Aaron I wish he had survived. He and Ahsoka would've made a great team. He could use Electrical Judgment, which wasn't Palpatine level, but hey, it was something. It might work against Vader; especially if Ahsoka fought with him.
Every time when i defend the stormtroopers against people who say that stormtroopers are bad at aiming i tell them about the scene with luke and obi wan at the sandcrawler.
@@mochagoat1998 if I sent a team of us marines the means to shoot down cars going over 200mph with nothing but a Musket they probably wouldn’t hit them. Tuskens > Marines
Ironic. Their accuracy is joked about, yet their first scene has them being ruthless killers. The star wars fans could save others from inaccuracy, but not themselves.
Plot twist: the stormtroopers are agents of Disney sent in to provoke the main characters into moving forward in the plot whilst making sure they don’t die in the process
Darth Nihilus I know, but I feel like it's being used as an excuse. That it's just thought up and declared canon to explain why the galaxy's finest soldiers can't aim for shit.
On the Death Star, Vader gave orders to the troopers NOT to kill them, and as for the Endor encounter the strom troopers where token by surprise and where knocked out and where most likely killed, Also SWR (Star wars Rebles, WICH IS A HORRIBLE SHOW) is considered no canon. SO Strom troopers where really good shot and where vary accurate
2:08 His name is FN-2199, known as "Nines" by his squadmates. Former squadmate of FN-2187 (Finn) and a riot control stormtrooper. He was a close friend of Finn, and felt betrayed when Finn defected.
they're very good? I don't think so, Finn, a janitor, with no field experience took out a bunch. Then there's rogue one, they all get their butts handed to them by rebel girl and whats his face.
An interesting theory I saw someone write on was that the stormtrooper's apparent incompetence in many parts of the original trilogy was a testament to their training. In several parts both on and off screen, we see the stormtroopers for who they're supposed to be: well trained infantrymen. But, you can notice a decline in their competence once the homing beacon was placed on the Millennium Falcon, and even Leia herself said, "they let us go." The stormtroopers gave chase, but apparently had orders to let the rebels escape, and so they became just competent enough to give the rebels a reason to leave, but they likely missed their shots on purpose, which actually takes a LOT of training to do right.
Same with Cloud City, Vader said he wanted them alive and planned on capturing the Falcon and crew with a tractor beam after they tried to leave. Thus they're not allowed to actually shoot them.
@Per Square Kilometer to be fair the mando ones where a shadow of their former glory working for a two bit remnant that maybe gave them a month of training. Imperial Army larping as elite units.
Lets be frank here. If you weren't a main character, going up against Stormtroopers was pretty much a death sentence. Only plot armour keeps Luke and co. safe. (Leia gets hit) Well, most of the time. (C-3PO get blown to bits) And unless its to hint at the Empire's presence. (R2-D2 gets shot) And for convenience. (Luke's hand) Oh come on, that wasn't even a stormtrooper!
Anton Tarvo well we mainly see them successful on tantive 4 and hoth Tantive 4: good aim Hoth: good aim Tattoine: good (off screen) Death star: Terrible (cause they were told to) Scariff: good aim Endor: good aim(they were actually winning until Chewbacca hijacked the ATST)
My biggest gripe with the mandalorian is the treatment of stormtroopers. They’re just used as comedy relief at this point. In fairness tho, the mandalorian is a highly skilled combatants trained from the age he could walk so I guess it’s not far fetched to think he would beat the average professional soldier in combat but it’s still annoys me
i mean they were probably not able to train them as well with resources thinning, not to mention how one hit him straight in the chest and he was still completely fine
They should at least still pose a threat. It doesn't matter how good of a warrior you are, if you're swarmed with enemies, you should be right on the edge.
Here's a little something with which to break the minds of people who believe Stormtroopers are incompetent... Stormtrooper accuracy is actually portrayed very realistically in the original trilogy. In most confrontations, particularly when concern over civilian casualties is non-existent for any reason, the side that generates the highest volume of fire will win. In actual military confrontations, only a small fraction of shots fired will hit their mark. In every original trilogy confrontation save one, the Stormtroopers are very realistically portrayed when the factors surrounding each confrontation are taken into account. This includes their loss to the Ewoks in Jedi - many times in history a technology superior force has been soundly defeated by enemies that had the advantage of camouflage and the element of surprise - particularly when the ones with those advantages will pick up and use the better weapons fallen enemies drop(as we see the Ewoks do) to minimize their deficiencies. The only time in the original trilogy that a Stormtrooper confrontation is not realistic shown is in Empire Strikes Back, when Lando and company are trying to escape Bespin - specifically, when they're stuck at the door trying to access Falcon. Prior to that, they were moving targets(difficult for even the most trained marksmen to hit), but once at the door, there's no cover or choke point(like in the cell block confrontation on the Death Start) to shield the heroes, and the troopers were not under orders to let them escape(as when the heroes were escaping the Death Star). This is the ONE time the Stormtroopers absolutely without any question should have come out on top, but failed. I find it quite sad that Rebels canonized the idea that they just suck. Woulda been a better idea to roll with it and find a way to show how realistic the original portrayals actually were.
To add on to the ewoks, think of it this way: You are a soldier in an unknown planet that you have never seen. Suddenly, strange creatures emerge and throw rocks. Now, the ewoks where very strong. You could not easily carry rocks that size, much less throw them with ease and accuracy. Plus, many of the soldiers who dropped down weren't dead, just knocked unconscious
The one episode where they constantly missed was A New Hope, where Skywalker et al were SUPPOSED to escape so the Death Star could track the Millennium Falcon to the hidden rebel base, as Tarkin says to Vader after they blast away. So the troopers were likely under orders to make it look good but don’t kill ‘em! Actually a much more difficult task than just recapturing or killing them.
This only proves that although emperor had easier time controlling random peoples to serve in stormtrooper army, he should've simply find another bounty hunter for cloning process. Just look at how clones were performing and how stormtroopers do...
Facts: 1- Stormtroopers missed the main characters on purpose (most of the time) so they could track them to their base. 2- Stormtroopers were only beaten by Ewoks because Ewoks are literally small, agile beasts that have the strength of a damn gorilla. 3- E-11 Blasters were good or were horrible, depends who you ask. 4- Stormtrooper armor was the best in the galaxy, even Darth Vader wore it. 90% of the time you see a downed Stormtrooper he is unconscious, not dead. Their armour spread the energy from the bolts. The Rebels, however...
I imagine the Ewok's spears and stones crushed and pierced the stormtroopers' armor. The armor is made for defense against blasters, not physical objects. Chewie's bowcaster is also armor piercing if I recall. They made that clear in The Force Awakens when he shattered that one trooper's armor, but I think it's always been the case.
I haven't watched this series with "Ezra" much but because I love Rex to death and he just died here is my FOLLOWING reaction OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The stormtroopers were professional, deadly and absolutely effective at the beginning of ANH. They absolutely wrecked the rebels in a CQB setting where they for all intents and purposes should have taken more casualties. They took the ship and killed enough rebels to get them to surrender while losing around 3 men. That's...really good.
@@leonardotavaresdardenne9955 Dude, the rebels had a huge chokepoint with only one way for the stormtroopers to get inside a narrow corridor and an even narrower door and the stormtroopers had no problem tearing through the rebels
the theory is that Stormtroopers actually are elite troops, it' just that the force keeps necessary folks alive, hence why as soon as the blind guy pushes the button he gets obliterated, as did his friend, so long as you are necessary to keeping the force in balance, your fine, and when your use is up, well good luck.
In war accuracy is subjective, mass concentration of fire is generally preferred, also someone with way too much time analyzed the opening scene of A New Hope and the stormtroopers accuracy was very high by military standards and far superior to the Rebels
In war, the accuracy of infantry is ultimately not all that relevant. Infantry are mostly there to secure and hold down positions. Only a relatively small percentage of casualties in war are due to small arms fire. Instead, most casualties in war are caused by artillery, which is what you use when you actually want to kill the enemy.
