Everyone remembers the classic Cloud City carbon-freezing chamber encounter between Luke and Vader in The Empire Strikes Back. After watching it today, though, some things about it just struck me as odd.
1. Why did Vader need to freeze Luke in carbonite to take him to the emperor?
In retrospect, Vader's whole plan to encase Luke in carbonite seems like a big waste of time. First, Vader didn't even know if the carbon-freezing thing would even work safely on humans (Lando tells Vader that the procedure "might kill [Luke]"). He then goes through all the trouble to test it on Han Solo to make sure it is safe. He already had the necessary bait to lure Luke to the Cloud City (Han, Leia, Chewbacca and C-3PO), so why didn't he just surround Luke's ship as soon as he landed? You know, with like 100 stormtroopers? Then, he could have just put him in some max-security cell on his Super Star Destroyer for the duration of his journey to the Emperor.
The only reason I can think of is that Vader must have considered Luke enough of a threat to warrant him being put "on ice" to prevent him from escaping or harming anyone. But then during their duel, Vader keeps taunting him, telling him he's "not a Jedi yet," thereby insinuating that he is inexperienced and has much to learn. If that's the case, then all-out carbon-freezing the guy to subdue the him seems a bit like overkill: even if it was really necessary to incapacitate him, then some paralyzing anesthetic should have been more than enough to keep him from causing any trouble (remember those hovering, drug injecting torture-bots from A New Hope? Use those, Vader!).
2. What was Vader's plan to get Luke into the freezing-pit in the first place?
This one really has me scratching my head. So Vader decides to run with the whole carbon-freezing plan, even though Lando and Fett keep voicing their concerns over it. He tests it on Han, but when he does this he first has the freezing-chamber thoroughly secured by Imperial troops, and additionally has Han's hands bound. He then relies on a bunch of creepy little gremlin engineers to carefully get Han into place above the pit and then start the freezing process. And Han isn't even a Jedi!
When it's Luke's turn to chill, though, Vader throws all this careful procedure and planning out the window. There are no troops nearby to secure the facility. There are no gremlins with carbon-freezing expertise in the room to get Luke positioned properly for the freezing process. And of course, Luke's hands are obviously not bound. Then, when Luke finally does arrive in the freezing chamber, Vader reveals himself and allows Luke to start this big, destructive duel in the freezing chamber instead of subduing him.
If I was Vader, I'd be a little worried about having a lightsaber duel in the middle of a unsecured freezing chamber that is central to my plan. You know, some pipes might get cut or something (that happens). Luke could escape from the freezing-pit in the chaos (that happens). Luke could also get away completely, defeating the entire purpose of the elaborate plan (that also happens).
Did Vader want to freeze Luke at all? The way he went about attempting it almost suggests not: no guards, no gremlins, no properly subduing Luke to get him in the pit. If Vader had instead force-choked Luke to within an inch of his life right away and then knocked him out, freezing the guy would have been a piece of cake. Instead, he toys around with Luke, damages the freezing facility in the process, and then allows him to escape.
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