Why Vader Cuts off Luke's Hand?
After Dueling with Luke, Darth Vader Renounces Emperor Palpatine and Utters the Words. .. . in Severing Luke's Hand, Vader Was Trying to Get the Jedi to Follow...
After dueling with Luke, Darth Vader renounces Emperor Palpatine and utters the words. ... In severing Luke's hand, Vader was trying to get the Jedi to follow his own journey to becoming a Sith Lord.
Why is Luke's hand missing?
It looks like Palpatine planned clone bodies pretty far back. It also shows that with all the Jedi dead, Palpatine likely had to scrape for any midi-chlorian heavy DNA he could find. Season two of The Mandalorian implies the Empire needed baby Grogu for this reason as well. Hence, saving Luke's hand.
When did Darth Vader cut off Luke's hand?
In the battle against Darth Vader at Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back, Vader chopped off Luke's right hand.
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