The two-page comic entitled "Hoth" was included in Star Wars Tales #5. Dark Horse Comics released it to the public on September 27, 2000. Tony Millionaire both wrote and drew the story, while Michelle Madsen provided the colors, and Phil Amara served as the editor.
This short comic presents a narrative involving a wampa encountering an unaware Imperial viper probe droid. This encounter happens as the wampa hunts for tauntauns across the icy surface of the planet Hoth.
A wampa, driven by hunger, is shown stalking a group of at least five tauntauns. These tauntauns are feeding on lichen close to one of Hoth's many frozen lakes. The wampa gets ready to launch an attack, then it leaps forward, intending to seize one of the tauntauns. However, it unexpectedly collides with an Imperial probe droid. After a quick conflict involving blasters against the wampa's claws, the wampa is victorious over the probe droid and takes it back to its cave. Later, the droid is found suspended upside down within the icy cave, positioned above the skeletal remains of the wampa's previous meals.
Star Wars Tales 5, published by Dark Horse Comic's included "Hoth" upon its release on September 27, 2000. Subsequently, it was included in Star Wars Tales Volume 2, which was released on May 1, 2002. Tony Millionaire both wrote and drew the two-page comic, marking his initial contribution to the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Michelle Madsen added the colors, and Phil Amara was the editor.
The comic's conclusion, where the wampa suspends the probe droid in its cave, mirrors the way the wampa captures Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back.
Since "Hoth" was featured in an edition of Star Wars Tales prior to issue 21, the story's canonicity was initially uncertain. However, the occasions in "Hoth" were subsequently mentioned and elaborated upon in The Official Star Wars Fact File 51, which solidified the story's place in canon. According to the Fact File, scientists from the University of Sanbra later found the probe droid within the wampa's cave. They then utilized the recordings from the droid's memory to gain insights into the behavior patterns of these ice-dwelling creatures.