- "This is Echo Station Three-Eight. Unidentified object is in our scope. It's just over the ridge. We should have visual contact in about— What the—? Oh, no!"
- ―Station 3-8 trooper, upon sighting an Imperial probe droid
A trooper served with the Rebel Alliance as a soldier stationed at Echo Station 3-8 on the ice planet Hoth in 3 ABY. When an unidentified object, which turned out to be an Imperial Viper probe droid, was spotted on Hoth moving toward Station 3-8, this trooper contacted Echo Base and informed the headquarters that the outpost had sighted the object.[2] Before the soldier could identify the intruder, the probe droid destroyed Station 3-8, killing the trooper and cutting off the transmission.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "This is Three-Eight, Echo Command! We have visual contact! It looks like— N-no…!"
- ―Station 3-8 trooper
This unidentified Rebel trooper first appeared in the novelization of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back through a single line of dialogue. The character also appeared, albeit with slightly different quotes, in Star Wars (1977) 39 and The Empire Strikes Back Storybook. While the novel and storybook have the trooper contacting Echo Base, the Marvel adaptation has Echo Base contacting Station 3-8 first.
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back novelization (and unabridged audiobook) (First appearance, in book) (Voice only)
- Star Wars (1977) 39 (colorized in Star Wars: A Long Time Ago... Volume 3: Resurrection of Evil and Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back) (Voice only)
- The Empire Strikes Back Storybook (Voice only)