Originally Posted by dillskies88
But still dont you think would try to kill or capture yoda because he is the leader of the jedi
This is all explained in the Zahn books. Yoda goes to Dagobah because the dark cave is there. Apparently the strong dark side presence of the cave somehow offsets his strong light side 'signal' that would otherwise be sensed by other powerful Jedi. The cave allows him to hide in the same place for such a long period of time, while avoiding discovery by the empire...
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