@@jodofe4879 you are thinking of occupations of countries and the gulf war. Near Pier everything is important but you would lose if you tried to rely on artillery or air power(Nukes work great at not being invaded though).
@@Backonos No dude's right. Infantry alone just exists to hold positions and any ground the enemy lost and it's not only for insurgencies. When taking ground, typical conventional doctrine calls for a combined force of Armor (tanks, IFVs, APCs, etc), close air support, and artillery. The reason why infantry can't be used to storm places like the European plains is because they can't keep up by themselves and they're just fleshy targets compared to armored vehicles. Take the Gulf War as a best recent example. The Storming of Iraqi positions during Operation Desert Storm was mostly conducted by Coalition tanks and IFVs with the support of artillery.
am i the only one that found it hillarious that he had to go all the way to the videogames and tv series so the duration would be more than just a single minute
Hunter Stewart yeah! I mean you can’t have our main characters at least get shot once per movie? Heck I’m sure the droids could be shot at least 3 times?
@GodZpeed X7 1) Yes it is, you can clearly see the film section goes past a minute (not including the other parts at the end which are also from the films) 2) Why did you go back to a reply section 8 months later just to say that?
Jokes aside compared to the rebel soldiers, the empire’s stormtroopers have a very high accuracy rate. For example, this is proved at the start of ‘A new hope’ when the empire raids the cruiser. Do you think if stormtroopers were so bad at combat when they managed to capture a cruiser by entering through we well guarded choke point? Exactly, stormtroopers > rebel infantry.
Stormtroopers were actually selected from best of the best in imperial academy. They are actually expert marksman,especially in CQB situation. They miss a lot is because first,stormtroopers in death star was ordered to miss so that they can track the rebel base once Han Leia Luke and Chewie made an escape to Yavin 4. Second,do you really want stormtroopers to have perfect accuracy? Do you really want the main protagonist and other heroes to be killed by unnamed imperial stormtrooper?
If the possibility of death from storm trooper fire was even slightly realistic, the tension would be greater. Watching Firce Awakens you just KNOW they are safe as soon as they are established as main characters Secondly, if you take away blind storm troopers from the movies than you have to actually write better script and somehow explain plot armor, which is good, isn't it?
Regardless of what anyone "wants", the idea that an elite legion of Stormtroopers can lose a battle against a tribe of stone-age teddy bears pretty much makes them a joke as a military unit. If they were selected from the best in the Imperial academy, the Empire was doomed from the outset.
Another reason they might miss a lot is because if you remember in revels when Rex puts on a stormtrooper helmet and tries to fight with it he ends up throwing it off because “I can’t see anything with this thing.”
People who say Stormtroopers have bad aim clearly haven't seen the battle droids even the separatists knew they sucked at aiming and make new and improved versions
Sorry for being 3 years late, but droids actually had better aim than the stormtroopers. But to be fair, stormtroopers only have bad aim because the blasters the empire gives them are cheap. They even showed it in the mandalorian. The blasters are useless
@@skywalkerorder2170 in the Han Solo mission on Takodana you end up escorting an Imperial defector who I believe is a statistician. He rambles quiet a bit but at one point, he says that Imperial high command had gotten an average of 77% accuracy with it's troops.
Because most Stormtroopers weren't cloned or trained as well as Clone Troopers. I seriously hope your comment was sarcasm Steven Kang: Assuming your comment was serious. You seem to be too dumb to know the difference.
The stormtroopers were highly trained, it's just that they were just giving warning shots when the order was to capture the main characters or hinder their movement in order to capture them, going as far as losing their lives in the process. The others were shoot on sight, and so they did just that, and they did it flawlessly. As Obi Wan stated, the shots were too precise for the sand people.
The only time they're ever portrayed as being inaccurate (I.E. the one thing everyone gives them shit for) is on the Death Star in A New Hope, and that time, they weren't trying to kill their targets, they wanted them to escape. They placed that tracking beacon on the Falcon, that'd be useless if the gang was laying dead on the ground riddled with blaster fire. So, what was the beacon for? Well, my hypothetical friend, I'll tell you. The beacon was to lead them to the rebel base, something they didn't know the location of and were just dying to blow up. Remember why they captured Leia in the first place? They were interrogating her to find out where the base was. She fed them a lie, they knew she lied, and blew up her entire planet as she watched. They were also going to execute her anyways, since she wouldn't talk. This prison break gave them an opportunity to use Leia to help them find the base again. So, why did that require inaccuracy? Simple: dead rebels don't fly away and lead you to the rebel base. They had to herd them down the halls somehow, and how convenient it was that the one path they weren't blocking off was the one that led straight to the Falcon, wasn't it? It was an obvious move, and they played right into the Empire's hand. What else could they do, as well? Die to the Stormtroopers? Get thrown in the prison block? It was a rather genius move. The tactical cunning of the Empire is shown in many instances. Such as that time when Han charged at a group of Stormtroopers, only to be met with a larger group of Stormtroopers, who forced him to charge back in the other direction. That's a simplified version of an actual battlefield strategy employed by the Germans in World War 1 during the Meuse-Argonne, called Defence in Depth tactics. In it, you don't seek to prevent the advance of an attacker, but delay it by placing deliberately small and weak forces far ahead of your main forces, who are larger and stronger. The smaller force is meant to cause additional casualties ahead of time, and lure your opponent into the trap. They're essentially live bait, albeit bait that fights back and whittles down the enemy a bit, as well as making them cocky and overconfident, so your main forces can beat the shit out of them. It certainly made the Meuse-Argonne hell on earth for the American army. The Meuse-Argonne is still the bloodiest battle in US history almost 100 years later. That's Defence in Depth tactics, the ones the "incompetent" Stormtroopers modified on the Death Star. They were using a tactic of deliberately missing to make their targets run away and take the bait: a ship they did seemingly nothing to. If they really didn't want them to escape, why not scrap the Falcon? Why not disable the engines, or rig the ship to explode the second they try to take off? It's simple. They wanted them to leave. And their strategy would have worked, too, had it not been for Luke being Force-sensitive and blowing the reactor.
Redeye The only reason the Death Star was destroyed was because Luke was force sensitive and learned he was force sensitive conveniently before the Death Star arrived. Had Luke chosen not join the rebellion or not discover he was a Jedi, the rebellion would have been crushed.
+WYATT SHOEMAKER I don't want to seem like an asshole, but I have some numbers for each battle. If we combine the deaths of both Union and Confederate soldiers, the death toll is 7,863. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive killed 26,277 American soldiers. Moving on to the number of wounded, the combined Union and Confederate soldiers wounded at Gettysburg were 27,224. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive saw 95,786 Americans wounded. So, combining the wounded and dead to get the total number of casualties, we get 46,286 casualties for the Battle of Gettysburg and 122,063 American casualties for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (I make the distinction of American soldiers for the Argonne because the French Army also fought there, although it was mainly an American battle, with the French having far fewer numbers than the Americans. Just so nobody thinks I'm playing favorites). I'm not unsympathetic for either battle, honestly. The Battle of Gettysburg killed one of my great great grandfather's 4 older brothers, with two others dying on separate occasions and the last one returning home without his leg. My great-grandfather lied about his age to join the US Army at 16 years of age in 1918, and fought in the Meuse-Argonne before being sent home. He also ate a lot of bananas to bulk up so he looked 18 (judging from my personal experience with too much bananas, I'm surprised they didn't think he had cholera afterwards. Assuming that that's genetic, of course). We don't know if he was wounded or if they found out he wasn't 18. From the casualties, I'd have to guess the former, or maybe a combination of the two, in that he may have told them his real age to be sent home rather than be sent to a field hospital. We don't know mostly because he died before my father was even born, and with my grandfather gone, I don't have anyone left alive to ask. Just to shed some perspective on the matter, I suppose.
