Darth Vader vs Yoda Ends The Last Way Star Wars Fans Expect
While Darth Vader and Jedi Master Yoda never fought in the official Star Wars canon, an alternate timeline from Dark Horse Comics pitted them together with a rather unexpected ending. Similar to Marvel's What If...? stories, the non-canon Star Wars Infinities consisted of three miniseries featuring a major change for each episode of the original trilogy of films. As such, the alternate narrative for The Empire Strikes Back saw Darth Vader facing Yoda on the swamp planet of Dagobah.
In 2002's four-part Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back from Dave Land and Davidé Fabbai, Luke Skywalker is killed on Hoth. Rather than escaping the wampa cave and being rescued by Han Solo, Luke is instead mauled by the brutal creatures. Surviving just long enough to tell Han about his vision to travel to Dagobah to learn from Yoda and become a Jedi, Luke dies from his wounds with his destiny going to another. While Han initially thinks that he is the one to become a Jedi, the crew of the Millennium Falcon travel to Dagobah and discover that Leia is to learn the ways of the Force from Yoda instead of her brother. However, Darth Vader and the Empire are hot on their trail following the Battle of Hoth.
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In Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back #4, Darth Vader learns that Yoda and the child of Anakin Skywalker are on Dagobah. Facing Grand Master Yoda, Vader's mind is entered by the diminutive yet powerful Jedi, who summons various Force ghosts of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Mace Windu to attack the Dark Lord of the Sith within his own mindscape. This reduces Vader to nothing more than the boy he once was. However, the pain of learning that his son is dead
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