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Status	Article	Date passed	GAN	Canonicity	Index
	Gallo	2013-02-20	FAN	Legends	Created
	Bek	2024-02-25	FAN	Canon	Index
	Ronto Wrap	2024-02-29	FAN	Canon	Created
	Rokrul	2024-05-30	FAN	Legends	Index
	Yerbana	2025-07-25	FAN	Canon	None

Good articles (39)

Status	Article	Date passed	GAN	Canonicity	Index
	General Grievous's theme	2011-03-10	GAN	Real-world	None
	Shmi's motif	2011-05-03	GAN	Real-world	None
	Wurokkk	2011-06-01	GAN	Legends	Index
	Weebacca	2011-06-09	GAN	Legends	Created
	"The Flag Parade"	2011-10-09	GAN	Real-world	None
	"Symponik Nabooalla"	2012-02-29	GAN	Legends	Created
	Great Municipal Band	2012-03-21	GAN	Legends	Index
	Purghom Musical Performance Hall	2012-11-14	GAN	Legends	Index
	Shluur	2012-12-09	GAN	Legends	Index
	OOM-14	2013-01-07	GAN	Legends	Created
	Tenko	2013-01-30	GAN	Legends	Created
	Otoh Sancture	2013-01-30	GAN	Legends	Created
	Paxi Sylo	2013-03-20	GAN	Legends	Index
	Seismic tank	2013-08-02	GAN	Legends	None
	Bruise-leech crawler	2014-03-04	GAN	Legends	None
	Horax	2014-03-21	GAN	Legends	None
	Killun 71	2017-09-22	GAN	Canon	None
	Wurokkk's musical piece	2017-12-31	GAN	Legends	Index
	Tuzes-Adaz	2018-10-07	GAN	Legends	None
	Coca-Cola	2019-07-01	GAN	Canon	None
	Nelvaan	2019-07-09	GAN	Canon	None
	Najra-Va	2019-08-16	GAN	Canon	None
	Ollopom	2019-08-20	GAN	Canon	None
	Bloody Rancor	2019-12-10	GAN	Canon	None
	Anti-Riot Tangle Gun 7	2020-02-17	GAN	Legends	None
	I'vorcia Prime	2020-04-01	GAN	Canon	None
	Celsor 3	2020-04-03	GAN	Canon	None
	Simpi	2020-04-09	GAN	Canon	None
	Tooke	2020-04-22	GAN	Canon	None
	The Wooden Wookiee	2020-07-15	GAN	Canon	Index
	Harbinger (landing ship)	2020-09-15	GAN	Legends	None
	Sprite	2021-02-12	GAN	Canon	None
	Ooris	2021-03-04	GAN	Canon	Index
	Harta	2024-02-07	GAN	Canon	Index
	Toothy	2024-02-16	GAN	Canon	Index
	Kamka Lira	2024-02-26	GAN	Canon	Index
	8D-J8	2024-03-11	GAN	Canon	Index
	Tobias Pall	2024-10-25	GAN	Legends	Index
	Mia Gabon	2024-11-24	GAN	Canon	Created

Comprehensive articles (31)

