AT-AT Variant?

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2005-03-27 12:56am

This is a complete off-the-wall question, but in the old NES cartridge of The Empire Strikes Back, there is a level in which you fly a snowspeeder at the Battle of Hoth. The AT-ATs are slightly different from the ones in the movie, however, in that they have a small turret at the top rear of the vehicle that fires backwards. Should this be considered a variant of the AT-AT, possibly replacing the troop complement in order to cover the unarmed rear portion of the vehicle?

*Note: I realize video games are not strictly canon, but I'm trying to follow Dr. Saxton's practice of everything counting unless explicitly contradicted by higher-level canon.

Edit: After poking around on the technical commentaries, the turret is roughly in the same place (but smaller) than the turret on the AT-AT Swimmer.

Tychu · Post by **Tychu** » 2005-03-27 03:07am

I think its that normal Video Game added feature thing like, "dry" Wampas found on Gall Space Port

And whats an ATAT Swimmer?

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2005-03-27 03:11am

Tychu wrote:And whats an ATAT Swimmer?

http://theforce.net/swtc/walkers.html#swimmer

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-03-27 03:15am

Tychu wrote:I think its that normal Video Game added feature thing like, "dry" Wampas found on Gall Space Port

The Insider (or some Lucasfilm people, I forgot who) had to explain away the wampa as an incredibly adaptable species after the desert wampas made their debut in the SotE game. So if that was accepted as a part of the continuity, I see no reason why this AT-AT variant shouldn't be. Or perhaps it's not a variant at all and the gun is on all AT-ATs but they weren't used for some reason on Hoth.

Lone_Prodigy · Post by **Lone_Prodigy** » 2005-03-27 03:21am

The AT-AT swimmer is a variant on the AT-AT used at Mon Calamari. It replaced the legs with repulsorlifts (or some other propulsion), and swam around to kick ass.

nightmare · Post by **nightmare** » 2005-03-28 11:39am

Could we get a screenshot of this? It would be interesting.

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2005-03-28 05:50pm

Would this be the sequal to the game where the sandcrawler was heavily armed? Where Luke's landspeeder was armed and you had to kill Jawas for no apparent reason? Where the Sarlacc rises out of the ground and launches rocks at you? Where you can use the lasers on your X-Wing like Babylon 5's interceptors?

Reading the walkthrough on GameFAQs, it looks like even the carbon-freezing chamber was covered in laser turrets.

Lone_Prodigy · Post by **Lone_Prodigy** » 2005-03-28 06:12pm

It's at SWTC, here.

Three images, and a description.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-03-28 07:26pm

Those aren't the same things that were deployed by the World Devastators at Mon Calamari, Lone. The things at the Battle of Mon Calamari were called Wavewalkers, and were completely different.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2005-03-31 12:36am

You can see Wave Walkers in the Rogue Squadron N64/PC game. They look like this:

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-03-31 12:59am

Actually, here is a picture that works, saved from another site and hosted by me:

Much like the AT-AT Swimmer, they're very (actually moreso) loosely based on the AT-AT chasis.

Lone_Prodigy · Post by **Lone_Prodigy** » 2005-03-31 02:28am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Those aren't the same things that were deployed by the World Devastators at Mon Calamari, Lone. The things at the Battle of Mon Calamari were called Wavewalkers, and were completely different.

Why did you assume it was the DE Mon Calamari battle? It was pre-ROTJ that they were used.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-03-31 02:32am

If I recall, the were really only mentioned in the Golden Sun thing.

Yup, on the planet Sedri, from Galaxy Guide 9. Can't find anything about the Swimmer being used on Mon Calamari.

Lone_Prodigy · Post by **Lone_Prodigy** » 2005-03-31 01:25pm

Shit, I always mix up those water worlds.