Laser-ice cutter

The laser-ice cutter was a laser cannon used to sheer through ice.Star Wars: Complete Locations In 3 ABY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas 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 weeksStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization 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.
==Behind the scenes==
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."Star Wars: The Blueprints 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.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization 
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==Sources==
*Star Wars: Complete Locations 
*Star Wars: The Rebel Files
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