Question: The fictional land Hoth first appeared in a film by what director?

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Soldier with the Green Whiskers: The Soldier with the Green Whiskers is a character from the fictional Land of Oz who appears in the classic children's series of Oz books by American author L. Frank Baum and his successors.  He is first introduced in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900).  His name is Omby Amby, but this was so obliquely stated that he also became known briefly as Wantowin Battles.

Sword of Aragon: Sword of Aragon is a turn-based strategy and role-playing game developed and published by Strategic Simulations in 1989.  It is also considered to be of the 4X genre.  Set in the fictional land of Aragon, the games casts its protagonist as the duke of a city named Aladda.  After assuming rule over the city and avenging his father's death, the protagonist embarks on a quest to unify the land through conquest.  Accomplishing this goal entails developing cities, recruiting armies, and directing the troops on the fields of battle to victory.  First published for MS-DOS, the game was ported to Amiga machines.  Reception towards "Sword of Aragon" tended to be more positive than negative; reviewers called it an exciting game, but criticized its method of copy protection and cited problems with its documentation.  There were also opinions that the game was more of a niche product, catering to hardcore strategists.

Lomar: Lomar is a fictional land in the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft, first mentioned in his short story "Polaris" (1918).

Hoth: Hoth is an ice planet in the "Star Wars" fictional universe.  It first appeared in the 1980 film "The Empire Strikes Back" and has also been a setting in "Star Wars" books and video games.

Beverly of Graustark: Beverly of Graustark (1926) is a silent film directed by Sidney Franklin, starring Marion Davies, Antonio Moreno and Creighton Hale.  The film's screenplay was written by Agnes Christine Johnston based on the novel by George Barr McCutcheon, and set on the fictional land of Graustark.  The movie features a final sequence in Technicolor.  This was the first film by Sidney Franklin for MGM.

Emerald City (disambiguation): The Emerald City is the capital city of the fictional Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's Oz books and in the 1939 film adaptation "The Wizard of Oz".

The Empire Strikes Back: The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner.  Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan wrote the screenplay, with George Lucas writing the film's story and serving as executive producer.  The second installment in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, it was produced by Gary Kurtz for Lucasfilm and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (ファイナルファンタジーXIV: 新生エオルゼア , Fainaru Fantajī Fōtīn: Shinsei Eoruzea , lit.  "Final Fantasy XIV: Reborn Eorzea") is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 (until June 16, 2017), PlayStation 4 and macOS.  It was developed and published by Square Enix, with Naoki Yoshida as producer and director, and was released worldwide on August 27, 2013.  "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn" takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original release.  At the conclusion of "Final Fantasy XIV", the primal dragon Bahamut escapes from its lunar prison to initiate the Seventh Umbral Calamity, an apocalyptic event which destroys much of Eorzea.  Through the gods' blessing, the player character escapes the devastation by time traveling five years into the future.  As Eorzea recovers and rebuilds, the player must deal with the impending threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north.

Land of Oz: The fictional Land of Oz is a magical country first introduced in the classic children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1900).

Tin Woodman: The Tin Woodman, better known as either the Tin Man or (incorrectly) the Tin Woodsman (the third name appears only in adaptations, the first—and in rare instances, the second—was used by Baum), is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum.  Baum's Tin Woodman first appeared in his classic 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", and reappeared in many other Oz books.  In late 19th-century America, men made out of various tin pieces were used in advertising and political cartoons.  Baum, who was editing a magazine on decorating shop windows when he wrote "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", was reportedly inspired to invent the Tin Woodman by a figure he had built out of metal parts for a shop display.

Supporting paragraphs: Hoth The Empire Strikes Back
Answer: Irvin Kershner