Who Trashed Echo Base in The Empire Strikes Back? | Star Wars Explained

Report from the Holocron of Xela. Description: Why is Echo Base such a mess in some scenes? You can see trash strewn about, and medical droids tending to injured or dead tauntauns. The Empire Strikes Back was originally going to have a sequence where wampas attacked the rebels of Echo Base. The creatures would have run amok until being trapped in a room that snowtroopers would eventually open, only to be attacked themselves. Although several of the scenes were filmed, the ice monsters never looked quite right, and so the wampas were mostly cut from the film. But you can still see evidence of their destruction, like the medical droid, or the warning sticker on the door that contained them. Despite those scenes being deleted, they have been referenced in several Star Wars stories since, like Shadows of the Empire, Forces of Destiny, From a Certain Point of View, and more. #starwars


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