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Who is a key figure in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Yoda
Yoda trains Luke on Dagobah, teaching him to understand and use the Force.
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Who searches the freezing wilderness for the missing Luke?
Direct answer: Han Solo
Han leaves Echo Base to search for Luke.
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Which bounty hunter takes the frozen Han from Cloud City?
Direct answer: Boba Fett
Boba Fett leaves with Han's carbonite-frozen body.
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What creature attacks Luke during his snowy patrol on Hoth?
Direct answer: A wampa
A wampa attacks Luke and drags him into its cave.
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Who initially welcomes Han's group to Cloud City?
Direct answer: Lando Calrissian
Lando greets his old friend Han at Cloud City.
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Which pilot survives both Death Star battles and serves as Rogue Three at Hoth?
Direct answer: Wedge Antilles
Wedge survives both Death Star battles and flies as Rogue Three.
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Who is Wedge's gunner when they topple an AT-AT at Hoth?
Direct answer: Wes Janson
Janson fires the harpoon in Wedge's successful walker attack.
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Which admiral does Vader execute over the approach to Hoth?
Direct answer: Ozzel
Ozzel brings the fleet out of hyperspace too close to Hoth.
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What is the name of Lando's bald cybernetically enhanced aide?
Direct answer: Lobot
Lobot assists Lando as Cloud City's chief administrative aide.
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Who said 'No. I am your father.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Darth Vader
Darth Vader says this. He reveals his relationship to Luke during their Cloud City duel.
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Who said 'Do. Or do not. There is no try.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Yoda
Yoda says this. He instructs Luke during Jedi training on Dagobah.
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Who said 'I know.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Han Solo
Han Solo says this. He answers Leia's declaration of love before being frozen.
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Who said 'Why, you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder!' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Leia Organa
Leia Organa says this. She insults Han at Echo Base.
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Who said 'Never tell me the odds!' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Han Solo
Han Solo says this. He cuts off C-3PO during the asteroid-field escape.
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Who said 'Apology accepted, Captain Needa.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Darth Vader
Darth Vader says this. He says this after killing Needa for losing the Falcon.
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Who said 'Size matters not.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Yoda
Yoda says this. He teaches Luke not to judge strength by physical size.
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Who said 'I'm not afraid.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker says this. He responds to Yoda's warning about Jedi training.
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Who said 'You truly belong here with us among the clouds.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Lando Calrissian
Lando Calrissian says this. He greets Leia on Cloud City.
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Who said 'We would be honored if you would join us.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Darth Vader
Darth Vader says this. He welcomes the shocked heroes to the dining room on Cloud City.
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Who said 'Laugh it up, fuzzball.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Han Solo
Han Solo says this. He responds to Chewbacca's amusement at Echo Base.
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Who said 'Wars not make one great.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Yoda
Yoda says this. He rebukes Luke's description of Yoda as a great warrior.
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Who said 'Would it help if I got out and pushed?' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Leia Organa
Leia Organa says this. She mocks the Falcon's mechanical trouble during the escape from Hoth.
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Who said 'Sir, it's quite possible this asteroid is not entirely stable.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: C-3PO
C-3PO says this. He worries about the Falcon's hiding place.
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Who said 'Bounty hunters. We don't need that scum.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Firmus Piett
Firmus Piett says this. He objects to the bounty hunters aboard Vader's ship.
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Who said 'My lord, there are so many uncharted settlements. It could be smugglers, it could be...' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Kendal Ozzel
Kendal Ozzel says this. He dismisses the probe droid's findings before Vader interrupts him.
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Who said 'He's no good to me dead.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Boba Fett
Boba Fett says this. He worries about Han surviving carbon-freezing.
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Who said 'A death mark's not an easy thing to live with.' in The Empire Strikes Back?
Direct answer: Carlist Rieekan
Carlist Rieekan says this. He accepts Han's need to leave the Rebellion.
