"AT-AT" SpecPlate

The "AT-AT" SpecPlate is a fine-art print produced by Acme Archives Direct as part of the SpecPlate series with art by Jeff McGuigan and a design by Louis Solis, released on August 20, 2014. It depicts the technical schematics of the All Terrain Armored Transport walker. Twenty-five SpecPlates with the AT-AT print were released.
==Contents==
The "AT-AT" SpecPlate depicts the technical schematics of the All Terrain Armored Transport walker. It also features information regarding its in-universe designers and engineers as well as the corporation and faction involved in its development—specifically, Kuat Drive Yards and the Galactic Empire, respectively. The image's dimensions were thirty-six by seventeen inches, and forty-three by twenty-four inches when framed. Like all SpecPlates, it came with a certificate of authenticity.
==Development==
The model was colored in gold aluminum that was designed by a group of architects in Seattle, Washington that were affiliated with the United States Navy. It was mounted in two-inch polished stainless steel standoffs on a supporting plate in a shadow box frame. The "AT-AT" SpecPlate is inspired by Commemorative Christening Plates affixed to the bulkhead of real-world ships. Art for the piece was created by Jeff McGuigan, while the piece was designed by Louis Solis. The piece was released on August 20, 2014 with a limited set of twenty-five SpecPlates—each one denoting to the owner which piece out of the 25 they received. A preview for the print was released on StarWars.com on the same day to announce its release.
==Continuity==
The All Terrain Armored Transport—the vehicle depicted by the SpecPlate—was created forThe Making of The Empire Strikes Back the 1980 original trilogy film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. The names D. Beasley, C. Cantwell, S. Gawley, J. Johnston, R. McQuarrie—referring to various in-universe designers and engineers—on the SpecPlate are references to Lucasfilm Ltd. staff members David Beasley, Colin Cantwell, Steve Gawley, Joe Johnston, and Ralph McQuarrie. Gawley, Johnston, and McQuarrie were themselves involved in the creation of the AT-AT; McQuarrie created concept art depicting the vehicle, Johnston created designs for tank-like precursors of the AT-AT in early drafts of The Empire Strikes Back, and Gawley was the foreman of the modelshop utilized during the film's production. Some details on the print match the AT-AT's schematics in the 1996 reference book The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, written by Bill Smith.The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels
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