Alguns minutos antes da chegada de Ben, Luke focou seus poderes da Força ao ponto de poder mover seu sabre de luz. Esta, aparentemente, é a primeira vez que ele medita, algo (que aprendemos com Yoda no RotS) é a chave para se comunicar com os Espíritos da Força:
Quando ele se move para a neve, seu delírio (juntamente com seu estado extremo de relaxamento) parece tê-lo tornado mais receptivo a uma visita de Kenobi:You look back at the lightsaber. Then you think of Old Ben. Obi-Wan Kenobi. The man who gave you the lightsaber. The man who turned your father into one of the greatest Jedi Knights of all time. The man who began to train you—before he was killed by Darth Vader. Darth Vader, the Emperor’s right hand. Darth Vader, who killed your father. You stop your mind from wandering. You focus on the lightsaber. You know what Old Ben would tell you to do. Close your eyes. Count to ten, letting the thoughts clear from your mind. Breathe in and out. In and out. Until your mind is as empty and bright as a snowfield on a clear morning. Until you can feel everything around you. As if everything in the room has a physical shape on the field of your mind. You feel the great, hot wampa. You feel the smooth, sticky bones of the tauntaun. Then closer. The mound of snow. The lightsaber.
You decide just to go back to sleep. The cold is so gentle, and your heartbeat seems, now, so superfluous. “Luke…” The voice sounds like Old Ben’s. But that’s not possible. Old Ben is dead. Unless you’re dead, too… And then you realize that you are dying. Wake up! you shout at yourself. But your eyes won’t open. You cannot raise your head. You are going to die. The voice is speaking. “Luke…Go to the Dagobah system.” It sounds like Ben. “Find my old teacher, Master Yoda…”
Citações de Star Wars: O Império Contra-Ataca - Então, você quer ser um Jedi?
Tomando o Guerra nas Estrelas: O Império Contra-Ataca como uma fonte de informação, nós também pode ver que Ben estava pedindo a Luke para sobreviver, impedindo-o de dormir (o que provavelmente teria resultado em sua morte) e fazendo com que ele fizesse sons que aproximassem Han
The apparition spoke with the same gentle authority Ben had always used with the young man. “You must survive, Luke.”
The young commander found the strength to move his lips again. “I’m cold … so cold …”
“You must go to the Dagobah system,” the spectral figure of Ben Kenobi instructed. “You will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master, the one who taught me.”
Luke listened, then reached to touch the ghostly figure. “Ben … Ben …” he groaned.
The figure remained unmoved by Luke’s efforts to reach it. “Luke,” it spoke again, “you’re our only hope.”