Star Wars: Inside the All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT)

[@Halfscreen]

There is an updated version of this animation of the AT-AT. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJa9eHeAbraXjck

[@Dave_B33]

For those who didn't grow up in the 70's and 80's, there aren't enough words to describe how absolutely amazing Star Wars was for kids play inspiration. You would sprint to the toy section of department stores to see what new Star Wars toys and figures were out. We played in the snow all day digging trenches in snow banks and pretending we fighting on Hoth. Woods and trails served as Endor. There has been nothing quite like it since.

[@kravin74]

Amen brother! The AT AT was the one that I wanted so bad but $50 was a lot for a toy back then and we were not rich so I never got it but I had lots of other Star Wars toys. It's all I asked for for birthday and Christmas for years and all I cared about. I tell someone not long ago but if you wasn't alive back then you do not understand how powerful that line from Empire Strikes Back when Darth Vader tells Luke he is his father. It was a once in a lifetime era.

[@StallionStudios1234]

I built an AT-AT when I was 11 to the same scale as the action figures. I thought the Goy one was way too small to scale so I built one more than twice the size out of foam, cardboard and duct tape. I could put my action figures in there. and fight my snow speeder toy. That was in the 90s around the time the special addition movies came out.

[@patrickkasmir3914]

Exactly!!

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

Totally ruined by the woke clowns at disney

[@ssdivizion]

We who were children in the 80's had a wonderful childhood, we played outside, rode our bikes everywhere, there were no cell phones to distract us from the Beauty around us....I presume it was the similar for the kids in the 70's

[@owenkeller2748]

They should have made a full scale AT-AT at Disney land as a static attraction. Plenty of fun going up inside for the kids and the fans. Cheap, classic, no brainer.

[@cltransler]

I believe there is one at DisneyWorld. You can't walk in it, but it is imposing.

[@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970]

Hollywood Studios in Orlando has one near the Star Tours ride

[@cltransler]

@@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970 I noted that above--but you can't walk through it. I want to go inside! 😃

[@konnorrockkonnoisseur4970]

@@cltransler imagine a ride where you sit in the cockpit with 3-D goggles and you drive the damn thing

[@velveetaslingshot]

Thats too much common sense for Disney.....

[@dr.livesey6120]

I'm surprised he went straight forward, no sponsors or telling his viewers to subscribe or follow or that there's more views the followers. Props to this guy

[@Mack_Dingo]

I hate when they demand you to hit the bell and subscribe its so generic

[@robertjohnston8531]

@@Mack_Dingo Especially when they do it at the start, before I know if their content is worthwhile or not.

[@ZeroOmega-vg8nq]

@@robertjohnston8531 sadly moistcritical explained that you're kinda forced to do that. He got some data that showed people getting reminded to like comment and stuff has a more common chance that viewers will do so. KZbinrs just make it a small guilt trip when they say "i know its annoying but please it really helps us in the algorithm"

[@daisiesofdoom]

It's there, right at the end.

[@el_puma_real]

Guy? or Machine?...........

[@juusstis]

At first I just loved the AT-AT because I thought it’s fire power and armor was cool, but after hearing it can store 5 speeder bikes or 2 AT-STs, and about 40 troops?! I love it even more

[@ggkoomz]

Yeah, open the hatch and all the stormtroopers just fall to their deaths.

[@restlessbohemian26]

It has shrank over time - when the novel came out in 1980 it was 40 stories in height and now it's down to 74 feet?!?!?!?

[@chrismath149]

@@ggkoomz Aren't the hatches at the flanks?

[@ggkoomz]

@@chrismath149 Dunno, I just assumed they were underneath after Luke gets a grenade inside one from an opening underneath.

[@chrismath149]

@@ggkoomz Oh that. Well, it's not supposed to be open. A similar hatch is used in US military chinooks. Anyway, in the ATAT the main hatches are still sitting on the side.

[@elivanto1673]

Back in the 80's we just called them "At At" that rhymes with "cat cat" The things were scary as heck to a 5-yr old like me. Nowadays I constantly hear how people feel they are too unrealistic and impractical, but the younger generations just don't understand the dark awe that made them such a cherished toy to have.

[@Pynaegan]

Back then, no one had ever *SEEN* anything like it before. I feel "bad" for the newer generations. They seem to have missed out on "the magic" somehow. I guess smartphones and what ever kind of show you could ever want at your finger tips has desensitized them to the point that nothing truly impresses them. I'm glad I grew up being jealous of the kid who's folks could afford to buy him an ATARI-2600! There is *NO WAY* I'd want to be a kid in "todays" world.

[@brucewatson8750]

Too true! I kept wanting the narrator to say "at at". I still have mine, up in the attic, after all these years. I sold some of my ol' Star Wars toys but kept the ones that have a memory attached - like the ones my dad bought for me when I hit my first home run in little league. (1978, I think). Anyway, glad to know it was not just me calling it "at at"!

