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In the last years of the Republic, the Trade Federation turned to weapons makers ranging from the Geonosian hives to Baktoid Armor Workshop to create droid armies and assault vehicles. When the blockade of Naboo became a full-fledged invasion, droid-piloted AAT battle tanks rolled into the graceful city of Theed, overwhelming opposition.

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AAT Battle Tank History Gallery

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    • In the last years of the Republic, the Trade Federation turned to weapons makers ranging from the Geonosian hives to Baktoid Armor Workshop to create droid armies and assault vehicles. When the blockade of Naboo became a full-fledged invasion, droid-piloted AAT battle tanks rolled into the graceful city of Theed, overwhelming opposition.
    • When the Gungan army marched on Theed, the Trade Federation countered by sending AATs out in armored columns to meet the Gungans on Naboo’s plains. The Neimoidians were confident that the amphibians and their odd assortment of weapons were no threat.
    • The Gungans battled the tanks by catapulting the heavy plasma grenades they called boomas at the droid lines. But withering fire from the AATs broke the Gungan lines.
    • Jar Jar Binks, of course, managed to take out AATs through his unique brand of chaos. And the battle tanks were rendered useless when the Trade Federation’s Droid Control Ship exploded, causing the battle-droid pilots to shut down.
    • The Trade Federation’s invasion failed, but the AATs had proved impressive in battle. When the Clone Wars began, Baktoid factories produced countless battle tanks for the armies of the Separatists. On Christophsis, armored divisions smashed through the planet’s graceful crystal cities.
    • The Separatist ground attack on Christophsis was led by General Whorm Loathsom, commanding his armored columns from the turret of his personal AAT.
    • The fight on Christophsis was primarily a duel between the Republic’s powerful AV-7 cannons and Loathsom’s AATs, with control of the strategically located Outer Rim world in the balance.
    • Loathsom had an advantage, however – his AAT columns were defended not only by octuptarra droids but also by a mobile shield generator whose protective energy field was impervious to fire from the AV-7s.
    • Loathsom moved his forces steadily towards the AV-7s, pushing the Republic’s clones back. Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan Ahsoka Tano hid themselves on the battlefield, letting the shield perimeter pass over them as the AATs passed.
    • While Anakin and Ahsoka fought their way to the shield generator, Obi-Wan Kenobi stalled for time, surrendering to Loathsom and then drawing out negotiations while sitting in the shadow of the Separatist general’s AAT.
    • Anakin and Ahsoka brought down the shield, and the AV-7s battered the AATs. When Republic warships punched through the Separatist blockade of Christophsis, the battle turned decisively in the Republic’s favor.
    • On the coral moon of Rugosa, Yoda made a bet with Asajj Ventress to determine the allegiance of Toydaria’s King Katuunko – Yoda and his small band of clones would take on Asajj’s droid army, complete with AATs, to demonstrate which side had the best chance of defending Toydaria in the Clone Wars.
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