Walker/Legends

"These weapons of war would be awe-inspiring, were they not so terrifying."

- Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

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. The designs for walkers utilized by the Galactic Empire were directly inspired by the successful use of animal cavalry from ancient civilizations.

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

 * Republic Troop Transport
 * Manka-class armored transport
 * All Terrain Attack Pod
 * AT-EST exploration walker
 * All Terrain Experimental Transport
 * All Terrain Heavy Enforcer
 * All Terrain Open Transport
 * All Terrain Personal Transport
 * All Terrain Recon Transport
 * All Terrain Tactical Enforcer
 * Clone Personal Walker
 * Clone Scout Walker
 * Heavy Clone Personal Walker
 * Heavy Clone Scout Walker
 * Self-Propelled Heavy Artillery
 * All Terrain Armored Transport
 * All Terrain Construction Transport
 * Wet Terrain Recon Transport
 * All Terrain Scout Transport (limited use; open cockpit variant]]

Confederacy of Independent Systems walkers

 * Advanced dwarf spider droid
 * Chameleon droid
 * Crab Cannon
 * Dwarf spider droid
 * Heavy Dwarf Spider Droid
 * Hyena-class bomber (walker mode)
 * LM-432 Crab Droid
 * Octuptarra combat tri-droid
 * OG-9 Homing spider droid
 * OG-10 Heavy Homing Spider Droid
 * J-1 semi-autonomous proton cannon
 * Tsmeu-6 personal wheel bike (walker mode)
 * Vulture-class droid starfighter (walker mode)
 * All Terrain Scout Transport (secretly developed on Diado )
 * All Terrain Armored Transport (secretly developed on Diado )

Imperial walkers

 * All Terrain Advance Raider
 * All Terrain Anti-Aircraft
 * All Terrain Armored Transport
 * All Terrain Armored Heavy Transport
 * All Terrain Construction Transport
 * All Terrain Defense Pod
 * All Terrain Exploration Droid
 * All Terrain Ion Cannon
 * All Terrain Kashyyyk Transport
 * All Terrain Personal Transport
 * All Terrain Riot Control Transport
 * All Terrain Scout Transport
 * All Terrain Scout Transport/Assault
 * All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (cargo transport)
 * BT-16 perimeter droid
 * CAP-2 Captivator
 * Mark 1 droid walker
 * Mountain Terrain Armored Transport
 * Mountain Terrain Scout Transport
 * Self-Propelled Medium Artillery

Corporate Sector Authority walkers

 * Espo Walker 91
 * Espo Walker 101

New Republic walkers

 * Foreign Intruder Defense Organism

Yuuzhan Vong walkers

 * Fire Breather
 * Rakamat
 * Thrall herder

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 Solid. 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 claims he got the original idea for walkers from the cargo lifters which reside in the port of Oakland.

Appearances



 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars video game
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Lost Legion
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars Purge: The Hidden Blade
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
 * Star Wars Missions 13: Prisoner of the Nikto Pirates
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back novelization
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Murder on the Executor
 * Shadows of the Empire
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel

Non-canonical appearances

 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Giant spiders are awesome
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars