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I've always felt that the "that armor's too strong for blasters!" and then the explosion creates a continuity error and no EU explanation has really satisfied me. I know Ady plans to make it apparent that the 'neck' section has been damaged as is vulnerable, and that's better than the way it is now, but still it's destruction leads to other problems: If the At-At has exploded, there's no reason for the rebel troops to leave the relative safety of their trench only to be gunned down by the other approaching walkers.
I'd really like to see an edit with the At-At explosion cut out. I'd rather the scene play out with the walker tripping and going down, then cut to "Wow! That Got Him!" and "I see ya (whoever he says) nice work!" then cut to he rebel troops in the trench and "C'mon!" as they scramble out into the battle field to take on the Imperial troops jumping out of the downed At-At.
ray_afraid said:
I'd really like to see an edit with the At-At explosion cut out. I'd rather the scene play out with the walker tripping and going down, then cut to "Wow! That Got Him!" and "I see ya (whoever he says) nice work!" then cut to he rebel troops in the trench and "C'mon!" as they scramble out into the battle field to take on the Imperial troops jumping out of the downed At-At.
This is a cool idea. I like that a lot.
One of the few memories I have of my first viewing of Empire was seeing those Rebels rush out of the trench and assuming they were going to try to capture the AT-AT, as it made no sense for them to leave a defensive position otherwise. Then it cuts to the speeders destroying it and I thought, "Oh. Well, I guess it's weak in the neck!" (by which I meant the corrugated passage between head and shoulders).
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It is times like this that I feel like a really poor excuse for a nerd.
I've never even put any thought into this subject, just assumed it took damage during the fall and became vulnerable.
EDIT: By repeated mention of the corrugated passage that connects head to shoulders, I feel like Tyrph wins the thread.
I have a harder time with that explanation because that neck was exposed the whole time, not just after the AT-AT fell. You'd think the snowspeeders would have already hit the neck on one of them before, and if not, they should have continually tried to target the necks of the remaining upright walkers after discovering the weakness. It makes more sense to me that it took damage after falling, leaving it vulnerable.
I suppose just take it as the armour thats to strong for blasters could be a deflector shield
J
Jaitea said:
I suppose just take it as the armour thats to strong for blasters could be a deflector shield
J
Then they shoulda said "Those shields are too strong for blasters!" Which seems like an easy "fix".