Kram Sacul
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Does it really matter if the heads are moving or not? I’ll trade some convincing blaster effects for a stationary but still impressive AT-AT.
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
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Whether the heads will move or not, I don't know.
But the welding of the head to the frame is in no way a barrier to the head moving. The beam could be temporary while they install the mechanism (which could be in the body with steel wires going to the head).
The spires of BSO had literally hundreds of beams that stuck out further than they needed in order to put scaffolding on them. When done with the concrete work, and the scaffolding was coming down, they just torched the extending beams off.
But the welding of the head to the frame is in no way a barrier to the head moving. The beam could be temporary while they install the mechanism (which could be in the body with steel wires going to the head).
The spires of BSO had literally hundreds of beams that stuck out further than they needed in order to put scaffolding on them. When done with the concrete work, and the scaffolding was coming down, they just torched the extending beams off.
SWGalaxysEdge
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180º
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I immediately thought of Avatar's floating mountains. Wasn't there plenty of temporary steel that was necessary during early stages of construction and removed as the structure grew?
mergatroid
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My intention wasn't to offend and I apologies to anyone who was offended by my post.
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And yes, I used the suicide analogy not to make light of suicide but rather to emphasise a point. Rather like if talking about sports or competition where one side beats another comfortably and somebody says "Yes, they absolutely murdered them". Their point is clearly not to make light of the act of murder or of murder victims, but rather to emphasise a point. I'll refrain from using the suicide analogy from now on though, as my intent was never to offend and I apologise again to anyone who was offended.
The AT AT heads DO NOT MOVE. 100%. These ATAT are in what would be considered storage aboard a star destroyer just remember that. Not to say they don’t do anything but there is not head movement.
mergatroid
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A good point that I'd not even considered. However I don't see how that equates to their heads not moving but them firing lasers? In essence they're tanks on legs so if stored on a star destroyer they'd be unoccupied. If they're unoccupied then there'd be no movement or reaction from them whatsoever as they need humans in them to make them do anything. So if they're firing at the ride guests that pass, then they must be occupied. And if they're occupied, well then why wouldn't the occupants move the ATAT heads whilst firing the guns?
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SWGalaxysEdge
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..I promise my guy isn't lying about them moving.
mergatroid
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I'm sure you aren't my friend. We seem to have people arguing on both fronts here though and I certainly have no inside knowledge. It would be really cool if they do, but I doubt it will break the ride if they don't. Time will tell eventually but right now it feels a bit like Schrodinger's cat theory.
And for those that aren't clever like what I am ........................
elfshadowreaper
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Do they move in B-mode or just A-mode?
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Rob562
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I'm sure you aren't my friend. We seem to have people arguing on both fronts here though and I certainly have no inside knowledge. It would be really cool if they do, but I doubt it will break the ride if they don't. Time will tell eventually but right now it feels a bit like Schrodinger's cat theory.
And for those that aren't clever like what I am ........................
So we have Schrodinger's CAT-CAT?
-Rob
Fear
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At this point I'm not sure why anybody has reason to doubt you.
mergatroid
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AEfx
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If the heads don’t move, it wouldn’t be the end of the world - but it would definitely be a missed opportunity. I can’t think of anything more cinematic and Star Warsy than coming into the hanger, seeing the AT-AT’s stationary, and then the heads turning to face you. Gives me chills just thinking about it.
SWGalaxysEdge
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AT-AT heads. Close up of the underside. Lots of stuff going on under there for non-moving heads. Looks like the neck might move, thus moving the head. Thoughts?
mergatroid
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It certainly looks like they've removed some of the connectors from this picture, fingers crossed it means movement. At a minimum it appears that 2 out of the 3 have gone?
elfshadowreaper
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“I will fix the AT-AT someday, I swear.” -Joe Rohde probably
Nah, I’m pretty excited about ROTR.
NoChesterHester
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Folks... they wouldn’t have designed a structural steel tube section frame to move. It is intended to be an illusion, not a real military vehicle. The superstructure would be put in place to get the basic frame and outline. If movement was intended, which it is, then they would build a lightweight skin over top mounted to small motors between the superstructure and the cladding. This is exactly what can be seen in the photo posted by @SWGalaxysEdge
matt9112
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I hope they install strobe lights now to save on costs later. Ok im joking but i dont give TWDC the benefit of the doubt.
Rob562
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You can also see in the pic that the beam of the superstructure on the far side is right up against the outer shell wall, with a decent space between the two on the near side. That suggests that the outer shell is at one end of its range of motion in the pic. If it weren't supposed to move, you'd think the shell would be centered on its supporting framework.
-Rob