Cave

"Reminds me of Dagobah. Dunno why the Force seems to love caves so much."

―Luke Skywalker, in a cave on Serelia

Some wampas lived in the icy caves of Hoth.

A cave, also known as a grotto, was a void in a section of rock or dirt. Some caves, often called caverns, were large enough for sentient life to build cities in them. The surface of the planet Bilzen was covered in frozen caverns.

At a test firing of the DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station, Lieutenant Commander Orson Callan Krennic stated violence was part of every sentient species, noting that it was painted in caves.

Appearances

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• "Vengeful Waves" — Myths & Fables (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
• "The Black Spire" — Myths & Fables (and audiobook) (In flashback(s))
• "Tales of Enlightenment: New Prospects" — Star Wars Insider 213–214 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The High Republic: Tales of Enlightenment) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: Convergence (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Path of Deceit (and audiobook)
• The High Republic — The Blade 4 (Mentioned only)
• "Tales of Enlightenment: A Different Perspective" — Star Wars Insider 215 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The High Republic: Tales of Enlightenment) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: Path of Vengeance (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Cataclysm (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (and audiobook)
• "A Closed Fist Has No Claws" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "Set For Life" — The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021
• The High Republic: Into the Dark (and audiobook) (In flashback(s))
• The High Republic: Light of the Jedi (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: A Test of Courage (and audiobook)
• "Scavenger Hunt" — Free Comic Book Day 2025: All Ages
• The High Republic Adventures (2021) 3 (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic Adventures — The Monster of Temple Peak 3
• The High Republic Adventures — The Monster of Temple Peak 4
• The High Republic: The Rising Storm (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: Trail of Shadows 1
• The High Republic Adventures (2021) 8 (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: The Fallen Star (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: Escape from Valo (and audiobook)
• The High Republic: The Eye of Darkness (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: Tears of the Nameless (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic Adventures – Echoes of Fear 4
• The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 3
• The High Republic Adventures – Saber for Hire 4
• The High Republic: Seeds of Starlight
• The High Republic: Tempest Breaker (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
• The High Republic: Tempest Breaker script (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
• The High Republic Adventures – Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone 3
• The High Republic: Into the Light (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi (and audiobook)
• "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: Out with a Bang" — Star Wars Insider 231 (Mentioned only)
• The Acolyte: Wayseeker (and audiobook)
• The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown
• Mace Windu 2
• Mace Windu 3
• Padawan (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — "Life and Death"
• "The Weapon" — Age of Republic Special 1
• The Living Force (and audiobook)
• Darth Maul (2017) 2 (In flashback(s))
• Darth Maul (2017) 4
• Queen's Peril (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "Probe Droid Problem" — Darth Maul (2017) 1
• Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss (and audiobook)
• "Raiders of the Lost Gundark" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 18
• Obi-Wan and Anakin 4
• Obi-Wan and Anakin 5
• Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (and audiobook)
• Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu 2
• "The Failing of the Light" — Star Wars Insider 233 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ambush"
• "Sharing the Same Face" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Dooku Captured"
• "Dooku Captured" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Landing at Point Rain"
• Forces of Destiny: Daring Adventures: Volume 2 (and audiobook)
• "The Lost Nightsister" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook)
• "Dark Vengeance" — The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark (and audiobook)
• Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "A Death on Utapau"
• Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
• Darth Vader (2017) 5
• Master of Evil
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Infested"
• Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Outpost"
• Darth Vader (2017) 13
• Darth Vader (2017) 14
• Darth Vader (2017) 15
• Darth Vader (2017) 16
• Ahsoka (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Most Wanted (and audiobook)
• Rebel Rising (and audiobook)
• "The Ghosts of Maul" — Stories of Jedi and Sith (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "The End of History" — Star Wars Insider 154 (reprinted in Star Wars Insider: The Fiction Collection Volume 2)
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part I"
• Obi-Wan Kenobi 1
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi — "Part VI"
• Choose Your Destiny: A Podracer Mission
• Lost Stars webcomic
• "The Hoojib Menace" — Star Wars Adventures Annual 2021
• Star Wars: Andor — "Aldhani" (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: Andor — "Narkina 5"
