WHAT IF DARTH VADER DELIVERED LUKE TO THE EMPEROR IN EPISODE V?

Star Wars Theory

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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WHAT IF WEDNESDAY - At the end of The Empire Strikes Back, the thrilling duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader was the high point of these two iconic characters finally facing off. In that fight scene, Vader tried to freeze Luke in carbonite. Han Solo had been frozen as a trial run to make sure it was safe for Luke. What if Luke hadn’t been fast enough to jump out of the freezing chamber and was frozen in carbonite? What if Darth Vader finished his mission and handed Luke over? Let’s open up this interesting “What If” scenario and find out: What if Darth Vader delivered Luke to the Emperor in Episode V? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I believe it'd be long, if you had joined us.
0:05.5	You have learned much young one!
0:07.9	Your final full of surprises!
0:21.6	Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker.
0:25.4	Or be one new one to the true.
0:28.3	No.
0:42.3	Happy Wednesday, everyone.
0:43.3	Thank you for joining me for what if Wednesday on my Star Wars theory podcast.
0:47.3	The events that led us to the climactic ending in Episode 5 were epic to say the least.
0:51.9	Every twist and turn led us to the thrilling duel between Luke and Vader.
0:55.3	Along the way there is so much Luke survived on Hoth with the help of Han Solo, meeting Yoda and Luke beginning his training.
1:02.3	Han Solo's abduction and eventually being frozen into carbonite.
1:05.3	This momentous film ended with such a cliffhanger Vader revealing his true history as Luke's father.
1:11.3	Today I want to talk about a really interesting what if scenario.
1:14.3	What if Vader delivered Luke to the Emperor in Episode 5?
1:17.3	In the Empire Strikes Back we got the most intense duel between father and son.
1:22.3	At the time no one actually knew that Vader was Luke's father, not even the cast filming it.
1:27.3	That line was later added in in ADR to keep rumors from spreading.
1:32.3	Imagine if the internet was around during that time.
1:34.3	I don't know if they'd have such an easy time doing that.
1:37.3	Now in that fight seen on Bespin Vader tried to freeze Luke in carbonite.
1:41.3	This was why he went through the trouble of freezing Han Solo first because he wanted to make sure it was safe for his son.
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