The INHUMAN Accuracy of Stormtroopers
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Pop culture has long characterized stormtroopers as incapable of hitting anything. But in fact, Stormtroopers are insanely accurate.
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Ben Kenobi was just using an ancient Jedi technique, "p'lott armor", to bend the Stormtrooper's bolts away from everyone.
One of the strongest abilities the force gives. Unfortunately, this ability is useless when the victim is not a main character.
Teach me this technique
I always got the impression this was a real thing, after Chirrut in rogue one
You spelt plot armor wrong.
Jokes aside the forces can indeed bend both accuracy and bolts so not far from the truth
Remember also that one Stormtrooper on Endor shot Leia in the arm when she was in the bunker at a distance of at least several hundred feet, overcoming both physical cover and main character plot armor.
Combine these data with the fact that Stormtroopers rarely seem to aim, but instead fire from the hip, and their skill with a blaster looks even more impressive.
@Pasha Staravoitau That's something the real life US government experimented with but they haven't worked on it in a while. Also if that's the case I'm not sure why the Stormtroopers don't have a better understanding of room clearing and cover.
@@ericolsen5592 yea its been tested for a sniper though it worked
@@ericolsen5592 One real thing special forces regularly use is an IR laser and goggles. Humans can't see IR but cameras can. (Take out your tv remote and point it at your phone camera, you'll see it glow. Same principle.) So basically they have invisible laser sighs that only they can see.
Pretty awesome.
Attention Span Labs I heard that the stormtroopers are really accurate but the force is what protects the main characters and that’s why they aim bad
So you're saying they had *plot armor piercing blasters*
It's almost like they were "Forced" to miss.
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The entire Imperial Army after reading this : *dies*
Or, you could say they were "ordered by their commanding officers to let them escape on a tracked ship" to miss
One extra factor to notice: The rebel troops seems to be actually aiming their weapons, the stormtroppers looks like they are always firing from the hip
The Stormtroopers have target aiming assist software in their helmets display systems that can link up to the scopes on most of their blaster weapons.
@@EnclaveRemnantFanboy-118 same with clones
i guess just white armor guys in general
@@EnclaveRemnantFanboy-118 so they basically have a cross hair in their HUDs
@@ntfoperative9432 yes basically, they can see where they’re aiming even if the gun is at hip level.
@@EnclaveRemnantFanboy-118 so basically stormtroopers are console gamers lmfao
TL;DR The Stormtroopers shoot good when the enemies DON’T have plot armour.
And when they finally connect, Han is just like "ow, that stung a little":
@@apa123APA Exactly.
Or if you are one of the cast of rogue one. Your plot armor vanishes when plot demands it.
wouldnt that be TL;DW? since we didnt read anything since this is a video
@@fluviusgaming1125 sssh ssh
One of the main characters : *is around*
Stormtrooper's Accuracy : I sense a great disturbance in the force
I guess it’s just their range with the other plot armor
@@acidgoon i dont think range has anything to do with it
Fuck, not even main characters, Disney has given even the nameless grunts immunity. Way to ruin any sense of danger.
Because the heroes are more skilled. That's what makes them heroes. Not pLoT aRmOr or whatever bullshit you cooked up in your barely functional brain.
I'm kind of sick of the whole "Stormtroopers can't aim" argument. The part in the trilogy where seem to miss the most is explained in the movie that they were ordered not to kill them. Besides, what did people expect George Lucas to do? Have the heroes get shot and almost killed every firefight?
EDIT: Since my comment is getting a lot of attention, I feel like I should clarify that I do think that the OT films should have done better at demonstrating the skill of Stormtroopers. What bothers me is that all the expanded material, including the new shows, make Stormtroopers absolute buffoons and take the "Stormtrooper aim" joke to the extreme.
That actually made a interesting movie to watch
If he wants them to be seen as competant
@@TheCompleteMental at least make them hit like shoulders or legs or make them look like they're trying to suppress them
@@amirhaikal8304 Exactly, or make the heroes move around a lot, use cover, the enviornment in general
Edit: I still agree with my sentiment here, but do acknowledge that it wouldnt, and shouldnt, be modern action movie style. I dont think that was my origin intention anyway. Just that some scenes of people just shooting at each other would benefit by getting to the point in a more decisive way. I get that the longer cuts were to get across the danger better, but obviously if you create the idea that nobody can aim, you overstayed your welcome.
Set the blasters to stun
In the extended universe, the rebellion often fought at targeted newly trained troops or low priority targets doing their absolute best to avoid highly decorated forces like the 501st and 182nd. When the Death Star blew up it took most of the highly decorating forces with it.
Yeah, I know. Can't make your ship look good with out decorators.
*decorated* nimrod - go back to school.
My guess is all the decorators survived the 1st Death Star, but probably meet their demise on the 2nd one.