Avery Badnaem My name serves the same purpose as your profile picture. That doesn’t mean I search up everything I know about widow maker and write a essay on the internet.
Think this myth came from several scenes in episode 4. You had Han, Luke and Leia fighting storm troopers on the death star. Those 3 are decent shots but they are also surrounded by wall to wall stormtrooper targets in all directions on the Imperial base. The storm troopers on the other hand are trying to avoid shooting each other and damaging systems on the base. This puts them at a disadvantage. In the normal course of events Han, Luke and Leia would have been captured or killed, but they had the force on their side and of course the jedi Obi-Wan, who definitely took storm troopers seriously.
It's actually canon that they were supposed to miss on the deathstar a let the heroes escape so they can track their ship to thevmain rebel base on Yavin 4
Has anyone (including rebels creators) thought of the fact that in 1977-83 it was a lot more expensive to show a laser hit someone than miss? A hit required a pyrotechnic effect that was had to be small, shoot in one direction, and look a lot more intense than it was. A miss did not require it to be totally safe to perform on a human, since they were happening on a piece of prop. Also, hits required special shirts, and burn a hole in the shirt. Not to mention the actor had to give good reaction in one try. Shooting and reshooting blaster hits with practical pyrotechnic effects was expensive and difficult. THAT, my friends, is why stormtroopers (and everyone, including sharpshooter Han Solo) miss most of their shots. I think when Obi Wan says "only stormtroopers can fire so accurately" we can assume, as the story goes, they are soldiers of high accuracy.
ooooooo a whoooole paragraph :O so long! I've written 100 page research papers before. When you get out of high school, you will realize a paragraph can take less than a minute to write if you have coherent thought on the subject matter. Also, you clearly clicked on the same video, and took the time to comment several times on it. This "silly little movie" happens to be a multi billion dollar earner that is one of the most influential story franchises in this age in history. If you think you can bypass that fact with a few condescending comments and lame emojis, think again pal.
I don't buy the excuse that making the Stormtroopers suck at shooting was necessary to keep the protagonists alive. There are so many things the protagonists could do to prevent their own demise with out compromising the Stormtroopers. They could actually take cover for once, or use strategy to outsmart their foes. I mean they stand in the open 90% of the time in the films, and it looks ridiculous. Maybe wear armour as well, so they could justify surviving a few shots? A movie does not have to make the enemy utterly incompetent in order to keep the protagonists alive. I mean look at real life... I don't think Simo Hayha managed to kill 500 Soviet troops by himself, because his enemies were a bunch of morons. No, it was because he knew what he was doing. The reason Stormtroopers are shit shots, is because of the limited resources from the studio. To make the "Stormtroopers vs Rebels" conflict more believable, it requires better acting from the extras, professional fighting choreography, knowledge of military equipment and tactics, etc. This kind of stuff can get expensive, and the filmmakers probably do not want to bother with it.
The only theory that justifies their missed shots, is that the Stormtroopers were ordered to miss their shots on the Death Star to track the rebels back to their Yavin IV base.
+Use Lance You must have replied to the wrong person. I'm talking about the competency of Stormtroopers in a movie. How exactly would that translate to screen time?
Damon Richter In episode 4/ the original star wars, they were under specific orders not to kill the rebels on the death star so they could track them back to the rebel base- though Vader killed Obi-Wan, it should be fairly obvious why (not to mention that it doesn't exactly prevent the rebels from escaping and, thus, doesn't stop their plan). In every occassion after this, the Stormtroopers actually were shooting to kill or capture.
Clone troopers, are actually better, but they are more expensive, so actually the classic stormtroopers are the most efficient way to dominate the galaxy
Could I also mention that clones can't always hit their Target either Like that one scene when grievous was running down a hall. Cody and two other clones were trying to blast him and they miss EVERY single shot, except one with a grappling hook See it's just plot armor at work Stormtroopers are actually one of the most feared soldiers, though clones are still technically better and were bred for war unlike stormtroopers who are just normal people Plus in a comic a highly trained rebel(I forgotten what they were really called) was wrestling with a scout for 45 minutes before calling truce Also stormtroopers are the bad guys they were doomed to lose even against strong teddy bears with crude weapons
Melral CT:3718 That's because they are called the green company, in the army, they reffer to green company as rookies, thats why they died so quickly. And the superbattledroids are very powerful...
And also the green company was still just missing the droids even narrow close range in a hall way and yes Ik they take multiple shots but most were not hit at all
Remember, storm troopers are one of the most elite ground troops the empire has. Their actual “backbone” troop would be similar to what Han Solo was. This troopers should have absolutely squashed the rebellion, but due to plot reasons you can’t have the main characters getting slaughtered like cattle. Glory to the empire.
Dont forget that in the death star their intention is to miss, so the heroes escape and lead them to the Rebel base, so every close shot is also a nice hit
I’m quite late to this but it’s always plot armor (and the fact that stormtroopers are the baddies) that determine the “shots landed”. there will always be points where stormtroopers can be portrayed as the soldiers they should be, of course they won’t be as amazing as clones since clones were trained from birth compared to stormtroopers that range from training from childhood (imperial cadets) and some from adulthood (common conscription) - like modern earth armies - stormtroopers are just victims of story telling and jokes taken across the franchise, like red shirts in Star Trek always dying, there are points where even clones are victims of plot armor - tups kidnapping by the separatists, the clones in the transport took out the buzz droids easily, but when it came to the B2’s not one was taken down; take into account proximity, number of entrances they could possibly come out from, you’d expect at least 1 to go down but no, armor or not, that close range should’ve done damage. So even though there is only 3 minutes of official screened stormtroopers doing well, must admit there is 25(ish) years of imperial rule for some decent Stormtrooper action, that in which Disney doesn’t show since.. they’re the baddies
I heard that in the 70's, audiences actually found the Stormtroopers' appearance and ruthless efficiency intimidating and even a bit scary, which is actually what George Lucas and others who designed the Stormtroopers were going for.
Well, the shot guy was in an insurgent movement barely funded by secretly rogue imperial senators, so we can't expect average Rebel soldier to have a high quality training. Besides, they were just royal guards, who would only be trained for minor situations but not actual combat
So in summary, Stormtroopers can hit their targets when: -They are firing down a narrow corridor filled with targets -They are firing at a target the size of a spaceship -They are firing at another vehicle-sized target -They accidentally fire up in the sky and hit something by chance -They are in a deleted scene -They are shooting unarmed villagers who don't fight back -They are shooting at point blank range -They are not using guns I suppose it isn't fair to say that Stormtroopers never hit their target. This video clearly illustrates that there are situations in which even Stormtroopers can't miss.
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I like how that scout trooper just bitch slapped Solo
"Hmmm hmmm..." *Minding his own business*
Han: Steps on something
Scout Trooper: Hm? *MOVE BITCH! GET OUT THE WAY!*
It was pretty funny
Mce 1863 when I saw that I. Said bitch acting like I was scout
Mce 1863 haha
Mce 1863
Seriously, that backhand sent him flying.
I’m so happy someone made this video
Thank you, Commander! I'm very glad you didn't kill Plo Koon during order 66! I mean... someone did... but glad it wasn't you!
Aaron I wish he had survived. He and Ahsoka would've made a great team. He could use Electrical Judgment, which wasn't Palpatine level, but hey, it was something. It might work against Vader; especially if Ahsoka fought with him.
same
Ya everyone was proven wrong as well in rouge one
Every time when i defend the stormtroopers against people who say that stormtroopers are bad at aiming i tell them about the scene with luke and obi wan at the sandcrawler.
0:50 props to this guy. Not only did he hit 2 main characters in one movie but he did it with stealth
Not only that, but the shot on R2 was especially accurate
"Stealth"
In bright white armour in a bush. Join the Empire they said.
