The Story
After the destruction of the Death Star (in Star
Wars - A New Hope) the Empire is far from defeated.
While the rebels are building a new secret base on
the ice-planet Hoth, the Empire sends out thousands
of droid-probes to locate them.
One of the probes is investigating Hoth even before
the new Rebel base is finished, and while Luke Skywalker
and Han Solo are surveying the icy landscapes.
Luke notices the impact of the probe, and rides on
his Tauntaun to check out the assumed meteorite. On
his way, he is attacked by a Wampa, a native Hoth beast.
His Tauntaun is killed, and an unconscious Luke is being
dragged into the ice-vaults of the Wampa.
Han Solo and Chewbacca can destroy the probe-droid,
but it has already broadcastet the location of the rebel
base to the Imperial Fleet.
Luke can escape the beast using the Force, but he is
lost in the icy deserts of Hoth.
Near death, "Ben" Obi-Wan Kenobi appears
to him. Obi-Wan has reached a higher plane of existence
after his disappearance during the duel with Darth Vader
on the Death Star.
The "ghost" of Obi-Wan Kenobi orders Luke
to seek out Yoda on Dagobah to finish his Jedi-training.
Han Solo finds Luke just in time to save him from freezing
to death, but meanwhile, the Imperial fleet has already
set a course to Hoth.
The rebels begin to evacuate the base and prepare for
battle to keep the imperial forces back until evacuation
is completed.
A force field protects the rebel base from being attacked
from space, so AT AT walkers are landed to destroy the
bases power generators.
The rebel laser-guns are not strong enough to penetrate
the walkers' armour.
There is only one way to stop the AT AT's - the rebel
snowspeeders fire cables into the legs of the machines
and circle around them to make them stumble.
The rebel transporters can escape, protected by the
bases ion-cannons, and the rebels fighters draw back.
Princess Leia is cut off her ship, and Han Solo takes
her with him on the Millenium Falcon, while Luke escapes
with his X-Wing fighter.
While Luke sets a course to the Dagobah system to meet
Yoda and learn more about the Force, the Millenium Falcon
is hunted by the Imperial Fleet.
Han Solo seeks cover in an asteroid field, and they
escape the Imperials closely, but the Falcons hyperdrive
is damaged, and they are going to Bespin, where an old
friend of Han, Lando Calrissian, runs a Tibanna gas-mine.
Lando is also the former owner of the Millenium Falcon,
until he lost it to Han in a card game.
Boba Fett, a bounty hunter, is on their trail.
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Imperial Probe Droid
Luke explores Hoth on a Tauntaun
Princess Leia
Bickering: Hans Solo and Leia Organa
Not really dead: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Princess Leia kisses Luke Skywalker |
