what's the point of stormtrooper armor?

[JSt0rm]

the worst was the speeder bike storm trooper armor with the blinders. Like wtf does a soldier need blinders for.

 

[Imp]

Can't find the scene on YouTube, but there's a Burn Notice episode where the main character talks about how putting on a uniform makes you look organized, professional, more scary.

 

[BoberFett]

In most of the old EU books, the stormtroopers were always pretty darn good. Decent armor, enhanced senses (sensors and communications), training plus tactics. Unless the hero was facing them. At which point movie rules apply.

The clone troopers from the prequels were pretty great soldiers. Apparently after 30 years, the quality of clones dropped and the new Stormtroopers were about as effective as the troopers from Spaceballs.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Stormtrooper armor is made from Chinese drywall.

Meeso seen what yousa did der!

 

[Theb]

It protects them from deadly stairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEPcxs5IIJI

 

[sdifox]

the worst was the speeder bike storm trooper armor with the blinders. Like wtf does a soldier need blinders for.

Visors are essential when you are traveling at high speed without a windshield. A bug could blind you otherwise.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Visors are essential when you are traveling at high speed without a windshield. A bug could blind you otherwise.

Yep hitting a bee at 80km/h on a quad is not very fun. D: Want at least a helmet with visor to keep that stuff from your face.

Storm trooper armor is a somewhat shiny white finish and are made to reflect shots from their team mates. The idea is that despite them missing all the time, a rebound might accidentally hit what they're aiming for. I don't think this has ever happened though. Idealy they should have been made a mirror finish.

 

[Slew Foot]

The clone troopers from the prequels were pretty great soldiers. Apparently after 30 years, the quality of clones dropped and the new Stormtroopers were about as effective as the troopers from Spaceballs.

according to the new canon, clones were decomissioned after the clone wars and stormtroopers were just trained military recruits.

 

[Ham n' Eggs]

Are the blasters supposed to be lasers or some kind of launcher of hot plasma beam-bullets? Lasers are invisible and nobody is swinging a light saber to block a light-speed anything... and even if they did we wouldn't see it because it's invisible and traveling at the speed of light... so if the jedi knight sees the laser being fired with his time freezing eyeballs he still needs to swing his sword arm faster than the speed of light to interdict the light-speed laser beam with his light-saber.... but since we can see the jedi knight flipping and cartwheeling and swinging saber to interdict a stray blaster laser beam then said jedi must not be moving fast enough (faster than light) to intersect the laser beam... therefore none of this makes sense. or does it make sense because the blaster is really hot plasma that travels in perfectly straight lines.

there I go, now I've ruined Star Wars.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Even if they could move faster than speed of light, a light saber is basically a very powerful laser that can stop at a specific point due to a yet discovered science sorcery, and light cannot block another beam of light.

 

[Ham n' Eggs]

I'm going with hot glowing plasma then. Plasma sabers and plasma bullets. Clearly the "laser" stuff was just marketing because the focus group hired by the makers of space pistols and jedi handles revealed that both jedi knights and imperial war mongers preferred the concept of lasers & light to glowing plasma shafts.

 

[angminas]

Are the blasters supposed to be lasers or some kind of launcher of hot plasma beam-bullets? Lasers are invisible and nobody is swinging a light saber to block a light-speed anything... and even if they did we wouldn't see it because it's invisible and traveling at the speed of light... so if the jedi knight sees the laser being fired with his time freezing eyeballs he still needs to swing his sword arm faster than the speed of light to interdict the light-speed laser beam with his light-saber.... but since we can see the jedi knight flipping and cartwheeling and swinging saber to interdict a stray blaster laser beam then said jedi must not be moving fast enough (faster than light) to intersect the laser beam... therefore none of this makes sense. or does it make sense because the blaster is really hot plasma that travels in perfectly straight lines.

there I go, now I've ruined Star Wars.

Jedi and Sith see slightly into the future, so they are able to preact instead of react.

 

[John Connor]

Even if they could move faster than speed of light, a light saber is basically a very powerful laser that can stop at a specific point due to a yet discovered science sorcery, and light cannot block another beam of light.

It's plasma man, plasma. LOL

 

[John Connor]

I'm going with hot glowing plasma then. Plasma sabers and plasma bullets. Clearly the "laser" stuff was just marketing because the focus group hired by the makers of space pistols and jedi handles revealed that both jedi knights and imperial war mongers preferred the concept of lasers & light to glowing plasma shafts.

Ah! Should have read the next post! HAHAHAHA

 

[John Connor]

Jedi and Sith see slightly into the future, so they are able to preact instead of react.

Is a Sith something that grows on your face? I never seen all the Star Wars. LOL

 

[gorcorps]

Are the blasters supposed to be lasers or some kind of launcher of hot plasma beam-bullets? Lasers are invisible and nobody is swinging a light saber to block a light-speed anything... and even if they did we wouldn't see it because it's invisible and traveling at the speed of light... so if the jedi knight sees the laser being fired with his time freezing eyeballs he still needs to swing his sword arm faster than the speed of light to interdict the light-speed laser beam with his light-saber.... but since we can see the jedi knight flipping and cartwheeling and swinging saber to interdict a stray blaster laser beam then said jedi must not be moving fast enough (faster than light) to intersect the laser beam... therefore none of this makes sense. or does it make sense because the blaster is really hot plasma that travels in perfectly straight lines.

there I go, now I've ruined Star Wars.