There is nl telling if that's the same stormtrooper though.
And then he gets one shoted by Han Solo
@@conorrigoli7578 Casually I might add.
0:51 This stormtrooper recieved the legendary status for hitting 2 shots in 1 movie. Respect.
Not just that. He shot also two main characters
@@brightbeyonddarkness bonus points
Maybe he’s a child of a clone.
@@MDE128 possibly
I'm pretty sure those were 2 different stormtroopers
“Too accurate for Sand People”
Sand People: No scopes people on speeder bikes going like 200 mph.
No
@@godzpeedx7ii75 yes
@@godzpeedx7ii75 rewatch phantom menace
It took a whole clan firing slugthrowers to down a single podracer, tho
@@mochagoat1998 if I sent a team of us marines the means to shoot down cars going over 200mph with nothing but a Musket they probably wouldn’t hit them.
Tuskens > Marines
1:57 was an imperial hero. Almost defeating 2 jedi in hand to hand combat by himself.
nah bro he just used the battlefront star card “plot armour piercing”
Tbf, kanan and Ezra are the weakest Jedi to count next to Cal Kestis. But this is just my opinion
@@NurseAmamiya Cal is definitely not weak
@@uknownauchara774 all three of them are fairly strong. The problem is they're relatively untrained.
@@AysaMetric They're still strong. Just not as strong as any other jedi ever
Ironic. Their accuracy is joked about, yet their first scene has them being ruthless killers. The star wars fans could save others from inaccuracy, but not themselves.
Exactly!
Is it possible to learn this accuracy?
Not from Star Wars Rebels or memes
Esork Gonzalez beat me to it lol.
This comment chain is beautiful!!!
Apparently, stormtroopers are star wars fans themselves and know that, should they shoot the main characters, more movies won't come out.
Kostas T. Or it would be deflected by a saber and kill them
The Criggin what saber? Leia was looking at Han
They were order from Darth Sidous to let them go.
TheCyborgCast Darth Vader did not Darth Sidous.
Plot twist: the stormtroopers are agents of Disney sent in to provoke the main characters into moving forward in the plot whilst making sure they don’t die in the process
Stormtroopers are the most under rated characters in Star Wars. They are excellent soldiers.
Stop the cap
@@lennysummers6672 u stop am a shadow trooper and killed 158 rebels and 2 jedi
They ARE pretty terrible at aiming thata probably why vader doesnt like them
@@khalidmallhi1079 how dare insult my lil bro!
They were intented to be, but plot armor and jokes ruined them
Aimbot
Dylster X The Rebels are noobs. That's all.
Dylster X The empire are haxors
Nubs
lol
Hax
Let me point out that the stormtroopers missed on purpose to allow the rebels to easily escape and then track them to their base
Richard Lew yeah, right...
Grammar Police Dumbass know Star Wars its true
Darth Nihilus I know, but I feel like it's being used as an excuse. That it's just thought up and declared canon to explain why the galaxy's finest soldiers can't aim for shit.
Sounds like a logical excuse. Wouldn't they bring it up in the movies if it ia true?
Richard Lew “I can’t see a thing with this helmet!” - Luke Skywalker
That one stormtrooper actually managed to throw down a Jedi..
WITHOUT A BLASTER.
2:05
Now I see why characters from Dark Times comics like Das Jenir weren't alive by Original Trilogy time...
(I know Dark Times is Legends)
If he used a blaster, he would have missed. Haha
So they can hit the other characters but not the main ones
Turtlebrick 101 They hit Leia, Han, Kanan, Ezra and Rex
*and R2 and C3P0 and leia (again) XD
On the Death Star, Vader gave orders to the troopers NOT to kill them, and as for the Endor encounter the strom troopers where token by surprise and where knocked out and where most likely killed, Also SWR (Star wars Rebles, WICH IS A HORRIBLE SHOW) is considered no canon. SO Strom troopers where really good shot and where vary accurate
Plot armor is one hell of a perk.
It’s called “survivorship bias” and it’s a real thing.
0:51 That one stormtrooper shot two main characters! Give that man a medal!
Agreed he bypassed the plot armor
Late reply but no because after the stormtrooper shot r2, han shot back and killed the stormtrooper so it was a different one
@@mr.juniii5523 No. Both characters survived.
2:08
His name is FN-2199, known as "Nines" by his squadmates. Former squadmate of FN-2187 (Finn) and a riot control stormtrooper. He was a close friend of Finn, and felt betrayed when Finn defected.
Also known as the TRAITOR meme
Where did you find this info? Super interesting.
@@fm_0523 Probably Wookiepedia I would assume
@@fm_0523 The book "Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition"
@@stillapieceofgarbage1407 TR8R
I love Storm troopers and prefer the design to the rebel soldiers. They're very cool and are actually VERY good in the newer films!
Hell no.
Bro, Do I look stoned? Hell yes.
Adderz except the "starwars rebels" stormtroopers, they look wie-ee-ii-ee-eerd
they're very good? I don't think so, Finn, a janitor, with no field experience took out a bunch. Then there's rogue one, they all get their butts handed to them by rebel girl and whats his face.
Yeah. The death trooper design isnt bad.
Wait? My stormtroopers can hit their targets? My stormtroopers can actually hit something?
Darth Sidious WHY THE F*CK DID YOU SEND THEM TO BATTLE IF YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW THEY COULD HIT!?
TTH_AwesomePlay he just hired a lot of guys to just look tough.... No seriously, that's one of the actual reasons.
Machina Oh...
Darth Sidious they have the best aim also in the comics
Darth Sidious you should be proud!
0:56 just imagine if they all missed when executing the villagers
Yeah But It would of been ridiculous.
@@telebread1416 it would have become a meme.
Captain Phasma: “Godamnit”
That would be the dumbest thing ever
That would be the funniest thing ever.
Now do it again but put in hitmarkers and sounds.
And add +100 each kill, and +50 for headshots, and +25 for melee
no
the one's that can't hit their targets are what I call "stormtrooper rookies"
Some of us, in short, call it Plot Armor. No matter how elite ANY soldier is, Rebel, Clone, etc. They won't hit plot characters.
Yep, a lot of them used in Rebels are rookies. Barely any of the skilled ones appeared.
I call it the force...rogue one taught me that...I mean seriously not even plot armor could stop a storm trooper from hitting that old man.
Not they are the pros the ones that hit their targets are the rookies
Don't you mean the ones that CAN hit their targets?
An interesting theory I saw someone write on was that the stormtrooper's apparent incompetence in many parts of the original trilogy was a testament to their training. In several parts both on and off screen, we see the stormtroopers for who they're supposed to be: well trained infantrymen.
But, you can notice a decline in their competence once the homing beacon was placed on the Millennium Falcon, and even Leia herself said, "they let us go."
The stormtroopers gave chase, but apparently had orders to let the rebels escape, and so they became just competent enough to give the rebels a reason to leave, but they likely missed their shots on purpose, which actually takes a LOT of training to do right.
Same with Cloud City, Vader said he wanted them alive and planned on capturing the Falcon and crew with a tractor beam after they tried to leave. Thus they're not allowed to actually shoot them.
thank you, thank you
@Per Square Kilometer The joke was canon far before the Mandalorian. Have you seen Rebels?
@Per Square Kilometer to be fair the mando ones where a shadow of their former glory working for a two bit remnant that maybe gave them a month of training. Imperial Army larping as elite units.
Based
Lets be frank here. If you weren't a main character, going up against Stormtroopers was pretty much a death sentence. Only plot armour keeps Luke and co. safe.
(Leia gets hit)
Well, most of the time.
(C-3PO get blown to bits)
And unless its to hint at the Empire's presence.
(R2-D2 gets shot)
And for convenience.
(Luke's hand)
Oh come on, that wasn't even a stormtrooper!
Anglomachian heh, funny
Yeah that last one was vader!
