Third Battle of Hoth

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Third Battle of Hoth
Conflict	First Galactic Civil War
Date	3 ABY
Place	Echo Base, Hoth
Outcome	Imperial tactical victory/strategic failure Echo Base destroyed Rebel Alliance suffers heavy casualties
Combatants
First Galactic Empire
Rebel Alliance
Commanders
Darth Vader Admiral Kendal Ozzel † Admiral Firmus Piett Major General Maximilian Veers General Brenn Tantor Commander Kisoyt Soliger † Major Matiby Silcap † Lieutenant Pepise Slamen † Lieutenant Amniva Silvoi † Colonel Starck † Captain Auddo Slokay † X1
General Carlist Rieekan Commander Luke Skywalker Princess Leia Organa General Crix Madine Major Bren Derlin Major Kenki Spriow † Lieutenant Alebry Slemic † Colonel Ledick Firest Commander X2 Commander Col Serra Captain Scodo Simas †
Strength
Death Squadron 1 Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor Imperial I-class Star Destroyers Devastator Tyrant Accuser Imperial II-class Star Destroyers Avenger Stalker Corrupter Avarice 1 Victory I-class Star Destroyer Firewind Blizzard Force Thundering Herd 501st Legion Snowtroopers Snow shock troopers Imperial officers Imperial engineers Snow scouts Phase Zero Dark Troopers At least three Imperial medics E-Web Heavy Repeating Blasters 18 Imperial Repeater Snowtroopers(10 during the initial stages, and 8 more as part of Vader's reinforcements) Orbot Droids AC1 Surveillance Droids Viper probe droids Imperial Spider Droids 3 74-Z speeder bikes Speeder Bikes At least 5 Thermal detonator troopers 5 Heavy Anti-Air troopers (Later stages) 14 Heavy Dewback cavalry(8 during the initial stages, six more from Vader's reinforcements) MTV-7 Multi-Terrain Vehicles Combat Attack Transports CAP-2 Captivators At least six AT-PT walkers AT-ST walkers Mobile Artillery 8 AT-AR walkers (4 during the initial stages, and 4 more as reinforcements) At least 9 AT-AT walkers AT-AA walkers At least 2 Heavy Pummels At least 4 Heavy Artillery Platforms HAVw A5 Juggernauts 2 Victory II-class frigates TIE/D Defenders Darth Vader's TIE Advanced TIE/LN Starfighters TIE/IN interceptors TIE/sa bombers Scimitar Squadron (post battle) Major Rhymer (Scimitar 1) Captain Jonus (Scimitar 2) 181st Imperial Fighter Wing Sentinel-class landing craft Imperial Loader Shuttles Theta-class AT-AT barges Y-85 Titan dropships Kuat dropships Several Gozanti-Class Assault Carriers
Echo Base Fortresses Mech Factories Power Cores Echo Station 3-T-8 Echo Station 5-7 Two Troop Centers Three Airbases Outpost Beta Rebel troopers Wilderness Fighters 4th Squad Renegade Squadron Rebel vanguards Rebel pilots Rebel marksmen Wookiee smugglers Some wampas Dozens of Mark II Medium Repeating Blaster Cannons 6 Rebel Thermal Detonator Troopers Laser Ice-Cutters MLC-3 Mobile Laser Cannons T3-B Heavy Attack Tanks Rebel Combat Speeders Rebel artillery T1-B Hovertanks Rebel Attack Tanks Rebel personnel carriers 1.4 FD P-Towers DF.9 Anti-Infantry Laser Batteries 1 v-150 Planet Defender 1 Particle Cannon Turret Scanner Jammers Planetary shield † At least 13 T-47 airspeeders T-65 X-wing starfighters Rogue Group Rogue Flight Blue Squadron Green Squadron BTL Y-wing starfighters RZ-1 A-wing interceptors LAAT/i gunships At least 1 AAC-1 Speeder Tank 30 GR-75 medium transports Bearing Lifter Bright Hope Dutyfree Quantum Storm Thon's Orchard Treasure Trove At least 6 Kleeque-class transports 3 CR90 corvettes EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates 1 Mon Calamari Star Cruiser Champion Tauntaun mounts Civilian/mercenary freighters Outrider Otana
Casualties
Medium Snowtrooper casualties Several AT-ATs Some AT-STs 1 Imperial-class Star Destroyer heavily damaged 1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (disabled) At least 1 Imperial I-class Star Destroyer (disabled) Tyrant 1 Imperial II-class Star Destroyer destroyed Avarice Some AT-ARs Most AT-PTs Some TIE Bombers Some TIE fighters and interceptors 6 TIE Advanced x7 prototypes Some probe droids destroyed Some shuttles shot down
17 of 30 GR-75 Transports Bright Hope All six Kleeque-class transports Otana damaged Heavy infantry losses Some Alliance starfighters Much of Echo Base personnel Trey Callum Most or all of the Base Defense Turrets Hosh Hune Maren Kelsome Jobin Vigrat Pomoner Tenk Lenso Jek Pugilio Vekozev Kabir Stax Mullawny Dak Ralter Zev Senesca Kit Valent K-3PO Dice Ibegon