[@simon0674]

They will always be AT-AT's to me to not A-T A-T's

[@jaye1967]

Just remember Star Wars was written for young boys, entertainment from our childhood. They only have to look cool. Most folks will just enjoy them for that.

[@astroboy314]

Ask a kid, that scene on Hoth was my favourite of any Star Wars movie. (I was 5 when Empire Strikes Back came out.)

[@jacobrobertson2906]

This video was narrated by an actual Imperial Walker

[@RichardBrennan46]

Nice one ha ha haha

[@VCYT]

You racist !

[@mistermellowsart]

Or a droid. 🤔

[@Bulletbillspeeder25]

The walkers are cool and someday when I get battlefont 2 and if I am able to ride one of the at ats I would say WE RIDE UNTILL DAWN B

[@Lukerr239]

I'm pretty high and that comment fucked me over

[@bbrigman9382]

Would love to see the AT-AT at 3 meters as it unloaded troops.

[@Halfscreen]

I wasn't sure exactly how that was supposed to look like until I saw an image today by accident.

[@Halfscreen]

@GrantKP I think you are right, I only used the images from the cross-section Star Wars book.

[@ryeguy7941]

I've only ever seen troops grapple down from it.

[@Helmovic]

@@ryeguy7941 in empire at war right?

[@blastech4095]

Really I think the side door would slide open and the troops would descend on ropes, no need for the AT-AT to lower itself or even stop moving.

[@xarzu]

The AT-AT was a psychological weapon mostly and used to strike fear in less evolved socities in the galaxy but with a little bit of cunning, a well armed and advanced foe could trip up the walker because of its high center of gravity.

[@alexanerose4820]

it's still an effective weapon that NEEDS unconventional means to deal with it efficiently. Think of it this way: mean looking teeth and mean-looking teeth that can still chew you to paste and crack your bones like twogs are two different things. The AT-AT is both psychological tool and giant armored mobile high ground with torbolaser style blasters and troopers inside.Don't forget only 1 walker was tripped on hoth and the other was destroyed with a lightsaber. The rest were fine and shot down all the other snow speeders that tried the tow cable trick. Ask yourself: what happens when it stops walking? Do the armor, heavy blaster cannonss, and troops inside go away? What now tough guy?

[@MaestroJericho]

It's like Hitler's giant tank and aircraft ideas. They're not the most practical but they'd be very scary.

[@alexanerose4820]

@@MaestroJericho Actually, he just didn't have the tech at the time to pull it off. I mean, half of what a T-34 Tiger could do could be programmed into a otherboard and the weight and maintenance would drop significantly

[@hexaltheninjawow9531]

Even without unconventional tactics, I think it could still be dealt with fairly easily. Severing the neck or major damage to just the head could disable the crew and stop an AT-AT. A common strategy used by the Taliban against US tanks were to fire RPGs at the tank tread (or so I was told), you could probably use this same strategy against AT-ATs, explosives at the joints, crippling the ability to move. But I’m no expert, so take this with a grain of salt.

[@xarzu]

The Lucas Force galaxy tech is much different than the tech of The Milky Way. In some ways we can make a weapon even more fierce by using RT tech which, for some reason the Lucas Force galaxy ignores. Perhaps this is what the droids are for. I think we should look towards Boston Dynamics (?) or is it Boston Robotics to submit something to DARPA. One day we might have weapons that make the Lucas Force galaxy tech look obsolete. Remember the computer in the movie "Alien". It was supposed to be futuristic at the time the movie came out. Here, let me give you another analogy. Our iPhones are more advanced that the Star Trek communicator which looks like a flip phone.

[@dupre7416]

Oh man, that Hoth battle was so epic when I watched it in the theater. My 12 year old self was quite impressed. I still get some feelings to this day.

[@darianleyer5777]

The difference between an AT-AT and a Stormtrooper on foot, according to Jacen Solo from the Legends timeline, is that one's an imperial walker, and the other's a walking imperial.

[@hoarder66]

Neither can hit a target😂

[@darianleyer5777]

@@hoarder66 Tru

[@a_random_scotsman]

@@hoarder66 except of the target is a shield projector/generator

[@murrayshekelberg9754]

@@a_random_scotsman If the rebels would have painted a target on it then it would have missed

[@a_random_scotsman]

@@murrayshekelberg9754 perhaps

[@PlayerAndres]

A channel that started 3 years ago uploading music videos, physics animations, talking about youtuber and celebrities, And now explaining the infrastructures of iconic vehicles ... what a great change XD

[@Halfscreen]

Andres, that is an awesome observation on your part! I never took my channel too seriously, it was something fun for me to do during my past time. I spent of most of my life creating contents for other, it's now time for me to create content for myself. Thanks for the kind gesture!

