150 years of AT-AT (all variants) Canon & Legends COMPLETE Breakdown
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- Being one of the most iconic vehicles in all of Star Wars, there are a tone of variants of the AT-AT Imperial Walker. From the ion AT-IC to the AT-M6 and even a submarine AT-AT swimmer, Heavy AT-AT and everything in-between, this complete breakdown of all AT-AT versions throughout Canon and Legends history will surprise you, and see how many walkers there are in Star Wars.
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To me, the AT-AT is as useful as the Imperial and Victory series of Star Destroyers. Like it would certainly be one heck of a pack mule. Also the AT-AT Swimmer, when I first thought of it, the mental image of a stock AT-AT swimming is what came to mind.
U mean it would be doggy paddling?
Yea the problem with the at-at wasn’t it’s design but how it was used
150 years for a human is a lot, but imagine Wookiees who are alive to the legacy era and were older than these Walkers.
I never noticed that the First Order AT-AT's chin mounted laser cannons were swapped out for a ramp to get to the cockpit. Now I'm imagining the walker either stepping down to the ground to open the cockpit, or the walker going up to a height matching access station (like when we saw Luke Skywalker exiting the Imperial AT-AT through the side of the walker, into the station to meet Vader on Endor)
The At-M6, At-At Swimmer, and At-IC are my favorite versions of the At-At
Rebels at at fav design due rear gun and larger then original then At act and normal then m6
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The AT-AT used on Hoth will always be my favorite
I've always loved the AT-AT so much! They were always terrifying and awe-inspiring and I love how they can just demolish almost anything in their way with very little actually beong a threat to them. Not invincible, but very awesome.
I just wish we could see more of the AT-AHT and how awesome it looks.
The Rebels/Fallen Order version of the AT-AT is probably my favourite
People always cite the tow cable thing as a legitimate flaw of the ATAT, but it isn't. Only pilots as good as Rogue Squadron were able to execute that manoeuvre. Not only that, but the ATATs themselves took out many Rogue Squadron pilots during their attack. This is despite most of the Imperial forces not being able to make the journey to Echo Base thanks to Ozzel's foolishness. Only the ATATs and ATSTs were actually able to survive the harsh Hoth weather, whereas the Juggernauts and other support vehicles couldn't make the full journey.
Yeah its definitely a last ditch effort. Not only was it an extremely dangerous menuver, but cost the lives of numerous pilots.
Especially if the ATATs had its proper escort fleet, the Rebels wouldn't have even touched them.
In most assualts ATATs would serve as the fist, taking the brunt of enemy fire while serving as a powerful long range artillery.
Smaller walkers, ground vehicles, and repulsor vehicles would serve on the flanks, preventing enemies from circling around and exploiting the ATATs weak neck or underbelly.
These escorts would include smaller walkers like the ATST, ATAR, ATRCT, and later imperial models of the ATST like its assualt varient.
Ground vehicles would include possibly the tracked CAVw PX10, A5 or B5 HAVw juggernauts, or hovercrafts like the swift assault 5.
Repulsor vehicles could include tanks like the S1 Firehawke or 1H, which were not only fast (faster than Saber tanks), but packed armor and a great gun. This gun was powerful enough to take out contemporary tanks, accurate enough to shoot down low flying airspeeders, and had a range of 5km.
Other repulsor vehicles include LAV chariots, RTTs, ULAVs, and the awesome A9 Floating Fortress. Vehicles like the A9 and LAV boasted incredible sensor and communications systems.
Speederbikes the the 74Z or repulsor scouts/skiffs would serve as scouts and reconnaissance. Dismounted infantry would of course be used in urban or forrest environments, the bane of the ATAT.
The empire was a fan of combined assault. Obviously they wouldn't use all thse vehicles in a single engagement, as that was dependent on the resources available to the naval fleet above. But contrary to popular belief, the empire didn't use the ATAT solely, especially as a one size fits all "tank".
