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    1 month ago

    Sure, all that stuff about Palpatine making an empire meant to crumble (or at least fall into an inefficient stalemate) has been written into canon, but IRL the AT-AT was designed long before anyone had written any of that backstory. Depends on the angle you look at the lore. I personally try to keep a little bit of looseness when it comes to doing ultra in-depth analysis of tactics, strategy, and practicality of weapons in a setting where the designs originally often came from movie designers who were making interesting and visually communicative designs.