[@waynemiller218]

Scariff was the planet was the date of archive the whole the Death Star plans and Rogue one the rebels had to go there and that's where they encountered the Imperial walkers

[@Skelldr]

Yes. It was a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@darransykes5703]

@@waynemiller218 Imperial Cargo Walkers but close enough...

[@0005Emerson]

Funny how when the walkers head explodes the one behind it looks away in horror.

[@yourtypicalrebel4354]

And tye AT ST is like “whatever AT STs have shot eachother down, this is nothing new to me”.

[@masere]

Funny how the head explodes even though Luke throws the grenade in the body.

[@digimaks]

I wonder why would its head exlopde? There is no ammo or fuel in it!

[@Prokerboss]

@@digimaks maybe because of the cannons? Good point tho

[@shadowbanned5164]

@@digimaks The pilots are sealed into the control deck and have farts shaken out of them every step the machine takes making the control deck a methane bomb just awaiting a spark lol

[@sledgesworld]

I was ten when Star Wars came out. And I am constantly amazed by how much thought and care goes into your and others' projects. Thank you for a great video.

[@Halfscreen]

Well said!

[@worstchoresmadesimple6259]

The Empire brought Peace and Prosperity and the AT AT was the best Christmas present any kid could have in the 80s.

[@КанафияБотаев-ф6ч]

На Русскому

[@kjpphotography4764]

I loved it as a kid and still love it as an adult. I loved the AT-AT drivers too!

[@originaluddite]

The AT-AT drivers are my favourite Imperial armour costume for some reason.

[@kjpphotography4764]

@@originaluddite There is something about them that makes them so cool.

[@white-dragon4424]

For the costumes they simply took two TIE Pilot helmets left over from ANH and repainted them and gave them new widgets and stick on badges. The pilots from the other walker we see are the same ones only with the red stripes removed from their "mohawks" as a way to make them look like different pilots.

[@kjpphotography4764]

@@white-dragon4424 Thanks for the information!

[@robzilla730]

@@white-dragon4424 fun fact: the actor who played Wedge's gunner, Janson, also played one of the Walker drivers.

[@Superguapo100]

The coolest looking ,and the most ineffective vehicle ever designed.

[@alphayun7401]

i used to think the same, thinking the predecessor the at-te was far superior, but as it turns out the at-at could take the at-te, maybe the empire could have upgraded the at-te with the same weapons and armor they put on the at-at?

[@lephantomchickn3676]

I'll just copy paste this from the other comment. Magnetized feet and such things allow walkers to be utilized in low gravity settings, as Anakin Skywalker used AT TEs on asteroids and hulls of ships, and repulsorlift technology is more vulnurable to external jamming or disabling by shields. AT ATs and other walkers didn't have the issue of enemy shield interference, which is why the Empire deployed them within the Rebel shield on Hoth to destroy the generator, allowing aircraft to land safely, so that's another positive.

[@fredstriker2042]

No kidding, I still think the fact they didn't have a bathroom in the thing is why they lost the war lol

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

"I'm gonna make an APC, except.... I think I'll lift it's centre of gravity up as high as possible, for absolutely no discernable reason... And then stack four huge, potential failure-points below it, right at ground level, so the most vulnerable, mechanically-complex parts are the easiest to access from the ground... And you know what an armoured military transport system REALLY needs? The capacity to get tripped over!! And the Imperial army doesn't really NEED the ability to handle a 7 degree incline, does it?!?" I'm guessing the AT-AT was designed by the same Imperial engineer, who built both Death Stars...

[@TheDragonfriday]

@@alphayun7401 it needs more weapons for all side as it slow, big, easy target. Bombs exist with fast vehicle easily could just deliver bombs on it

I was 14 when Then Empire Strikes Back came out and stood in line for 2 hours to see it. The HOTH battle scene more than made up for the wait.

[@daveygivens735]

60 Kilometers an hour? Jedi, please...

[@takir1907]

16 k an hour

[@NefastusJones]

60 km/week.

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

I was hoping someone was going to tell him 🤣🤣

[@driiifter]

It's actually a damn good design for a pure siege weapon. When we were kids and even now people think of the application of it to be more like a tank, which it isn't, it isn't designed to duel other vehicles or be an infantry killer. Hence why it's called All Terrain and why it was going after a shield generator.

[@jakemeyer8188]

"The most vulnerable part of the walker was...anything not directly in front of its face..."

[@MWSin1]

Also, if it falls down, it forgets how to be armored.

[@PpAirO5]

@@MWSin1.. 😂 Yes, i allways thought that was so stupid.

[@maksimmuruev423]

logic isnt about SW fans.. I cant stand this movie.. it's violated any common sense, logic.. and critical thinking.

[@randomn4me205]

3:18 "expansive field of fire"?

[@lefthook4878]

Modern day American Abrams tank would shit all over an AT-AT

[@azimuth361]

"It's their blinding speed and low center of gravity that makes them formidable weapons." Chad Vader

[@Haze1434]

Looks good: Yes. Practical in any other way: No.