The Third Battle of Hoth was one of the largest scale battles that took place during the First Galactic Civil War.

Appearances

• Under a Black Sun (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
• Star Wars: Force Collection
• Star Wars: Battlefront
• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
• Star Wars: Force Commander
• Star Wars: Empire at War
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
• Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
• "Galaxywide NewsNets"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 14
• The Empire Strikes Back radio
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back junior novel
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novel (First appearance)
• The Empire Strikes Back: A Storybook
• Star Wars (1977) 40
• Entrenched
• Template:SWGTCG
• Star Wars (1977) 41
• Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
• Template:WEGCite
• One Step Ahead
• Of Possible Futures: The Tale of Zuckuss and 4-LOM
• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (video game)
•  Star Wars Galaxies: Chapter 11: Battle of Echo Base
• Murder on the Executor
• "Firepower"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 8 (Indirect mention only)
• "Slaying Dragons"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 9 (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars (1977) 45 (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars (1977) 47 (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars (1977) 50 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars (1977) 51 (Mentioned only)
• Child of Light (Mentioned only)
• The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only)
• Shadows of the Empire novel (Mentioned only)
• Shadows of the Empire comic (Indirect mention only)
• The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars Annual (1977) 3 (Indirect mention only)
• "A World to Conquer"—Star Wars Adventure Journal 2 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel (Indirect mention only)
• "Blade Squadron"—Star Wars Insider 149–150 (Mentioned only)
• Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees (Vision to Ree-Yees)
• One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina: The Tale of the Wolfman and the Lamproid (In flashback(s))
• Template:WEGCite (Indirect mention only)
• Star Wars (1977) 81 (Indirect mention only)
• X-Wing: Rogue Leader 1 (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing Rogue Squadron Special (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: In the Empire's Service (In flashback(s))
• "Lucky"—Star Wars Tales 23 (Mentioned only)
• A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing: Rogue Squadron (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing: Wedge's Gamble (Mentioned only)
• X-Wing: The Bacta War (Mentioned only)
• "Tall Tales"—Star Wars Tales 19 (Mentioned only)
• Heir to the Empire (Indirect mention only)
• X-Wing: Isard's Revenge (Mentioned only)
• Dark Apprentice (Mentioned only)
• Children of the Jedi (Mentioned only)
• Darksaber (Mentioned only)
• Before the Storm (Mentioned only)
• Shield of Lies (Mentioned only)
• Tyrant's Test (Mentioned only)
• Specter of the Past (Mentioned only)
• Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur (Mentioned only)
• Invasion 1 (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way (Mentioned only)
• The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Conviction (Mentioned only)