All Terrain Recon Transport / Legends The All Terrain Recon Transport ( AT - RT ) was a one - man bipedal walker used for reconnaissance and patrolling , first by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars , and later on by the Galactic Empire and Alliance to Restore the Republic and was made by Kuat Drive Yards . Characteristics . One of several precursors to the AT - ST walker , the AT - RT was 3 . 2 meters tall and 2 . 9 meters long , with a saddle - like seat for a single clone trooper driver . Its open cockpit design made the driver especially vulnerable to sniper fire , a notable flaw , but low costs and good visibility of the battlefield made up for this shortcoming . While other walkers like the AT - PT eliminated the flaw of the exposed driver position , the AT - PT was slower , and this made the AT - RT competitive with the former as it was capable of tremendous speeds and could also leap quite a distance thanks to its light construction . The recon walker was equipped with a nose - mounted repeating blaster cannon and mortar launcher , both of which made the walker a formidable anti - infantry unit , although a group of five walkers could easily overpower a single AAT . The AT - RT was fitted with a motion detection scanner and sensor equipment capable of providing Forward Command Center s with updated situation reports from the battlefield . AT - RTs could be deployed to the battle field in various ways . They were usually deployed from landed " Acclamator " - class assault ship , but this wasn ' t always practical for size reasons . When this occured , they could be deployed by LAAT / is , 1 per gunship stored on the speeder bike ramp , 2 could be carried if the crew bay was empty . The walkers could also be deployed from modified AT - TEs with special cargo lifts in their back section . They could transport 2 Walkers and their riders . ARF Troopers were known to pilot these walkers . History . Due to its light construction , AT - RT walkers were especially vulnerable to heavy weapons . This led many commanders to use them in fast scout packs , such as Lightning Squadron , a team that consisted of ten ARF troopers specially trained to operate AT - RTs . They were also used in the role of civilian ( police or militia ) support . Commonly , these walkers operated as picket and pathfinder units . AT - RT walkers were used on several worlds during the Clone Wars . In the Battle of Christophsis , three AT - RTs made a gallant charge into the advancing enemy lines , 2 were destroyed , and it is unknown if the last walker and it ' s rider returned . Prior to the battle , they were stored in the Republics forwards command center , but many were destroyed when the traitorous clone trooper Slick sabotaged the base . In the Battle of Ryloth , AT - TEs got trapped on ridge by AATs firing at their position . Mace Windu ordered the deployment of Lighting Squad . The squad and their walkers were deployed from specially adapted AT - TE with lifts in their rear section . Led by General Windu , the squad advanced on the enemy tanks , the walkers were too fast for the tanks and outflanked them easily , which allowed Lightning to attack the tanks from behind targeting their weak spots . Shortly after the skirmish , Windu took two Advanced Recon Force troopers , Razor and Stak , to Cazne to find the freedom fighters of Ryloth , after encountering a droid patrol they met up with Cham Syndulla , the leader of the resistance . After the leader of the resistance agreed with Senator Orn Free Taa to ally themselves with the Republic forces , the Syndulla and Windu came up with a plan to take the occupied city of Lessu . Mace Windu stowed away inside an MTT headed for the City , as they were crossing the bridge , however , they were detected by the Droids . The Jedi made a break for the end of the bridge while AT - RTs and AT - TEs along with the Ryloth Resistance provided cover fire from the ridge over - looking the bridge . After fighting off the droids , the force made its way across the bridge , the AT - RTs took out the Tank guard then made their way into the city . In the Battle of Kiros , AT - RTs were deployed by the 501st . These were later used by Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano to find the bombs hidden around the city . After defeating the droids guarding each bomb , they managed to disarm them . Many AT - RTs of the 501st were deployed on Umbara when trying to capture the capital city . When beginning their assault on the surface , the walkers were launched from the back of LAAT / is . The walkers were ideal for the rough , uneven terrain of the planet , and because of their size could move through the thick forested areas with relative ease . However , they were no match for the hi - tech armaments of the Umbaran separatists , and were easy pickings for the likes of the Umbaran hover tank . As with the Umbaran Campaign , great numbers of these walkers were deployed for Battle of Kashyyyk , and were later used in an attempt to track down Jedi Master Yoda following the execution of Order 66 . They also saw action on Outer Rim planets such as the conflicts on Utapau and Mygeeto . Units of this type were also used during the Battle of Rishi . These light - weight walkers would also be utilized in the on the Jedi Temple . Over a year later , during an attempt by ex - Jedi Fy - Tor - Ana and Ferus Olin to retrieve a cache of lightsabers from the occupied Temple , AT - RTs would back up teams of stormtroopers that were hunting them . However , it appeared that the AT - RT was phased out in favor of the AT - ST . Nonetheless , it was considered preferable to the 74 - Z speeder bikes , especially by various notable scouting units . According to the Imperial - turned - Rebel General Crix Madine , the AT - RT was commonly used in police units , and was easy to steal them on most Rim worlds . Elite Imperial units like Lightning Squadron continued to utilize their AT - RTs during the Galactic Civil War . Modified AT - RTs were also utilized by the Rebel Alliance and fringe groups . Many of these walkers were painted with camouflage to better blend in with their surroundings . A floodlight often replaced the repeating blaster cannon , providing additional aid for the walker on night - time missions , but making the vehicle more vulnerable in the process . Behind the scenes . The script for " " refers to this single - man walker as a modified scout walker . Designed by T . J . Frame , it was to be part of an extended scene where Yoda distracts some mutinous clone troopers by acting like a crazy hermit . Chewbacca would have then climbed up the back of the walker and removed the pilot , in a move very similar to his boarding of the AT - ST in . The scene was ultimately cut out . Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman had his team of animators closely studied the stop - motion animation of the scout walkers in the original trilogy , so they could digitally recreate some of the original funkiness of movement inherent in the hand - animated style .