LEGO Star Wars: Skywalker Saga Mocks The AT-AT Pronunciation
Out of all the jokes contained within LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, the joke on how to pronounce "AT-AT" is one of the best. During the game's version of Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back, Leia orders Rogue Squadron to take down the incoming Imperial Walkers, calling them "Aye-Tee Aye-Tees." In response to Leia, Luke acknowledges the orders and calls them AT-ATs. It's one of many funny exchanges included in The Skywalker Saga, but this one in particular stands out as it light-heartedly highlights a long-running discussion in Star Wars fandom.
An AT-AT — or what it's called in the movies, an Imperial Walker — refers to the All Terrain Armored Transports used by the Empire. The AT-AT is the Empire's military backbone, transporting troops and laying down heavy blaster fire support. Their origins can be linked to the six-legged AT-TE or All Terrain Tactical Enforcer, which returns in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga's open world and made its first appearance in Attack of the Clones. The AT-AT is not the only Imperial vehicle in the original trilogy to hold the "All Terrain" designation, as there were variants like the AT-STs, which was mockingly referred to as the "chicken walker" by rebel soldiers.
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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga not only defuses the tiring argument of how AT-AT should be pronounced, but it does so in the best way: through humor. As a result, the game effectively accepts both ways AT-AT is pronounced. The debate over the true pronunciation of the Imperial Walker's actual designation has grown quite tedious at times, and LEGO's Skywalker Saga shows how it doesn't really matter how anyone refers to it, whether that
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