Anglomachian they were ordered to miss
none of them really died
Anton Tarvo well we mainly see them successful on tantive 4 and hoth
Tantive 4: good aim
Hoth: good aim
Tattoine: good (off screen)
Death star: Terrible (cause they were told to)
Scariff: good aim
Endor: good aim(they were actually winning until Chewbacca hijacked the ATST)
Spray and pray. The best tactic they have.
yep
If that’s the case, I would make an excellent stormtrooper
They just gotta learn the spray pattern
Execute order 66. I mean...
Rush b guys no stop.
My biggest gripe with the mandalorian is the treatment of stormtroopers. They’re just used as comedy relief at this point.
In fairness tho, the mandalorian is a highly skilled combatants trained from the age he could walk so I guess it’s not far fetched to think he would beat the average professional soldier in combat but it’s still annoys me
i mean they were probably not able to train them as well with resources thinning, not to mention how one hit him straight in the chest and he was still completely fine
They should at least still pose a threat. It doesn't matter how good of a warrior you are, if you're swarmed with enemies, you should be right on the edge.
@@physical_insanity agreed, it would make them more formidable if every so often we saw skilled warriors falling to mere stormtroopers
also rebels. I feel like an imperial troopship should convey 'this is about to get real' not 'ey cool fight scene with no stakes!'
Yeah, that really pisses me of too. It's not even funny.
Here's a little something with which to break the minds of people who believe Stormtroopers are incompetent...
Stormtrooper accuracy is actually portrayed very realistically in the original trilogy. In most confrontations, particularly when concern over civilian casualties is non-existent for any reason, the side that generates the highest volume of fire will win. In actual military confrontations, only a small fraction of shots fired will hit their mark.
In every original trilogy confrontation save one, the Stormtroopers are very realistically portrayed when the factors surrounding each confrontation are taken into account. This includes their loss to the Ewoks in Jedi - many times in history a technology superior force has been soundly defeated by enemies that had the advantage of camouflage and the element of surprise - particularly when the ones with those advantages will pick up and use the better weapons fallen enemies drop(as we see the Ewoks do) to minimize their deficiencies.
The only time in the original trilogy that a Stormtrooper confrontation is not realistic shown is in Empire Strikes Back, when Lando and company are trying to escape Bespin - specifically, when they're stuck at the door trying to access Falcon. Prior to that, they were moving targets(difficult for even the most trained marksmen to hit), but once at the door, there's no cover or choke point(like in the cell block confrontation on the Death Start) to shield the heroes, and the troopers were not under orders to let them escape(as when the heroes were escaping the Death Star). This is the ONE time the Stormtroopers absolutely without any question should have come out on top, but failed.
I find it quite sad that Rebels canonized the idea that they just suck. Woulda been a better idea to roll with it and find a way to show how realistic the original portrayals actually were.
Yeah Rebels... has gotten a lot wrong when it comes to Empire to say the least. They're not even threatening anymore on that show.
I agree they need to show the competency of the empire a bit more in rebels. Thrawn can't do it all alone.
To add on to the ewoks, think of it this way:
You are a soldier in an unknown planet that you have never seen. Suddenly, strange creatures emerge and throw rocks. Now, the ewoks where very strong. You could not easily carry rocks that size, much less throw them with ease and accuracy. Plus, many of the soldiers who dropped down weren't dead, just knocked unconscious
rebels take on the empire is gritty enogh when it needs to be
Rohan Sampat, I have to disagree. I have yet to see Imperial Stormtroopers actually be threatening on Rebels.
jakku villagers
bonus round for stormtroopers
lmao
15 kill streak
No russian
The one episode where they constantly missed was A New Hope, where Skywalker et al were SUPPOSED to escape so the Death Star could track the Millennium Falcon to the hidden rebel base, as Tarkin says to Vader after they blast away. So the troopers were likely under orders to make it look good but don’t kill ‘em! Actually a much more difficult task than just recapturing or killing them.
I agree on that front, but there was also the Battle of Endor.
@@andrewxu3602 surprise attack and they actually were winning at first if you paid attention. R2 and Leia even got hit by blaster fire
This video would be a LOT LONGER with clones lol.
But not all Stormtroopers are clones, that's why Clone Troopers aren't included.
Rohan Sampat The Clone troopers are the best in the galaxy, I mean we're the best.
Only the early StormTroopers were clones. That includes the 501st.
Rohan Sampat And rogue one
This only proves that although emperor had easier time controlling random peoples to serve in stormtrooper army, he should've simply find another bounty hunter for cloning process. Just look at how clones were performing and how stormtroopers do...
Facts: 1- Stormtroopers missed the main characters on purpose (most of the time) so they could track them to their base.
2- Stormtroopers were only beaten by Ewoks because Ewoks are literally small, agile beasts that have the strength of a damn gorilla.
3- E-11 Blasters were good or were horrible, depends who you ask.
4- Stormtrooper armor was the best in the galaxy, even Darth Vader wore it. 90% of the time you see a downed Stormtrooper he is unconscious, not dead. Their armour spread the energy from the bolts. The Rebels, however...
redlettermedia actually did a video on what darth vader is wearing th-cam.com/video/FVzc20Bm8Xo/w-d-xo.html
also remember that the rebel main characters were trapped by the ewoks too
I imagine the Ewok's spears and stones crushed and pierced the stormtroopers' armor. The armor is made for defense against blasters, not physical objects.
Chewie's bowcaster is also armor piercing if I recall. They made that clear in The Force Awakens when he shattered that one trooper's armor, but I think it's always been the case.
beskar is actually the best
@@asswiper4206 “was”
I feel like people also tend to ignore that stormtroopers also are an elite faction in the empire, and not just the basic infantry soldier.
1:40--1:47 not to mention that was captain Rex
We know
Chris fnaf and halo that was 😔
He'll probably fight StormTroopers better if he was younger.
+Graytness its the old guy
I haven't watched this series with "Ezra" much but because I love Rex to death and he just died here is my FOLLOWING reaction
OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
1:48
The droids: *greet the stormtroopers without any sort of threat*
The stormtroopers: so you have chosen death..
B-1 battle droids are fucking adorable
@@lennysummers6672 yeah, i dont know why shoudl they be killed, they are so funny and cute
Remember clone wars??
They shouldn’t be
@@lennysummers6672
To us, yes.
However in universe, these things might as well be T-800s from the terminator franchise.
The stormtroopers were professional, deadly and absolutely effective at the beginning of ANH. They absolutely wrecked the rebels in a CQB setting where they for all intents and purposes should have taken more casualties. They took the ship and killed enough rebels to get them to surrender while losing around 3 men. That's...really good.
You people can trick yourselves into believing anything
@@leonardotavaresdardenne9955 much like your overrated stormtrooper jokes then
@@lemonduckstudios What jokes? What the fuck are you talking about?
@@leonardotavaresdardenne9955 Dude, the rebels had a huge chokepoint with only one way for the stormtroopers to get inside a narrow corridor and an even narrower door and the stormtroopers had no problem tearing through the rebels
And then Rogue One came out. Which was basically this videos extended edition.
Mark Loeffler Besides them not being able to hit the blind guy for a little bit.
those were deathtroopers. don't count either
the theory is that Stormtroopers actually are elite troops, it' just that the force keeps necessary folks alive, hence why as soon as the blind guy pushes the button he gets obliterated, as did his friend, so long as you are necessary to keeping the force in balance, your fine, and when your use is up, well good luck.
They...
They...
ACTUALLY HIT THEIR TARGETS!?!?!
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Order 66 was an inside job light sabres cant melt Jedi younglings pardon my French.
DragonViewsNL // Join the Dragonians! Sadly yesa
Yes but it’s really rare
They can actually hit anyone except someone with plot armor.