@@undraftedboomer5055 Precisely. The worst time is whenever people compare it to the ATTE to demonstrate how weak the ATAT is even though A. They don't fulfil the same role and B. The ATTE is arguably far worse thanks to its exposed gunner and lack of protection for its pilot. Its armour is described as being heavy but this does nothing to protect the crew from anything but glancing shots, it has clear weak points which can be exploited by conventional means unlike the ATAT. The Rebel Alliance modifies the walker to fix these issues in canon, but since these aren't official changes unlike with the ATAT, all it shows is that the walker never improved.
@tk-6967 yeah I hear you. Don't get me wrong, the ATTE is iconic and has that cool factor. But if you take a deeper dive and take off the clone-fanboy goggles, it becomes very apparent how mediocre the walker is.
And I'm not claiming that the ATAT is perfect. The neck is pretty blatant, and the underside is relatively vulnerable. But if the ATAT is used like how it was designed to be used, these issues are practically thrown out of the picture. The neck may still be vulnerable to closer range artillery, but for them to get more than a few shots off would be rare (ambush scenario).
The argument that the ATAT is incredibly unstable is also kinda BS. Yes, it's not a squat beetle like the ATTE. But it's stands stable enough through heavy enemy artillery barrages and possible minefields.
And the ATAT, with its advanced topographical sensors, as well as those found in the head, should forsee most traps, ditches, or tripping cables.
Really this unstability is reference to mountainous terrain with sharp slopes and valleys. Here, the ATAT will struggle, unlike the ATTE.
The ATAT is a durable long range assualt platform, aided by its height, armor, and long range weaponry. Plus, it has a decent transport capability (light walkers and/or infantry). It is designed to be complamented by other smaller vehicles.
The ATTE on the other hand is a kinda confused walker. It's designed to fulfill so many things that it just ends up average at best. It's great when used defensively, or as a light assualt IFV/APC. But that's about it. And it's not like it can stiff arm the enemy, as it's design and armament are inherently mid to close range. Therefore, giving the CIS a better opportunity at exploiting the ATTE's weakspots.
The cockpit is susceptible to even dwarf spider droids, and if knocked out, the walker is immobilized with 2 crew dead.
The mid section is a glorified ATAT neck.
The bottom is thinly armored, susceptible to mines or accurate munitions (wouldn't be a problem as most munitions in SW are short range, but the ATTE is a mid to short range walker)
The mass driver is powerful, knocking out most CIS armor, but it only has a range of 2km. And the gunner is VERY susceptible to enemy sharpshooters or even nearby concussive blasts.
Lastly, while the 6 laser cannons are great against infantry, they only cover frontal and real arcs, leaving the sides exposed. Again, this wouldn't be a problem if the ATTE was a longer range assualt piece. Where the flanks could more easily be guarded by GAR support vehicles.
In the end, while still obviously escorted by Sabers, ATAPs, and other GAR vehicles, the ATTE is still a liability. No matter which way this thing is facing, it's showing off a weakspot. And while the clones inside are safe from enemy small arms or light artillery, the arrival of any CIS tank or any dedicated anti-armor equipment greatly jeopardizes this things survival.
And yes, again it's got the mass driver, which could reliably take the first shot (Especially defensively). This is because of GAR recon and the awareness of the gunner and spotter. But at what cost? If the CIS shows up in more than 1 or 2 AATs, Hailfires, HAGms, OG9s, MTTs, Snail tanks, any number of droid repulsor/walkers, or even a the cheap droid Saber-ripoff repulsor tank, the ATTE is at serious risk.
@@undraftedboomer5055 Damn, and I thought I knew the lore. Good to see someone else who knows Expanded Universe stuff though. I've got to take notes of these facts so that I can use them against clone fanboys!
@tk-6967 it's definitely a hobby lol. I admit, I am a Empire lore guy myself. I love seeing how my Empire stacks against the other factions regarding ships, vehicles, and equipment. Maybe I get a little biased now and then lol
And Hell yeah, glad to arm the populous against the ignorant, Generation-Tech watching clone fan boys haha. They're always claiming the ATTE or the Venator is goated when they are some of worst shit they have, especially compared to other ships or vehicles of the Republic.
