Star Wars: 14 Crazy Rumours Lucasfilm Started About The Empire Strikes Back In 1980

10. A Character Is Kidnapped On The Ice Planet, Motivating The Rest Of The Plot

There's a lot of talk in the feature about the "final synopsis", an important-sounding word thrown around with little context in the hope fans just buy it. Sure, it could be referencing the treatment, but odds are Miller was merely trying to keep things mysterious. Take this totally fictional plot:

While on the ice planet, Hoth, our intrepid Rebels are attacked by Stormtroopers. Although the Rebels defeat the troopers, the representatives of the Empire knock Chewbacca unconscious and take him away as their prisoner. Although Leia insists that Chewie's rescue must wait, that other Rebel business must take precedence over an attempt, Han defies the orders and takes off in the Falcon to rescue his friend and co-pilot.Someone else who claims to have read the same "final synopsis" says no, that it is Han Solo who is taken prisoner, not Chewbacca!

What's so smart about this one is how it does play into the movie itself - both Han and Chewie are captured - but in such a roundabout way fans couldn't put it together.