obi Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Kissamies Its true that Stormtroopers are considered to be elite troops according to EU. Originally posted by Kissamies Stormtroopers are considered to be elite troops according to EU. Originally posted by Kissamies elite troops according to EU. Originally posted by Kissamies according to EU. No further questions, your honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissamies Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Ah, another PLZBEUSINGCANONONLYKTHX type of person. If something is in EU, it doesn't mean that its automatically against canon. Where in the movies does it say that stormtroopers are not considered elite troops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 how can i trust you, with that sig? j/k:D i think it is becouse of the helmet, becouse the stormy blaster is been known as a verry precise weapon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 You know this Stormtrooper aim/eyesight deal was an issue in the movies as well...they couldn't shoot a thing! They may have well just taken off their gear and worn uniforms, probably would kill more people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Psionic Jedi Maybe cause those huge helmets limit trooper vision o.O why do they even wear helmets? they dont exactly protect against blaster fire or lightsabers (maybe against hitting your head on a door tho) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklighter Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Darth-Nasty why do they even wear helmets? they dont exactly protect against blaster fire or lightsabers (maybe against hitting your head on a door tho) And they hit their head on the door cos they can't see anything through that damn helmet...it's a puzzling paradox huh?:Dlol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissamies Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by kstar__2 how can i trust you, with that sig? j/k:D i think it is becouse of the helmet, becouse the stormy blaster is been known as a verry precise weapon Heh, where did you get the notion that you should trust me? This might shed some light on the matter: http://al.jediknightii.net/dcm/misc/stm.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Darklighter And they hit their head on the door cos they can't see anything through that damn helmet...it's a puzzling paradox huh?:Dlol hmm yes if they dont wear the helmet they increase their vision and reduce the chance of walking into things. however if they were to hit their head they would be killed instantly. However the helmets which protect against this cause them to hit their head against more things which will eventually kill them anyway. The empire's clothing department has clearly had some difficult decisions to make about stormtrooper uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Kissamies Heh, where did you get the notion that you should trust me? This might shed some light on the matter: http://al.jediknightii.net/dcm/misc/stm.gif Keep in mind that the stormies in ep4 and 5 weren't supposed to hit our heroes... just make them flee so they could track them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Kissamies Ah, another PLZBEUSINGCANONONLYKTHX type of person. If something is in EU, it doesn't mean that its automatically against canon. Where in the movies does it say that stormtroopers are not considered elite troops? no need to get all pissy! sheesh. And yes, I am a PLZBEUSINGCANONONLYKTHX person. I don't like 80 clones of the emporer, or force-eating lizards. Sorry for my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<|DLS|>Darth Fett Posted September 11, 2002 Author Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by Darklighter You know this Stormtrooper aim/eyesight deal was an issue in the movies as well...they couldn't shoot a thing! They may have well just taken off their gear and worn uniforms, probably would kill more people... If they took all their gear off theyd all look the same! Have u seen attack of the CLONES!! CLONES says it all. If we had a bunch of people that looked the same running around shootin, i dont know about u but id get freaked out! I got freaked out in AotC(attack of the clones) when I saw all those jango_fett lookin clone troopers. I hope i never see that part again! Millions of jangos! creap me OUT! i geuss thats what the stormies look like too. Or maybe im wrong about the whole thing <not Bloody likely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissamies Posted September 11, 2002 Share Posted September 11, 2002 Originally posted by obi-wan13 I don't like 80 clones of the emporer, or force-eating lizards. Sorry for my opinion. I perfer those to armies of cute teddy bears and goofy gungans, but that's just me Not to get pissy or anything, but I dislike the canonist "I declare you null and void since you dared to mention EU" attitude. I am a PLZBEUSINGEUTOOKTHXBIBI person, after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by obi-wan13 No further questions, your honor. "Only Imperial stormtroopers could be so precise." By the way, I just saw part of the infamous Ewok battle from RotJ again a couple days ago. It was sooooo badly done. The stormtroopers just fell after being touched by anything Ewok-held or -thrown. As if they'd been tranquilized. Now that's some bad acting (and choreographing) there. ^.