Lord Darth Hunter Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 It's "at-at". It's not as if NASA is "en-ay-ess-ay". Acronyms that spell words should be pronounced as those words! Otherwise why name it the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, just to call it "ess-aitch-eye-ee-ell-dee"? But then how would you say AT-ST? "At-ess-tee?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 You pronounce it "Chicken Walker" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANA-kin Skywalker Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 FAQ is pronounced fuck you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 It's "at-at". It's not as if NASA is "en-ay-ess-ay". Acronyms that spell words should be pronounced as those words! Otherwise why name it the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, just to call it "ess-aitch-eye-ee-ell-dee"? But then how would you say AT-ST? "At-ess-tee?""At-saint". Or maybe "at-street". Obvs. Seriously, though, if the all-terrain scout transport didn't exist, how would you pronounce AT-AT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Darth Hunter Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Just messing. I agree with you. I do pronounce AT-AT as "at-at." But I never call the AT-ST by its letters. I've always called it the Scout Walker because that's what the toy was called when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrian Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 TIE fighter, not Tee Aye Eee fighter Man, the Empire sure does love its acronyms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I thought it was tie fighter cause all the pilots were Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerimar Nyliram Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 I hate "at-at." If an AT-AT is an "at-at," then what is an AT-ST? An "at-sit?" You can't pronounce one phonetically and not the other. You have to be consistent! [Edit] Oh, looks like someone already made that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 The consistency is not in whether the vehicles all have acronyms that can be pronounced, but in whether each half of the acronym is pronounceable. So "at-at", but "ay-tee-ess-tee". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 By that logic, wouldn't it be "at-ess-tee"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Can't pronounce "st" unless you want to say "sit", "street", or "saint", so no. The consistency is within the acronym itself; I don't think it needs to be consistent across the vehicle types. If the chicken walker didn't exist, or was called something like All Terrain Exploration Transport, wouldn't it be "at-et"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrian Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 AT-TE is also pronounced Ay-Tee-Tee-Eee, not Attee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Well that's just weird. Who says that? And what is AT-TE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Jade Skywalker Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 @ - @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANA-kin Skywalker Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Technically pavonis is totally 100% right as he obviously truly know what an acronym is versus Initialism. That being said, I can't believe this topic is gaining so much traction. My god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Meh. I'm not sure what else there is to talk about. R1 is out and done, TFA is out and done, and TLJ is keeping its secrets almost as closely as TFA, maybe moreso. I've gathered as much as I can about the plot of the film, but keep it to myself so I don't "spoil" it for anyone else. So why not discuss this pendantic stuff? Besides, no one has said what they'd call the AT-AT if the AT-ST didn't exist, or wasn't named so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen123 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 I always called it by its letters. I can't really say exactly why I did that as a kid, but maybe it was just ingrained in me due to the hyphen being in the name like in R2-D2 and C-3PO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 None of them are called any of these things in the movies? Right? The correct names are 'Imperial Walkers' and 'ya know those 2 legged walkers from Return of the Jedi'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 97% of proper Star Wars names come from the Kenner toy line or the original RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevil Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 None of them are called any of these things in the movies? Right? The correct names are 'Imperial Walkers' and 'ya know those 2 legged walkers from Return of the Jedi'.Scout Walkers (AT-STs) were in ESB too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Jawa Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Were they always? I thought they were added later. With all the different editions, all these movies are become like a fuzzy, half-remembered dream. If I were putting money on it though, I think they were added later. I remember them being a new-toy revelation in RotJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 They were in two shots in the original version of ESB. I think they were supposed to be in more, but didn't make the cut. Conversely, the ATAT is also in ROTJ but not for the battle which always felt odd to me. https://goo.gl/images/dTaeWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Darth Hunter Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 When I saw the AT-AT in ROTJ I was stoked. With memories of ESB I couldn't wait to see what they did on Endor. Too bad we didn't get to see them in action. Though in hindsight seeing how effective they had been against the firepower the Rebels threw at them on Hoth it's hard to see how they would've overcome them on Endor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANA-kin Skywalker Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I always called them imperial walkers because that's what the movie called them. I'm not sure where Scout Walker even came from, but that's what I called the little two-legged ones. And yes, they were in the original cut of ESB for a single shot. As a kid I loved how fast they moved in ESB...better watch out rebels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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