PlotThreeyears after destroying the Death Star,the Rebel Alliance has suffered setbacks in theirstruggle against the Galactic Empire. Princess Leia now leads a contingent that includes Han Solo and Luke Skywalker in a hidden base on an icy planet ofthe Hoth system. A probe droid,one of many sent by Darth Vaderthroughoutthe galaxy in hopes of finding Luke and the otherrebels, lands on Hoth. Luke goes to investigate but is ambushed by a monstrous,furry wampa. While Han Solosearches for him, Luke frees himself from the wampa's cave with his lightsaber but soon succumbs to the freezingtemperatures of the snowy wasteland. The spirit ofhis late mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi,appears before him and instructs him to go to the planet Dagobah to train under Jedi Master Yoda(voiced by Frank Oz). Han manages tofind Luke and uses the warmth of his dead tauntaun mountto keep him alive while they wait to be rescued.Just as Luke recovers, the Imperialfleet, having been alerted to the location of the Rebel base by the probedroid, launches an attack using gigantic AT-AT Walkers. The Rebels mount a strongdefense, and Luke brings down a walker single-handedly after his fighter isdisabled, but the base is nonetheless captured. Han and Leia escape on the MillenniumFalconwith C-3PO and Chewbacca, but their hyperspace drive malfunctions, and they must hidein an asteroid field.Luke escapes with R2-D2 in an X-wing fighter and crash lands on Dagobah. Heis soon found by the diminutive Yoda, who at first pretends to be a simpleswamp inhabitant in order to test Luke's patience. After conferring withObi-Wan's spirit, Yoda accepts Luke as his pupil.Han and Leia end their bickering andgrow closer, but their courtship is interrupted when they must flee a giantasteroid worm. They avoid capture again by attaching the Millennium Falcon directly to the side of a Star Destroyer in Vader's fleet. Frustrated at havinglost them, Vader turns to several notorious bounty hunters,including Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch,voiced by Jason Wingreen/Temuera Morrison).Meanwhile, Luke begins a brief period of intensive training, during which hispower in the Force grows exponentially. He suffers asetback when he fails a test and sees the vision of his own face inside DarthVader's helmet. Then he becomes troubled by premonitions of Han and Leia inpain and leaves to save them, promising to return to complete his training.Having escaped detection, Han lets hisship float away with the star destroyer's garbage and sets a course for CloudCity, a floating gas mining colony in the skies of the planet Bespin. Boba Fett secretly follows the MillenniumFalcon to the planet Bespin and arrives just before Han and Leia.Bespin is run by Han's old friend Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), but shortly afterthey arrive he turns them over to Vader to prevent the takeover of his city.Over Lando's objections, Vader uses them as bait to bring Luke into his trap.Vader intends to hold Luke in suspended animation and selects Han as a test subject forthe process. Leia and Han profess their love, and he is frozen in a block of carbonite. Reneging on his deal withLando, Vader gives Han's hibernating form to Boba Fett, who plans to presentthis