Editing Hoth (section)

==Appearances==

===Film===
In the 1980 film ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', Hoth is the home of the [[Rebel Alliance]]'s secret Echo Base, which is partially installed in natural caves formed by giant ice bubbles.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Star Wars Universe|last=Anderson|first=Kevin J.|author-link=Kevin J. Anderson|year=1995|publisher=Bantam Books|location=New York|isbn=0-553-09302-9|pages=96, 107}}</ref> The Rebels patrol the planet by riding indigenous [[tauntaun]]s. At the start of the film, [[Luke Skywalker]] and his tauntaun are attacked by a [[wampa]]. Skywalker eventually escapes and is rescued by [[Han Solo]]. When one of the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]]'s probe droids uncovers the base, the Rebels are forced to evacuate. The Empire arrives and deploys ground forces to destroy the base, but the Rebels battle the [[AT-AT]]s with ground artillery and [[List of Star Wars air, aquatic, and ground vehicles#Snowspeeder (T-47 Airspeeder)|snowspeeders]] to stall them and effectively evacuate. This conflict is commonly referred to as the "Battle of Hoth".

The original draft of ''The Empire Strikes Back'', written by [[Leigh Brackett]], depicted an opening scene with Luke Skywalker on the ridge of an ice planet, though the name "Hoth" was given to the cloud planet at the time (later called [[Bespin]]). The draft also depicted Hoth's wampas attacking the Rebel base.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Pirrello | first1=Phil | last2=Moro | first2=Eric | last3=Collura | first3=Scott | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/05/21/100-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-empire-strikes-back | title=100 Things You Didn't Know About The Empire Strikes Back | work=[[IGN]] | date=May 21, 2010 | access-date=November 21, 2014 }}</ref>

The [[Hardangerjøkulen]] glacier near [[Finse|Finse, Norway]], served as the filming location for Hoth in ''The Empire Strikes Back''. Scenes were filmed in subzero temperatures. For the ground battle scene, [[scale model|miniatures]] were used on a set that used microscopic glass bubbles and baking soda to mimic the snowy territory.<ref>{{cite news | last=Hill | first=Amelia | url=http://scifi.about.com/od/starwarscharacters/a/Star-Wars-Planet-Profiles-Hoth.htm | title=Star Wars Planet Profiles: Hoth | work=[[About.com]] | access-date=November 21, 2014 | archive-date=July 18, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718163835/http://scifi.about.com/od/starwarscharacters/a/Star-Wars-Planet-Profiles-Hoth.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===''Legends''===
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Hoth has also appeared in ''Star Wars'' comics, books, and video games. In the 1983 [[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|Marvel ''Star Wars'' comic]] "Hoth Stuff!", it is revealed that [[Wedge Antilles]] went missing during the Battle of Hoth. In the novel ''[[Darksaber (novel)|Darksaber]]'' (1995), Luke Skywalker and his lover [[Callista Ming]] travel to Hoth, where they encounter the same wampa that attacked Luke in ''Empire'', but he swiftly kills it. In ''[[Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire|Shadows of the Empire]]'', Hoth is one of several settings for Dash Rendar's adventures, including the Battle of Hoth.

===Video games===
The planet appears in the ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]'' series (2004–) as multiplayer maps, and in the [[Lego]]-themed games ''[[Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]'' (2006) and ''[[Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga]]'' (2007) during the first two-story levels of ''Episode V''. It also appears as an explorable [[hub world]] in the 2022 game ''[[Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga]]''.