Mithrandir said:
Just a personal perception when I check and re-check the shot, it all looks too ordered to be real:
Symmetry of the AT-AT formation
Coordination when the machines move their legs
Frontal perspective, meaning that the binocular stands precisely in front of the middle AT-AT. This made the walkers look two-legged at some point, because the rear legs were hidden behind the front ones.
Position of the binoculars, not just by being right ahead of the walkers, but also how it's perfectly parallel to the ground the whole time, while in a more "real" movement the camera should start wrong, rotate a little until the position is right.
Yeah the symmetry of it, I think, is the biggest issue. It just looks too perfectly framed. A general rule in film/photography is to never put something dead center (or what looks like dead center) in your framing, unless you are trying for that specific look.......though I know that seeing the AT-AT pilots somewhat requires a dead center view.....it might help if the walkers behind the lead walker were at different points of advancement.....one a little ways behind the other, just to unbalance the shot a little.....and not equally distant from their respective sides of the frame.