AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: INTO THE ASTEROID FIELD!

It's one of Han Solo's craziest stunts ever, as, against all worries from his friends (and odds advice from C-3PO), he sends the Millennium Falcon into the nearby Hoth system asteroid field in order to escape Imperial pursuit one more time, as seen in this great storyboard by Joe Johnston.

The chase as captured in an early movie trailer.

 

And below, a lovely piece of thumbnail art by Ralph McQuarrie.