Five Reasons North Dakota is Just Like Hoth, the ‘Star Wars’ Ice Planet

While North Dakota isn't exactly an 'ice planet,' it might as well be in the winter. Have you ever flown over North Dakota after a massive snow storm? It looks exactly like Hoth. The only thing it's missing is Luke Skywalker on a tauntaun, which brings us to reason number two.

In 'The Empire Strikes Back,' Luke Skywalker and his tauntaun are attacked by Hoth's resident predator, the wampa. You know what else doesn't like you messing around their territory? Bison. However, a bison probably wouldn't eat your minivan like the wampa ate Luke's tauntaun, but I digress.

It's no secret that there are a lot of people with connections to Norway living in North Dakota, Hell, according to Wikipedia, one in three North Dakotans is of Norwegian descent, but did you know that the Hoth scenes in 'The Empire Strikes Back' were actually shot on a glacier in Norway? It's true.

You wouldn't think places with such frigid temperatures would be home to military bases, but North Dakota has the Minot Air Force Base and Hoth has the secret Rebel Alliance base. The Minot Air Force Base, however, has never been evacuated because of a droid.

How do North Dakotans like to get around in the winter? Snowmobiles. How do the Rebels get around to battle the AT-ATs? Snowspeeders. Coincidence? I don't think so.