The Empire Strikes Back/LSW2-DS

The Empire Strikes Back
Symbol	V-DS
Based on	Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back
Game	LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (DS)
Universe	Star Wars
Starting Level	Hoth Battle
Ending Level	Cloud City Trap
Number of levels	5
How to unlock	Complete The Blockade Runner

Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back is the second episode in the Nintendo DS version of LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy.

Story

Three years after the events of Episode IV, the Battle of Hoth begins. Luke Skywalker hops into a Snowspeeder, enters a cave, and then immobilizes four of five AT-ATs to destroy them. Before Luke can destroy the fifth AT-AT, the AT-AT fires at the Snowspeeder, causing it to lose control and crash. The AT-AT then destroys part of Echo Base.

Han and Leia walk down a hallway until they realize that the Empire is winning as Echo Base begins to collapse. They then decide to escape from Echo Base. They fight many Snowtroopers on the way to the Falcon, help some Rebel Snowtroopers, and encounter C-3PO and Chewbacca. Darth Vader arrives too late when he realizes that the rebels escaped in the Millennium Falcon, which frustrates him.

The Falcon navigates through an asteroid field while being pursued by TIE-Fighters. The ship then heads towards a giant asteroid, avoiding small meteorites. At the end of the asteroid, the Falcon enters an Exogorth to hide from the TIE-Fighters and then go to Bespin.

The Falcon arrives in Cloud City and Han sees his old friend Lando Calrissian, who welcomes him. After Han Solo is frozen in an off-screen scene, the Rebels fight in Cloud City and escape on the Falcon.

Luke and R2-D2 arrive at Cloud City. Luke fights Darth Vader. Luke is dragged through a door and a window, until he fights Vader in a large chasm. At the end of the duel, Vader cuts off Luke's hand and reveals that he is his father. Luke decides not to join Vader and falls down a tunnel and hangs beneath Cloud City, as Vader becomes frustrated. The Millennium Falcon then rescues Luke and takes him to an escort frigate, where he receives a new hand.

Levels

1. Hoth Battle
2. Escape from Echo Base
3. The Asteroid Field
4. Betrayal over Bespin
5. Cloud City Trap

Characters

• Hoth Han Solo*
• Hoth Leia*
• C-3PO*
• Lando*
• Cloud City Leia
• Chewbacca*
• Cloud City Luke*
• R2-D2*
• Rebel Snowtrooper*
• Snowtrooper*
• K-3PO*
• Darth Vader*
• Han Solo
• Lobot
• Bespin Guard
• Stormtrooper
• Leia
• Tatooine Luke

Differences from the film

• All scenes before the Battle of Hoth are omitted.
• The Rebel Pilots don't fly into ice caves or shoot bombs in the film.
• Han and Leia walk down a hallway before noticing that Echo Base is beginning to collapse.
• There is no scene in the film where Han, Leia and C-3PO slide down a hill.
• In the film, there is no scene where Han, Leia, and C-3PO are outside Echo Base and walking on the surface of Hoth.
• The scene where the Empire selects bounty hunters for hire is omitted.
• In the film, the Falcon is not attacked by small falling meteorites.
• The scene inside the Exogorth is omitted, as is the scene where the Falcon escapes from it.
• The Star Destroyer dump scene is omitted.
• All Dagobah scenes are omitted. However, the player can play Luke in his Dagobah suit after completing the last level of this episode, as well as purchase Yoda after finishing Episode VI.
• In the scene where the Falcon arrives at Cloud City, Han Solo wears his usual outfit instead of his Hoth outfit.
• In the game, Lando has no interest in Leia and instead welcomes Han enthusiastically.
• In the scene where the Falcon arrives at Cloud City, Lobot has a yellow face, while the Bespin Guard wears different clothes.
• The scene where Han Solo freezes is omitted.
• The events of the Millennium Falcon crew take place before Luke's fight with Vader, not at the same time.
• If the player starts the Cloud City Trap level from Mos Eisley Cantina, they will be able to see a cutscene that is skipped if the player selects Continue Story after completing Betrayal over Bespin.
• Darth Vader not only drags Luke towards a window, but towards a door.
• When Vader reveals to Luke that he is his father, Luke jumps into the abyss after deciding not to join him.
• In version 1.0, the scene where Luke receives a new hand is omitted, but was added in version 1.1.
• In the final scene, Leia wears her regular outfit, while Luke wears his Tatooine outfit.