SomethingStarWarsRelated said:
Watching this “your mother” scene several times lately and noticed something that hadn’t dawned on me before:
Vader: conduct your search and bring his companions to me
Then no search is ever shown. It doesn’t affect the plot. Just a throw away line that doesn’t matter. Shame.
There is no need to show the search, we know it’s happening, and it would just slow down the movie.
And it is not a throw away line. It gives the audience information that Vader is not effected by Luke’s presence, he is still cold and calculating, and we need to see Luke reaction as he realizes that.
I certainly agree with you about it showing Vader is still cold and calculating. I’m not suggesting the line be cut.
But I DO think it could’ve been worked into the plot to build some tension somehow. The empire now knows there are possibly more rebels on the forest moon. So Han and company could’ve been hiding from some troopers on their way to the shield generator. At the very least, it could’ve added a nice little beat in between scenes. If done well, it wouldn’t really slow the movie down at all…it would add some tension that is lacking at this point in the movie. It would show that the rebels don’t have it made nearly as easy the movie implies (ex: Ewok steals speeder, “It’s over commander”, etc)