They have the force, which can move shit... that includes slowing down photons to the point of being able to hit them with super jedi reaction time

there... I fixed it

 

[waggy]

mythbusters did a great show on this. they determined the speed of the shots.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a17230/adam-savage-star-wars-lasers/

 

[Jeff7]

Are the blasters supposed to be lasers or some kind of launcher of hot plasma beam-bullets? Lasers are invisible and nobody is swinging a light saber to block a light-speed anything... and even if they did we wouldn't see it because it's invisible and traveling at the speed of light... so if the jedi knight sees the laser being fired with his time freezing eyeballs he still needs to swing his sword arm faster than the speed of light to interdict the light-speed laser beam with his light-saber.... but since we can see the jedi knight flipping and cartwheeling and swinging saber to interdict a stray blaster laser beam then said jedi must not be moving fast enough (faster than light) to intersect the laser beam... therefore none of this makes sense. or does it make sense because the blaster is really hot plasma that travels in perfectly straight lines.

there I go, now I've ruined Star Wars.

One of the prequels showed the shipboard cannons ejecting a large shell after each shot.
You know, because......of.......things and stuff?


I guess you could have a plasma or laser emitter that'd be in an intentional overload state: One intense blast and it's done.



Or Lucas decided to do nothing new and just add flashy lights to World War II footage.

 

[zinfamous]

Jedi and Sith see slightly into the future, so they are able to preact instead of react.

Yoda even explained this in Empire.

tsk, tsk, people.

 

[notposting]

The clone troopers from the prequels were pretty great soldiers. Apparently after 30 years, the quality of clones dropped and the new Stormtroopers were about as effective as the troopers from Spaceballs.

I think you're biased about the originals. :sneaky:

And even in the EU, the stormtroopers were no longer clones iirc - clones were a pretty rare thing by then. Usually small secret armies, possibly with some Force awareness or such involved, or backups the Emperor made (the guy was a fan of off-site backups, I'd say), extra Luke's with evil facial hair, etc etc.

 

[Sonikku]

Star Wars fangirl I take it? I have the entire book set myself, though I haven't collected beyond that.

Yep. :wub:

I definitely agree about Leia. She contributes absolutely nothing to the series, unless for some reason one thinks fanservice is a valid contribution.

What I mean is she plain as day knew Tarkin put a tracking device on the Falcon. WHY would you go straight to the rebel base with that knowledge?! D: If I were her I would have gone to Nar Shadda, jumped ship to another vessel and arrange discreet transportation to Yavin with R2 in tow. Let the rebels launch their assault on their own terms instead of the Empires.

Would make for a boring movie though. :hmm: The third act of Star Wars is exciting basically because Leia is an idiot.

 

[zinfamous]

What I mean is she plain as day knew Tarkin put a tracking device on the Falcon. WHY would you go straight to the rebel base with that knowledge?! D: If I were her I would have gone to Nar Shadda, jumped ship to another vessel and arrange discreet transportation to Yavin with R2 in tow. Let the rebels launch their assault on their own terms instead of the Empires.

Would make for a boring movie though. :hmm: The third act of Star Wars is exciting basically because Leia is an idiot.

If you guys haven't figured it out yet, let me help: George Lucas is an awful writer.

 

[lupi]

Yoda even explained this in Empire.

tsk, tsk, people.

They apparently can't read what's linked in the thread, you think they're going to remember movie dialogue.

 

[Jeff7]

If you guys haven't figured it out yet, let me help: George Lucas is an awful writer.

One shall be the number of script drafts thou shalt write, and the number of the drafts shall be one. Two drafts shalt thou not write, neither count thou three. Four is right out.

Yep. :wub:


What I mean is she plain as day knew Tarkin put a tracking device on the Falcon. WHY would you go straight to the rebel base with that knowledge?! D: If I were her I would have gone to Nar Shadda, jumped ship to another vessel and arrange discreet transportation to Yavin with R2 in tow. Let the rebels launch their assault on their own terms instead of the Empires.

Would make for a boring movie though. :hmm: The third act of Star Wars is exciting basically because Leia is an idiot.

The man knows better.


"Not this ship, sister."
Overconfidence hand-wave.

Though who knows why a modded cargo ship couldn't be tracked....
Han probably said "screw it" to any FCC interference compliance while making modifications and removed shielding all over the place to make room for cargo and to reduce mass, so the ship generates such a horrendous level of EMI noise that he didn't think any tracking signal would make it through intact.

 

[zinfamous]

One shall be the number of script drafts thou shalt write, and the number of the drafts shall be one. Two drafts shalt thou not write, neither count thou three. Four is right out.