[@markvaughan7530]

There's historical precedent for military preference of form over function. Just look at German uniforms vs Soviet uniforms in the invasion of Russia during WW2. The German uniforms looked good, but retained body heat like sieves. The Russian uniforms retained body heat really well, but looked like someone used the surplus fabric from making the German uniforms, with no real regard to color or pattern.

[@johncaddick5075]

Powerful unit, but more flash than actual substance. Same issues as in Stargate SG 1, P90 vs Gould staff weapon.

[@gordonlekfors2708]

@@markvaughan7530 only to a very limited extent. something that is useless will not suffice for combat.

[@johnspbea7827]

Where is a toilet?

[@musclesglasses5790]

Yep, any modern Armored Transport Vehicle is way better than this hunk of metal: much less materials to make, about similar number of transported troops, lower profile for evading fire.

[@leeprice2849]

The new Lego UCS AT-AT nails its interior

[@gordonwong1946]

One other vulnerability: There isn't any rear defense.

[@kevinstroup]

Or defense from above or directly below. Horrid design.

[@copa8]

@@kevinstroup Yup. Should've mounted some missile batteries.

[@ryeguy7941]

The ones on Kashyyyk in fallen order had a rear mounted turret on the back.

[@thunderedsun203]

@@ryeguy7941 yeah your right

[@thunderedsun203]

@@kevinstroup the ones on kashyyk had a top defense but only in kashyyk

[@justicetaylor3050]

It was fun to climb on it in the game Starwars Fallen Order.

[@nerdgeekcosplay909]

And driving that baby was awesome

[@chrischreative2245]

One of my favorite Star Wars vehicles! Love it

[@Halfscreen]

Right on!

[@whatabouttheearth]

They were inspired by the cranes in the Port of Oakland in west Oakland in California. Lucas has studios all over the bay area

[@Floydpink68]

1:33 gotta love those supplemental toe flaps on those foot pads! 😂

[@CollectorChronicles]

Could never get enough AT-AT crew. The coolest looking guys in the movie and you only get a glimpse. They finally did action figures that do them justice.

[@jamesstorey1206]

It was a thing of beauty, it was something to be feared

[@Pynaegan]

Yeah, you fear it landing on you after it explodes. Don't get me wrong. I've always *LOVED* this thing but the movies don't do it(or the chicken walkers) justice. One grenade takes it out. Trips over it's own shoe laces and then there is that other problem that's a real pain in the neck!

[@ericstoverink6579]

It was something to be laughed at. Like all star wars technology.

[@pbxn-3rdx-85percent]

AT-AT must be the bumpiest ride of the empire. Whoever sold it to the empire was the greatest arms salesman. "Sure it's a bit of a bumpy ride Lord Vader but just look at the armaments package. You got more bang for your imperial bucks."

[@blahblahblahdeeblah]

*slaps roof of transport*

[@Thebigb-z2k]

Lol "More bang for your imperial bucks."

[@bronzantilium7699]

“You won’t find a sexier high occupant land vehicle in the galaxy either, Dark Lord. I mean, take a look at those legs.”

[@BennyLlama39]

"Although I have to be honest with you-- fuel consumption leaves *a LOT* to be desired. Big bugger like this, you get about a hundred gallons to the mile." : )

[@MrUndoe]

@@BennyLlama39 “I find your lack of fuel efficiency disturbing.”

[@clonecommando5237]

My little AT-ATs, they grow up so fast...

[@eod6348]

Wow looking at this video the lego ucs atat nailed it.

[@pab1381]

This channel is so cool. I’ve always wondered what these things look like inside.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for watching!

[@nasanodia736]

Quick Fact: the AT-ST from ESB is completely different from the one in ROTJ. It is a better looking sleeker design, with a smaller head and longer legs. ROTJ Version has a longer head with short squat legs.

[@Halfscreen]

Good point, I'm still trying to understand the different variation of ships, name convention, design, ect.

[@petershamofbordemville631]

Interesting

[@petershamofbordemville631]

@´°` yes

[@deanatkinsonfilm5403]

Watching This as if it's real and am totally fine with that fact.

[@JohnDoe-bw3tz]

I'd like to cite two luminaries here: "The architect was either a certified genius or an aesthetic wacko" (Ray Stantz) "But why?" (Ryan Reynolds)

[@ShaunBonJovi]

The Lego creator that designed the lego expert version of this AT-AT is slick as hell.

[@danieltodorovic3879]

awesome modelling and renders my dude! so impressive

[@drydogg]

Nice video! I did, however, think that the AT-AT was much larger than that, probably because I was just a kid when "Empire" came out in theaters.

[@Halfscreen]

Fair enough! Everything looks bigger when you are a kid.