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Finish the quote: 'Luminous beings are we, not this ...'
Direct answer: crude matter.
Yoda completes the line with “crude matter.” He explains the nature of the Force to Luke.
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Finish the quote: 'Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as ...'
Direct answer: father and son.
Darth Vader completes the line with “father and son.” He offers Luke a partnership on Cloud City.
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Finish the quote: 'You must unlearn what you have ...'
Direct answer: learned.
Yoda completes the line with “learned.” He challenges Luke's assumptions during training.
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Finish the quote: 'You like me because I'm ...'
Direct answer: a scoundrel.
Han Solo completes the line with “a scoundrel.” He flirts with Leia aboard the Falcon.
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Finish the quote: 'That boy is our ...'
Direct answer: last hope.
Obi-Wan Kenobi completes the line with “last hope.” His spirit speaks to Yoda after Luke departs Dagobah.
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Finish the quote: 'No. There is ...'
Direct answer: another.
Yoda completes the line with “another.” He answers Obi-Wan's concern about Luke.
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Finish the quote: 'The Force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not ...'
Direct answer: a Jedi yet.
Darth Vader completes the line with “a Jedi yet.” He faces Luke in the carbon-freezing chamber.
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Finish the quote: 'Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not ...'
Direct answer: these things.
Yoda completes the line with “these things.” He criticizes Luke's attitude on Dagobah.
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Finish the quote: 'I thought they smelled bad ...'
Direct answer: on the outside!
Han Solo completes the line with “on the outside!” He cuts open a dead tauntaun to shelter Luke.
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Finish the quote: 'I'd just as soon kiss ...'
Direct answer: a Wookiee.
Leia Organa completes the line with “a Wookiee.” She rejects Han's teasing at Echo Base.
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Finish the quote: 'I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it ...'
Direct answer: any further.
Darth Vader completes the line with “any further.” He warns Lando after changing their agreement.
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Finish the quote: 'You will know. When you are ...'
Direct answer: calm, at peace, passive.
Yoda completes the line with “calm, at peace, passive.” He explains how Luke can recognize the good side of the Force.
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Finish the quote: 'Asteroids do not concern me, ...'
Direct answer: Admiral.
Darth Vader completes the line with “Admiral.” He orders Piett to find the Falcon despite the asteroid field.
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Finish the quote: 'Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately ...'
Direct answer: three thousand seven hundred and twenty to one.
C-3PO completes the line with “three thousand seven hundred and twenty to one.” He warns Han about entering the asteroid field.
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True or false: Yoda trains Luke Skywalker on Dagobah.
Direct answer: True
Luke travels to Dagobah and becomes Yoda's student.
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True or false: Darth Vader cuts off Luke's left hand during their Cloud City duel.
Direct answer: False
Vader severs Luke's right hand, which later receives a replacement.
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True or false: Han Solo is frozen in carbonite on Tatooine during The Empire Strikes Back.
Direct answer: False
Han is frozen in Cloud City on Bespin, then taken away by Boba Fett.
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True or false: Lando Calrissian administers Cloud City when Han arrives.
Direct answer: True
Lando is the baron administrator of Cloud City on Bespin.
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True or false: Luke completes his training before leaving Dagobah for Bespin.
Direct answer: False
Yoda and Obi-Wan warn Luke that he is leaving before his training is complete.
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True or false: A wampa captures Luke on Hoth.
Direct answer: True
The wampa drags Luke into its ice cave after attacking his tauntaun.
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True or false: The Falcon hides inside a giant creature while sheltering in an asteroid.
Direct answer: True
Han unknowingly lands inside an exogorth and later flies out.
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True or false: Admiral Ozzel is promoted after the fleet arrives at Hoth.
Direct answer: False
Vader kills Ozzel for the fleet's approach and promotes Piett.
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True or false: R2-D2 repairs the Falcon's disabled hyperdrive near the end of The Empire Strikes Back.
