Tusken Raider accuracy...?

Ok, in TPM, we see Tuskens shooting down 600 mph podracers from a distance. In ANH, the blaster marks on the Sandcrawler, according to Obi-Wan, "Are too accurate for Sand People, only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise. What's up with this lol?

 

Two things:

1) Maybe the Tusken who nailed the podracer was the one good marksman of them all, or had the most accurate run, or

2) That Tusken got lucky that day.

 

FUUNY you say that, my wife and I were just discussing that VERY thing this morning. They can blast pods but not a massive crawler accuratley. Although, I think that OBI-1 means the troopers blasted critical points to stop the machine whereas Raiders would just blast away less accurately but more savagely....not to mean they couldn't be accurate if they wanted.

 

exactly, there's a difference in shooting something, and shooting something at crippling points, Ben knew Sandpeople would have likely just shot the sandcrawler at random, while the Imperial troops would have shot it in the treads as crippling points.

 

Maybe Anakin wiped out the tribe of sandpeople that could shoot straight. Remember, he went pretty far from the homestead to find them ... it could have been the same tribe.

I think after that, the sand people are probably more cautious anyway, since a single boy can kill a hundred of them. They don't understand the difference between the using the force and not ... they just take off when they see jedi robes coming

 

One Tusken got lucky and you want to apply that to all Tuskens for what reason?

A single instance can't be used to define an ability.

 

Well, what else do they have to do but practice shooting and probably drinking. If they have the ability to use a rifle I'm sure they have the ability to learn to practice and aim well. They probably just attack more savage and carelessly whereas troopers will shoot out treads and enginge parts to stop the vehicle and execute the jawas, efficiently, much like Nazis.

 

This line has been used to point out many errors in Stormtrooper and Sand People shooting accuracy, but in all honesty I think that this is a severe misinterpretation and actually doesn't make any sense if you think about it from that perspective.

When Obi-Wan talks about the accuracy of the shooting, he's not talking about what good shots they are, but rather the accuracy in disabling the Sandcrawler. The stormtroopers knew EXACTLY where to shoot the Sandcrawler to disable it, whilst Tusken Raider's wouldn't know the difference between a Sandcrawler and the broad-side of a barn.

The line isn't talking about targeting accuracy, but the accuracy of targeting the vital errors of the Crawler. Remember he talks about "blast-points" indicating he's referring to the location where the blasters hit, not what good shots they were.

He infers that Stormtroopers were the cause of the massacre because Tusken Raiders wouldn't have the foggiest clue where to shoot a Crawler to disable it, but Imperials would.