Why doesnt Luke ask the Rebel Alliance to build a new base on Dagobah?

Because it is perfectly hidden and according to the EU and the Visual Dictionary for ROTS Yoda chose it because nobody knows about its location or that it even exists so it was the perfect place for Yoda to hide for 24 Years and wait for Luke and the Rebel Alliance could have arrived there after Luke told them about it and quickly cleared out some of the Swamp and built a new hidden Rebel Base on Dagobah until they were ready to attack the Second Death Star in ROTJ and continue to use the base afterwards as the mopping up action happened.

Luke could have trained with Yoda longer if he'd just returned right away with the Rebel Fleet and the Rebels could have a new base that the Empire would never discover not to mention Yoda and his insight into the Empire and the Sith Lords that were in control of it.

 

There was no traffic back and forth to Dagobah, which helped Yoda. If they would have relocated there, eventually the Empire would track the Alliance to Dagobah, and that would be chancing giving up Yoda's seclusion.

 

Sides..when you think about it, after Yoda dies, Dagobah is basically Luke and R2's hangout. Nobody else knows where it is.

 

Swampland is ok for supporting a simple mud hut...but, to support a rebel base, not so much.

 

Yep. It would have played havoc with the electronics, the equipment rusting, and the mildew problem. Not to mention insects and reptiles and trying to find enough high ground.

 

Although remote I don't believe it was unknown. If it were then how did Luke find it after Obi-wan simply says to go the Dagobah system? It's a good place to hide for Yoda b/c it's a swamp w/ massive life form readings. According to EU it was a place where the Force was some kind of muddled mess due to a battle that had occured there before. This made him harder to detect by the Emperor and Vader.

 

Well I'm assuming it's because Dagobah exists and is known about, but it's still very much out of the way of any traffic and probably lacks any resources of any kind.

 

Actually in EU world there is a rebel base on Dagobah. One of the main stations being on mount yoda.

I forget the main title of the book, I read it about 3 years ago... Its about the Jedi Prince and Palpataines son being found...

Yea, some EU is pretty bad.

Aside from the EU answer, I'd say because at the time the Rebels didn't have alot of credits to throw around. It would be great for stealth but they'd have to take down alot of the trees for landing pads. That would take a good deal of credits to just throw away when eventually the Empire finds them.

 

I would agree with that. Especially resource wise. I don't know if the planet had enough natural resources to sustain a base. They could always fly in some resources, but it may be to much trouble, just to have a base hidden out there. I guess the ends would have to justify the means.

 

Your're thinking of The Glove of Darth Vader series of books. GODV was the first book. Mission From Mount Yoda was the third and is the one you're thinking of.

PS: Wikipedia says the series was called Jedi Prince but most fans call it the GODV series.

 

I remember that book as well but i dont really belive that this series counted as being Canon EU at all, Ken and Triclops never reappeared and helped the New Republic and most of the stuff that happens in the series is never mentioned again except for the New Essential Cronology, But i do think that Dagobah had resources because it has a lot of wild creatures living there and probably fruits and edible things in the swamps and i cannot imagine Yoda eating the reptiles there though, Its certantly got more resources than a worthless wasteland like Hoth does.

 

Any base on Dagobah would sink into the stinky swamp like Lukes fighter did.

 

Oh, it's canon, M78.

 

Well if you really thinkg about it, it would be more logical to just bring Yoda to wherever the Rebel Alliance is hiding instead of trying to relocate their command center to an impractical location like Dagobah.

 

Not every person in the Rebel Alliance would be comfortable with a Jedi all of sudden telling them what to do, since some people still hate the Jedi from the Clone Wars

 

The Glove of Darth Vader series is the greatest part of the EU. I mean come on, Whaldon hunting, Vader having an indestructible glove, Palpatine having three eyed mutant kids, and especially Mofferences and Moffships. they it even had Jabbas dad, which is weird because wouldn't Zorba be Jabba's mom as Hutts are hermaphrodites. And of course you have the greatest fashion statement in Star Wars history, Moff Dunhausens blaster pistol earings.

I will now go back to the EU forums before you people have me commited to Arkham.

 

even in the Lit forum you get laughed at for praising GoDV. In a movie forum... what were you thinking? get out. It's bad enough I have do endure talk of Dark Empire in here sometimes...


a base on Dagobah... I found the very concept of a Dagobah level in Battlefront2 laughable already.

 

In addition to the reasons others have given, I think it would have been a little too self-serving for Luke to have done so.

 

Adding a rebel base increases the odds of the planet being found and Darth Vader discovering that Yoda is still alive...

 

Its bloody daft to assume a base could have been easily constucted on a SWAMP!!! Not exactly easy with all the sinking. How exactly could they defeat the empire with wellington boots on???

 

They said I were daft to build a base on a swamp, but I went ahead and built it all the same.

 

And when it sank into the swamp you buiilt another base?

 

cookie for spotting the reference. Kudos

 

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To quote Monty Python...

"Listen, lad: I built this kingdom up from nuthin'. When I started here, all of this was swamp! Other kings said it was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em! It sank into the swamp. SO, I built a second one! That sank into the swamp. So I built a *third* one. That burned down, fell over, *then* sank into the swamp. But the fourth one......stayed up. And that's what you're gonna get, lad: the *strongest* castle in these islands."

 

The Rebellion loved Luke.