The king of matte paintings when it came to depicting the natural environs of the ice planet Hoth, 'Wunderkid' artist Michael Pangrazio brings to life a shot of the Rebel base power generators for a view ultimately not used in The Empire Strikes Back. (Note the curved tracks towards the generators, from some kind of vehicle we ultimately never saw, or perhaps linked to the location filmed Rebel Tank.) Presumably created to make the generators objective stand out for audiences during the film's major battle sequence, a model (shown below) would instead act as a replacement shot via the telescopic sighting made by General Veers in his AT-AT Walker. Other shots of the generator were achieved by further matte paintings (superimposed onto previously shot second unit location footage) from both Pangrazio and Harrison Ellenshaw.
More on the behind the scenes location and effects filming for the Hoth scenes:
https://www.starwars.com/news/hoth-behind-the-scenes
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