Nice chat, always looking for a reason to monolog about lore lol
I really miss Star Wars Commander; I legit enjoyed it
Same, i wish it came back
One of the most Iconic pieces of equipment in all of fiction! Let's Go!
I’d love to see the Elite AT-AT in Battlefront 2. Players fighting it in Galactic Assault would be in for a nasty surprise when they try to use their Snowspeeder’s tow cable on the legs.
0:19 Star Wars Commander! I really miss this game 😢
The ATM6 is a good addition to Star Wars. It is so frustrating how much interesting stuff the Sequels had going for it in terms of background lore but they threw it all away on a terrible main plot and a myriad of stupid decisions by JJ and Ryan.
Thing is pretty much everything good they did in the sequels lore wise was just rips of legends with a slightly different coat of paint. Did it look really sweet? Yes.
and when I say it was rips I mean often it was barely changed at all.
I dunno the M6 looks so stupid to me.
I mean the AT-AT has something frightening to me, a big towering war machine destroying everything in it's path.
The M6 looks like a beefed up Gorilla to me, trying to be the cool kid in class
@dr.grizzly2215 I don't know, I think the M6 is clearly from the same family of walkers and shows a clear addressing of the ATAT's prior problems, unlike its Legends counterpart the ATAHT it at least looks like it is related to the AT line of walkers
@spartanonxy Not really. The ATM6 is a very different walker than the ATAHT, even though it is the Canon equivalent for it. The main EU idea I know was taken from the EU was the Dark Empire stuff, but from what I remember, GL said it was not true anyways.
@@tk-6967 Ok in reverse how would George know if they took from legends at that point since he was not really involved anymore. And then other then dropping the troop role the ATM6 is just "bigger gun more armor" just like the ATAHT. This might just be my distaste for the AT-AT in general since it is from a logical perspective and even a Tarkin doctrine perspective bloody stupid.
The atat with the artillery piece mounted on the back would probably make for a great costal bombardment piece or could serve well on worlds that are a lot of shallow waters, also worlds with dense forests, not like Endor but with forests like those on Earth or Falucia and also on very hilly/mountainous terrain where it can actually angle over nearby hills
There is also the Spider Walker which is a AT-AT with 8 legs. It was used in the (Legends) attempted kidnapping of Han and Leia's kids.
As dumb as the first order is, I really like the M6. It looks badass
Man that RTS is amazing and needs a remaster
Also great topic and content 👍
there's so many videos I want to see your take on, the Venator Heavy Cruiser and Imperial I Star Destroyer and the AT-ST are just a couple of them though.
The AT-M6 as become my favourite model simply because its the ultimate seige weapon of war.
The First Order AT-ATs are my second favourite because they a have sleeker and more stable design in a lot of ways all thought may have less fire power over all
they still fill the armoured transport role very well in delivering troops to the front alone with deploying lighter walkers like first order AT--STs basically in the massive combined arms of intimidation is just epic on the battlefield. Sure small scale raids are cool with whole surpise tactics in all but if your found out it your mission maybe in jeopardy and risk failure or capture however such missions are important to be able aquire intelligence on main rebel or resistance or other enemy strong holds or disrupt the lines of communication for the defenders. But massive assaults like this are truly an epic sight while absolutely demoralizing the enemy its a rather awe inspiring sight for your own assault infantry. Just imagine being newly recruited first order storm trooper during the Battle of Crait and seeing one of these Massive AT-M6's utterly destroying enemy ground speeders zooming towards it. Or Seeing one just eradicate enemy heavy armoured forces someware with no effort or smashing
even powerful turbo laser turret batteries effortlessly.
With that loud pile driver like sounds of the heavy front feet lumbering forward drowing out even the loud piston engine sounds of standard AT-ATs lumbering onwards. I ams sure the sound of said legs could be heard for miles and the defenders can only evacute for that is the sound of their impending doom drawing near.
Can you make a video about the evolution of walkers in star wars?
Oh now Empire at War really needs a remake, so as to accommodate/feature these variants
The tower in Toronto is CN tower, not space needle
What game was that with the AT-M6 in it?
