A/V The Mandalorian (Jon Favreau SW Live Action show) - Now featuring former Man in DeLorean

Not a fan of that, IMO, it is overly simplified design, even by Rebels standard. Since this model was officially established to be an early version of AT-AT, it is understandable why Fallen Order used it, but for a post-Endor movie it is no longer an excuse.

 

Yeah, these are probably Warlords who can't be too choosey about which scraps of the Imperial War Machine they get to employ. And from what little I know of the post-Endor timeline in the new canon, it seems like the Warlords were fewer and more poorly-equipped than their old EU counterparts. They seem like they'd be more likely to be whipping out TIE Uglies than TIE Defenders.

Also, since Sigourney is a Rebel pilot and Zeb is also in the film... will we be getting my boy Paul Sun-Hyung Lee?

 

Yeah, I could see it be something like that.

Particularly since the version shown previously had the ESB type AT-ATs, so this feels like a deliberate choice rather a mistake or laziness.

In legends too I remember the remnant often using older or second line equipment - like in Crimson Empire when the local warlord attack force had juggernauts and tie crawlers rather than AT-ATs.

Paul's character is part of that squadron, it feel appropriate for him to be there, even if only in a small role.

On that note, I am honestly kind of surprised we didn't see a TIE Defender among Thrawn's forces and just regular ties. Though admittedly I could see him keeping that in reserve for later.

 

Looking at the state of his Star Destroyer, I don't think they had a big manufacturing operation on Peridea. If would not shock me at all, though, if, like the hyperdrive operation Morgan had running, there was also a TIE Defender production operation on the QT that'll show itself in Ahsoka S2 or maybe be an unexplained problem in Mando and Grogu

 

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There was a clip at a past event - D23 I believe - from Mando and Grogu, and there was one of the same shots of Mando riding past an attacking walker though with a different model of AT-AT

I see, that does make a lot of sense, and it would be fun to see. I hope that is the case.

 

Given the production budget I’d prefer they allocate to a bombardment of the surface, I hope they save that for the film.

 

I think any battle of Corucant will happen in the big crossover Heir to the Empire movie.