Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The animation shows AT-AT walker locomotion at various speeds of travel from 5 km/h to 10 km/h, 20 km/h, 30 km/h, and 60 km/h. This graphic is presented to help viewers to visualize the AT-AT moving at various speeds.
Link for GIF:
photos.app.goo.gl/gDrTRmVrbACVkmPe8
The recorded rates of AT-AT travel across the icy Hoth tundra (in TESB) while firing weapons continuously ranged from 5 km/h to 9.5 km/h. Based on the animation simulating various speeds of travel, I suppose the walker's potential top speed is n the range of 20 km/h to 30 km/h approx.
Speeds approaching 60 km/h begin to look aesthetically displeasing. However;
In the video game "Star Wars: Empire At War" [note game mechanics are non-canon] AT-AT walkers do appear to move at a considerably faster pace, making between 1 and 1.33 (~) strides forward each second. So assuming that each stride is up to 10 meters in length then this suggests a speed of travel in the range of 35 km/h to 48 km/h.
However, stride length in the game may be shorter than ten meters thus cutting the actual speed down by as much as half (scaling how long it takes an AT-AT to travel its own length should be fairly easy with access to the game). The previous estimates of 35 km/h to 48 km/h are therefore an upper limit.
Link for Empire at War AT-AT
youtu.be/m8b9gkwjzhU?t=935
(15:35)
Link for GIF:
photos.app.goo.gl/gDrTRmVrbACVkmPe8
Animation source: sketchfab.com/dark0verseer
(I did not create it, just sped it up to various speeds)
Inspired by EC Henry's video "AT-AT speed analyzed"
The animation shows AT-AT walker locomotion at various speeds of travel from 5 km/h to 10 km/h, 20 km/h, 30 km/h, and 60 km/h. This graphic is presented to help viewers to visualize the AT-AT moving at various speeds.
Link for GIF:
photos.app.goo.gl/gDrTRmVrbACVkmPe8
The recorded rates of AT-AT travel across the icy Hoth tundra (in TESB) while firing weapons continuously ranged from 5 km/h to 9.5 km/h. Based on the animation simulating various speeds of travel, I suppose the walker's potential top speed is n the range of 20 km/h to 30 km/h approx.
Speeds approaching 60 km/h begin to look aesthetically displeasing. However;
In the video game "Star Wars: Empire At War" [note game mechanics are non-canon] AT-AT walkers do appear to move at a considerably faster pace, making between 1 and 1.33 (~) strides forward each second. So assuming that each stride is up to 10 meters in length then this suggests a speed of travel in the range of 35 km/h to 48 km/h.
However, stride length in the game may be shorter than ten meters thus cutting the actual speed down by as much as half (scaling how long it takes an AT-AT to travel its own length should be fairly easy with access to the game). The previous estimates of 35 km/h to 48 km/h are therefore an upper limit.
Link for Empire at War AT-AT
youtu.be/m8b9gkwjzhU?t=935
(15:35)
Link for GIF:
photos.app.goo.gl/gDrTRmVrbACVkmPe8
Animation source: sketchfab.com/dark0verseer
(I did not create it, just sped it up to various speeds)
Inspired by EC Henry's video "AT-AT speed analyzed"