In war accuracy is subjective, mass concentration of fire is generally preferred, also someone with way too much time analyzed the opening scene of A New Hope and the stormtroopers accuracy was very high by military standards and far superior to the Rebels
In war, the accuracy of infantry is ultimately not all that relevant. Infantry are mostly there to secure and hold down positions. Only a relatively small percentage of casualties in war are due to small arms fire. Instead, most casualties in war are caused by artillery, which is what you use when you actually want to kill the enemy.
@@jodofe4879 you are thinking of occupations of countries and the gulf war. Near Pier everything is important but you would lose if you tried to rely on artillery or air power(Nukes work great at not being invaded though).
@@jodofe4879 This was probably true in 1945, but I doubt it would be so today, or in the Star Wars universe.
@@Backonos No dude's right. Infantry alone just exists to hold positions and any ground the enemy lost and it's not only for insurgencies.
When taking ground, typical conventional doctrine calls for a combined force of Armor (tanks, IFVs, APCs, etc), close air support, and artillery. The reason why infantry can't be used to storm places like the European plains is because they can't keep up by themselves and they're just fleshy targets compared to armored vehicles. Take the Gulf War as a best recent example. The Storming of Iraqi positions during Operation Desert Storm was mostly conducted by Coalition tanks and IFVs with the support of artillery.
my friends....
RogerTheDroid They ded.
RogerTheDroid+ y u no *ded*
Roger Roger
am i the only one that found it hillarious that he had to go all the way to the videogames and tv series so the duration would be more than just a single minute
Because most of the time stormtroopers are shooting, it's at main characters. Plot armor is a thing.
I mean its still more than a minute even without the games and shows.
Hunter Stewart yeah! I mean you can’t have our main characters at least get shot once per movie? Heck I’m sure the droids could be shot at least 3 times?
@@hunterstewart1787 They were told to miss in ANH and ESB, they hit Leia and R2-D2 in ROTJ
@GodZpeed X7 1) Yes it is, you can clearly see the film section goes past a minute (not including the other parts at the end which are also from the films)
2) Why did you go back to a reply section 8 months later just to say that?
Jokes aside compared to the rebel soldiers, the empire’s stormtroopers have a very high accuracy rate. For example, this is proved at the start of ‘A new hope’ when the empire raids the cruiser. Do you think if stormtroopers were so bad at combat when they managed to capture a cruiser by entering through we well guarded choke point? Exactly, stormtroopers > rebel infantry.
to be fair the rebels had garbage pistols and the stormtroopers E-11s
And That's a Fact
@@FunnyCompanyYT still the fact stands
@@FunnyCompanyYT those pistols were confirmed to be effective and stormtrooper's armor piercing actually
@@dominmaj9682 your still comparing pistol to a rifle try beating someone with one of those and wearing no armour
Stormtroopers were actually selected from best of the best in imperial academy. They are actually expert marksman,especially in CQB situation. They miss a lot is because first,stormtroopers in death star was ordered to miss so that they can track the rebel base once Han Leia Luke and Chewie made an escape to Yavin 4. Second,do you really want stormtroopers to have perfect accuracy? Do you really want the main protagonist and other heroes to be killed by unnamed imperial stormtrooper?
Chris P Video game Warrior
I know they were but plot armor is to powerful even for the best.
If the possibility of death from storm trooper fire was even slightly realistic, the tension would be greater. Watching Firce Awakens you just KNOW they are safe as soon as they are established as main characters
Secondly, if you take away blind storm troopers from the movies than you have to actually write better script and somehow explain plot armor, which is good, isn't it?
Chris P Video game Warrior yes
Regardless of what anyone "wants", the idea that an elite legion of Stormtroopers can lose a battle against a tribe of stone-age teddy bears pretty much makes them a joke as a military unit. If they were selected from the best in the Imperial academy, the Empire was doomed from the outset.
And because of the force
Another reason they might miss a lot is because if you remember in revels when Rex puts on a stormtrooper helmet and tries to fight with it he ends up throwing it off because “I can’t see anything with this thing.”
Brendan Stormtrooper helmets only work on the owner, in the movies the PLOT ARMOR as it's so called protects the mc
Brendan the helmets are just helmets usually, with...smoke masks? The clone helmets had 360 sensors on top of a bigger viewport
Brendan then how did luke and han wear the stormtrooper suits
its standard armor, with only slight variations, i doubt its so custom
rebels sucks
Can we all agree that Stormtroopers have the most beautiful uniform
No. I always thought they were ugly af as a kid and still do. 😤
People who say Stormtroopers have bad aim clearly haven't seen the battle droids even the separatists knew they sucked at aiming and make new and improved versions
A Storm Commando I disagree I personally loved separatist droid army and they can aim unlike your co workers
A Storm Commando had better aim than the stormtroopers the droids killed Jedi
Well...they were cheaply made so...
Sorry for being 3 years late, but droids actually had better aim than the stormtroopers. But to be fair, stormtroopers only have bad aim because the blasters the empire gives them are cheap. They even showed it in the mandalorian. The blasters are useless
@@kittykatbar157shimaisaweso2 only because they outnumbered all of them.
In Battlefront 2 its stated that Stormtroopers hit 77% of all targets. Since it's canon, we can no longer say their inaccurate!
Wow really?! That’s good news
@@skywalkerorder2170 in the Han Solo mission on Takodana you end up escorting an Imperial defector who I believe is a statistician. He rambles quiet a bit but at one point, he says that Imperial high command had gotten an average of 77% accuracy with it's troops.
Game is not canon and stormtroopers hit most of their targets
@@JM-zo8lz dtfu
@@ignitetheinferno1858 no
Obi-Wan was right when he said, “Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise”
Clone Troopers dont count hehe
VincentTheConqueror yeah he is too dumb to add clone trooper
Yeah because Clones were way better they killed the Jedi with help from Vader honestly I think the empire should kept the clones
CPT King They wanted but kaminoans refused and got their asses kicked
Because most Stormtroopers weren't cloned or trained as well as Clone Troopers.
I seriously hope your comment was sarcasm
Steven Kang: Assuming your comment was serious. You seem to be too dumb to know the difference.
The title says: Every time a Storm Trooper... But a Clone Trooper isnt a Stormtrooper. And I know my Star Wars ;)
"Only Imperial Stormtroopers are that precise" lmao
Will Hannusch 1 movie later they suck ass
lol I'm pretty sure they always sucked ass
Will Hannusch lmao
Looks like someone was doing something else while the video played.
Obi wan master of trolling.
The stormtroopers were highly trained, it's just that they were just giving warning shots when the order was to capture the main characters or hinder their movement in order to capture them, going as far as losing their lives in the process. The others were shoot on sight, and so they did just that, and they did it flawlessly. As Obi Wan stated, the shots were too precise for the sand people.
Some of those shots were actually impressive
Most impressive.
Let's not forget about star wars: battlefront 1 and 2 multiplayer
That would be too many hours for this one vid
Stormtrooper: *slaps roof of car*
Stormtrooper: *Misses*
The only time they're ever portrayed as being inaccurate (I.E. the one thing everyone gives them shit for) is on the Death Star in A New Hope, and that time, they weren't trying to kill their targets, they wanted them to escape. They placed that tracking beacon on the Falcon, that'd be useless if the gang was laying dead on the ground riddled with blaster fire.
So, what was the beacon for? Well, my hypothetical friend, I'll tell you. The beacon was to lead them to the rebel base, something they didn't know the location of and were just dying to blow up. Remember why they captured Leia in the first place? They were interrogating her to find out where the base was. She fed them a lie, they knew she lied, and blew up her entire planet as she watched. They were also going to execute her anyways, since she wouldn't talk. This prison break gave them an opportunity to use Leia to help them find the base again.
So, why did that require inaccuracy? Simple: dead rebels don't fly away and lead you to the rebel base. They had to herd them down the halls somehow, and how convenient it was that the one path they weren't blocking off was the one that led straight to the Falcon, wasn't it? It was an obvious move, and they played right into the Empire's hand. What else could they do, as well? Die to the Stormtroopers? Get thrown in the prison block? It was a rather genius move.