@@JB-yb4wn my bad
@@JB-yb4wn jesus calm down you nazi
I cannot possibly imagine the rebels surviving the 501st, even Luke would get his ass handed to him
“Accuracy is overrated. In the chaos of combat, you might not know where your enemy is. But with enough firepower, you can always make them keep their heads down.”
@yooem 26
Opening of the M60 video
Ah, yes. M60 intro.
Experienced soldiers won't care about your firepower if they can plainly see that you can't hit the side of a barn.
@@Xandros999 idk, I would assume we use suppressive firepower doctrines for a reason.
@Henry Nagel wrong vid, it’s the M-60
They hit literally anything but the main characters. Anyone who's read the extended lore knows their accuracy is more Han just inhuman. They're the best soldiers in the entire galaxy.
@B3L0W Z3R0 I'm sorry but the title of best soldiers of the galaxy goes to the clone troopers
*Laughs In Clone Trooper*
Clone troopers are the best soldiers. There’s no contest. Especially with clones like Rex leading them.
And the force was protecting them also.
@@npc6817 He meant at their time.
Let's not forget Hoth. Hoth had significant ground troops and the snowtroopers that landed with Vader played a large role in subduing the base. We forget about them because the walkers are more impressive looking, but the stormtroopers are quick and efficient soldiers. They're not bad on Endor, either; they were fighting against guerillas who had greater territorial knowledge and were able to effectively use it against them, but they still managed to do reasonably well and take out a fair number of enemy combatants before being defeated. There aren't really any examples in the OT of stormtroopers being incompetent; their weakest showing is probably in the Mos Eisley escape, and that can be explained as Han being that good a shot and the heroes already being almost completely secure and ready to evacuate. It's only in the EU that stormtroopers start to become less competent.
Should point out that on Endor, the Empire was winning the fight till Chewie stole an AT-ST. If not for that, the battle would have ended in Imperial Victory.
@@BGTom Yeah, exactly. The Ewoks got the jump on them and took out a few troopers and two walkers, but once the imperial troops regrouped, they started stomping over the Ewoks until Chewie took their walker, gaining them a decisive advantage by them not knowing who was their ally anymore.
When i watched star wars for the first time, that entry scene of stormtroopers being the first scene of the movie (bar the at the time breathtaking establishing shot) it absolutely burned a message in my brain, storm troopers are goddamn strong, they came through a single door that already had guns aiming at the door fighting into a ship they wouldnt know where the enemy where and decimated. I guess its one of those first impression things because from then on i saw storm troopers as the best soldiers in the star wars universe so when everyone made storm trooper jokes i never found them too funny.
That's how they're supposed to be perceived. They're terrifying shock troopers, the marines of the empire. I get annoyed at the, "tHeY cAn'T aIm" line, too.
@@notyou2353 I'm not a fan or an expert of starwars lore but when you get played like a fool by some alien monkey with primitive tools it's hard to take them seriously. But it's kinda movie problem in general.
You would think that they would have blown open the door and chucked some grenades in, that's what us primitives would have done.
to be fair they fought there ship crew with pistols still empire did win most fights
@@goctexas1444
They didn’t though. They turned the tides on them. It just didn’t matter when the Death Star’s shields went down. The Ewoks only got the jump on them through surprise.
If you've ever played SW Battlefront 1 against specialist bots, you know they are ridiculously accurate.
Hax 😆
Jedi:fallen order too,especially In the hardest mode
Even on Battlefeont 2 omg them bots be going crazy
@@nyarlathotep-thecrawlingch6335 dude totally. Fallen Order is freaking hard especially the baton folks on master
Exactly
Stormtroopers: Can literally mow down armies in seconds
**Main character appears!**
Stormtroopers: Huh, how do I shoot, again?
Lol and suddenly they become jar jar
What is this black rod with a red flashy pew pew?
@@uthopia27 jar jar is a legendary fighter so what you said doesn't make any sence
Pieta Junior your’e not wrong just look at how Manny battle droids he takes down in Phantom manace
probably shock, as main characters are well known individuals who are known to kill them.
Man, stormtroopers have insane aim, unless obviously some imperial commander tells them to not injure or kill some high value target or something, like on the Death Star
Why were they even shooting? Just wrestle them if you're not gonna actually shoot them.
@@seankrkovich2869 because they might shoot you if you try to wrestle them, so naturally the stormtroopers didn’t fire back for the sake of just scaring the rebels away
@@UmbaranMilitia They might shoot you if you start shooting at them.
@@seankrkovich2869 You're a little slow dude. Would you rather have a gun against someone shooting you or just your fists? not to mention you can still wrestle even if you're bringing a gun. You're acting like a gunshot will 100% kill the person if they're hit by it.
