Vintage Star Wars Snowspeeders

On this blog, we discuss the finer points of Star Wars vintage history, like how Jango's Slave 1 is one of the most wicked ships of all time, but the Slave 2 is a pile of junk. :)  If this kind of thing interests you, please poke around and see what you find!

The snowspeeder is a Rebel Alliance vehicle featured in The Empire Strikes Back. Luke was instrumental in helping the Alliance acquire its squadron. The snowspeeders used on Hoth are modified Incom T-47 airspeeders initially used for civilians, but they were modified to operate in the deep freeze of planet Hoth.

Luke Skywalker leads the team of snowspeeders against Imperial AT-AT walkers during the Battle of Hoth. They begin the battle firing with little luck; they then begin to use their harpoons and tow cables to trip the AT-AT walkers.

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