The laser-ice cutter was a laser cannon used to sheer through ice. In 3 ABY, the Rebel Alliance Corps of Engineers used laser-ice cutters to carve hallways within the ice on the frozen planet Hoth in a matter of weeks with their singular industrial lasers in the construction of Echo Base.
On Hoth, laser-ice cutters were mounted to Rebel cannon sleds. One could be found in Hangar 7 during the Battle of Hoth.
This cannon appeared, unnamed, in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. It was mounted on the Rebel cannon sled vehicle. The original blueprints for the vehicle label the laser-ice cutter prop as an "existing cannon unit." The reference book Star Wars: Complete Locations identifies the laser-ice cutter, while later material clarifies the vehicle it is attached to is a Rebel cannon sled.
On set footage of the cannon and vehicle was included in the rare documentary by Michel Parbot, The Making of "The Empire Strikes Back". There were a number of publicity photos of Luke Skywalker manning cannon which, according to Lucasfilm Story Group executive Pablo Hidalgo, were not deleted scenes but rather on-set photos taken with the prop.
Luke Skywalker mans the ice cutter in a promotional photo for The Empire Strikes Back
This cannon appeared, unnamed, in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. It was mounted on the Rebel cannon sled vehicle. The original blueprints for the vehicle label the laser-ice cutter prop as an "existing cannon unit." The reference book Star Wars: Complete Locations identifies the laser-ice cutter, while later material clarifies the vehicle it is attached to is a Rebel cannon sled.
On set footage of the cannon and vehicle was included in the rare documentary by Michel Parbot, The Making of "The Empire Strikes Back". There were a number of publicity photos of Luke Skywalker manning cannon which, according to Lucasfilm Story Group executive Pablo Hidalgo, were not deleted scenes but rather on-set photos taken with the prop.
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files