7:10 I know the genocide is heartbreaking, but man, the Swimmer is just so hilarious stupid it makes me laugh
Very interesting video with things i did not know thanks you for the information I like to learn this
Great video.
thanks for the video
two shots from the m6 main gun what destroy the armor of the at aht 😮❤❤
When will Part 3 of Tarkin life would appear?
Say what you want about the last jedi but the ATM6 is certified 👌
MORE!!!
What about the at at from rebels (also fallen order) doesn’t that count as a variant?
I would pick the AT-M6.
There was one of the old republic game I think you missed
What game is at point 3:32 ?? Please and thank you!
What does maritime mean in Naval terms?
AT ST Next?
What EAW mod where you playing
Imperial regulation dictated the Dune Walker always walked without rhythm
My opinion is AT-AT is very impractical and only an intimidation weapon.
Agreed. It looks cool and is extremely iconic. But when you look at it from a realistic point of view it becomes clear that standing very tall and exposed isn't very great when you're beeing shot at and your underside isn't that well armoured. Additionally the exposed neck just screams: " Hit me with some precision guided munitions!" I wouldn't be surprised if you could modify a Javelin missile to hit that and take out the walker.
what are the games we see?
welp the mod that he said was below as never posted. So if anyone knows what mod it is please post.
I'd pick the at-m6 but modify it cuz why not
Big palpy 😆
The AT-M6 Gorilla Walker, *chef’s kiss*
Too bad it’s only appearance is in the worst Star Wars movie ever made
Like it's such a very cool walker.
@@merafirewing6591 indeed
@@macwelch8599 it's just a crying shame that it never got a chance to truly shine.
Now combine it with AT AHT hehe
@@ABadassDragon that would hurt as hell
Why are Sith so much more powerful than Jedi?
The AT-M6 had so much wasted potential
Legends > Great Horned Mickey
"Rebels were thinking they are winning the battle of Ord Vaug. They sure felt proud of themselves - they dug up on a planet right at the Mid Rim's gates. Fortified it, too - surface-to orbit ion cannons, shields over every major city, tanks and guns from looted Imperial armories. Orbital bombardment would take years, and repulsorlift assault, likewise, was impossible. They were winning, alright... until we deployed AT-AT walkers. They went right through the shields, shrugging off blaster fire and stepping on armored cars and war droids. After 6 hours vaughian royalty and their rebel friends have capitulated. "The Force" and "hope" can only do so much against Kuati durasteel".
The AT-ACT (cargo) seems like it would come in extremely handy for an imperial commander needing to resupply Forward Operating Bases through difficult terrain. Just another one of those logistics details that make the Empire’s capabilities so impressive.
It has uses, but realistically you should just use a cargo starfighter, the cargo is just so slow that you'll need a lot of big ecostly peices of machinery that have to make its way in and out the biggest advantages of to the cargo would be to support a base that HAS to keep it's shield up
@@calebbarnhouse496 guess that would depend on the status of enemy Star fighters and bombers and wether or not you would have natural concealment from the canopy.
@@calebbarnhouse496 Consider potential hostile AA capabilities, IRL equivalent to not using cargo helicopters due to MANPADS like Stinger or Igla. Heat-Seeking Ground to Air Missiles seem to exist in star wars relatively commonly, so having an all-terrain armored cargo vehicle can definitely has its use.
Again to reference real life here, the US military utilizes a Swedish vehicle known as the Bandvagn 206, or in US military service M973. It is an all-terrain, multi articulated (weirdly similar to the AT-AT) tracked vehicle that they use to resupply outposts and FOB's that are inordinately difficult to reach or may be in rough terrain that can be at risk to hostile actions.
@@damascus1111 firstly, that this isn't close to the scale of an ATAT, and it's not trudging along at ATAT speeds, the reason cargo ATATs don't work is that if you want to ship material on a starwars planet you are also going to need to ship cargo into space at some point, and to do that having the same method to ship both works best, and isn't nearly as expensive as an ATAT, the reason we don't have a lot of air freight is purely because our tech dosen't allow it
I hate the first order vehicles.
