All Terrain Advance Raider

The All Terrain Advance Raider (AT-AR) was a bipedal walker used by the Galactic Empire.

It was more suitable for frontline combat than lighter bipedal walkers like the AT-ST. Its "head" was situated closer to its legs, giving it a more "hunchbacked" look, and it was armed with a single, large blaster cannon.

The view out the cockpit was more extensive than on the AT-ST, and somewhat similar to the view from an AT-PT cockpit.

Behind the scenes
The AT-AR was originally developed for Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, but its design was altered and shrunk to become the AT-ST. It was later used in an issue of the Marvel Star Wars comic and in the Al Williamson newspaper comic strip, with some slight alterations to its appearance.

The Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy factbook coined the name, and stated that units of this kind were stationed at the Imperial base in Mos Eisley, while others participated in the Battle of Hoth.

Appearances

 * Marvel Star Wars 68: The Search Begins
 * Marvel Star Wars 69: Death in the City of Bone
 * Classic Star Wars 1
 * Galactic Battlegrounds