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Tyrphanax
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Rogue One * Spoilers * Thread
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Date created
25-Dec-2016, 3:54 AM

Anchorhead said:

So you guys are saying that if I’d watch the film more than once every 15 years I’d remember more of it? 😉

To be clear for any latecomers, I loved Rogue One. My walkers post was in response to some complaints about the practicality of a cumbersome walking vehicle in a battle when you have hover capabilities. It wasn’t a slam on the writing of Empire (which I’ve obviously forgotten some of the details).

Haha yes!

And yeah, I don’t mean to come off as rabidly correcting anybody, just giving props to Brackett and Kasdan for actually explaining why the Empire would use a ground assault when they should just be able to nuke the Rebs from orbit.

For what it’s worth, I always felt like half the power of the AT-AT was intimidation factor. A hover tank is scary and all, but like you said, it’s the visual. And that works for both filmmaking and the Empire.