@@thedon6079 I mean, they clearly aren't intending on injuring them in any way. The gun is kinda useless if you don't plan on landing any shots
I think it's ridiculous how people say: Nah, there was no plan to let the MCs leave the Death Star, stormtroopers are just bad aim.
Despite Tarkin literally asking Vader if the tracking device is on board the Millenium Falcon and telling Vader that they’re taking an awful risk letting them get away
@@keef920 exactly and I thought that was smart
I was expecting a shitpost, and got an actual thorough explanation of why stormtroopers have good accuracy. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
A surprise answer from FBI
But a welcome one.
Back up has arrived
Yeah and it only uses one battle in the very first opening scene as a rationalization combined with a presumptive explanation for the stormtroopers being ordered not to harm/kill the heroes. Not only is there no evidence for this in ANH but it cheapens the heroes survival and narrow escapes.
@@christiancividino455 It's literally stated outright, by both Tarkin and Leia, that they let them go in order to track them to the rebel base.
Plot Twist: This guy is secretly a Storm Trooper trying to defend his kind.
1cetea this comment should be higher
Id say he's actually a rebal trying to make his cause seem like an actual struggle. You guys still aren't getting anymore funding, I saw what you did with that "hammerhead" spaceship...
Good good let the hate flow through you
1cetea this needs more likes
Not a race but ok
The moral of the story is no matter how accurate they are, their shots deflect off their plot armour
That is until you can get rid of the plot armor as much as you can which is important
“These rebels couldn’t hit a Bantha at this range!”
-The last words of Imperial Major General Jonn Sedgwykk
wow, that is an amazing reference! i got a good laugh hahaha!
and to those who don't know the reference:
General John Sedgwick was a Union General in the American Civil war.
He died at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and among his last words was this iconic saying:
"Why are you dodging [bullets] like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance"
Legend has it he was shot and mortally wounded before he finished this sentence or moments after.
May he rest in peace.
@@thomasebersole8640 how the hell a american knew about a beast is only living on africa and asia.?
@@rapatacush3 . . . Please tell me you're joking.
@@cjt354 at that time i mean
@@rapatacush3 Yes, even then. Ever since the first educated European colonist arrived in America, there have been Americans that knew of elephants. It's not like everywhere was entirely isolated from everywhere else before the invention of telecommunications.
Storm troopers aren’t the grunts of the empire, they’re the shock troopers. The grunts would be the actual galactic army and navy. The people you see in solo, those are the real grunts
And they are stated as being phased out by Stormies, because the Army was majorly incompetent; Mimban is a great example, where Solo's entire regiment wasn't gaining any ground and took serious casualties. After the Stormies started being deployed, Mimbanese resistance finally started to crumble. So Stormtroopers are becoming the grunts of the Empire. Palpatine is fine with throwing lives away, but he hates inefficient enforcers, so he replaced the Imperial Army like he replaced planetary defense forces, with Stormtroopers.
He meant grunt as in anyone that's not a main or side character, basically all the unnamed people. Interesting fact though, I never considered that.
The things you see in Solo arent in the same universe as actual star wars.
@@stapuft why?/how do you know?
@@stapuft They are in the same universe...
rebel: *shot by stormtrooper in shoulder* "AUGH!" *dies*
Leia: *shot by stormtrooper in shoulder* "ow!" *lives*
Please don't underestimate the agony of being shot by a bolt of ionized plasma. The rebel's probably no death, just writhing.
She took the hit in a non-critical area
@@ValentineC137 I'll show you how to do that next time.
Its that damn plot-armor
I mean same goes to stormtroopers, but that’s because the armor more or less saves them but they get knocked out from the shock.
With Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin taking about letting them go, and Obi saying that Imperial Stormtroopers are accurate AF, why is anyone still doubting that. Heck even Leia mentioned, “They let us go.” The only way I could agree with inaccurate shooting from the Imperial Stormtroopers is if you say that the Emperor’s Battle Meditation is increasing their accuracy and then after the Battle of Endor, they become inaccurate.
Because after Empire Strikes Back the meme of Stormtroopers being bad shots firmly took hold in society so that made them have shitty aim everywhere else from then on.
@@matthewgagnon9426 even in Empire strikes back, they were ungodly accurate, look at Hoth. The only reason they missed in cloud city is because literally all of them were main Characters, they couldn't exactly be killed off
Their armor is also good. The rebels are shying away from shots because they have no armor, but the troopers just kept moving forward. Their armor was designed to protect from glancing blows from shots, but it also does well with explosions, shrapnel, etc. that’s why I love the empire so much. They’re the coolest and actually made good armor
If I remember correctly stormtrooper armour dispels the shots and only incapacitates them, so they can take a hit and be out of the fight but back in the next one.
“I have never seen stormtrooper armor protect anyone from anything."
So we can just ignore this quote from the Rebels show?
