Battle of Hoth (1 BBY)

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The title of this article is conjectural.

Although this article is based on official information from the Star Wars Legends continuity, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

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There are three conflicting sources for this article: this randomly chosen scenario in this segment of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue ride, the Skirmish on Kashyyyk, and a scene during the Boonta Eve Classic (1 BBY).

Lucasfilm has not established a cohesive timeline regarding this subject. Editor discretion is advised.

The Battle of Hoth that occurred during 1 BBY[2] was between forces of the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance. T-47 airspeeder pilots defended Rebel ground troops from several AT-AT walkers.[1]

A Star Tours StarSpeeder 1000 passenger ship piloted by C-3PO and R2-D2 accidentally ended up in the middle of the battle after fleeing into hyperspace to escape an Imperial raid at Spaceport THX1138. One Rebel pilot warned to the StarSpeeder to leave the combat area, but the speeder was briefly disabled by blaster fire from a walker and slid down a snowy mountainside before launching back into space.[1]

Behind the scenes

This battle was one of many scenes featured in Disney Parks' Star Tours: The Adventures Continue attraction. It was one of various options that guests randomly encountered on the ride. Originally Disney Imagineers planned to not include snowspeeders and AT-ATs in the Hoth sequence, for fear of conflicting with the battle from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, set years later. Learning of the plan, George Lucas insisted the designers include those elements since fans would expect them when visiting Hoth. Lucas suggested another battle between the two factions could have happened earlier, with the Empire not expecting the Rebels to return to the same place.[3][4]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 StarWars.com Convenient Daily Departures: The History of Star Tours on StarWars.com (backup link) (original link is obsolete)
  3. ↑ Premium-Era-real Taking a Trip on Star Tours by Korkis, Jim on travel.usatoday.com (May 2, 2012) (backup link archived on June 27, 2012)
  4. ↑ SWInsider "The Incredible Journey" — Star Wars Insider 127
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