Status	Article	Date passed	CAN	Canonicity	Index
	Huloon	2011-09-04	CAN	Legends	None
	Huloon (planet)	2011-09-22	CAN	Legends	None
	Avidich	2011-10-05	CAN	Legends	None
	Celwis	2011-10-06	CAN	Legends	None
	Jamiron	2011-10-23	CAN	Legends	None
	Cioral	2011-10-25	CAN	Legends	None
	Cormit	2011-10-25	CAN	Legends	None
	Csaus	2011-10-28	CAN	Legends	None
	Beezar Pert	2012-02-06	CAN	Legends	None
	Symponika Crunchen-Grand	2012-02-07	CAN	Legends	None
	Marsune's base	2012-11-21	CAN	Legends	None
	Bongomeken Collective base	2012-11-22	CAN	Legends	None
	Bespin Government Center	2012-12-01	CAN	Legends	None
	Sacred Feast	2012-12-10	CAN	Legends	None
	Siltcrawler	2014-02-17	CAN	Legends	None
	Griggen Sylo	2017-05-16	CAN	Legends	None
	Tashna Sylo	2017-05-16	CAN	Legends	None
	Horax	2017-08-19	CAN	Canon	None
	Nelvaanian	2017-09-01	CAN	Canon	None
	White bantha	2018-05-21	CAN	Canon	None
	Blood beetle	2020-03-25	CAN	Legends	None
	Chaka Mater Laka	2020-04-12	CAN	Canon	None
	MW-59	2020-04-30	CAN	Canon	None
	Royal crusader	2020-06-28	CAN	Legends	None
	Indoumodo	2020-11-14	CAN	Legends	None
	"Rockstar Queen"	2024-01-12	CAN	Canon	None
	Ollie	2024-01-19	CAN	Canon	Index
	Tiny (dianoga)	2024-02-19	CAN	Canon	Index
	Jat Kaa	2024-04-08	CAN	Canon	Index
	Una Duey Dee	2025-10-30	CAN	Canon	Index
	Kra Mer 5	2025-10-30	CAN	Canon	Index

Former status articles

Status	Article	Date passed	SAN	Canonicity
	"The Arena"	2011-04-07	FAN	Real-world
	"Duel of the Fates"	2012-08-11	FAN	Real-world
	Copero	2011-10-25	CAN	Legends

Current nominations

• Hugh Sion - FAN

Articles getting prepped for nomination

Topics

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
Artifacts
Faya Rodemos statue
Characters
Bakkar · Bek · Harta · Kamka Lira · Simpi · Toothy · Chaka Mater Laka · Jat Kaa · Kra Mer 5 · MW-59 · Ollie · Tiny
Droids
8D-J8 · V0-RK · 2P-1 · B5-SL · B-R72 · C1-4B · C2-B9 · C9-78 · CH-83 · EG-01 · EG-02 · EG-57 · EG-58 · EG-127 · G4-F2 · G4-S8 · GX-8 · J1-B2 · JB-7 · JB-9 · K-7R1 · L4-R6 · LM-7B · M5-K7 · M5-R3 · MB-12 · R1-J1 · S2-M8 · S3-R9 · Unidentified EV-series droid
Food and beverage
Ronto Wrap · Bloody Rancor · Carbon Freeze · Coca-Cola · Dagobah Slug Slinger · Felucian Garden Spread · Fuzzy Tauntaun · Hyperdrive (Punch It!) · Mashed chokeroot · Meiloorun juice · Moogan Tea · Oga's Obsession · Sprite · Yobshrimp Noodle Salad · Cliff Dweller · Coruscant Cooler · Garlic · Oven-roasted Burra Fish · Yub Nub
Locations
The Wooden Wookiee · Sector 3263827
Music
Una Duey Dee
Species
Ollopom · Taozin · Tooke

Star Wars: Datapad and Batuu Bounty Hunters
Characters
Bakkar · Norath Kev* · Bok Askol · Brookish Boon · Davan Marak · Edmo Ectacle · Harta · Joth Ver · Kamka Lira · Karoon Bogat · Kral Grek · Maneeli Tuun · Simpi · Wazellman · AD-2508 · CF-8011 · CG-412 · LA-233 · RF-1634 · RS-318 · Strotta
Droids
8D-J8 · V0-RK · B0-LT · C2-B9 · EG-57 · EG-58 · EG-127 · J1-B2 · L4-R6 · MB-12 · MK-8 · SE-5
Locations
I'vorcia Prime · Lespectus · Onod I · Wick 111

* = Galactic Starcruiser exclusive

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Characters
Norath Kev
Food and beverage
Dagobah Vimlet · Crispy-dried Green Beans · Hoth Icebreaker · Little Flatbread · Nysillin and Bubbles · Pod Chaser · Smoked Redfish Littletubes
Music
Rockstar Queen