Direct answer: True
R2-D2 restores the hyperdrive, enabling the escape from Vader's forces.
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True or false: Bossk takes the carbon-frozen Han Solo away from Cloud City.
Direct answer: False
Boba Fett takes the frozen Han aboard Slave I.
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Who is revealed to be Luke Skywalker's father?
Direct answer: Darth Vader
Darth Vader reveals he is Luke's father during their Cloud City duel.
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Who trains Luke Skywalker on Dagobah?
Direct answer: Yoda
The ancient Jedi Master Yoda trains Luke in the ways of the Force.
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Who is frozen in carbonite at Cloud City?
Direct answer: Han Solo
Darth Vader has Han Solo frozen in carbonite as a test for Luke.
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What is the name of the administrator of Cloud City?
Direct answer: Lando Calrissian
Lando Calrissian, Han's old friend, runs Cloud City on Bespin.
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Which bounty hunter tracks the Millennium Falcon to Bespin?
Direct answer: Boba Fett
Boba Fett follows the Falcon and alerts the Empire to Han's location.
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What creature attacks Luke on Hoth and hangs him in a cave?
Direct answer: A wampa
A wampa ice creature captures Luke outside Echo Base.
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What does Han slice open to keep Luke warm on Hoth?
Direct answer: A tauntaun
Han uses Luke's lightsaber to open a tauntaun for shelter from the cold.
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Who says 'Do. Or do not. There is no try.'?
Direct answer: Yoda
Yoda delivers this famous lesson while training Luke on Dagobah.
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What body part does Luke lose in his duel with Darth Vader?
Direct answer: His right hand
Vader cuts off Luke's right hand during their Cloud City duel.
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Who betrays Han and Leia to the Empire at Cloud City under pressure?
Direct answer: Lando Calrissian
Lando is forced to cooperate with Vader but later helps the heroes escape.
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What is the name of the Imperial walker used at the Battle of Hoth?
Direct answer: AT-AT
The massive four-legged AT-AT walkers assault Echo Base.
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Who commands the Rebel defense of Hoth?
Direct answer: General Rieekan
General Carlist Rieekan commands Echo Base during the evacuation.
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Where does the Millennium Falcon hide from the Imperial fleet?
Direct answer: Inside an asteroid cave
Han hides the Falcon inside a space slug living in an asteroid.
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What does Yoda say is the path to the dark side?
Direct answer: Fear
Yoda warns that fear leads to anger, hate, and suffering.
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Who is the Emperor's hologram seen speaking with Vader?
Direct answer: Darth Sidious
Emperor Palpatine, secretly Darth Sidious, contacts Vader about Luke.
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What is the name of the bounty hunter droid seen with Vader's hunters?
Direct answer: IG-88
IG-88 stands among the bounty hunters aboard the Executor.
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Which Imperial admiral does Vader execute for failing at Hoth?
Direct answer: Admiral Ozzel
Kendal Ozzel is choked for emerging from hyperspace too close to Hoth.
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Who is promoted to admiral after Ozzel's death?
Direct answer: Firmus Piett
Firmus Piett is promoted on the spot as Vader kills Ozzel.
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What does Leia call Han before their first kiss?
Direct answer: All of these
Leia fires all three insults at Han across the film.
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What famous line does Han reply to Leia's 'I love you'?
Direct answer: I know
Han's improvised 'I know' became one of cinema's most famous lines.
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What is the name of the general leading the ground assault on Hoth?
Direct answer: General Veers
Maximilian Veers commands the AT-AT assault on Echo Base.
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What vision does Luke see in the dark side cave on Dagobah?
Direct answer: His own face in Vader's helmet
The cave shows Luke that he could become Vader.
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Which bounty hunter is a Trandoshan with a grudge against Wookiees?
Direct answer: Bossk
Bossk the Trandoshan hunts Wookiees for their pelts.
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What is the name of the medical center city on Bespin?
Direct answer: Cloud City
Cloud City is the mining colony Lando administers.
