Walker
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- "These weapons of war would be awe-inspiring, were they not so terrifying."
- ―Supreme Chancellor Palpatine[src]
A walker was any vehicle, usually military, that used legs as its primary method of locomotion rather than the more common repulsors, wheels, or treads. This term can also refer to especially large droids with legs (again, usually combat droids), though such droids are usually referred to using more specific terminology (such as "spider droid").
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[edit] Types of walkers
- "Walkers are upon you before you know it."
- ―Saying by Rebel troops, dispelling the illusion of walkers as slow, plodding vehicles[src]
[edit] Galactic Republic walkers
- All Terrain Attack Pod
- All Terrain Experimental Transport
- All Terrain Heavy Enforcer
- All Terrain Open Transport
- All Terrain Personal Transport
- All Terrain Recon Transport
- All Terrain Tactical Enforcer
- Clone Personal Walker
- Clone Scout Walker
- Heavy Clone Personal Walker
- Heavy Clone Scout Walker
- Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery
- All Terrain Armored Transport
[edit] Confederacy of Independent Systems walkers
- Advanced dwarf spider droid
- Chameleon droid
- Crab Cannon
- Dwarf spider droid
- Heavy Dwarf Spider Droid
- LM-432 Crab Droid
- Octuptarra droid
- OG-9 Homing spider droid
- OG-10 Heavy Homing Spider Droid
- Tri-droid
- Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike (walk mode)
- Vulture droid (walk mode)
[edit] Imperial walkers
- All Terrain Advance Raider
- All Terrain Anti-Aircraft
- All Terrain Armored Transport
- All Terrain Ion Cannon
- All Terrain Personal Transport
- All Terrain Scout Transport
- All Terrain Scout Transport/Assault
- All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (cargo transport)
- BT-16 perimeter droid
- Mark 1 droid walker
- Mountain Terrain Armored Transport
- Mountain Terrain Scout Transport
- Self-Propelled Medium Artillery
[edit] Corporate Sector Authority walkers
[edit] New Republic walkers
[edit] Yuuzhan Vong walkers
[edit] Behind the scenes
[edit] Walkers in other media
Star Wars has popularized the use of various walkers and mechs in various media, from various Japanese anime to strategy games like Command and Conquer. Most of these mechs bear resemblance to the AT-ST. Also, Japanese scientists have constructed a Land Walker which might have been inspired by Star Wars walkers.
[edit] Origin
George Lucas claims he got the original idea for walkers from the cargo lifters which reside in the port of Oakland.[[1]][[2]]
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization (First appearance)