Index workbench

• Blueprints: pp. 76-92, 108-115
• Archives: pp. 177-243
• ILM: p. 31
• Storyboards: pp. 96-129
• Shadows of the Empire: pp. 199-204
• Moviemaking Magic: pp. 38-44
• Illustrated: pp. 92-108

Stardust workbench

Rebels on thin ice

After the Rebel Alliance's victory at the Battle of Yavin^[2] in 0 ABY,^[3] the Rebel base on the moon Yavin 4 was destroyed, and the Alliance scrambled to find a new location from which to base their operations. Major Kem Monnon, who had a history of collecting direct and anecdotal information on tramp space freighters before joining the Rebels, offered his own suggestions, placing a particular emphasis on the^[1] Outer Rim^[4] planet Hoth.^[1] While fleeing forces of the Galactic Empire, the Jedi Luke Skywalker and the protocol droid C-3PO crash-landed on Hoth. Following an encounter with two Human replica droids resulting in both droid's destruction, Skywalker suggested the Alliance use Hoth as their next haven.^[5] After further recommendation by their Habassa allies,^[6] Alliance High Command began to consider Hoth as a suitable location for the base.^[7]

High Command dispatched a commando team to gather further information on potential bases, and eight months after the Battle of Yavin, Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, and the smuggler Han Solo helped the team infiltrate an Imperial data station to compile a list of planets that met the desired criteria: worlds that were currently uninhabited but contained existing facilities, such as abandoned mining complexes.^[8] Soon after, Airen Cracken's mission to Poln Major resulted in the Alliance acquiring a wealth of cold-weather material, shield generator equipment, and a dozen combat-modified airspeeders. However, the distinctiveness of the equipment later allowed Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo of the Galactic Empire to identify the rebel base's planetary characteristics, enabling Darth Vader to narrow down the possible locations for his search and thus,^[8] in conjunction with General Veers's discovery that the base was located somewhere near the Elrood System,^[9] greatly accelerate his discovery of the base.^[8]

To better examine Hoth—the planet having been selected as the location of the new base—the Alliance Special Forces established a small outpost on the world to evaluate the potential of building a larger base.^[10] Although the outpost came under attack by a small Imperial force, the Special Forces successfully defended it, and no Imperials remained alive to report the base's existence.^[11] A reconnaissance and survey team was dispatched to Hoth on a low-orbital mapping expedition to scout for possible locations for the new Rebel headquarters. Geothermal analysis indicated that the best location for the base was on the northern edge of the only livable temperate band near the equator, where seismic and volcanic activity had cracked the thick ice sheet, creating vast networks of caverns. The team discovered a series of ice caverns,^[1] including some formerly inhabited by the Mon Calamari smuggler Salmakk, inside the primeval glacial flow^[12] known as the Clabburn Range south of the Nev Ice Flow,^[13] and Monnon knew they had found their new home.^[1]

In frigid fraternity

Rather than adhering to the Empire's modus operandi of forming a planet's surface to their needs, Monnon's team worked with the natural environment of Hoth, despite its inhospitability. Using the natural resources instead of shipping in huge cargoes of supplies and prefabricated structures also served as a military tactic, allowing for greater efficiency and leaving minimal traces of activity on the surface. While they waited for the rest of the Alliance Fleet to arrive, surveyors mapped the labyrinths of ice, probing far underground where the sunlight only managed to penetrate the ice in the form of a dim, rainbow-like glow. The scouts located solid rock inclusions and lava tubes that released steam that froze into giant sulfur-and-ice stalactites, which they tapped into as a power source. However, Monnon considered them too far beneath the surface to serve as the base proper. The idea of being trapped that far down during an attack also made the major uneasy.^[1]

