Canarys Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Has anyone noticed, in any of the movies, even one instance of a blaster bolt failing to fry the stormtrooper it was fired at? I've been wondering what the point of the armor was since 1977. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfninjajedi Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 This will cover it. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper_armor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canarys Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 This will cover it. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Stormtrooper_armor Awesome link. That does indeed explain it. Obrigado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triforceelf Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Has anyone noticed, in any of the movies, even one instance of a blaster bolt failing to fry the stormtrooper it was fired at? I've been wondering what the point of the armor was since 1977. Plot, mostly. That and it made it terribly obvious who the bad guys were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SammyRath Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Imperial Army Standard Issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacenHallis Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 If you watch the boarding action on the Tantive IV in Star Wars, you'll see one or two cases of blaster bolts bouncing off the armor. Han, Luke and Leia never miss because they are the heroes. Regular people, though, get some of their shots deflected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForlornHope Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 As someone who owns and has worn the armor, I can tell you that you feel protected in it even if your really not. Probably gave the troopers a feeling of invincibility which even in itself can make a difference in battle for good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hattertea Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The heroes of the movie were aim botting and other sort of hacks... Other than that, yeah stormtroopers got bad wrap because we couldn't have the heroes of the movies get hurt, wounded, and otherwise defeated by lowly minions right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormcloudx Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 The heroes of the movie were aim botting and other sort of hacks... Other than that, yeah stormtroopers got bad wrap because we couldn't have the heroes of the movies get hurt, wounded, and otherwise defeated by lowly minions right? This..this..a million times this. People fail to realize the cliche rule of thumb is that heroes always hit dead on, don't get hit or hurt by non main antagonists. the only time the miss or get hurt is to elevate them for a plot point that comes immediately afterward. Thus why many people do not give credit to the stormtroopers (and Imperial military in general) the credit they deserve. Though i want to slap Lucas every time I think of the fury victory on Endor...that took hero auto win waay to far in my book. The armor, the skill, and the weapons they had were actual pretty good when you remove the hero factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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