Tatooine Tour of duty.: A LEGO® creation by Philip Morgan : MOCpages.com

Tatooine Tour of duty.

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The 173rd Mechanised Assault Group find themselves in the action.

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Shortly after the space battle above the planet of Tatooine and the consequent search of the planet's deserts, Imperial forces in the area were strengthened.
The 173rd Mechanised Assault Group was stationed at the Imperial garrison base in the principal spaceport Mos Eisley. While patrolling the Jundland Wastes the Imperial forces strayed onto sacred land and wells of the Tusken People. This trespass provoked an immediate violent uprising. What was unusual about the campaign undertaken by the Tusken People was that they brought the fighting to the edge of the urban area, as well as their usual terrain of desert and canyons.
These pictures of the patrols and combat were captured by Mark IV patrol droids.

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173rd M.A.G. patrolling the outskirts of Mos Eisley.

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Insurgence forces take up position amongst the ruins of a building.

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The lead elements of the patrol are warned by the Mark IV droid of the ambush.

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The insurgence campaign is one of 'hit and run'.

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Officers of the 173rd M.A.G. give orders to scout teams and assess the damage.

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Patrolling the Northern Dune Sea.

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As the AT-ATs pass by a Tusken Raider takes aim with a missile launcher, unseen by the lumbering vehicles.

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A well aimed hit on a joint of the lead AT-AT brings it to a holt and signals to other Tuskens to attack.
The AT-AT's guns are no use at this range and it is under threat of being over run. It is the quick actions of the support AT-ST that bring the situation under control.

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The rest of the convoy moves off leaving the damaged AT-AT to be seviced by the engineers with the AT-RV.

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As the AT-RV lifts the joint armour back into place, a AT-ST keeps a watchful eye on the desert. Its crew wonder where the next attack will come from...

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Scout troopers keep watch on the edge of urban area, with a heavy blaster.

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B. Criswell

November 12, 2009

This is perfect! The ONLY thing missing is the banthas... those lizards dont substitute very nicely.

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Felix Schloendorff

July 28, 2009

Nice heavy cannon!

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Commander Caden

January 3, 2009

AWESOME JOB! Hey, I made the scout troopers heavy blaster. If I ever use it, I'll give credit to you.

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Darren Adams

December 14, 2008

Hey Philip (hi again) ... i finally got some pics posted on the mocs ... so stop by and check 'em out sometime (thx).

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Andrew Sloper

December 6, 2008

WOW! MAN THAT THIS AWESOME! and can check out my mocs.

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Peter Oleelra

February 14, 2008

I see how he makes the heavy blaster. It's simple. He used the back shooter from the snow speeder and a simple stem piece. Great job.

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LegoLord 365

November 25, 2007

Man, you got a big imagination.Once again,EXCELLENT!

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Don Webber

October 2, 2007

That is so cool. Man, all those walkers must of cost u some $.

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Darren Adams

July 15, 2007

I want an ARMY like urs !!! And those Walkers are sooo cool ! I have a small collection of Lego~Star Wars minifigs, but i'm still happy with it. You can see my stuff at www.freewebs.com/thedarkone1111 ... stop by sometime and check it out :)

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Wills Rothschild

May 29, 2007

Very nice use of sand/dirt. You position your renegade insergence unit in a way that makes them look like theyre about to strike. Very lifelike, I like that. As always, great job!

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Sam the Lego Man

May 27, 2007

Wow. It's like Star Wars terrorism. Incredible MOC!

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Karl Boson

January 5, 2007

COMPLETELY AWESOME!! Best environment and vehicle designs I�ve ever seen! Keep it coming!

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michael edwards

August 3, 2006

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice Tacticle stuff. it was wise for those ATATs to not fire... cuz theyed kill there own men since there too close to shoot atsts we made for escorting ATATS adn other heavy junk too!

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Gary the Pilot Man

July 20, 2006

Those brave Imperials fighting, while them obnoxious rebels pamper that spoiled princess! Good job. "What's the last thing to go through a rebel's head when he crashes into a cruiser?" "What?" "Their R2 unit!"

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Jon Lindstrom

May 15, 2006

Great job. That must have cost a mint to make.

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Frank Ayers

December 10, 2005

I was wonderingwhere the story happened? It looks like it would fit well in the movie.