Monnon's engineers reinforced the natural ice caverns beneath the surface of Hoth to serve as pathways,^[1] using LC-10bW^[14] laser ice cutters and excavation machinery to expand the cave network by blasting larger grottoes and connecting chambers. The team ran power conduits and communications tubes along the walls of ice and packed snow. The Rebels' equipment initially struggled to withstand the extreme temperatures, failing frequently and forcing engineers to rely on staff to deliver messages in person, with lesser functionaries and runners in exile carrying recordings from deep tunnel excavations to the upper command centers and back, processing supply requisitions from matériel ships requesting design and computer assistance form the fleet's other specialists.^[1] Eventually, Rebel technicians became adept at altering the equipment to better endure the cold climate. During the construction process, the Alliance cleared the base of wampa ice creatures, though they continued to be a threat throughout the Rebel occupation. When a wampa entered the base, usually attracted by the sounds of Rebel technology, it was quickly isolated and dispatched by the base's troops.^[15] Corporal Jobin led the soldiers of 4th Squad in setting up perimeter defenses over many hours.^[16]

The base became partially operational before completion, only staging limited operations and dispatches, and High Command relocated to the facility despite complications from the cold and construction wrapping up. The cold hindered all operations within Echo Base, including the most routine. The staff were trained in surviving sub-zero temperatures and issued adverse weather gear. Most personnel were focused on construction; however, some dispatched operations throughout the galaxy. Though the isolation provided by Hoth's remoteness offered a tactical advantage, it left the crew of Echo Base themselves feeling isolated. With no cities to relax in, Rebel soldiers had to find their own sources of entertainment.^[15]

The base is finished

The base was completed in record time,^[1] finished over the course of two years.

At some point, C-3PO and his astromech companion, R2-D2, due to a misunderstanding between the two, ended up activating the thermal heaters inside Princess Leia's chambers, causing the room to partially melt, ruining Princess Leia's wardrobe in the process.^[17]

Bts workbench

The Empire Strikes Back

From concept to script

Echo Base was created for the original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back,^[18] which was released on May 21, 1980.^[19] However, the base made its actual first appearance in the film's novelization, which was written by Donald F. Glut^[20] and published on April 12 of the same year.^[19]

Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back

Storyboards

Concept art

Digital renderings

In-progress artwork

Concept art

Hoth cave, Joe Johnston^[1]

Hoth cave, Joe Johnston^[1]

Rebel quarters, Joe Johnston^[1]

Ice hangar, Ralph McQuarrie^[1]

Concept, gun turrets, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketch, turret with rebel trooper, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketch, rebel base hangar, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Thumbnail sketches, interior of rebel base, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketches, rebel base exterior, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketch, ice planet tauntaun pen, April 7, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketch, entrance to rebel base, April 7, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketch, entrance to rebel base, April 7, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketch, entrance to rebel base, April 7, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Drawing for production illustration, entrance to rebel base, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Drawing for production illustration, entrance to rebel base, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Production illustration, entrance to rebel base, May 26, 29–30, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Thumbnail sketch, ice planet rebel hangar, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Concept sketch, ice planet hangar, April 7, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Drawing for production illustration "Ice Cave," Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Drawing for production illustration "Ice Cave," Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Drawing for production illustration "Ice Cave," Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Production illustration "Ice Cave," April 24–26, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[21]

Production illustration "Ice Cave" (No. 2), May 10–11, 1978, Ralph McQuarrie^[1]

Building the base

The sets for the Echo Base scenes were built at Elstree Studios. Construction of the sets was delayed by several months, as a catastrophic fire destroyed the "Colorado Lounge" set for director Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining on January 24, 1979, putting the filming for the movie behind. The original plan was for The Shining to wrap up filming by February 1 and for the Empire team to move in and build the sixty-four sets needed for the film, but the fire meant Kubrick's team did not know when they would be finished. During the final months of filming for The Shining, Gary Kurtz reminded Kubrick that he needed to finish every time he saw the director, as Kurtz had sets to build. Kubrick assured him he only needed a few more days, having a few things that needed to be wrapped up. When construction finally started, the set for the hangar was constructed on Stage 6^[22] and was so large that a special stage, known as the "Star Wars Stage" was built.^[18] The stage measured seventy-six meters long, thirty-seven meters wide, and fourteen meters high, and had a total capacity of 35,000 cubic meters.^[23] The control room and medical room sets were constructed on Stage 1, with the bacta tank used to heal Skywalker being three feet in diameter.^[18]

