This is starting to look more and more like "The Empire Strikes Back." I'm sure that must have been the blueprint for Rian Johnson with "The Last Jedi."
“The characters that you know already: their specific character flaws or their weaknesses get tested. And out of that, I think, you get to see a bit more of who they are. The best way to learn about somebody is to see them in a crisis.”
[The Guardian]