The Star Destroyers were probably just passing throughafter intercepting Leia's ship. Plus, those troopers shown on dewbacks might be the regular stationed troops who use dewbacks all the time so stick with the transport they know works. The outtakes might feature loads of walkers all over the planet slipping and sliding about in the sand.
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Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇,
Fri 10 Apr 2009, 21:08,
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A fair pointthis would have caused the Empire considerable embarrassment if their machines of terror were prone to slipping over
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Jahled Three shades of black,
Fri 10 Apr 2009, 21:09,
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In an alternate universethose gunners DID use that escape pod for target practice.
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Fri 10 Apr 2009, 21:11,
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