Filming

On March 13, 1979, the main unit filmed a scene in the Millennium Falcon's main hold while the ship was in the base's hangar. Slate 205 for the scene covered the master scene and included three takes, two of which were printed. Slate 205A covered the end of the scene, with two of the six takes printed, and slate 205B covered the beginning of the scene, using two cameras, with one getting a close-up of Leia's face and the other a close-up of Chewbacca's. The scene included ad-libbed dialogue, and two of the six takes were printed. Slate 205C captured the master scene with two cameras, with two different close-ups of Solo. Two takes from both cameras were considered good enough to print. In the end, Kershner presented eleven takes from scene 205 to be cut together.^[22]

While filming Solo entering the hangar on his tauntaun after returning from patrol, the crew created the sensation of movement by the tauntaun by rotating the camera around the immovable puppet. During the scene where Solo approaches Chewbacca while the latter is repairing the Millennium Falcon, Ford recited, "I'll take a good fight any day over all this hidin' and freezin'!"^[22] The line was not included in the final cut of the film.^[24] The scene where Solo realizes Skywalker might be in serious trouble was filmed using multiple cameras.^[22] The control scenes were shot at Stage 1 late in March 1979. The medical room scenes were also shot at Stage 1, and a wet-suited stuntman was used to check if the bacta tank was in working order.^[18] An insert was shot that included a medical droid peeling gauze off Skywalker's face.^[22] The hangar scenes were filmed by the film's main and second unit from May 22–June 6, 1979. To make the hangar look bigger than it actually was, children were dressed as Rebel pilots and soldiers and placed in the background of shots.^[18]

Wampa attack

The first draft of the film's script included a scene in which wampas attacked Echo Base in an attempt to reclaim their territory. In the scene, the creatures infiltrate the base through an intricate tunnel network, and a wampa breaks through and throws Rebels around after attacking a snowtrooper before being killed by a bazooka. Although the Imperial attack was the primary focus, the wampa attack was considered the main threat and remained in the shooting script, which reduced the scale of the attack to a couple of scenes featuring R2-D2 and the Rebels prior to Imperial forces marching on the base. At the beginning of the scene, the wampas were mysterious figures in the background, meant to create a tense atmosphere reminiscent of the 1951 film The Thing from Another World as evidenced by a shot of R2-D2 with a wampa visible in the distance.^[22] Also in the original shooting script, a tauntaun was killed when a wampa stormed into Echo Base.^[25]

The scene was shot by the second unit over six days in April 1979 and took fifteen setups to complete. The Daily Shooting Logs for April 2–3, 1979, show the difficulties of filming setups 44, 44A, and 44B. Setup 44, which was shot on Monday, April 2, took ten takes, with only the last two being labeled for printing, though the ninth take had stuck eye movement. The first take's action was considered too slow; the third take was cut due to the operator; the fifth take was cut due to a "snow stick" entering the shot; the sixth take was considered good for snow and the approach but was cut near the end for head action; the seventh take was considered fair; and the eigth take was cut for slow eye movement despite being considered quite good. The setup was filmed on a single camera and lasted 15 seconds. The full shot features R2-D2 approaching the camera from a corridor in the background where Rebel troops are working, with two additional Rebels crossing from left to right in front of the droid in the foreground before snow falls. R2 turns his head and continues on until another batch of snow falls on his head. He looks from camera left to camera right and then all around before moving forward into the lens and out of focus.^[22]

