Ett par minuter före Bens ankomst, fokuserade Luke sin kraftstyrka till den punkt som han kunde flytta sin Lightsaber. Detta är uppenbarligen första gången han mediteras, något som vi lär oss från Yoda i RotS är nyckeln till att kommunicera med Force Spirits:
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.
När han går ut i snön verkar hans delirium (i kombination med hans extrema tillstånd av avkoppling) ha gjort honom mer mottaglig för ett besök från Kenobi:
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…”
Citat från Star Wars: Empire slår tillbaka - Så du vill bli en Jedi?
Med den officiella Star Wars: Empire slår tillbaka novellering som en källa till information, vi kan också se att Ben uppmanade Luke att överleva och hindrade honom från att sova (vilket sannolikt skulle ha resulterat i hans död) och få honom att göra ljud som tog Han närmare.
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.”