• Star Wars: Andor — "Daughter of Ferrix"
• "Eyes on the Prize" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 6
• "Becoming Hunted" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 10 (Mentioned only)
• "Ice Breaking" — Star Wars Rebels Magazine 16
• Star Wars Rebels — "The Mystery of Chopper Base"
• "The Long Game" — Age of Rebellion Special 1
• Star Wars Rebels — "The Holocrons of Fate"
• Star Wars Rebels — "Visions and Voices"
• Star Wars Rebels — "Trials of the Darksaber"
• "The Witch & the Wookiee" — Myths & Fables (and audiobook) (Mentioned only) (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars Rebels — "Flight of the Defender" (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Rebels — "Kindred"
• Star Wars Rebels — "Crawler Commandeers"
• Star Wars: Tales of the Empire — "The Way Out"
• "An Old Hope" — Life Day Treasury (Mentioned only)
• "Tales of Villainy: Grave Digger" — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 10
• "Reflection Day" — Life Day Treasury
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "Time of Death" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (and audiobook)
• "By Whatever Sun" — From a Certain Point of View (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Princess Leia 3
• Chewie and the Courageous Kid (reprinted in Galactic Adventures Storybook Collection)
• Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original
• Darth Vader (2015) 4
• Star Wars (2015) 13 (Mentioned only)
• Darth Vader (2015) 16
• Star Wars (2015) 27
• Star Wars (2015) 28
• Star Wars (2015) 29
• Doctor Aphra (2016) 1
• "Mind Your Manners" — Star Wars Adventures Annual 2018
• Star Wars Annual (2015) 3
• Star Wars (2015) 39
• Star Wars (2015) 40
• Star Wars (2015) 70
• "An Echo of Victory" — Empire Ascendant 1
• "Hunger" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "Luke on the Bright Side" — Stories of Jedi and Sith (and audiobook)
• "In the Lair of the Dragon Slug" — Tales from the Rancor Pit
• Yoda 10
• Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (First appearance)
• The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
• "Rogue Two" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "She Will Keep Them Warm" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• "The Trial of Dagobah" — Age of Rebellion Special 1
• Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures — "Han Solo vs. the Space Slug - The Escape Artist" (Mentioned only)
• "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "Vergence" — From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (and audiobook)
• Star Wars (2020) 5
• Star Wars (2020) 6
• Darth Vader (2020) 7
• Darth Vader (2020) 8
• Star Wars (2020) 9 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars (2020) 15 (Mentioned only)
• Bounty Hunters 16 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars (2020) 24
• Crimson Reign 3 (In flashback(s))
• Crimson Reign 4
• Bounty Hunters 31 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Outlaws
• "Return to Echo Base" — Free Comic Book Day 2024: Star Wars 1
• Star Wars (2020) 46
• Star Wars (2020) 49 (In flashback(s))
• Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (and audiobook)
• "Masters" — Stories of Jedi and Sith (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "The Man Who Captured Luke Skywalker" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Adventures: Shadow of Vader's Castle (In flashback(s))
• Ewoks (2024) 3
• Ewoks (2024) 4
• Alphabet Squadron (and audiobook)
• Aftermath (and audiobook)
• Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook)
• Aftermath: Life Debt (and audiobook)
• Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (and audiobook)
• Aftermath: Empire's End (and audiobook)
• Star Wars (2025) 1 (In flashback(s))
• Last Shot (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• The Mandalorian Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 2: The Child"
• The Mandalorian 2
• The Mandalorian 7 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 9: The Marshal"
• The Mandalorian Season 2 Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• The Mandalorian Season 2 1
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 10: The Passenger"
• Star Wars: The Mandalorian — "Chapter 21: The Pirate"
• Poe Dameron: Free Fall (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• Shadow of the Sith (and audiobook)
• Bloodline (and audiobook) (First identified as cavern)
• Age of Resistance - Supreme Leader Snoke 1
• The Legends of Luke Skywalker (and audiobook)
• "The Face of Evil" (reprinted in Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I)
• Forces of Destiny—Rose & Paige (Mentioned only)
• Poe Dameron 1
• Poe Dameron 2
• Poe Dameron 3
• Poe Dameron 11 (In flashback(s))
• Poe Dameron 12
• Poe Dameron 13
• Phasma (and audiobook)
• The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadron (and audiobook)
• Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (and audiobook)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• Legacy of Vader 10
• Resistance Reborn (and audiobook)
• "Through the Turbulence" — Stories of Jedi and Sith (and audiobook)
• Star Wars Resistance — "The New World"
• Allegiance 2 (Mentioned only)
• "Secret Agent Droids, Part 3" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 29 (Mentioned only)
• R2-D2 is LOST!
• Spark of the Resistance (and audiobook)
• A Crash of Fate (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
• "Black Spire: Return to a Shattered Planet" — Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire
• Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1
• "The Obstacle Course, Part 1" — Star Wars Adventures (2020) 1
• The Jaws of Jakku (In flashback(s))
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (and audiobook)
• The Last Order

