guided Luke into the tunnel. It might have been off a non-canon source.
* Ok, I'll grant that a surface ion cannon may be enough to disable a ship as large as a Star Destroyer and allow a transport and two X-wings to get by. But where are the TIE fighters? Josh M on Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 1:19 am: They were probably just too arrogant to launch them. Remember "our first catch of the day." They didn't think that they needed the fighters.
*After General Veers destroys the shield generator, why don't the Star Destroyers begin immediately bombarding Hoth's surface? Zarm Rkeeg on Friday, June 17, 2005 - 12:34 pm: Perhaps the AT-ATs were too close and would have been damaged/destroyed by the bombardment?
* John A. Lang on Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 8:36 pm:Why does Vader want Luke to embrace the Dark Side? Doesn't he remember the Sith Code "There can be only two, a Sith Master & his apprentice"? If Luke did turn to the Dark Side, Vader would be out of a job. The only way for both Vader & Luke to rule the galaxy together as father & son is to kill Palpatine...and I'm certain he wouldn't allow that. By constanze on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 12:51 am: But doesn't Vader make exactly this offer in RotJ? I always got the impression that Vader was following in the fine tradition of villains who delight in evil for evil's sake, and therefore, enjoy corrupting naive innocents into also becoming evil. What happens then is secondary concern, since if they're all evil, they can battle things out with the usual back-stabbing, betrayal etc. Corrupting a true innocent (by making him believe bad things were necessary to win) also means he will still have higher morals then the rest of the typical backstabbing evil guys, so Luke would be a good asset. Even if he isn't the stereotypcial villain, it's understandable that he wishes his own son to join his side, to prove his own choice all those years ago was right. LUIGI NOVI on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 4:07 am: Constanze is right; Vader tells Luke that the Emperor knows that Luke can kill him; and that together, Vader and Luke can rule the galaxy as Father and Son. Obi-Juan on Thursday, December 08, 2005 - 8:18 pm: Anakin Skywalker had fancied himself a "master" for almost his entire life. Ep II revealed that he considered his lightsaber technique to be on par with Master Yoda; he felt that he had surpassed Master Kenobi's Force teachings; he blamed Kenobi for holding him back from becoming the most powerful Jedi in the order; and he defied the Jedi order by marrying Padme. In Ep III he balked when he was placed on the Jedi Council without being granted the title of Master; he saved Palpatine from death at the hands of the head of the Jedi Council; he was skeptical of Kenobi's conversations with Padme; and he asked Padme to stand by his side when he became the ruler of the galaxy. In short, Vader never intended to be the sidekick.
* dotter31 on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 9:26 pm: Did two probe droids land on Hoth? In the beginning, one hits, then we see Luke on a Tauntaun, and then another one hits. Or is Luke viewing the one we already saw? Obi-Juan on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 6:53 pm: Given the small number of probes launched by the Star Destroyer, it would seem that only one was sent to Hoth, and that the multiple views we see in the movie are the same probe hitting the surface. But, given the size of the probe and the assumption that Hoth is about half the size of the Earth, it would still take that probe years to search the entire planet. Maybe there were a few more. Josh M on Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 2:52 pm: We don't know how advanced its sensory equipment is. There is the one shot that shows the droid close to the power generators, but we don't know that it's the first time detecting it. For all we know, the droid picked the power source up when it first landed and headed that way for a closer look.
* John A. Lang (Johnalang) on Saturday, October 01, 2016 - 5:50 pm:.. At the end, Lando tells Luke that they will try and find Han & Jabba. Luke tells him that they will rendezvous at Tattooine. Er....I thought Jabba lived on Tattooine...and Luke should know that seeing he's lived there most of his life.R W F Worsley (Notanit) on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 - 3:16 pm: They need to find out exactly WHERE on Tattooine Jabba is keeping Han!
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