Setup 44A was actually the first shot filmed for the day. In the setup, R2-D2 moves through an ice tunnel when a wampa smashes out of the wall. As four cameras were poised for the action, actor Des Webb did not have enough leverage to knock through, resulting in no usable takes. The first two takes were cut before action even started, the third was cut as R2-D2 moved away, and the fourth was cut as the droid moved away due to the ice wall not coming down. Filming for 44A was halted and resumed the following day, where take 5 was not completed due to the wall once again not giving way sufficiently for the ice monster to break through. Setup 44B was also filmed that day, using four cameras and four takes. The setup lasted 8 seconds, and all four takes were printed, though the first three from only specific cameras: take 1 had too much steam, which obscured visibility of the ice monster, and so only the footage from the C camera was printed; R2-D2 hit the corner of a wall in the foreground in take 2, and so only footage from D camera was printed; the doors hit R2-D2 as they closed on take 3, and so only footage from the B and C cameras was printed; and take 4 was considered very good, with all four cameras having footage printed.^[22]

Another sequence was filmed showing C-3PO tearing a warning sign off a door of a wampa pen, with a group of snowtroopers following behind and entering the pen and being attacked by a wampa,^[25] then closing the door trapping one of their comrades inside. Darth Vader enters the shot and chooses to walk away instead of helping.^[26] However, these scenes,^[25] and the entire wampa attack altogether, were later deleted and did not make the final version of the film. According to film historian Paul Duncan and George Lucas, the purpose of the scene was to include moments featuring R2-D2 and C-3PO so the audience would not forget them, but after cutting it together, they realized so much else was happening that the scene was not needed. Problems with the scene put production an additional two days behind schedule.^[22]

Interactive retellings

Shadows of the Empire

Echo Base appeared in the first two levels of the 1997 LucasArts video game Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, titled "Battle of Hoth" and "Escape from Echo Base."^[28] For the team at LucasArts, the opportunity to utilize the Nintendo 64 console to represent the Battle of Hoth was irresistible. Shadows of the Empire thus became the first real-time, interactive 3-D recreation of the iconic battle. The game studio's enthusiasm for staging action between snowspeeders and walkers was the reason the battle was included as a chapter in the life of the game's main character, Dash Rendar.^[27]

An early internal game outline document dated to April 17, 1995, which described the challenge LucasArts wanted to create for the player/character in the first level, stated the objective of the level as, "Give Rebels time to escape Echo Base." Jon Knoles created computer-generated models of All Terrain Scout Transport walkers and the Outrider, Rendar's ship, in Echo Base. Project leader Mark Haigh-Hutchinson supervised the development of the Battle of Hoth level and programmed the artificial intelligence of the player opponents in the level. When describing the layout of the level, Haigh-Hutchinson stated they wanted a measure of predictability to allow the player to progress and improve while balancing it with an element of randomness so the player did not feel the game was set in stone.^[27]

Galactic Battlegrounds

The 2001 video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds shows two different versions of Echo Base, one in the Darth Vader campaign^[29] and the other in the Leia Organa campaign.^[30]

Non-canon video game depictions

In the 2006 non-canonical video game LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, the Battle of Hoth and Solo and Organa's escape from the base is adapted with differences than how it is portrayed in the film.^[31]

In an alternate, non-canonical DLC of the 2009 videogame Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, Starkiller, a newly appointed apprentice to Darth Sidious' is sent to the base to intercept the escaping rebels, following the Battle of Hoth. After successfully infiltrating the base, Starkiller eventually confronts Luke Skywalker in the hangar housing the Millennium Falcon. As the fighting goes on, Skywalker eventually gives in to the dark side. However, he still loses to Starkiller and loses his hand. As the Millennium Falcon moves to escape, Starkiller stops the ship with the Force. He tells Luke that only the dark side can save his friends. Faced with this, Luke attacks Starkiller with red force lightning. Starkiller blocks Skywalker's attack and releases the Falcon. Starkiller declares the now yellow-eyed Luke his apprentice.^[32]