Duel on Cloud City/Legends

"No. I am your father."

- Darth Vader

The Duel on Bespin was a fight between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader during the Galactic Civil War. It was during this time that Darth Vader made his stunning revelation to Luke Skywalker revealing that he is his father.

Prologue
"I saw a city in the clouds. They were in pain."

- Luke Skywalker

After Han Solo, Leia Organa, Chewbacca, and C-3PO were captured by the Empire after trying to seek refuge in Lando Calrissian's Cloud City, Luke disobeyed Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi and set off to rescue them. Vader was tracking Luke once he entered Cloud City. And Luke entered, he was looking around with R2-D2 when all of a sudden Boba Fett fired around a corner to hold him off.

Luke fired back and advanced a little but soon he saw Leia's head stick from around a corner desperately trying to hold off an Imperial soldier to warn him.

The duel
"The Force is with you, young Skywalker. But you are not a Jedi yet."

- Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker

Skywalker followed and walked into a carbon-freezing chamber. The door slammed shut behind him and R2-D2 was unable to follow. He walked in and there stood Darth Vader at the top of a stairway. He calmly walked up the stairs and ignited his lightsaber. The battle had begun. They fought for several minutes, Darth Vader greatly suprised by how skilled his son actually was.

Vader eventually overwhelmed Skywalker and knocked his lightsaber out of his hand. Luke tumbled back and stood at the edge of the chamber. Vader pushed forward and Luke staggered back, losing his balance and falling into the chamber. Vader used the Force to activate the chamber and didn't notice when Luke sprung out just in time.

Vader walked up to the chamber saying Luke was far more easier to defeat than he had thought, but then Luke jumped down and sprayed tibanna gas through a pipe, blinding Vader momentarily. They fought on and Vader fell off the carbon freezing platform and Luke followed, searching for Vader. Luke walked down a passage into a processing vane, and was immediately assaulted by Vader, who used Dun Möch to hurl objects at Luke. A misguided piece of piping hit an observation port, and Luke was sucked out into the air shaft, but managed to cling onto a balcony on the outside of the vane several floors below. Vader followed him down, and the fight continued. Luke wounded Vader's shoulder, but Vader spun Luke's lightsaber out of his grip, and cut Luke's hand off.

Vader tried to sway Luke to the dark side, But Luke chose death in throwing himself down the air shaft. He was sucked into a gas port, and ended up clinging to a weather vane on the underside of Cloud City. He reached out to Leia through the Force, and was rescued by her, Calrissian, and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon.

The Aftermath
"Ben... Why didn't you tell me?"

- Luke Skywalker

Cloud city was captured by the Empire, which turned the gas mines into Ugnaught slaving camps. It is known that Vader recovered Luke's hand and took it to the Mount Tantiss storehouse, where it was used to grow a clone of Luke Skywalker.

Behind the scenes
The duel between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker is remembered by many Star Wars fans as the most memorable lightsaber duel in Star Wars history.



Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Marvel Star Wars 44: The Empire Strikes Back: Duel a Dark Lord