Finse
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Finse is a mountain hamlet in Ulvik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The small settlement is located along the lake Finsevatnet and it is centered around Finse station, a railway station on th
A Bergen Line train at Finse station
Finse is the highest point of Norway's railroad system, at 1222 meters above sea level
Finse in winter
The Empire Strikes Back
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The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner from a screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas. The sequel to Sta
Finse
…is the setting of Anne Holt's 2007 novel 1222. It is also the setting for the climax of the 1948 Hammond Innes novel The Blue Ice. For the 1980 movie The Empire Strikes Back, the second feature film of the Star Wars franchise, Finse was used as filming location for several scenes taking place on the ice planet Hoth. The…
Theatrical release poster by Roger Kastel
Star Wars creator George Lucas (pictured in 1986) was thoroughly involved in The Empire Strikes Back, but wanted to avoid the stress of serving as director again.
Billy Dee Williams (pictured in 1997) joined the cast as Lando Calrissian.
Hardangerjøkulen glacier pictured in 2007. It served as the exterior of the ice planet Hoth.