Luke’s fight with Vader on Cloud City is intense. He goes in determined, but let’s be real—he’s outmatched.
Vader is stronger, more experienced, and completely in control. Luke does everything he can, but in the end, Vader overpowers him and takes his right hand with a single lightsaber strike.
And as if that isn’t bad enough, that’s when Vader hits him with the shocking truth—he’s Luke’s father.
Luke is wrecked, both physically and emotionally. He barely manages to escape, hanging onto an antenna beneath Cloud City until Leia and Lando show up just in time.
Once he’s on the Millennium Falcon, Leia doesn’t hesitate. She moves fast, doing whatever she can to help him.
If you’ve ever wondered what she wraps around his arm, it’s a bacta tourniquet. In the Star Wars universe, bacta is the ultimate healing solution.
It speeds up recovery, prevents infection, and helps with serious wounds—exactly what Luke needs in that moment.
The bacta tourniquet isn’t just a bandage; it stabilizes the wound, stops the bleeding, and starts the healing process. It’s what keeps things from getting worse until he can get a cybernetic hand later on.