I like the At-Ic personally. I love the chaotic design decisions and the story of how the toy was made. I just love the style of mobile artillery pieces. It’s so anachronistic to the setting but just so fun.
They should canonized the rest of the AT-AT Variants from Legends, and Imagine if the New Republic build their own versions of the AT-AT Walkers and other Walkers.
I feel that the new republic would probably go for something like the AT-TE or Republic Repulsor tank from TCW, only because the AT-AT was designed to strike fear first and function well second. And because the NR wouldn’t want or need to make enemies fear them, they’d go for something that functions well over its appearance.
That intro that AT-AT looked at those rebels like “really you’d thought that would work.”
You forgot to mention the first-generation AT-AT variant that was developed for the Clone Wars. It’s most notable use was during the Battle of Jabiim where it provided the bulk of the Clone Army’s armored division for the battle.
Also the prototype version used in Rebels. Those were noticeably smaller, had weaker chins guns on ball turrets and a rear turret.
tbf a lot of the first generation empire vehicles were already in development even during the later half of the clone wars, they even used a prototype of the AT-AT during a battle in the clone wars (I forgot what comic it comes from but its there)
@@Cody_L._Brockwas also in fallen order on kashyyk
Rebel Trooper, “Should we be worried?”
Rebel Trooper 2, “Nah. As long as they don’t bring out those robot camels, I think we should be fine.”
AT-AT appears
Rebel Trooper, “Hey, Jim. Robot camels.”
The Elite AT-AT from Star Wars Commanders brings back so many memories… wish they could bring that game back :(
Same
I love the at -at Walker one of my favorite walker variants in star wars included the at-act walker
AT-TE’s are better
@@Captainrexisagoatthe ATTE is such a mediocre walker. Its frankly terrible design severely limits what it can do. The ATAT is better.
@@undraftedboomer5055 in rebels there was three AT-AT’s vs 1 AT-TE, guess who won? The AT-TE!!! And it was a old one
@Captainrexoutrankseverything bruh your source is Rebels?
How bout realistically thinking about it, instead of citing a biased cartoon show, where one blind guy, a few pilots, and Mr Sato die compared to tens of thousands of bad guys. Very realistic.
Besides, I don't think jedi regularly manned the mass driver, and ramming enemy vehicles as a serious tactic is goofy.
@@undraftedboomer5055 after the battle of Endor, at the battle of kuat the empire still used AT-TE’s
13:56 I would say they probably use some sort of non electrical-conductive material as armor. Like ceramic armor on Earth. So they can take more hit but cannot work as Faraday cage to protect the walker's electronics from ion weapon fire.
I wish we had AT-ATs irl just imagine seeing one of these four legged horrors just showing up to a battle field or maybe a law enforcement/ mobile hospital something we already have some tech like rail guns and stuff so who knows maybe in another 30 years we'll a similar thing to the AT-TE or something who knows
We will never have those things because they get very fast destroyed lol
The “Space needle in Toronto” is actually called the CN tower, and it’s a radio antenna.
Never heard anyone call it that before lmao, so strange
watching this while petting AT-CFC
All Too Cute Furry Cat
There is another variant used for communication: It's the AT&T.
It was designed so multiple regiments to talk to each other but often failed. Repairs took forever and when you asked for customer service you were put on hold hours and when you finally got to speak with a representative they would try to upsell you into a larger walker.
The Alliance mod for Empire at War has every variant and a few fanon ones too.
What types of fanon AT-AT are there?
Holy crap they were making technicals in a galaxy far far away. 🤣🤣🤣
The at m6 is great but if let some edgy teen sith control a whole batalion of them well
The atm6 because it is like the ultimate version of an at
What?!?!?! Did the Mon Cal’s see this dorky swimmer and laugh themselves to death?!?!?!
considering this is all made up its impressive how much bs you created justify the whims of certain artists or screenwriters.
Wouldn't the AT-AT Swimmer need repulsors on the top of it, too?