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Showdown on Hoth"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Duel of Destiny"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "Return of the Kyber Saber"
• LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures — "The Pit and the Pinnacle"
• Star Wars: Visions — "Screecher's Reach"

Sources

•  "Dooku Captured" Episode Guide | The Clone Wars on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Scout Trooper Databank A-Z: Bongo–Bowcaster
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Jango Fett Databank A-Z: 'Occupier' Tank–Oola
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: 501st Legion Stormtrooper Databank A-Z: E-11 Blaster–Cornelius Evazan
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Hoth Rebel Soldier Weapons & Uniforms: Echo Base
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: AT-RT Driver Highlights of the Saga: The Battle of Ryloth
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Commander Thire Highlights of the Saga: Ambush on Rugosa
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Kylo Ren Databank A-Z: Greedo–Gundarks
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Zuckuss Databank A-Z: Admiral Yularen–Zarro

• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Biggs Darklighter

• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Biggs Darklighter Databank A-Z: Venator–Asajj Ventress
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Biggs Darklighter Highlights of the Saga: Someone to Watch Over Me

• Star Wars: Complete Locations
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Captain Rex Databank A-Z: Valorum–Vassek
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Commander Ponds Highlights of the Saga: The End of Endurance
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Naboo Royal Guard Databank A-Z: Tauntaun–TIE Craft
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Galactic Marine Databank A-Z: Vulptex–Wampas
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Blaster Training Helmet Weapons & Uniforms: Training the Jedi
• Star Wars Helmet Collection: Silvanie Phest Highlights of the Saga: The Battle for Jedha
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
• Dawn of Rebellion
• Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
• Star Wars: Alien Archive (First identified as grotto)
• Star Wars: Creatures Big & Small
• Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
• Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi
• Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu
• "R2-D2" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "Naboo" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Battle of Hoth and the Second Death Star" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "The Final Order and the Battle of Exegol" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• "C-3PO" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
• Star Wars: The Black Series Archive (Pack: Luke Skywalker (Hoth)) (backup link)
• Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – The Official Collector's Edition
•  "Replacements" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
•  Make the Jump Into Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories With the New Dark Horse Comic – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars Bestiary, Vol. 1: Creatures of the Galaxy
• Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection
• The Art of Star Wars: Outlaws
•  Aeos Prime in the Databank (backup link)
•  Ahch-To Mirror Cave in the Databank (backup link)
•  Asteroid Field in the Databank (backup link)
•  Ben Kenobi's cave in the Databank (backup link)
•  Cave of Evil in the Databank (backup link)
•  ice spiders in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
•  mudhorn in the Databank (backup link)
•  Vader's castle in the Databank (backup link)

Non-canon sources

• The Art of Star Wars: Visions

Notes and references

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