[@MicMcCabe]

In TESB I always thought the relative size of the vehicle when viewed from the rebel base, from inside skywalker’s cockpit and from the outside view of the battle scenes (which is probably the most accurate as I’m presuming for the practical special effects team, they kept them proportional... then again, that may not be the case), were all different so I don’t think it’s thoroughly defined by the movies. The original films were before an Internet fandom which demanded specifications and detail; something which I think takes away from the magic of the artistic endeavours

[@SandraOrtmann1976]

Hm...a symbol of the Empire, indeed. High above all else, and lots of thin air in-between.

[@Denever]

The Empire kept order in the Galaxy.

[@TenToAceStudios]

fun fact: the AT-AT's joints were also quite vulnerable, though not quite as much as the neck. during the battle of hoth an ex imperial was piloting his snow speeder and knew about the joints, he instructed his gunner to focas all his fire on one of the ankels of the walker as they did a flyby and after one pass (that came so close that the pilot had to fly between the walker's legs) they severed the foot from the leg and the huge machine toppeled

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for the info!

[@robzilla730]

Would've been nice if said ex-imperial-now-rebel would've shared that bit of useful info with THE REST OF ROGUE SQUADRON! Hobbie & Dak would've appreciated it I'm sure.

[@TenToAceStudios]

@@robzilla730 he would’ve but he saw Luke’s idea of Tripping them and thought that was way better so it was irrelevant

[@robzilla730]

@@TenToAceStudios nah. He was trying to get Luke and Wedge killed off so HE could take Command! 2 faced Bastard! Lol

[@robzilla730]

Actually, he gave Luke the idea but Luke rejected it because he didn't think of it. Arrogant Bastard that he is...

[@shawnarmstrong7918]

That was an awesome video. Thank you

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sebastian_niegoh]

This is the most terrifying and amazing machine I've ever seen in Star Wars

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Seems so slow to get your troops were you need to be. The older modle looks more stable and the turret looks more powerfull. This things ass is the super blind spot. None the less its still fucking awsome. So cool how it can hold those speed bikes to.

[@sileikalaimonas]

@Huseyn Mammadov Correct. This was known as the Tarkin doctrine "the fear of a force can be more effective than the force itself". ie. Bigger = scarier = "I don't want to fight that", even at a lower quality. Which sort of explains why the Empire fell. Once hope/anger replaced fear, the Tarkim doctrine couldn't fill in the gaps of effectiveness in the Empire's military and Navy. Making the Empire an easier target.

[@dragonfly492]

@@sileikalaimonas You don't fight it, just blast the ground from under it and watch the stupid SOB fall in and be trapped. Hell even Earth has bombs that can do something this easy.

[@dannutefall5150]

In Star Wars battlefront in 2015 during my first match of Walker Assault. "I was a rebel soldier on the Outpost Beta map on Hoth. The size was beyond any scale previously thought, dominating the horizon. The thunderous stomps shook even the most hardened soldiers to their core. And when our ground forces tried to disable this mechanical monster, it would kill a squad of soldiers in a split second with a unstoppable torrent of cannons."

[@pizzawonderer5024]

No game captured the fear of an AT AT better than battlefront 2015

[@dannutefall5150]

@@pizzawonderer5024 They got alot of things right. Gameplay mechanics felt more of like a arcade game than a shooter. BF2 improved on that part

[@LimitedSpectrum]

And the feeling you have every time you get to pilot the AT-AT...

[@ProcyonDei]

Just as the replacement of Clone Troopers with Storm Troopers, the AT-AT seems to have been made with the intent of cutting back costs, instead choosing to focus more on mass producing. Compared to the AT-TE, the AT-AT has several design flaws which would be easy to exploit by a military with similar resources.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

Simple missiles. It has zero defenses of any kind. Totally silly concept.

[@charlesray9674]

@Amore Jayzel And the rebels didn't have anything that could do anything to that armor. They had to use common sense and that disgruntled soldier who defected after being demoted for humiliating a superior officer when he stated that best position for the AT-AT was kneeling to protect its vulnerabilities.

[@LimitedSpectrum]

@@MrBottlecapBill Armor is defensive.

[@tomgu2285]

​@@MrBottlecapBillyou never watched episode 5? The at at destroyed the rebels and only lost 2 at ats.

[@angelic_disappointment7889]

The AT-TE has more design flaws than the Imperial walker, hop off your republic fanboying sesh

[@frogisis]

Can't believe I never thought about the "war elephant" connection before-It makes so much delightful sense in terms of Star Wars' mythic roots and atmosphere.

[@sunset8961]

loved the at-at and snowtrooper models they used to display in this video

[@williamburke7383]

My all-time FAVORITE land vehicle in the entire STAR WARS saga! I’ll never forget seeing that first image in “The Empire Strikes Back” of those AT-AT’s galumphing over the north ridge on Hoth, and my first reaction being...”These rebels are FUCKED”!

[@Halfscreen]

Lol. I have to admit, it was fascinating to see on screen as a kid.

[@MrMcGear]

I love the way you show them walking!