As someone from Toronto.... it's the C.N. tower dude
I miss SW Commander 😔
Love it ❤
Impressive now let’s talk Tie Fighers
This video is actually only 23 minutes not 150 years
I think the AT-M6 would take out the AT-AHT if it was strictly 1v1 just because it's main armament is so absurd. That being said I think the AHT is a more versatile vehicle
The AT-M6 is a cool ref to the Big Gun Hitler commissioned The Krupps to build. Which similarly, took a Battleship Gun and put it on a train.
Called "Gustav", at 80cm, it was the biggest "Gun" ever created (that wasn't a mortar).
It proved to be far more trouble than it was worth to transport, set up, align, shoot, wait until cool, shoot again, etc...
I guess Kylo had better success, since he brought so many to Crait.... 😉
I wish there was more information and lore on Krayt/Fel's AT-AHT. I like the way that thing looked. More elephantine with an insectile head.
I cannot stand the way it is depicted in Empire At War mods. Its an AT-AT but it isnt a dog-camel shape nor is it simply an AT-AT upscaled. Its a evolved beast, and it DEFINITELY is not a version of the admittedly cool Gorrilla walker AT-M6 from the god-awful disney canon.
The AT-M6 is what the AT-AT should be, a massive weapons platform that can unleash an ungodly amount of firepower, with smaller walkers like AT-STs and AT-TEs preventing the enemy from flanking it.
You'd think that it would make a good game At-At from Lucasarts career mode ATAT crew different campaigns to different walkers across various planets Just saying.
with the shadow AT-AT i doubt u could cloak this if u tried, with big stomping and a shape with lots of angles it isn't really a prime candidate for the empires cloaking resources. love the At-IC design though
He said, "Hey, Imps
Take a walk on the wild side"
He said, "Hey, troops
Take a walk on the wild side"
And the troopers say
"Doo do doo do doo do do doo..."
So, the “Elite” AT-AT pilots were the Real Life Lore of the Imperial pilots…….I got it. (Insufferable)!
Most iconic star wars vehicle.
neither, i dont like the fell empire or the first order vehicles. legacy empire an old cannon empire are my favorite, maybe the disney tv show vehicles.
You forgot about Star Wars Rebels (series) variant,whitch is larger than standard AT-AT and it hase exstra guns in the rear
I wonder if Paint it Black, and Fortunate Son play at 0.5 speed for the troopers riding in back…
What game is he playing? It’s like Age of Empires but the Star Wars version???
Not bad ATAT is kowait terrifying and amazing at the same time but horrible in battle let's go 😮😮😮
You forgot the at at in rebels which is a earlier version of the at at we know in films. Also i want to know more about joopa base which is the at at walker wolffe and gregor use as their new home
Give me a standard AT-AT anyday.
Why did they gave AT-AT long legs? Repulsor tech is enough to make it "all terrain"
Yo, the Space Needle is and has always been in Seattle, NOT Toronto.....
While the AT-AT and its variants are good for what they are, there's a distinct version I see missing: a wheeled variant. In fact, here's how I'd redesign an AT-AT
Body of the AT-M6
Wheels, with the front and rear sets being similar in design to the front feet of the AT-M6
Reinforced lower armor to make mines less deadly
And a modular design. Capable of swapping between troop carrier (could probably get at least 1 platoon in there, maybe even 2), a vehicle deployer (speeder bikes, AT-RT walkers, or even a few AT-ST walkers), point defense weaponry to serve as both an anti-air and anti-infintry vehicle, a command center with a theater shield generator like what was seen in the Clone Wars, a massive cargo transport for the ground, or the M6 cannon (the front and rear wheels providing stable support to keep the vehicle in place while firing)
Unstoppable walkers in galactic history
The empire be like
How do we make are machines better and more deadly
Paint it in a darker color
Which empire at war mod has the AT-IC in it?? That looks fantastic!
How was the M6 not nicknamed the Hunchback?
whats the game at 3:48 because it looks kinda likes age of empires 2
The average redwood is 50 - 85m, not 34m FYI.