The landing of the Viper droid was briefly witnessed by Luke Skywalker during one of his patrols, believing it to be a meteorite, although he was unable to investigate the issue further before he and his tauntaun were ambushed by a wampa. Vader's personal Death Squadron fleet reached the Hoth system, following a chance discovery made by a Viper probe droid that was sent to the planet. Rebel troops prepare for the impending Imperial assault The survivors attempted to report their discovery, but their superior, General Nevar, deleted their report due of incompetence. Ironically, an Imperial unit uncovered Echo Base during a mission on Hoth and attacked it, only for the Rebels to wipe out all but a handful of survivors. During an assault on Zaloriis City to punish the Zaloran separatists between 2.5 ABY and 3 ABY, Lord Darth Vader and General Maximilian Veers discovered archives of the library which showed the new location to be somewhere near the Elrood system. ĭespite the loss of both the Yavin 4 and Boz Pity bases, around 1 ABY, Hoth was chosen by Luke Skywalker as the Rebellion's new main base after he was stranded on the planet for a period of time. This list led the Rebellion to the "graveyard world" Boz Pity, but the Empire quickly discovered this base and forced the Rebellion to abandon Boz Pity as well. A holocron created by Bail Organa, one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance, contained a list of possible hideouts in the event that the Yavin 4 base was lost. Then this morning Captain Solo made scrap out of an Imperial probe droid that slipped past our proximity sensors… We knew they'd be coming-and we were ready for them." ― Corporal Jobin Ĭommander Luke Skywalker patrols the icy plains on a tauntaun.įollowing the Rebel Alliance's major victory at Yavin, Imperial forces eventually forced the Rebellion to abandon their base on Yavin 4. " My men and I spent long, arduous hours setting up the perimeter defenses, doing what we could in case we were ever found here.
The Alliance's loss was so great at the time, at least one member of the 501st Legion considered the Battle of Hoth to be the end of the rebel movement. It would prove a major victory for the Galactic Empire, and would heavily stymie the Rebels. The remaining base personnel proceeded to evacuate, as the 501st Legion, led by Darth Vader, entered the base.
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The snowspeeders did not have the necessary firepower to bring down the walkers, so Skywalker suggested an alternative tactic to trip up the walkers with the tow cables issued to every snowspeeder.ĭespite the efforts by Rogue Squadron, the power generator was eventually destroyed by Veers. Spearheading the defense of the generator was the elite Rogue Squadron, manning snowspeeders, commanded by Luke Skywalker, renowned for being the pilot who destroyed the first Death Star. His army was tasked with destroying Echo Base's main power generator to allow orbital bombardment of the planet. The Imperial attack force consisted of primarily AT-AT walkers, commanded by Major General Maximilian Veers. Thus, Vader executed him for that fatal mistake and immediately promoted Captain Firmus Piett to replace him. When the Death Squadron fleet commanded by Admiral Kendal Ozzel left lightspeed too close to the Hoth system, the Admiral inadvertently alerted the Alliance of the Imperial's presence, giving the Rebels time to prepare for the necessary evacuation and raise the planetary shield. The base's location was compromised when a viper probe droid deployed by Darth Vader landed on Hoth. The battle was an Imperial invasion aimed at destroying the Rebel Alliance's Echo Base hidden on the remote ice world Hoth. The Battle of Hoth was a major victory for the Galactic Empire and among the worst battlefield defeats suffered by the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War.
Was it only a mirage? Perhaps but on that day, on that planet, our blood ran hot with dreams of victory, melting the ice that stood in our way." ―An Imperial retired clone trooper Even though we were blinded by blizzards, we could see the final end of the Rebellion in our blaster sights. " No one ever complained about the cold on Hoth.
14 Heavy Dewback cavalry (8 during the initial stages, six more from Vader's reinforcements).
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