Riot Control Walker

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"Huh."

―A stormtrooper, observing another trooper mounting a Riot Control Walker^[5]

The Galactic Empire used the single-seated Riot Control Walker against rebel troopers during the Galactic Civil War. The small walker was piloted by a stormtrooper and was armed with two laser cannons that could strike targets above and below. Used in conjunction with death troopers, the Jedha walker ran across the sands of the worlds Jedha and Scarif.

Characteristics[]

"Ahh!"

―A rebel, defeated by the walker^[5]

The Riot Control Walker,^[1] also known as the Jedha walker,^[2] was a modified version of the All Terrain Scout Transport, which was nicknamed the "chicken walker."^[1] It seated a single stormtrooper of the Galactic Empire who operated the vehicle from atop its body. The walker was armed with a pair of forward-facing^[2] laser cannons,^[3] with one installed at each side of the ground vehicle. From the walker's seat, the pilot was protected by a small windscreen that functioned as a blast shield^[2] and could manipulate each cannon individually, rotating the ranged weapon to point downwards and upwards to strike both airborne and ground targets.^[1]

With its open cockpit, small size, and two legs^[2] that could run on its two clawed feet on sandy terrain,^[5] the walker resembled the Clone Wars–era All Terrain Reconnaissance Transport, and its front had an engine intake grille while the back had space for the trooper to stow their blaster.^[2]

Role[]

Ostensibly used for riot control,^[1] the walker could prove an efficient weapon against multiple armed opponents in battle.^[6]

History[]

"Argh!"

―A stormtrooper pilot, whose walker blew up^[6]

RiotControlWalker-Scarif — The walker stops a speeder, whose rider has been flung into the air.

The Riot Control Walker was deployed alongside death troopers and stormtroopers in a ruined settlement^[3] on Jedha, a moon that the Empire occupied by 1 BBY.^[7] The Imperials fought four rebel troopers, including one riding a speeder bike and another behind a laser cannon in a defensive trench.^[8]

The walker was also used on^[5] the Imperial planet^[2] Scarif, the site of a pivotal Galactic Civil War battle against the Rebellion later in the same year,^[7] against four rebel troopers who joined the squad Rogue One,^[9] with a stormtrooper showing off the vehicle's weaponry. The blaster shots fell short of the rebels on a beach, prompting them to laugh and a death trooper to climb onto the walker and demand the stormtrooper to jump off; the new pilot then defeated three of the rebels while a fourth rushed toward the Imperials on their speeder.^[5]

However, the walker's leg stomped on the front of the bike, throwing the rebel into the sky.^[5] In another encounter, a stormtrooper-piloted walker ran toward three rebels and their bike to chase them away from a landing pad that was defended by Imperials, but the vehicle was destroyed by a fourth rebel's laser cannon.^[6]

Behind the scenes[]

"A modified AT-ST aka chicken walker aka… wait, does this galaxy even have chickens?"

―LEGO Star Wars Battles's description of the walker^[1]

ImperialTrooperBattlePack — The walker was made for the Imperial Trooper Battle Pack.

The Riot Control Walker was first included as an "Imperial walker" as part of a LEGO toy set released in early 2017 as merchandise for^[5] the 2016 Anthology film^[10] Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It debuted in a promotional video uploaded to YouTube on January 3 of that year.^[5]

The set's package cover depicts the walker being piloted by a stormtrooper alongside a stormtrooper and a pair of death troopers, engaging in battle facing the left of the scene on a sandy, ruined settlement. LEGO recommends combining the product with another battlepack^[3] that has a connecting package cover, featuring four rebels firing toward the right of the scene.^[8] The vehicle was identified as a "Jedha walker" by the non-canon reference book Ultimate LEGO Star Wars, which was published later in October that year, confirming the location of the battle.^[2]

It was then identified as a Riot Control Walker in Playdemic's 2021 non-canon mobile game LEGO Star Wars Battles. As a dark side unit that can be unlocked in battles on Scarif, the game recommends using the unit against Rebel Commandos and turbolaser emplacements, and using it alongside B1-series battle droids, B2-series super battle droids, and Tusken Raiders, but states that it is weak against flocks of porgs and the Jedi Luke Skywalker.^[1]