Stormtroopers precision blasts?
#1
Posted 11 June 2005 - 10:45 AM
When Luke thinks the sand people destroyed the jawas transport, Ben tells him,
no, the blasts are too precise for sand people and that only Imperial Stormtroopers could have done this. Well, my question is this:
If stormtroopers are so precise in their marksmanship, then why is it that for the remainder of ep 4-5-6 only once does a stormtroopers blast actually harm some one they were shooting at. I am thinking of ROJ, Leia. I guess you could argue that 3po was shot in ESB, but that was at point blank so it doesn't count.
Anyone agree with this assessment?
#2
Posted 11 June 2005 - 04:15 PM
The Stormtrooper's skills at being the worst shots in the galaxy are almost legendary among fans. It's been done to death, but there's no way you can hide that they simply never hit any main character, even at point-blank range. It looks as though they were trained by Greedo. It also brings up the question as to why the clone troopers are actually pretty good shots, when after 18 years or so, they're crap...
#4
Posted 11 June 2005 - 05:14 PM
One thing I am glad about is that Lucas didn't dub the voice of Jango Fett over all the stormtroopers in the trilogy DVDs... if he had then it would have been too much.
#5
Posted 11 June 2005 - 05:40 PM
But he dubbed Boba's dialogue with Jango's voice. And I really hate that. :angry:
#6
Posted 11 June 2005 - 07:44 PM
AOTC states that the clones are made to age quickly and that they are genetically engineered to be 100% loyal. I don't see anything wrong with making them fanatically obedient to the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic; it would also seem logical to conclude that their accelerated aging makes them poor candidates for long-term defense of the Empire, meaning that they would have to be replaced by recruits at some point. Hence, the fact that their voices aren't all the same.
This would also explain the fact that storm troopers aren't good shots...but does that really have to be explained? This is Star Wars!
(Yeah, yeah, I know...Why doesn't the Empire make more clones, then?! Maybe cloning technology is mostly lost after the wars. This is all probably explained in some EU product)
#8
Posted 12 June 2005 - 02:58 PM
When Luke thinks the sand people destroyed the jawas transport, Ben tells him,
no, the blasts are too precise for sand people and that only Imperial Stormtroopers could have done this. Well, my question is this:
If stormtroopers are so precise in their marksmanship, then why is it that for the remainder of ep 4-5-6 only once does a stormtroopers blast actually harm some one they were shooting at. I am thinking of ROJ, Leia. I guess you could argue that 3po was shot in ESB, but that was at point blank so it doesn't count.
Anyone agree with this assessment?
You know, I always thought the same thing.
#9
Posted 12 June 2005 - 03:35 PM
When Luke thinks the sand people destroyed the jawas transport, Ben tells him,
no, the blasts are too precise for sand people and that only Imperial Stormtroopers could have done this. Well, my question is this:
If stormtroopers are so precise in their marksmanship, then why is it that for the remainder of ep 4-5-6 only once does a stormtroopers blast actually harm some one they were shooting at. I am thinking of ROJ, Leia. I guess you could argue that 3po was shot in ESB, but that was at point blank so it doesn't count.
Anyone agree with this assessment?
It's just that stormtroopers are more precise than Sandpeople, not that they are any good in general.
#10
Posted 15 June 2005 - 07:19 AM
I prefer to think of the stormtroopers as not being clones, personally. It seems kind of weird that they would all be clones, but the rest of the imperial forces wouldn't. For example, what about Imperial Tie Fighter pilots? I know they can't be clones, because I played Tie Fighter, the computer game, and furthermore, I read the little backstory book that came with it. And what about all that fiction that may or may not be canon that talks about the awesome and strict stormtrooper academies?!
#11
Posted 15 June 2005 - 01:13 PM
BUM BUM BUM
They don't hit the main characters because they're the main characters. No one wants to go halfway through Star Wars only to see Luke get shot and die as he's escaping the death star.
#12
Posted 15 June 2005 - 01:18 PM
My guess is that Sandpeople tend to hit their own feet a lot!
Isaac Asimov
#14
Posted 17 June 2005 - 11:50 PM
Stormtroopers should actually be damned impressive - the helmet apparatus should give them heightened senses and allow them to function even in smoke or gas, the utility equipment they seem to be crammed with (Luke's grappling hook, for starters) should allow them a number of handy moves, their armour shouldn't be 'shot in calf=death' and those hefty packs the field troopers have in SW should conceal any number of effective weapons.