The tactical cunning of the Empire is shown in many instances. Such as that time when Han charged at a group of Stormtroopers, only to be met with a larger group of Stormtroopers, who forced him to charge back in the other direction. That's a simplified version of an actual battlefield strategy employed by the Germans in World War 1 during the Meuse-Argonne, called Defence in Depth tactics. In it, you don't seek to prevent the advance of an attacker, but delay it by placing deliberately small and weak forces far ahead of your main forces, who are larger and stronger. The smaller force is meant to cause additional casualties ahead of time, and lure your opponent into the trap. They're essentially live bait, albeit bait that fights back and whittles down the enemy a bit, as well as making them cocky and overconfident, so your main forces can beat the shit out of them. It certainly made the Meuse-Argonne hell on earth for the American army. The Meuse-Argonne is still the bloodiest battle in US history almost 100 years later. That's Defence in Depth tactics, the ones the "incompetent" Stormtroopers modified on the Death Star.
They were using a tactic of deliberately missing to make their targets run away and take the bait: a ship they did seemingly nothing to. If they really didn't want them to escape, why not scrap the Falcon? Why not disable the engines, or rig the ship to explode the second they try to take off?
It's simple. They wanted them to leave. And their strategy would have worked, too, had it not been for Luke being Force-sensitive and blowing the reactor.
Redeye The only reason the Death Star was destroyed was because Luke was force sensitive and learned he was force sensitive conveniently before the Death Star arrived. Had Luke chosen not join the rebellion or not discover he was a Jedi, the rebellion would have been crushed.
+WYATT SHOEMAKER I don't want to seem like an asshole, but I have some numbers for each battle. If we combine the deaths of both Union and Confederate soldiers, the death toll is 7,863. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive killed 26,277 American soldiers. Moving on to the number of wounded, the combined Union and Confederate soldiers wounded at Gettysburg were 27,224. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive saw 95,786 Americans wounded.
So, combining the wounded and dead to get the total number of casualties, we get 46,286 casualties for the Battle of Gettysburg and 122,063 American casualties for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (I make the distinction of American soldiers for the Argonne because the French Army also fought there, although it was mainly an American battle, with the French having far fewer numbers than the Americans. Just so nobody thinks I'm playing favorites).
I'm not unsympathetic for either battle, honestly. The Battle of Gettysburg killed one of my great great grandfather's 4 older brothers, with two others dying on separate occasions and the last one returning home without his leg. My great-grandfather lied about his age to join the US Army at 16 years of age in 1918, and fought in the Meuse-Argonne before being sent home. He also ate a lot of bananas to bulk up so he looked 18 (judging from my personal experience with too much bananas, I'm surprised they didn't think he had cholera afterwards. Assuming that that's genetic, of course). We don't know if he was wounded or if they found out he wasn't 18. From the casualties, I'd have to guess the former, or maybe a combination of the two, in that he may have told them his real age to be sent home rather than be sent to a field hospital. We don't know mostly because he died before my father was even born, and with my grandfather gone, I don't have anyone left alive to ask. Just to shed some perspective on the matter, I suppose.
Redeye You’re such a fucking nerd.
Look at your own name and tell me that him being a nerd is worse.
Avery Badnaem My name serves the same purpose as your profile picture. That doesn’t mean I search up everything I know about widow maker and write a essay on the internet.
1:51 this dude was a badass
“Only Stormtroopers are so precise.”
Well this aged like fine milk
"Only stormtroopers are so precise". (Kenobi, Obi Wan)
Faith in stormtroopers, restored
Think this myth came from several scenes in episode 4. You had Han, Luke and Leia fighting storm troopers on the death star. Those 3 are decent shots but they are also surrounded by wall to wall stormtrooper targets in all directions on the Imperial base. The storm troopers on the other hand are trying to avoid shooting each other and damaging systems on the base. This puts them at a disadvantage. In the normal course of events Han, Luke and Leia would have been captured or killed, but they had the force on their side and of course the jedi Obi-Wan, who definitely took storm troopers seriously.
I forgot to mention Chewy. Four capable marksman, Apologies.
It's actually canon that they were supposed to miss on the deathstar a let the heroes escape so they can track their ship to thevmain rebel base on Yavin 4
Has anyone (including rebels creators) thought of the fact that in 1977-83 it was a lot more expensive to show a laser hit someone than miss? A hit required a pyrotechnic effect that was had to be small, shoot in one direction, and look a lot more intense than it was. A miss did not require it to be totally safe to perform on a human, since they were happening on a piece of prop. Also, hits required special shirts, and burn a hole in the shirt. Not to mention the actor had to give good reaction in one try. Shooting and reshooting blaster hits with practical pyrotechnic effects was expensive and difficult. THAT, my friends, is why stormtroopers (and everyone, including sharpshooter Han Solo) miss most of their shots. I think when Obi Wan says "only stormtroopers can fire so accurately" we can assume, as the story goes, they are soldiers of high accuracy.
Graytness my analysis was on the real world production of said movie. Read before you comment....
Graytness without the typical poo flinging of a comment section, would you care to explain how that is excessively analyzed?
ooooooo a whoooole paragraph :O so long! I've written 100 page research papers before. When you get out of high school, you will realize a paragraph can take less than a minute to write if you have coherent thought on the subject matter. Also, you clearly clicked on the same video, and took the time to comment several times on it. This "silly little movie" happens to be a multi billion dollar earner that is one of the most influential story franchises in this age in history. If you think you can bypass that fact with a few condescending comments and lame emojis, think again pal.
Best you've got is a catchphrase from a commercial? Grow up kiddo
Graytness what does a pre-pubescent boy instantly fall back on when he doesn't know what to say? "Triggered!"
What about the deathtroopers and the stormtroopers from rogue one? :)
Competitorcycle it says at the beginning of the video clearly- pre-rogue one
Ikanite hello there
??? what did i do?
Ikanite nothing
Melral CT:3718 General Kenobi....
The fact that we need a compilation of the galaxy’s best gunman actually hitting their targets is funny
0:55, I thought is said "On my command; Five. [Blaster Shots]"
Lol yeah, wtf? they were eager.
I think she just did a lousy job of saying "fire"
Voltron 106 Somebody's platoon is a little trigger happy lmao
I think the stormtrooper said fire.
It sounded like five though, that had me confused for a second.
it's embaressing how in the opening scene of a new hope the rebels lost a chokepoint battle in seconds
Stormtroopers are excellent shots. The only problem is that the galaxy’s heroes are really tricky targets, especially if they use the Force.
And plot armor
The Force = Plot Armor
Not gonna lie, clones were a good shot
Wanderer but of corse
The Wanderer yeah they had plenty of battle droids to shoot, not main characters.
xx awesomexx Jedi? General grevious? Asaaj Ventress? Seperatist commanders? I don’t think some of them were battle droids if you know what I mean.
I don't buy the excuse that making the Stormtroopers suck at shooting was necessary to keep the protagonists alive. There are so many things the protagonists could do to prevent their own demise with out compromising the Stormtroopers. They could actually take cover for once, or use strategy to outsmart their foes. I mean they stand in the open 90% of the time in the films, and it looks ridiculous. Maybe wear armour as well, so they could justify surviving a few shots?
A movie does not have to make the enemy utterly incompetent in order to keep the protagonists alive. I mean look at real life... I don't think Simo Hayha managed to kill 500 Soviet troops by himself, because his enemies were a bunch of morons. No, it was because he knew what he was doing. The reason Stormtroopers are shit shots, is because of the limited resources from the studio. To make the "Stormtroopers vs Rebels" conflict more believable, it requires better acting from the extras, professional fighting choreography, knowledge of military equipment and tactics, etc. This kind of stuff can get expensive, and the filmmakers probably do not want to bother with it.
xxFalconArasxx You forgot it's Star Wars
The only theory that justifies their missed shots, is that the Stormtroopers were ordered to miss their shots on the Death Star to track the rebels back to their Yavin IV base.
xxFalconArasxx so you want the movie to be 20-30 mins longer? What you're saying takes screen time dumbass.
