Post by Z451 on Apr 4, 2014 21:52:15 GMT
AT-AT
Dialog in National Public Radio's adaptation of The Empire Strikes Back says that AT-ATs "look like animals"; the character goes on to describe the vehicles as carrying "extremely heavy armor and armaments".
The AT-AT, designed to favor "fear over function", is manned by two men to drive the vehicle and can carry up to five speeder bikes and 40 Imperial stormtroopers.
The walkers themselves carry two blasters and two laser cannons.
Manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards, Expanded Universe sources describe the AT-AT as being either 15 metres (49 ft) or 22.5 metres (74 ft) tall.
Their armor is resistant to most standard blaster weapons; however, the "neck" column of the walker holds no such invulnerability and, if shot, can cause the entire walker to be destroyed.
The AT-AT is the primary assault vehicle during the Battle of Hoth, first depicted in The Empire Strikes Back.
In the film, the AT-ATs are responsible for destroying the shield generator protecting the Rebel headquarters, taking out many soldiers, vehicles, and installations in the process.
Luke Skywalker, realizing that the walkers are all but impervious to blaster fire, orders his squadron's snowspeeders to entangle their legs with the tow cables—a trick he remembered using on Tatooine to rein in hard-to-control farm animals.
Wedge Antilles is able to wrap his cable around one, causing its collapse.
Skywalker destroys another by hoisting himself underneath it, slicing open its belly with his lightsaber, and tossing in a concussion grenade.
An AT-AT makes a brief appearance in Return of the Jedi, where one walks up alongside a landing platform on Endor, delivering Luke to Darth Vader.
Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_%28Star_Wars%29#All_Terrain_Armored_Transport_.28AT-AT.29
Starwars.com> starwars.com/explore/encyclopedia/technology/atatwalker/
Wookieepedia> starwars.wikia.com/wiki/AT-AT
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Lucasfilm LTD.> lucasfilm.com/
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The AT-AT, designed to favor "fear over function", is manned by two men to drive the vehicle and can carry up to five speeder bikes and 40 Imperial stormtroopers.
The walkers themselves carry two blasters and two laser cannons.
Manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards, Expanded Universe sources describe the AT-AT as being either 15 metres (49 ft) or 22.5 metres (74 ft) tall.
Their armor is resistant to most standard blaster weapons; however, the "neck" column of the walker holds no such invulnerability and, if shot, can cause the entire walker to be destroyed.
The AT-AT is the primary assault vehicle during the Battle of Hoth, first depicted in The Empire Strikes Back.
In the film, the AT-ATs are responsible for destroying the shield generator protecting the Rebel headquarters, taking out many soldiers, vehicles, and installations in the process.
Luke Skywalker, realizing that the walkers are all but impervious to blaster fire, orders his squadron's snowspeeders to entangle their legs with the tow cables—a trick he remembered using on Tatooine to rein in hard-to-control farm animals.
Wedge Antilles is able to wrap his cable around one, causing its collapse.
Skywalker destroys another by hoisting himself underneath it, slicing open its belly with his lightsaber, and tossing in a concussion grenade.
An AT-AT makes a brief appearance in Return of the Jedi, where one walks up alongside a landing platform on Endor, delivering Luke to Darth Vader.
Links
Wikipedia> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_%28Star_Wars%29#All_Terrain_Armored_Transport_.28AT-AT.29
Starwars.com> starwars.com/explore/encyclopedia/technology/atatwalker/
Wookieepedia> starwars.wikia.com/wiki/AT-AT
Copyright Owner
Lucasfilm LTD.> lucasfilm.com/
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