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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Where The Empire Strikes Back says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Only one real place is on screen: a Norwegian glacier. Everything else was built in a studio near London
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Scenes and places
A probe droid lands on the ice planet Hoth (1980)
Vader's probe droids spread across the galaxy hunting the Rebels. One lands on Hoth and finds the Rebel base, which sets the whole chase in motion.
Set in Hoth, the ice planet — A probe droid from the Imperial fleet drops onto a frozen plain and spots the Rebel base.
A glacier in the Norwegian mountains, close to the railway village of Finse.
Filmed at Hardangerjøkulen glacier, near Finse, Norway — The first location shot for the film: this glacier plays Hoth. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Luke and Han in the Hoth snow (1980)
Luke is wounded in the snow and fading from the cold. Han Solo finds him and shelters him inside a tauntaun carcass until morning, a rescue that shows how far he will go for a friend.
Set in Hoth, the snowfield outside the base — Luke investigates a crash site and Han goes out into the cold to find him.
A high-mountain railway village that doubled as the film's frozen battlefield.
Filmed at Finse, Norway — Many Hoth scenes were shot just outside the crew's hotel in this village. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Evacuating Echo Base (1980)
Leia and the Rebels fight to hold the base against an Imperial attack with giant walkers. Han, Leia and Chewbacca slip away on the Falcon and the base falls.
Set in Echo Base, Hoth — The Rebels run the base from an ice cave: hangar, command room, medical bay. The Empire's attack forces them out.
A British film studio where the Hoth interiors were built.
Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England — The ice cavern and medical bay scenes were shot at Elstree, side by side. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Hiding the Falcon in an asteroid field (1980)
The Falcon's hyperdrive fails. Han flies into an asteroid field to lose the Imperial fleet, and in the tense hiding Han and Leia grow closer.
Set in Inside the Millennium Falcon — With the hyperdrive broken, Han hides the Falcon among asteroids while Imperial ships hunt it.
A studio set of the ship's cockpit, not a real place.
Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England — Studio filming took place here for the film's interiors; the Falcon set is inside. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Luke meets Yoda in the Dagobah swamp (1980)
Luke follows Obi-Wan's call to Dagobah and crash-lands. Yoda reluctantly accepts him as a Jedi apprentice and starts training him to resist anger.
Set in Dagobah, the swamp planet — Luke crash-lands his X-wing in a swamp and finds a small creature who turns out to be the Jedi Master he came to find.
A foggy swamp planet built as a set inside a studio.
Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England — Hamill filmed the Dagobah scenes with Yoda on a set here in August 1979. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Carbonite in Cloud City (1980)
Vader orders Han frozen in carbonite to test the process. Before it happens Leia tells Han she loves him, and Han answers in his own way.
Set in Cloud City, Bespin — Lando welcomes his friends to the floating city, but Vader is already waiting.
A floating gas-mining city above the planet Bespin.
Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England — Cloud City interiors were part of the Elstree studio shoot. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The duel over the central air shaft (1980)
Luke arrives in Cloud City to save his friends and meets Vader in a lightsaber duel above the city's central air shaft.
Set in Cloud City, the central air shaft — Luke arrives and faces Vader in a lightsaber duel above the city's central air shaft.
A deep reactor-like shaft at the heart of the floating city.
Filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England — Hamill filmed the duel here in July 1979, against stunt double Bob Anderson. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Luke Skywalker — A Rebel pilot who is told to seek a Jedi Master on Dagobah.
- Han Solo — A smuggler with a price on his head who still comes back for his friends.
- Princess Leia — A Rebel leader who keeps the Alliance together under attack.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the ice planet Hoth really filmed?
- Where were Dagobah and Cloud City built?