+Use Lance You must have replied to the wrong person. I'm talking about the competency of Stormtroopers in a movie. How exactly would that translate to screen time?
xxFalconArasxx read your comment again, how else would they get through the fights without adding time. Plz read your original comment again.
“Only imperial Stormtroopers are so precise”
They are
They didn't hit because vader specifically ordered them to miss because he wanted to kill them
Damon Richter In episode 4/ the original star wars, they were under specific orders not to kill the rebels on the death star so they could track them back to the rebel base- though Vader killed Obi-Wan, it should be fairly obvious why (not to mention that it doesn't exactly prevent the rebels from escaping and, thus, doesn't stop their plan).
In every occassion after this, the Stormtroopers actually were shooting to kill or capture.
They lost to the Ewoks.Thats worsen their reputation as "Elite"
ewoks are small, hard to hit, and have the strength of a wookie
the ewoks ALSO captured the rebels the movie was about... luke, han, etc. don't underestimate those fucking teddy bears
Damon Richter, that doesn't explain why they kept missing in Empire, during the Cloud city escape!
1:54 The Scout trooper literally pimp slapped Han.
They deserve a raise.
Really, no one remembers the "No kill order" that Vader said
Stortroopers are the best trained and most deadly soldiers in the Galaxy, dude
Death Troopers Might Be A "Bit" Better
@@Maltatata not
I mean, you could argue deliberately missing while making it look like you are aiming to kill / capture takes way more skill
Clone Troopers are still better since they killed Jedi, but Stormtroopers are underrated
Clone troopers, are actually better, but they are more expensive, so actually the classic stormtroopers are the most efficient way to dominate the galaxy
Could I also mention that clones can't always hit their Target either
Like that one scene when grievous was running down a hall. Cody and two other clones were trying to blast him and they miss EVERY single shot, except one with a grappling hook
See it's just plot armor at work Stormtroopers are actually one of the most feared soldiers, though clones are still technically better and were bred for war unlike stormtroopers who are just normal people
Plus in a comic a highly trained rebel(I forgotten what they were really called) was wrestling with a scout for 45 minutes before calling truce
Also stormtroopers are the bad guys they were doomed to lose even against strong teddy bears with crude weapons
Melral CT:3718 but you cant compare 3 clones with the entire Imperial military power
Razor Bans green company vs battle droids before Lunara and Gree showed up
Melral CT:3718 That's because they are called the green company, in the army, they reffer to green company as rookies, thats why they died so quickly. And the superbattledroids are very powerful...
Razor Bans well can't judge a whole army for missing just a few characters who are mainly the stars of the movie
And also the green company was still just missing the droids even narrow close range in a hall way and yes Ik they take multiple shots but most were not hit at all
My biggest problem with the storm troopers was never their accuracy. It was the fact that they drop like flies despite being armor-clad.
The armor of the Stromtrooper Is very economy e weak
It's literally made from plastoid.
In Jedi Outcast, the Imperial rifle had the worst accuracy. You can even hear stormtroopers complaining about it at one point.
Can believe my shots made the highlight reel!! 0:51
As a former stormtrooper, I really appreciate this.
1:00 finn didn't shoot cuz he was afraid he was gonna miss
False
@@godzpeedx7ii75 r/wooosh
I love how there’s only 73 seconds of stormtroopers doing their job in the main 9 movies
I have been waiting for years for this video! Thank you now people can relax
Remember, storm troopers are one of the most elite ground troops the empire has. Their actual “backbone” troop would be similar to what Han Solo was. This troopers should have absolutely squashed the rebellion, but due to plot reasons you can’t have the main characters getting slaughtered like cattle.
Glory to the empire.
1:21 that was Darth Vader deflecting the bolts i think, you can even hear the bolts hitting the Light Saber
I think the ones that boarding Leia's ship are actually Vader's Elite 501 troops, which makes sense that they are able to hit their targets.
Dont forget that in the death star their intention is to miss, so the heroes escape and lead them to the Rebel base, so every close shot is also a nice hit
They missed because it was the *W I L L O F T H E F O R C E*
Dbananaguy53 oh you heard of that Rogue One theory too?
"plot armor"
@@1019wc1019 the force IS plot armor
Yes true thats why i fail shooting 5 more jedi
I like how every time Stormtroopers are in meele, they are the absolute beasts even against the jedi
Give these men the chainswords
Funny how episode 4-6 wasnt even like a minute xD
Sheldorium maybe because there weren't many scenes with them shooting
See......we're not that bad
Power to the Empire
When a Stormtrooper hits a main character you know they are in need of a promotion XD
Fuck you
I’m quite late to this but it’s always plot armor (and the fact that stormtroopers are the baddies) that determine the “shots landed”. there will always be points where stormtroopers can be portrayed as the soldiers they should be, of course they won’t be as amazing as clones since clones were trained from birth compared to stormtroopers that range from training from childhood (imperial cadets) and some from adulthood (common conscription) - like modern earth armies - stormtroopers are just victims of story telling and jokes taken across the franchise, like red shirts in Star Trek always dying, there are points where even clones are victims of plot armor - tups kidnapping by the separatists, the clones in the transport took out the buzz droids easily, but when it came to the B2’s not one was taken down; take into account proximity, number of entrances they could possibly come out from, you’d expect at least 1 to go down but no, armor or not, that close range should’ve done damage. So even though there is only 3 minutes of official screened stormtroopers doing well, must admit there is 25(ish) years of imperial rule for some decent Stormtrooper action, that in which Disney doesn’t show since.. they’re the baddies
I thought I will see a black screen, tbh.
I'm genuinely surprised Robot Chicken never made fun of this.
I heard that in the 70's, audiences actually found the Stormtroopers' appearance and ruthless efficiency intimidating and even a bit scary, which is actually what George Lucas and others who designed the Stormtroopers were going for.
Yeah. The Force that alters events (or what i call plot armor) kinda ruined the stormtroopers honestly.
0:06 take note that the rebel only got hit *because* he was moving towards the trajectory of the blaster bolt
Well, the shot guy was in an insurgent movement barely funded by secretly rogue imperial senators, so we can't expect average Rebel soldier to have a high quality training. Besides, they were just royal guards, who would only be trained for minor situations but not actual combat
I assume he already had gotten hit and fell into another blaster bolt
The trooper who takes care of Ezra and Kanan at the same time...superb bro
the ending was perfect xD
We all know storm troopers can hit targets with ease. They just cant hit the main characters properley.
That's your teammates in apex every time you fight a squad
Genuinely thought it was gonna be like a 5 second video of the one time they actually hit, I’m pleasantly surprised
Stormtroopers hit most shots, its just that the characters have “important character” armor and as such are immune to side/background characters
So in summary, Stormtroopers can hit their targets when:
-They are firing down a narrow corridor filled with targets
-They are firing at a target the size of a spaceship
-They are firing at another vehicle-sized target
-They accidentally fire up in the sky and hit something by chance
-They are in a deleted scene
-They are shooting unarmed villagers who don't fight back
-They are shooting at point blank range
-They are not using guns
I suppose it isn't fair to say that Stormtroopers never hit their target. This video clearly illustrates that there are situations in which even Stormtroopers can't miss.
You f@#$ing destroyed them man
- When they are not the bad guy
Proof that the Stormtroopers were trained by The Critical Drinker.
"Aaaaallllll rriiiight, laadssssssss. Lock nnn loooooaad"
they’re fucking marksmen when the main characters aren’t in the scene
Yes, that's it. They are.