[@mickbarker7067]

After the Falcon the ATAT walker was my next favourite StarWars toy I had as a kid..loved it 👍 Great to get more insight into the inner workings of the baddest thing on 4 legs 🔥🔥🔥

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@josepablolunasanchez1283]

Why do you say things I cannot disagree with...!!! LOL!

[@jamesconnors5653]

Old man here. While Star Wars stuff was fun, my favorite toy was Lost In Space flying saucer, w removable top, hallways, front window. Blast.

[@Nethanel773]

Thanks for putting this up.

[@Halfscreen]

My pleasure!

[@greebo6549]

Looks and sounds like a sales pitch video

[@ale9335]

Another great interior video! Please make moooooore! 😅

[@Halfscreen]

I should have another one done by next Sunday. Working no it now.

[@SavageP.9000]

The AT-AT is one of my favorite Star Wars vehicles. Sure it's long legs is a massive weakness but you cannot deny that they look freaking awesome.

[@SavageP.9000]

@TheLatiosnlatias02 True.

[@control_the_pet_population]

It's a really cool looking stop-motion puppet... and a really bad military design. I still enjoy and have always enjoyed the Hoth sequence... but yea... the AT-AT / AT-ST designs are laughably flawed from any practical perspective.

[@tomgu2285]

It's my favorite star wars vehicle.

[@wewhofly]

I think they probably regret making them so vulnerable to the old trip wire trick. If even one broke the wire that ensnared them it might have demonstrated that the trick didn't always work and that there was real power in those legs. I'd have let one survive the tripwire attack.

[@American97percent]

In 1988, in the USSR, I watched Star Wars on TV in one youth program once a week ... only 5 minutes on a black and white receiver. Imagine how long it took to see episode 4. I watched episodes 5 and 6 already in the cinema on the projector, and everything else in the home theater.

[@gonnahavemesomefun]

A totally ridiculous vehicle, yet totally awesome and an awesome video

[@yoyochris101]

Trooper: "So, where do you go when you need to... go?" Captain: "Oh wait a sec, ill open the port hole for you." Rebel Sergeant: "I got a closer visual with my binoculars General. It looks like it's taking a tiny shit."

[@MrWhipple42]

If you've seen the Robot Chicken episode where Luke tosses the explosive device into the walker's bottom hatch, then you know where the AT-AT's toilet is.

[@Amtcboy]

Must be like hell inside for the troops, when the walker starts to move. The whole body moves up and down 1-2 meters. Unless they have some unmentioned suspension platform.

[@greedokenobi3855]

This is where the fun AT-AT

[@greedokenobi3855]

@@arandomlogan8753 No. Where the fun AT-AT, this is.

[@greedokenobi3855]

@@arandomlogan8753 I sense much whining in you

[@greedokenobi3855]

@@arandomlogan8753 You’re no fun AT-AT all. I wasn’t trying to make a grammatically correct sentence. I was making a joke. Sorry that I can’t give you a life so please go get it elswhere. Wherever you can find it AT-AT.

[@greedokenobi3855]

@@arandomlogan8753 I respect you for saying that a lot. It’s all good. MTFBWY!

[@Thebigb-z2k]

Correct that is!

[@benjaminshiels1824]

Fascinating. Thank you! 👍

[@Halfscreen]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NewtonDynamics-j2j]

The animation is really nice.

[@zimtak6418]

I like how he's trying to take it seriously yet it still feels like he's trying to sell an expensive toy.

[@ashscott6068]

He? I'm pretty sure it's text-to-speech.

[@hardnrg8000]

@@ashscott6068 in another words, he. God and ai are male gendered.

[@maxbrandt6]

It was an impressive but terribly slow battle taxi, the long legs and flexible neck being the weak points. LAAT from the Clone Wars era being the best way to get troops into and out of a hot zone. It's to the rebels advantage that the Empire forgot that speed and timing is essential to any combat mission.

[@Halfscreen]

I have to admit, I love the concept but in all practicality, it make no sense.

[@grahamehay8181]

@@Halfscreen Yes, not really practical. Some very weak points where even a small snow speeder can take it out, and why are there no guns on the top or at the back - very vulnerable to attck from behind. In the Star Wars universe why would you have a big ground transport at all? Wouldn't it be easier to just fly your troops and equipment everywhere? Never intended for real analysis though, and still looks great.

[@TK--ch9jl]

The atte was probably a little slower, and more vulnerable to airstrikes

[@RobbyHouseIV]

I guess the developers were banking on "Shock & Awe" offsetting the various Achilles Heels that I for one still choose to ignore because OMG it's a Frikken Imperial Walker!!! Run for your Lives! Ain't no small gage steel cables gonna trip this bad boy up! Impossible! You about to get Bloooooowed UP!!! You goin DOWN!

