vaderios, what I'd really like you to show sometime is a version of exactly the same kind of arcing 'electrical' effect on the 'dish weapon', as it 'powers-up', and also around the laserbolt itself, as was seen in your excellent ION Cannon mock-up.

Could you replace the existing orange 'powering-up' areas using one or both of the shots above, with a whitish blue colouring with a more vivid blue subtle 'electrical' arcing 'flicking around' the 'round dish' too, at this point. The same kind of 'electrical' arcing effect would also be subtly seen around the actual laserbolt that heads towards the AT-AT too, similar to your previous ION Cannon laserbolt.

Although this alone would be a neat mock-up to see, I'd certainly like to see the exact same shots done in these alternative colours too - one in a greenish white effect with vivid yellow 'electrical' arcing (as implied by the top shot here)....and one in the existing whitish orange as seen above, but with an added 'electrical' arcing in a more vivid orange....and finally, one in a whitish yellow with more vivid yellow 'electrical' arcing.

Just a thought for fun, and no worries if not.