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What does C-3PO get blasted apart by on Bespin?
Direct answer: Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers ambush and dismember 3PO in Cloud City's corridors.
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Who finds and reassembles C-3PO's parts?
Direct answer: Chewbacca
Chewbacca rescues 3PO's parts from the Ugnaught smelter.
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What does Han wear under his jacket on Hoth?
Direct answer: A blue parka
Han bundles up in a blue parka for the frozen patrol.
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What is the name of the Rebel ion cannon's target type on Hoth?
Direct answer: Star Destroyers
The ion cannon disables Star Destroyers so transports can escape.
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What is the designation of the probe droid that finds Echo Base?
Direct answer: Viper probe droid
An Imperial Viper probe droid discovers the Rebel base on Hoth.
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Who is the captain of the Star Destroyer Avenger?
Direct answer: Lorth Needa
Needa apologizes to Vader personally — and is executed for losing the Falcon.
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What is the name of Lando's aide with the headwrap?
Direct answer: Lobot
Lobot is Lando's cyborg administrative aide.
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Which bounty hunter droid is paired with Zuckuss?
Direct answer: 4-LOM
The protocol droid 4-LOM hunts alongside the Gand findsman Zuckuss.
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What rank does Rieekan hold at Echo Base?
Direct answer: General
General Carlist Rieekan commands the Hoth garrison.
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What is the name of the transport that evacuates the last Rebels from Hoth?
Direct answer: The Bright Hope
The Bright Hope is the final transport escorted away from Hoth.
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What is the name of the Star Destroyer that almost captures the Falcon at Bespin?
Direct answer: The Avenger
The Avenger's tractor beam nearly catches the escaping Falcon.
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Who disables the Avenger's hyperdrive so the Falcon escapes?
Direct answer: R2-D2
R2 reactivates the hyperdrive that Lando's people sabotaged... actually R2 fixes it.
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What is the name of the Ugnaught chief who helps Lando?
Direct answer: The Ugnaughts have no named chief in the film
Ugnaughts populate Cloud City's lower levels.
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What is the name of the Rebel transport captain who makes the first Hoth run?
Direct answer: The transports are unmanned convoy ships
Ion cannon cover lets the transports escape one by one.
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Who is the Echo Base controller who announces the shield door closing?
Direct answer: Toryn Farr
Toryn Farr coordinates Echo Base's evacuation.
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What is the name of the Star Destroyer that loses the Falcon in the asteroid field?
Direct answer: The Avenger
Captain Needa's Avenger loses the Falcon on its hull.
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What is the name of the medical droid that treats Luke on Hoth?
Direct answer: 2-1B
2-1B tends Luke after the wampa attack.
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What is the name of the transport escort pilot 'Rogue Two' who finds Han and Luke?
Direct answer: Zev Senesca
Zev Senesca spots the missing pair in the snow.
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Who is Luke's gunner who dies in the snowspeeder crash?
Direct answer: Dak Ralter
Dak Ralter dies before the first walker assault run.
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Which snowspeeder pilot asks 'Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself'?
Direct answer: Dak Ralter
Dak's enthusiasm is cut short moments later.
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What is the name of the Rebel pilot flying as Rogue Three?
Direct answer: Wedge Antilles
Wedge flies as Rogue Three at Hoth.
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Who is the snowspeeder pilot 'Rogue Four' who is shot down?
Direct answer: Derek 'Hobbie' Klivian
Hobbie's speeder is destroyed during the walker assault.
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What is the name of the Echo Base hangar deck officer?
Direct answer: Tamizander Rey
Deck officer Tamizander Rey manages the hangar.
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Who is the controller that spots the probe droid's signal?
Direct answer: Wyron Serper
Wyron Serper detects the probe's transmission.
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What is the name of Lobot's cybernetic implant?
Direct answer: The AJ^6 cyborg construct
Lobot's AJ^6 head implant links him to the city's computer.
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