Asteroid/Legends
- "That wasn't a laser blast! Something hit us!"
- ―Han Solo
An asteroid was a solid object orbiting a star that was smaller than a planet, ranging from dozens of meters to hundreds of kilometers in size. Asteroids were often found in an asteroid belt within a star system. During the Galactic Civil War, Han Solo escaped from Death Squadron by flying into the Hoth asteroid field.
Smaller versions of asteroids were meteoroids, which became meteors or meteor showers in atmospheres, and meteorites on impact with planets.
During the Thrawn Crisis, Grand Admiral Thrawn used asteroids as a siege weapon, they were equipped with cloaking devices and deployed in orbit of the planet Coruscant, effectively putting the capital of the New Republic out of war.[2]
Asteroids could be used as military bases of operations; such was the case with the Imperial Maw Installation.
Behind the scenes
In Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, at least one potato was used to portray the asteroids of the Hoth asteroid field.
