Episode V covers The Empire Strikes Back, and the Battle of Hoth is one of the most built battles in LEGO Star Wars. The snowspeeder was in the first wave of 1999, and the AT-AT has had a new version every few years since 2003, including 10178 Motorised Walking AT-AT in 2007, which really walks. Echo Base, the wampa cave and the medical bay where Luke recovers have all had sets too.
2004 LEGO Sets
2004 was a pivotal recovery year following financial losses in 2003. LEGO updated its color palette, introducing light nougat for licensed minifigures and brighter grays and browns. The company partnered with Ferrari under LEGO Racers and launched Knights’ Kingdom II, a story-driven reimagining of Castle. QUATRO expanded the preschool range, while World City, Orient Expedition, Spider-Man, and Gravity Games concluded. These shifts, along with strategic licensing, began LEGO’s long-term turnaround.