South Slope

"Send all troops in Sector Twelve to the South Slope to protect the fighters!"

- Leia Organa

The South Slope was an area on the surface of the ice world of Hoth that was immediately to the south of the Rebel Alliance's hidden Echo Base. During the Battle of Hoth it was used as a staging area for evacuating transports and the starfighters that were to escort them past the Imperial blockade of the Hoth system. As the situation grew dire, Princess Leia Organa ordered additional troops to fall back to the South Slope in order to protect the T-65 X-wing starfighters against the possibility of attack by Imperial snowtroopers.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back