Why does Luke leave the wampa’s cave?
In the first act of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is attacked and captured by a large bipedal creature called a wampa that hangs him unconscious from the roof of its lair in anticipation, it seems, of eating him. Luke awakens, retrieves his light saber, frees himself, and chops off the creature’s arm. He then runs out of the cave onto the icy wastes of Hoth and nearly freezes to death.
Why? Why does he run out of the cave? He still has the light saber. Killing the wampa would have been trivial (it may have been dying from exsanguination already). The cave was sheltered, comparatively warm, potentially contained food. And yet he flees. Help me understand.
Best Answer
Four reasons:
The wampa might not have been alone (remember, the Rebels didn't know much about life on the planet, having only recently arrived, and Luke likely would have had no idea if wampas were solitary or not). He didn't want to find out.
In order to be rescued, Luke would have to be found. Being in a cave means he won't easily be found.
Luke is injured and cold. He is disoriented, and probably not thinking entirely straight.
He was possibly being guided by the force - he did have a force vision shortly after (props to Robobear)
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Why did Luke leave the cave?
He didn't want to find out. In order to be rescued, Luke would have to be found. Being in a cave means he won't easily be found. Luke is injured and cold.What did Luke cut off the wampa?
An injured Luke awoke to find himself upside-down in the wampa's lair, his feet frozen into the cavern ceiling. Luke used the Force to call his lightsaber to his hand, cut himself free, and severed the wampa's arm with a quick stroke.Why did Luke leave Dagobah?
Luke was right to leave Dagobah to save Han, Leia, and Chewbacca, says Swapna Krishna. When Luke sees a vision through the Force that his friends are in danger on Cloud City, he immediately becomes consumed by it and insists on going to help them.What was Luke Skywalker failure in the cave?
Luke's failure in the cave was his fear. He was afraid of what he might find so he took his light saber with him to fight what he might encounter - despite Yoda having told him that he would only face what he took with him. In his fear, he "killed" the Darth Vader apparition.that time LUKE went back to HOTH to kill that WAMPA he CRIPPLED (rude)
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