DarthXenu said:

I am glad to hear that the AT-AT doesn't fall. I like the fact that in the original movie they only manage to take out a couple of walkers. the battle of Hoth was a walkover for the Empire. Showing more walkers getting destroyed would lessen the impact of the story.

IMHO

I actually liked it quite a bit; I liked the aspect of action happening in multiple areas simultaneously. Even more so, it helped to explain what happens to the other 2 AT-ATs with Veers and why there is only one out of the 5 left.

If you want a walkover, then you have to go back to the 10 AT-ATs Ady was originally going to do (at least for a few opening/establishing shots) to show an actual army coming towards the rebels. If the original 5 AT-AT task force is kept (a quick landing in case the shield was amped to cover the land as well, preventing even landing craft from getting to the rebels), you still have that last shot with only 1 AT-AT left shooting at the shield generator.

Overall, continuity is key (in the end, all 5 AT-ATs have to be accounted for, whether there are still one or two besides Veer's AT-AT in that last shot before it shoots at the shield generator or there are 4 smoldering piles of AT-AT rubble behind it).