Walker/Legends
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. The term could also refer to especially large droids with legs (usually combat droids), though such droids were usually referred to using more specific terminology (such as "spider droid"). The All Terrain series contained some of the most well known examples of walkers.
Types of walkers
- "Walkers are upon you before you know it."
- ―Saying by Rebel troops, dispelling the illusion of walkers as slow, plodding vehicles
Galactic Republic walkers
- All Terrain Personal Transport
- All Terrain Armored Transport
- All Terrain Scout Transport (limited use; open cockpit variant)
Imperial walkers
- All Terrain Advance Raider
- All Terrain Armored Transport
- All Terrain Personal Transport
- All Terrain Scout Transport
- All Terrain Scout Transport/Assault
- BT-16 perimeter droid
- Mountain Terrain Armored Transport
Corporate Sector Authority walkers
New Republic walkers
Behind the scenes
Walkers in other media
Star Wars has popularized the use of various walkers and mechs in various media, from various Japanese anime to video games like Command and Conquer and Metal Gear. 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.
Origin
George Lucas claimed he got the original idea for walkers from the cargo lifters which reside in the port of Oakland.[1][2] However, at the very least the AT-AT had gotten direct inspiration from two sources: One was the tripod walkers from The War of the Worlds from George Lucas's own testimony.[3] The other, cited by Joe Johnston, was the Cybernetic Anthropomorphous Machine (CAM) that was commissioned by the United States Army for potential use in the Vietnam War before being abandoned by General Electric. Contrary to popular belief, the four-legged cranes in Oakland were not the inspiration for the AT-ATs.[4]
