CT Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise.

I don't know if someone has posted this before but just thought I would revive the Stormtroopers reputation a bit. As they are awesome.
Found this on youtube shame more people haven't seen it.

 

Cute video. I know they have a reputation for being not the greatest shots, but I do think that's exaggerated. However, I tend to think that they are not all fantastic shots, either. With an entire galaxy to fill with probably millions of stormtroopers, I figure their training would be a bit lacking in some places. Especially when you think that stormtroopers often become little more than cannon fodder. Better marksmen would probably be assigned to more prestigious or important posts, like Vader's personal troops, the Death Star (which may be contradicted here), and so on. I always assumed that the stormtrooper ranks are made of conscripted soldiers who would probably not be the most motivated troops anyway, and therefore a bit lax on the aim.

 

Yeah i mean ive never thought of them as fantastic shots ether i just wanted to show that they are pretty good shots not super amazing but good. Guys like Scout Troopers probably have good aim though as in lore they are known as excellent marksmen with Sniper Rifles.

 

Tie Pilots aren't stormtroopers, but decent video other than that.

 

people make fun of them not being good shots, but they hit plenty of people other than the main characters.

 

I am with JEDI-RISING, the only reason Stormtroopers miss is because the heroes have Cast armor or god armor. They are too important to get hit, so the troopers have to look like poor shots. However, this taboo was somewhat broken in ROTJ when trooper hits Leia.

 

I've noticed that in Rebels our main characters have no second thoughts about running into Stormtrooper fire because they know there's no chance they're going to get hit.

 

That is because Disney and writers of Rebels are exploiting the reputation of Stormtroopers being less than ace shots.

 

Obi wan likely hadn't run into an actual storm trooper. He's referring to clones. Duh!

 

I always liked that they missed all the time, found it to be pretty humorous and gave them a identity.

 

Stormtrooper Slogan: No one can miss you like us!

 

Some good points. However, I doubt the Stormtrooper shooting at Luke and Leia on the Death Star had gotten the memo about letting them go so that they could be tracked.

 

Vader's troops actually did really well on the Blockade Runner and in the Battle of Hoth. The Emperor's Legion did ok on Endor, even managing to shoot Leia and R2-D2. It was really only on the Death Star they missed a lot, but that was against two powerful Force-sensitives, a military-trained smuggler and a veteran Wookiee.

 

And, if we take Leia's 'They let us escape' line into account, they were not supposed to shoot to kill.

 

He was actually aiming for Han....

In all serious, sometimes you just have to step back from the in-universe search for an answer and just realize it's a movie...

 

That sounds like advice from a Sith.

 

They read the script.

 

When they started talking about how that wasn't Wedge in the briefing, I almost started to think this was a bad satire. Though it was somewhat informative, Hoth and Yavin aren't really applicable; when people joke about Stormtroopers being bad shots, they're most likely referring to the soldiers on foot... I think it can be agreed that no one really complains about the accuracy of TIE, AT-AT, or even AT-ST pilots.

I have absolutely no problem with the Stormtroopers in A New Hope; they accomplished everything they were set out to do with maximum efficiency. Slaying Jawas, the Lars', the crew of the the Tantive IV, capturing Leia, tracking the droids, NOT killing the heroes (which must've been some good acting). I honestly don't notice how the Stormtroopers can't hit the heroes here, it's all in the heat of the moment. Besides, the "they let us escape" wraps everything up.

In Empire, we see a little bit of the troops swarming the base on Hoth, that's all fine and good. Though the escape from Cloud City was where things became a little noticeable.

And then came Jedi and the Ewoks vs. Stormtroopers. Yep, I think that's really where the joke originated.