Gallery: Star Wars Meets Legos in Photo Fan Fiction
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*Breaking In the Tauntaun. "The Tauntauns, indigenous to Hoth, had to be broken in by a special group of wranglers before the Rebel Forces could use them as mounts. The breaking-in process was short but very fierce, managing it in deep snow was a task for the most skilled animal handlers in the fleet only."*
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*Moonlight Shadow "During the nocturnal AT-AT maintenance shifts on Hoth the snowtroopers (yes, the insulation on their armor was that good) often built snow lanterns. They considered it an art form."*
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*The Inconvenient Flaw of the Y-Wing. "The Koensayr's BTL Y-Wing Fighters often got their cockpit opening mechanism jammed in sub-zero operating temperatures. On Hoth it was not good, not good at all."*
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*The Ski Trooper Big Air. "Hoth, the One and Only Off-Piste Planet".*
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*The Derelict. "Little-known fact: The snowtroopers were keen to repair exotic propulsion systems occasionally found in the frozen wastelands, such as the trustworthy Koensayr R200 Ion Jet engines from a derelict Y-wing fighter. Although the Empire was wealthy, they did not say no to recycled enemy technology." Artist's note on the two suns: This started out as a night shot but at some point I switched to day forgetting to fix the number of spheres in the sky. It's a mistake, yes, but I thought it looked better this way eventually.*
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*High Speed Snowspeeder Flyby. "The guys at Echo station 3-T-6 were frequently freaked out by high-speed, low-altitude passes of snowspeeders. The 3-T-6 was located on a cliff at the edge of a high ground plain, it was like a beacon, the speeder pilots just couldn't resist the opportunity. Dangerous stuff!"*
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*X-Wing Dawn Patrol. "The trusty X-Wing fighters were excellent machines, good enough to withstand the freezing Hoth nights. They were frequently used for early morning orbital scout patrols during the rebel occupation on Hoth."*
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*Powdered! "The three witnesses to Lord Vader's skiing mishap were never seen again."*
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*Bossk Has To Go. "Boba Fett and his agile crew arrived on Hoth way before the imperial attack fleet. They were really close to catching Han Solo, they even knew where he was camped with comatosed Luke Skywalker. But before they could make their move there was one thing that had to be done. Bossk had to relieve himself. We all know there are no toilets in most of the spaceships, so Bossk had to step outside the Slave I. Big mistake! Bossk is a Trandoshan, a reptile, an ectothermic creature. It took Fett and his crew eight hours to thaw him enough to snap him out of the immediate hibernation triggered by the freezing Hoth blizzard. By that time the imperial attack was at full speed. They had to abort and start their hunt for Solo again later."*
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*The Steps of a Walker. "The sound of an approaching AT-AT walker was a weapon itself. The heavy feet pounding the ground sending recognizable tremors kilometers ahead.... During the assault on Hoth many of the snowtroopers marching along the mighty walkers froze from the horror."*
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*Things That Go Bump in the Night. "Little-known fact: The wild wampas loved to tip parked imperial AT-AT walkers over during the cold Hoth nights. Yes, they were that strong."*
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*The Player. "Chewie takes a deep breath of fresh air after an unfortunate round of solitaire."*
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*The Arrival of a Star Destroyer. "During the night before the assault on Hoth the Imperial troops had to land a Star Destroyer to speed up the process of placing AT-ATs and massive amount of other gear on the planet surface. The icy moonlit landing site had to be inspected by foot to make sure it can take the immense weight of a Star Destroyer without cracking. These four guys were in charge of that task. Can you imagine the pressure? No wonder they don't talk much...."*
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*Stormtroopers' Perpetual Winter. "The days and nights on Hoth were harsh on the six who were lost."*
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