^ But in ANH and ESB, the stormtroopers were under orders to miss! Why does no one EVER catch that, when it's shoved in your face in ANH and implied in ESB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by Redwing "Only Imperial stormtroopers could be so precise." whats ridiculous about that is that he says the tusken raiders are innaccurate however several years earlier he saw them sniping 500mph pod racers from huge distances:confused: __________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<JOTD>Jedi Hunter Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 To answer an earlier post. One reason why stormtroopers wear helmets is because they aren't considored people anymore. That's also why they are numbered. Because they are just soldiers. The empire wants them to be like robots. Mindless drones who only act when the empire tells them to. It's all part of the brain washing. But then again I could be wrong. I'd really like to know what you all think about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by jessman233 To answer an earlier post. One reason why stormtroopers wear helmets is because they aren't considored people anymore. That's also why they are numbered. Because they are just soldiers. The empire wants them to be like robots. Mindless drones who only act when the empire tells them to. It's all part of the brain washing. But then again I could be wrong. I'd really like to know what you all think about that. What happens when they rebel. Don't you think they would start shooting the empeor and stuff if they were trying to brainwashed them? ANyway, I still say its the blaster they use that makes um inacurate. HELLO PEOPLE! It even says it in the instruction book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deetox187 Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by Darth-Nasty whats ridiculous about that is that he says the tusken raiders are innaccurate however several years earlier he saw them sniping 500mph pod racers from huge distances:confused: Obi-Wan didn't watch the pod race, he was babysitting the ship while that was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 oh yeah i knew that:rolleyes: ok you have a valid point there i still reckon someone would have told him bou the race afterwards:) __________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBomber Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Nasty, how do you get a pic in your sig. I had one, but know its just a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 its cos its not really a sig its actually a part of the message the rules here make no sense your arnt allowed a picture in your sig but you are allowed as many pictures in your message as you want a sig is just something added at the bottom of your message so i just paste my sig into my message myself and i can have what i want in it:) __________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deetox187 Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by Darth-Nasty oh yeah i knew that:rolleyes: ok you have a valid point there i still reckon someone would have told him bou the race afterwards:) Who knows maybe he had a live video feed to the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reb Starblazer Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 First thing I thought when I saw this topic was "Well, someone's been watching Undergrads...":D Second, accuracy and precision are not the same thing. Precision means to hit around where you're trying to hit. In ep4, it appears that the stormtroopers were trying to take out the treads on the Sandcrawler, to keep it from moving. Accuracy, is hitting the same spot, or within a certain area, over and over. There was probably a platoon of StormTroopers, all shooting at the SandCrawler, one of them is bound to hit the tread. Besides, I don't think even a Stormtrooper could miss a Sandcrawler, that things frickin' huge! The reason for the helmets is the same reason for the armour. So that they all look the same. A huge, faceless, indeterminably different army. You kill one, one that looks EXACTLY like it takes it's place. As for the Clonetroopers versus the Stormtroopers, the CloneTrooper's often used metallic ammo, like the Imperial Repeater, because blaster weapons are "harder to aim due to the inherent instability of plasma bolts". As for the armour, the CloneTroopers have better armour than the StormTroopers. CloneTroopers armour has less mobility, and is very uncomfortable, but is strong and can actually withstand damage. StormTrooper armour was changed to make it more mobile, comfortable, but at a cost of less protection. Not like a StormTrooper or two matter anyway, Palpy boy's got plenty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<JOTD>Jedi Hunter Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Thank you Reb... You made my exact point. But better then me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<JOTD>Jedi Hunter Posted September 12, 2002 Share Posted September 12, 2002 Originally posted by ZBomber What happens when they rebel. Don't you think they would start shooting the empeor and stuff if they were trying to brainwashed them? ANyway, I still say its the blaster they use that makes um inacurate. HELLO PEOPLE! It even says it in the instruction book! Well, most brainwashing is quite subtle. And I'm not saying that they were brainwashed. Most of them were just recruited. And if they didn't do their job, they themselves were killed or possibly a close friend or family member. The Imperials makes all types of threats to keep their army in line. Weird bunch eh? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<|DLS|>Darth Fett Posted September 12, 2002 Author Share Posted September 12, 2002 CORRECT Jessman But they're not brainwashed..... They're CLONES. They are my BITHCES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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