jedimasterobiwan said:

sonofjones said:

I gotta agree, I don't think it matters what it is. Whether some garbage, Luke's hand, some gadget or whatever, I think it's there just to highlight the dangerous situation Luke's in as he hangs for dear life above a bottomless abyss of clouds, which marks this as his lowest point in the entire saga.

Wouldn't that be when he underestimated the powers of the emperor. Yoda warned him after all. Also the whole beginning of jedi was all leia's fault she didn't let han pay off his debt to jabba man how selfish was she.

No...Luke had his hand cut off and had just been told that his father was Darth Vader. That in conjuncture with Han being in Carbonite marks this as the lowest point in the saga. Not only that the film just ends....no resolution no spark of happiness like in the ending STAR WARS and Return of The Jedi...nothing but bleakness with the tinniest speck of hope.

Makes you want to watch ROTJ immediately afterward though.