Talk:Stormtrooper armor/Legends


 * If the Stormtroopers were so well trained, why do they suffer from "Movie Bad Guy Syndrome," where no amount of armor or training will prevent them from getting killed by the heros. 68.189.72.152 15:50, 30 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * We've got an article about this: Stormtrooper effect. Anyways, I don't think it's very possible to get blaster-proof armor, since a full-power blaster shot is quite damaging, as demonstrated in The Hutt Gambit and the A New Hope novelization. Thus, stormtrooper armor is only supposed to provide protection from shrapnel, bullets, stun beams and the like. The real question is how they've been killed by spears.-LtNOWIS 23:55, 30 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Lucy Lawless: "Whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did it." &mdash;Darth Culator  02:50, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Most of the time in the movies, they've been ordered not to put up much of a fight, to allow the Rebel heros to "escape" (from the DS, so they could track them. From Bespin, so the Executor could catch them, if they first broke out from their escort). The EU simply built upon the brain-bug that the ST were "stoopid". And the spears and arrows hit the black bodyglove underneath the armor, in the cracks between armor-plates. You even see arrows bouncing off the armor to prove this point. VT-16 23:37, 2 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm aware of the explanations for the movies and the Battle of Endor. But a wooden spear penetrates the white part of stormtrooper armor in the Battle of Maridun, shown in Star Wars Empire 18: To the Last Man, Part 3. The Amanin are probably quite strong, but it's still pretty implausible. The blow was in the square dealie in the back of the armor, which might be a weak spot. I can scan the comic if necessary.-LtNOWIS 03:52, 3 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep, I've read that story and remember those penetrating spears. Will have to ask someone more knowledgable of armor, to see if this is an error (in the context of IU laws and RL armor). Though those Amanin do have big, powerful arms... ;P VT-16 22:14, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * I've got a theory about this actually. It's merely a theory and not backed up by any sources so I'm putting it here in discussion.  Basically it goes like this: Some storm troopers are clones, produced by the few remaining cloning tanks from Kamino.  These are the ones that can aim, have the high quality blaster proof armor and blasters that can shoot straight and are generally feared throughout the galaxy.  The Clone Storm Troopers are sent to the hotspots of the galaxy to put down insurgency and enforce order on hostile planets.  The majority of the stormtroopers aren't though.  Clones are expensive, recruits are not.  The Non-Clone-Troopers are put through a minimal amount of training to look like troopers, follow orders and stand in straight lines and are then equipped with cheap armor and low quality weapons and sent to maintain a presence on subjugated worlds or worlds where expensive troops would be wasted (IE Tattooine).  The Death Star troops would be NCTs, because there is no need for a standing army on the DS, if it showing up in your sky doesn't convince the planet to straighten up and fly right what are a handful of troopers going to do?  There is minimal need for elite interior security due to the difficulty in getting any sizable enemy force aboard the station any unknown ship large enough to carry a boarding party approaching the DS would likely be obliterated by the surface weapons.  The big flaw in this theory is Endor, where The Emperor had supposedly stationed his elite ground troops only to have them severly whipped by teddy bears.--Anon80

Don't the stormtroopers also carry a thermal detonator on their belts???
 * Yeah, I added them. They were the cylinders on the back of the belt. -LtNOWIS 22:33, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Battlefront II Quote
Everyone okay with the quote on the front page? It's from Battlefront II, and I think it's humorous and accurate. Cutch 01:44, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I love the quotes in that game. Revan 01:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)