Hoth
Hoth | |
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Star Wars location | |
![]() Hoth and its three natural satellites in The Empire Strikes Back | |
First appearance | The Empire Strikes Back |
Created by | George Lucas |
Genre | Science fiction |
In-universe information | |
Type | Ice planet |
Hoth is an
Description
Hoth is the sixth
Appearances
Film
In the 1980 film
The original draft of The Empire Strikes Back, written by
The Hardangerjøkulen glacier near 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, miniatures were used on a set that used microscopic glass bubbles and baking soda to mimic the snowy territory.[4]
Legends
Hoth has also appeared in Star Wars comics, books, and video games. In the 1983
Video games
The planet appears in the
Scientific accuracy
The
Jeanne Cavelos theorized in The Science of Star Wars that the frequency of meteoroids bombarding Hoth indicated that the planet was relatively young since in older solar systems, the debris is more cleared out. Since Hoth has complex lifeforms, Cavolos said the planet's age may be older, in the range of several billion years. The author said Hoth could be similar to Earth in age but lack neighboring planets like Jupiter and Saturn to shelter it from meteoroid impacts. She also said with the asteroid belt depicted in the film as close to Hoth that the belt was a likely source for meteoroids. (The asteroid belt itself is unrealistically depicted as being closely clustered, which would normally mean that the asteroids would be reduced to sand-sized rubble over a long enough timespan.)[7]
CJ Miozzi, writing for The Escapist, said that Hoth was realistic as a single-biome planet (among numerous such planets in Star Wars), citing Jupiter's moon Europa as a similar example. Miozzi said the planet was depicted in the Star Wars books as being geologically active and having additional smaller lifeforms, including lichen. The author said lichen on Earth was an important part of the food chain during winter months but that it could grow back outside these months. With Hoth perpetually iced over, Miozzi said lichen likely would not be sufficient to support a multi-tiered food chain that includes an apex predator, the wampa.[8]
Theme park attraction
Hoth appears in the theme park attraction
See also
References
- ^ Kershner, Irvin (Director) (May 21, 1980). The Empire Strikes Back (Motion picture). 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm.
General Veers: Com-Scan has detected an energy field protecting an area of the sixth planet of the Hoth system.
- ISBN 0-553-09302-9.
- ^ Pirrello, Phil; Moro, Eric; Collura, Scott (May 21, 2010). "100 Things You Didn't Know About The Empire Strikes Back". IGN. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- About.com. Archived from the originalon July 18, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ Chao, Tom (September 14, 2012). "10 Real Alien Worlds That Resemble 'Star Wars' Planets". Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- National Geographic. Archived from the originalon June 10, 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-4299-7176-8.
- ^ Miozzi, CJ (March 27, 2014). "Star Wars Canon: Just How Realistic Are the Single-Biome Planets?". The Escapist. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
External links
- Hoth in the Official Star Wars Databank
- Hoth on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki