LEGO Star Wars Story, Part 50: "Till the Last Man Standing"

cubed3 (59)in #story • 7 years ago

The soldiers of death are marching right into the hell which is this battle on the snow of Hoth. The victory was meant to be easy for the Empire's forces, but the snow proved way more challenging for the unprepared stormtroopers just dressed in the iconic snowtrooper armor, but weren't actually trained to fight in these kind of conditions. The infamous gray shuttle flies over the progressing troops and lands right behind them sinking into the snow a little. The general rushes to meet up with Vader who is leading this assault.

Not even a hundred meters away, the rebels are preparing to rush out into the field for their glorious final stand and die a heroic death when a single Taun-taun rushes in from the rebel side of the blockade. The soldier riding it seems as some sort of a god with light shining down upon him, perhaps he is their salvation... He may not be their salvation, but he is there to help, Han Solo reveals himself. He explains why he has come, the rebel control knows the ammo is low and there is only one Imperial AT-AT left, so they sent them a gift...

He drops the heavy projectile onto the snowy ground... The projectile is a powerful combustion rocket able to penetrate any armor, but is almost impossible to get, since all weapon distribution and handling has to be registered by the Empire. the general tells Han to run, to run as far away as he can because he has to lead the rebellion after this, he is sure this isn't the end for the rebellion and now it seems as though is might not be indeed. Han turns around on his beast and rides back to Echo Base as fast as he can.

One of the brave volunteering soldiers grabs it and runs to the rocket launcher which just barely survived after the AT-AT's massive foot crashed through their snowy barricade. With the help of another they load it into the old barely working republic-era rocket launcher and pray to their gods that it will work... They press the launch button and...it fires into the air with immense force almost knocking them off their feet. It flies high into the air and starts dropping, but not to the ground, right into the AT-AT...

This is what their lives led up to, and it is magnificent... The projectile flies down right into the "head" of the beast imploding and then exploding it into a million pieces, it burst open like an orange being squeezed. The fire erupts and it is engulfed in smoke and metal ash. The pieces scatter the snow for thousands of miles in each direction. It must look truly beautiful, the soldiers back in Echo Base are cheering, but these ones cannot afford such luxury, they must fight to the death so the others can be evacuated...

To the shear horror of Vader and the snowtrooper squad accompanying him, their last AT-AT falls face first into the ground, it turns over and finally dies like a sick animal. Vader's fury could only be compared to his shock at the event which were unfolding right in front of his eyes... Moreover the insane rebels rush from behind their barriers and their hiding holes and rush head onto right into his forces... The old general is piloting a small cargo speeder with a mounted turret shooting right onto the stormtroopers... The Empire's forces start falling to the ground, they too in shock at what just happened... Could this be the turning point of the galactic civil war or will this just be another devastating defeat for the rebellion?