WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — "Star Wars" fans along the East Coast have taken to the streets in the wake of this weekend's massive snowstorm, drawn out by the irresistible similarities between the snow-covered landscape and the ice planet Hoth from "The Empire Strikes Back."
Some posted photoshopped images on social media of tauntauns and AT-AT vehicles wandering through New York and D.C.
Others created scenes in the snow with toys.
And some fans took it a step further.
Hundreds participated in a "Star Wars"-themed snowball fight in Dupont Circle organized by the Washington D.