He regrets this decision when he and Vader sense each other as Luke and Co.’s stolen Imperial shuttle flies past Vader’s ship. Luke also learns that Leia is his sister and that she is strong in the Force, which creates an additional conflict that sets up a heightening of the stakes and a very pinchy plot turn leading into the Climax later.įirst Plot Point: Luke joins his friends on the mission to destroy the second Death Star’s shield generator ahead of the Rebel fleet’s arrival. Simultaneously, Darth Vader and his master, Emperor Palpatine, scheme to seduce Luke to the Dark Side of the Force. Jabba the Hutt conflict that was introduced in Episode IV and hit its low point in Episode V, climaxing here in the first act of this episode.Īfter that, the actual Inciting Event for this episode’s main plot hits, when Yoda commissions him to face his father, Darth Vader, one last time in a bid to bring balance to the Force and end the Emperor’s reign of terror. The Inciting Event takes a while before we reach it, because in the Dirst Act, the mission to rescue Han Solo is a mini-adventure in itself that shows Luke has become a full-fledged Jedi Knight (but with some potential to turn to the dark side). Inciting Event: Before the Inciting Event, a new Death Star is nearly finished and operational, and soon the Empire will become unstoppable because of it.

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