[@TheGary108]

I’ve always thought that the use of AT-TE and LAAT was necessary since it was a full scale war of Republic vs CIS. Once the war was over, all that was left was holdouts, the occasional revolts or the Rebels. So somebody, probably Palpatine decided to shift the Imperial technology towards fear and oppression. Hence, the AT-AT’s height and firepower. Nothing more demoralizing than a group of AT-AT practically towering over you and warming up their main guns.

[@andrewmunro4884]

Just wanted to point out the at-at in episode six is actually a different model that was intended for transporting supplies and guarding construction sites or bases. Unlike the ones on hoth which where made more for combat

[@Puschit1]

Looks the same to me and has the same set of guns, so how is it less suited for combat?

[@control_the_pet_population]

Was there a model that could survive an attack from 100m of shitty steel cable?

[@albertpietrosanu2667]

Nice work!

[@Band_Aid_Man_]

my opinion is that it still kicks ass all these years since I first fell in love with star wars in 93

[@tsmspace]

I think the machines in the original trilogy, including the imperial walkers, represent more realistically designed machines than even those shown in the average star trek episode. Indeed, if a walking robot were required by a futuristic military, I imagine the machine that would stand the test of time and find its way into the more permanent arsenal of the highly organized galactic empire would be the machine that looks as humble and clumsy as the imperial walker does. It is one of my favorite pastimes to imagine how the future of technology will look,, and somehow, I think star wars got an unbelievable amount right. all the way to the clothes.

[@raulrrojas]

Since I was 5 I wanted to see how they were inside, thanks for the details, they were great! In my opinion the legs were quite too long, but maybe that was what made them so scary!

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for watching!

[@danielniffenegger7698]

About the most impractical contraption possible. Extremely expensive, complex, slow and not agile. All of its firepower is in the front and is dependent on the vulnerable neck to aim it. The fact that the rebels literally flew circles around it shows how awful it is

[@yeater7141]

It truly makes no sense how the Empire phased out the turbo tank in favor of the at-at canocially.

[@NickP771]

It's almost like star wars movies were made for children or something

[@nomchowski8297]

It could reach speeds up to 60 kmph!! (😂)

[@highdesertutah]

It’s almost as bad as the Chevy Vega.

[@ДимонмедведИзДурки]

Cool video. This machine is vulnerable on both sides and from behind.

[@randomyoutubeuser2610]

just imagine, being a rebel in the cold trenches of hoth, and in the distance you hear the sound of a metal beast that could end with your life in a few secons.

[@JRFrancisco20088]

The coolest imperial machine/weapon ever. Remember getting chills to the bone as a kid watching the opening battle. The Hoth storm troopers sealed the deal.

[@techtonynms3502]

It seems odd to me that the designers opted for legs on the "walkers". I mean, the wheel is pretty optimized as is. Have they not discovered the wheel in the Star Wars universe? They could have wheeled vehicles with thrusters to suplement temporarily. They can use the thrusters to get across diifcult terrain like rivers and canyons, but then land and switch to wheels again to save power. Granted the power supply of the walkers is less than a starhip. But if the milenium falcon has a reactor strong enough to gain lift, I don't see why the walkers can't fly.

[@LimitedSpectrum]

Those would be some massive wheels to raise the body as high as it is. Wheels that big would be way less efficient. Take up a ton of space, and the amount of torque needed to move them would require an engine way bigger. The AT-AT being tall gives it a better view of the battlefield, raises above obstructions in many types of terrain, and gives it's main guns greater range. General Veers would have never been able to hit Echo Base like he did it the walker was half the height. The Millennium Falcon can lift off because it is not heavily armored, and has a large engine for it's size. I assume they don't use thrusters or hover technology because those would also need way more energy to power rather than moving simple mechanical legs. Plus, I think the AT-ATs powerplant is mainly to power the main cannons. It probably take a lot of juice to one-shot a military base from a couple miles away.

[@tonyromano6220]

It is a cartoon…..

[@JimGibilterra]

Only jar jar was a more ridiculous concept. The absolute most unpractical and unsustainable weapon in the entire SWU.

[@imadrifter]

Galactic speedbumps

[@hexaltheninjawow9531]

@@LimitedSpectrum even if the higher body provided leverage, I feel like it's a massive flaw in the design. Its height+size makes it visible and easy to hit from far distances.

[@johnnymccity]

60 kph, my ass! 😂

[@TarpeianRock]

Fantastic fighting vehicle, just a pity it only shoots forward, moves at a very very slow speed, is raised so high as to be an easy target, has balance issues, can be brought down with just a length of cable, is absolutely outclassed by flying opponents. Other than that : great !

[@control_the_pet_population]

hah! Probably the height of "form over function" in the original Star Wars trilogy. From the perspective of a stop-motion puppet, they look really cool... But from a practical military perspective, it's a pretty laughably bad design.

[@cat_city2009]

Don't forget the cockpit being connected to the main hull by a neck that can easily be severed or blown up.

[@kevinkelley2591]

Great production - thanks.

