12. In which movie did the famous Battle of Hoth take place?
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Answer:
Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Hoth, the icy world seen in "The Empire Strikes Back", was where the Rebel Alliance had built Echo Base. The Imperials sent out probe droids to a variety of locations, including Hoth, and it found the Rebel shield generator before Han Solo and Chewbacca managed to destroy it. They Imperials sent the fleet to Hoth, but had to use a ground invasion due to the shield.
The battle consisted of Rebel Soldiers holding off advancing AT-AT walkers (Blizzard Force), while attempting the evacuate Echo Base. They used an ion cannon to disable the orbiting Star Destroyers so the unarmed transports could slip by. The AT-AT walkers were too heavily armored to destroy with sheer lasers, so Rogue Squadron, who were flying Snowspeeders, used tow cables to tie up the legs of the walkers, rendering them useless. Colonel Veers, in the lead AT-AT, managed to make his way to the shield generator and destroyed it. With that, Imperial forces started landing en masse and took Echo Base, though most key figures in the Rebel Alliance had managed to escape (such as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia).