Oh No! A Wampa!
Commander Skywalker is
attacked by a beast!

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Hanging Upside-Down
Oh look, it’s his lightsaber…
..but just out of reach. 😦

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OH WAIT! USE THE FORCE!
Eyes closed and hand extended…
The saber responds.

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OH NO! THE WAMPA!
Freed from the ice, Luke attacks.
Poor one-armed Wampa. 😦

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Hoth’s frozen tundra.
A blizzard lashes at Luke
and our hero falls.

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Ben’s apparition
gives Luke a direct command:
“Go to Dagobah.”

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Stuffed in a Tauntaun…
…they smell bad on the outside
and on the inside.

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Floating in Bacta.
Then, a few minutes later,
kissing his sister.

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The Battle of Hoth.
All-Terrain Armored Transports.
Luke leads Rogue Squadron.

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“Hobbie! “I’ve been hit!”
…annnnnd once again Luke crashes
to Hoth’s snowy ground.

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“All the scopes are dead.”
Luke enters Dagobah’s sky.
“I can’t see a thing.”

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A swampy landing.
“Artoo, what are we doing…?”
The droid throws up mud.

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“Like we’re being watched!”
A strange creature confronts Luke
and trashes his camp.

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Important question:
“Why wish you become Jedi?”
“…my father, I guess.”

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“We’re wasting our time!”
“Cannot teach him. No patience.”
The creature? Yoda!

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Yoda on his back.
Luke begins Jedi training.
And learns of the Force.

Haiku Addendum:
Jedi training involves a
lot of cardio.

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Dark, sinister cave.
“That place…strong with the dark side.”
So Luke just walks in…

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Dark Confrontation –
Face-to-face with his father’s
killer: Darth Vader.

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Red and Blue Collide
A dream like battle ensues.
There is no victor.

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Upside-down again.
Luke lifts rocks using the Force.
But crashes again.

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His X-Wing sinking.
“We’ll never get it out now!”
Yoda is annoyed.

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“Luminous beings.”
“Life creates it, makes it grow.”
“You must feel the Force.”

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Yoda moves Luke’s ship.
“I don’t…I don’t believe it.”
“That is why you fail.

Haiku Addendum:
I hope Luke thanked Yoda for
freeing the X-Wing.

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Meanwhile, elsewhere…
Han. Leia. Asteroids. Slugs.
Darth Vader. Hunters.

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Upside-down again.
This time Luke crashes after
a vision of friends.

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Decision to make:
go and help his friends or to
finish his training.

Haiku Addendum:
because he is impatient,
Luke decides to leave.

Haiku Addendum:
internalizing lessons
is not Luke’s strong point.

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Onto Cloud City!
Luke waltzes into a trap.
The truth awaits him.

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“The Force is with you.”
The Carbon Freezing Chamber.
Luke confronts Vader.

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Red and Blue Collide
Skywalker holds his own but
it won’t be enough.

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Launched out a window.
Pushed back onto a platform.
An abyss below.

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A deadly blade stroke.
Maimed by Vader’s blood red blade.
“There is no escape.”

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“I’ll never join you!”
And now the truth is revealed…
“I am your Father.”

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“That’s impossible!”
“…we can rule the galaxy
as father and son…”

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Calm comes over Luke.
A decision has been made.
He lets go…and falls.

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Upside-down again
Luke has nowhere else to go.
One option remains.

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Calling to Leia,
Luke reaches out with the Force.
His sister responds.

Haiku Addendum:
in the next film, they will learn
that they are siblings.

Haiku Addendum:
…but pay attention and you
can figure it out. 😉

Haiku Addendum:
Seriously, “Empire”
gives you the info.

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Luke gets a new hand!
And Lando wears Han’s clothing.
Did Hobbie survive?

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Meanwhile, on Hoth…
the one-armed Wampa adjusts
to a one-armed life. 

Luke maims the Wampa.
And Vader maims Skywalker.
Quite interesting…

This post is Part 2 of 3 in a special three-week version of Haikuesday exploring Luke Skywalker in the Original Star Wars Trilogy. Be on the lookout next Tuesday for for the final installement with haiku about Luke in Return of the Jedi!

Luke Skywalker (ANH)