Hoth (280)Full unit name: Hoth (planet)
Last updated: 29.11.2024 12:12:37
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Basic info
First appearance: Empire Strikes Back
Empire Strikes Back
(MOVIE)
Located in: Hoth System
Hoth System
Galaxy
Systems
Homeworld of: Tauntaun
Tauntaun
Creature
Non-sentient
, Wampa
Wampa
Creature
Semi-sentient
, Pantran Whitefang
Pantran Whitefang
Creature
Non-sentient
, Skel
Skel
Sentient Species
, Icetromper
Icetromper
Creature
Non-sentient
Known Facts (34)
Hoth Confrontation (2) »
Battle of Hoth (26) »
Falcon's Escape (6) »
Summary
A desolate world covered with ice and snow and located on the fringe of the Ivax Nebula in the Anoat sector of the Greater Javin along the Ison Corridor, Hoth orbited the blue-white star of the same name. Beyond Hoth was voluminous band of planetesimals, known as the Hoth asteroid field, from which small asteroids regularly broke off, crashing onto Hoth's surface as meteorites. The planet was the sixth in the Hoth system. Its surface was entirely covered by a frozen ocean, except where volcanic fissures opened up steam vents, depositing rock and minerals in darker patches on the glacier plains. A few mountain ranges pierced the permanent ice shelves, some being geologically active. The tidal pull of Hoth's three nameless moons caused fissures in the ice-layers, sending jets of ocean water into the freezing Hoth air. The intense cold froze these jets into spires of ice, suspending primitive ocean algae within these tall columns and glaciers. Massive oceanic currents beneath the southern hemisphere caused regular seismic activity, resulting in a constantly shifting landscape of caves and tunnels. Buried deep in Hoth's equatorial region was a fissure, reaching hundreds of meters towards the core of the planet. In this area never exposed to Hoth's blue-white sun was a cache of lumni-spice, a rare fungal growth. Its orbit and axial tilt resulted in consistently icy weather patterns. Daytime temperatures reached levels unbearable to most species and rarely rose above freezing, even in the planet's relatively mild equatorial regions. The gale force winds and intense snowstorms that regularly wracked the windswept surface magnified the extreme cold of Hoth.
Hoth's unusual combination of electromagnetic interference and strong gravitational had caused many starship crashes over the years.
The frigid biosphere included a minimal food chain: the predatory wampas
Wampa
Creature
Semi-sentient
, the omnivorous tauntauns
Tauntaun
Creature
Non-sentient
, the herbivorous Hoth hogs, a few rodent species, including snowmice and ice scrabblers, and iceworms, lichens, and Dragon slugs.

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Related organizations
Bala D'ur
Hailstorm Brotherhood
Terror Brigade
White Maw
Related events
Battle of Hoth (GGW)
Gaining Ground (Hoth)
Hoth Confrontation
Taking Inventory
Unethical Experiments
Frozen Search and Rescue
White Terror's Rampage
Hunt for the Frostclaw
Savage Attack
Raid on the Drift Hills Research Outpost
Humanitarian Aid
Freeze Out the Empire
Better Droids
Prisoner Extraction
Raid on Imperial Base
Overcoming the Onslaught
Invisible Foes
Gamorrean Menace
Beneath the Spires
Crash Courses
Forged in Fire
Picking up the Pieces
Warped to the Core
Ice Plains Patrol
Search for Skywalker (Hoth)
Battle of Hoth
Return to Hoth
Falcon's Escape
Return to Echo Base
One Step Behind
Creatures that inhabited the planet
Wampa
Icetromper
Lylek
Sith Abomination
Pantran Whitefang
Tauntaun
Complete list

Full unit name: Hoth (planet) Last updated: 29.11.2024 12:12:37