Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Fate vs. Free Will Quotes

Man, we wish our mentors would appear to us in trippy dream sequences. It would make picking out outfits way easier. Jokes aside, the ball is now in Luke's court—he now must make the decision to either follow fate or defy it.

Although the film spends a lot of time talking about "fate" and "destiny," it must be noted that Luke makes the choice to go to Dagobah. He could have easily ignored Ghost Obi-Wan's advice and gone about his merry, lightsaber-swinging way, but he decides to take his fate into his own hands.

When Luke first comes on Dagobah, he can't shake the feeling that he's been there before, which further emphasizes the idea that his arrival was destiny.