[@Halfscreen]

Much appreciated!

[@alexkuperwwr3e245]

from the time I was 5 years old the AT-AT has been my favorite Star Wars Vehicle

[@spishack12]

I find it interesting that the one particular AT-AT that fell on it's chin was able to be blown to bits just because it fell.

[@imadrifter]

Yeah, like why did that suddenly make it vulnerable? Couldn't the t-47s just attack that same point on an upright walker?

[@toweypat]

@@imadrifter I think it was shot in the neck, which was apparently a vulnerable spot.

[@SupaMV]

Love the production, really well made. That being said I hope you realize that the Imperaial Army and the Stormtrooper Core are two different things. (Ex. the US Army and US Marine Core).

[@jonathanperry8331]

I always thought it was kind of weird until Boston Dynamics came out with all their horse and dog robots the military uses now

[@Bearkiller72]

...and again: life imitates art. What a wonderful world... 😐

[@ophirbactrius8285]

Seems like a gigantic robotic camel.

[@supagloo]

The AT-AT model and the snowtrooper models looked so badass

[@rexx9496]

As a kid, those things were terrifying to me.

[@republiclegos6865]

I’m more of a clone wars fan but you convinced me that the epire is not that bad

[@zeebeeplayz]

2:24 Walking speed, bike speed, car speed, *All Terrain Armored Transport speed*

[@alexwesterling5686]

I love how Star Wars is set in the “future” and yet they choose legs instead of wheels or tracks

[@bigfootbass]

Legs are more effective than wheels by far... but wheels and tracks are a thing of modern society, so if star wars is supposed to be set in the future, then it would make more sense for it to just hover like speeders and troop transport convoys

[@lephantomchickn3676]

Magnetized feet and such things allow walkers to be utilized in low gravity settings, as Anakin Skywalker used AT TEs on asteroids and hulls of ships, and repulsorlift technology is more vulnurable to external jamming or disabling by shields. AT ATs and other walkers didn't have the issue of enemy shield interference, which is why the Empire deployed them within the Rebel shield on Hoth to destroy the generator, allowing aircraft to land safely, so that's another positive.

[@times05]

Boston Dynamics robot dog, it's got 4 legs. You can kick it, you can push it, it'll keep on walking and jumping over obstacles.

[@shepardmccallum]

It's actually set a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

[@andrewholdaway813]

Legs are the future - always the future, never the present.

[@denilsonalvim.fanfilms20sat50s]

These machines appear in 'The Empire Strikes Back'. The best movie of the entire saga !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 May the force be with you.

[@a.debree6771]

The AT-AT from LEGO is a great build and a great thing to have.

[@TooLatePeople]

"used by Empire and First Order" wrong, only by Empire, because Cringe Order didn't happen

[@ThieflyChap]

Truth.

[@privatedino3239]

c r i n g e o r d e r

[@ryeguy7941]

You know, looking at the AT AT closely now, the body kind of resembles an A7V tank.

[@janoskis152]

Well if you look it from an inch... sure!

[@huntclanhunt9697]

I cannot for the life of me imagine this thing running that fast.

[@jamessilva1259]

Great job on the video.

[@Halfscreen]

Thanks for the visit

[@PpAirO5]

Great video 👍

[@bakkerem1967]

Somehow I don't get the point of those AT-AT's. When the Empire can make a complete star destroyer enter the atmosphere and hover above a city in about 1g gravity. What's the added value of a sluggish ground based troop carrier with an pbvious week point : legs ?

[@joostdriesens3984]

With starwars, you're not supposed to think too deeply.. 😆

[@keithammleter3824]

It looks cute.

[@andream78870]

The Empire havent invented the weel yet

[@Debbiebabe69]

The Hoth base had a deflector shield to make them star destroyer proof.

[@Chumblybum]

So the armour is too heavy for blasters, unless it tripped over, then the armour mysteriously vanished......

[@geraintroberts6606]

Still got mine from the 80s.

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

Lucky! All I have left from my Hoth toys are an Imperial Snowtrooper and a Tauntaun. I was a kid in Alaska when *Empire Strikes Back* was released so we all loved the Hoth stuff.

[@Chris60540]

I SO MUCH wanted an at-at, but never Got it. Too expensive, and my dad refused. But the at-at was, and still is, my absolute favourite from star wars. And the snowtrooper my absolute favourite figure.

[@Al-mx6ru]

Funny you say that. l asked Santa for one. Lol My brother got the Falcon. We played for hours. The movie had just came out. Great times.

[@Junce23]

One of my favorite star wars games and the movies 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍🏻❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻

[@tomservo5347]

General Veers' brief appearance as commander of the Imperial Forces at the Battle of Hoth showed us a commander that was competent, right in the thick of it with his troops which inspired them, and even Darth Vader respected him. Not everyone can casually tell Vader to get on with it and cut him off because hey, he's fighting a battle.