@@garrettsattem4799 in that same show most of the troopers stand up after being shot
@@69thclonebattalion89 Not to mention to, in the Battlefront 2 book Iden versio, a literal special forces soldier made sure to double tap a stormtrooper to make sure that they wouldn't get back up later and stop her. Stormtrooper armor is amazing
@@garrettsattem4799 I'd ignore it. Any quotes like that from Rebels are an example of Filoni's crappy writing regarding the Empire's troops. There's several instances of him trying to imply that everything the empire made was shittier, yet they would've had better tech at that time.
“I counted all of the blaster shots...” Doing the Lord’s work there EC Henry 😂
Seriously though I’ve always hated the jokes about Stormtrooper inaccuracy. They’re victims of plot armor.
Lord Palpatine's work?
@@JanetStarChild Lord *Sidious* Emperor Sheev is the public face of the sith lord.
True they are victims of annoying plot armour heroes
Nah, dude there were people who made those star wars but Everytime someone fires a blaster it speeds up memes a while back, when they went through the entire trilogy
Thank you somebody who knows the truth
imagine if stormtroopers actually aimed and not fired from the hip..
Makes me think of an unending empire
They had targetting Huds in there helmets
Str8camo isn't that just scout trooper and more elite troops?
@@wlsscom1155 no, all stormtroopers have a targeting hud
Str8camo damn, didn't know that, thanks for the info
It’s funny cause whenever people try to prove stormtroopers can’t aim they show clips of them missing the main characters in the deathstar even though they literally say they were ordered to miss and let them escape
What about the scenes on Bespin where they still can't hit anyone even though they _weren't_ ordered to let them escape?
@@Idazmi7 they just wanted to capture them
@@leosl6876
Then set blasters on stun and capture them! 😒
yeah then we just had several more movies and tv series all made after the OT where stormtroopers still cant hit anything, on god saying storm troopers can shoot is copium, combined theyve maybe managed to hit 4 things total.
You know damn well that you have so little to defend your point. Also what are doing at night, fighting everyone on stormtrooper aim quarrels. Get a life.
It's also important to note that in the movies our heroes aren't exactly killing machines and are usually running FROM stormtroopers. Luke, Han and Leia spend a lot pinned down behind cover taking shots at troopers trying to advance on them. They get a couple hits on guys in the open but usually its just enough to buy them some time.
one of the things actually really like about the original trilogy is how it feels more like an adventure movie than an action movie and the heroes really aren't unstoppable bad-asses.
It’s important that the stormtroopers still be felt as threatening.
Yes, the heroes could probably take on a few, but there’s a good number of stormtroopers and they’re established as being quite competent. It’s so scenes like Luke and Ben having to cross the checkpoint have gravitas and tension; if the troopers were treated as useless goons, there’d be no tension since, if they discover the droids, the heroes aren’t in any danger and obi wan wouldn’t even need subtlety or the mind trick.
The stormtroopers need to feel like a threat, so that the strengths and triumphs of the heroes feel meaningful
Not to mention all the stormtroopers attacking with Vader, are elites from the 501st. The ones on the Death Star I say were less talented and more varied.
I kinda agree but honestly at that point I think the clones from the 501st would certainly be dead from accelerated growth, they'd just be elites from Vader's Fist.
The ones on the death star are told to let like etc escape. They let them go so they could track them to the rebel base. Why does everyone forget that?
@@fantasticmootastic3956 Nobody here is forgetting that, it's just an explanation for the less intelligent actions we see from the Death Star troopers C-list soldiers (glorified security guarding a WMD that's incredibly unlikely to be attacked) as opposed to Vader's Fist being S tier strike force soldiers.
Mike Huesgen That isn't meaningful data, as it's a retcon from decades later. It doesn't really have bearing on scenes shot before that.
Most people on the death star were highly ranked officers,pilots, and even stormtroopers
One of Stormtroopers even shot Leia in RotJ.
And none of Rebels excluding Luke could even scratch Darth Vader.
Stormtroopers even can penetrate Plot armor.
To be fair, Han did shoot Vader in the hand....twice.
@@pickeljarsforhillary102 Yeah, but it didn't even scratch him. ;)
@@pickeljarsforhillary102 he has a point! also han is a guy with plot armor too so it doesnt count!
R2-D2 also got taken out on Endor.
@@LordVader1094 And the Battle of Yavin.
"Grunts of the Empire"
You're thinking of the Imperial Army Trooper, my friend.
Ya, Stormtroopers are elite shock troopers, hence the name
@@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw Yeah it's annoying to see them depicted defending so much when they are supposed to be shock forces.
@@Flamingbannas You're referring to many of their depictions outside of the OT.
Honestly, the Imperial Army Trooper reminded me more of engineer's and the people who were always working in ships. Storm trooper as a guard/grunt and the death trooper as the "elite shock trooper" just play battlefront 2 for hours lol
Have those guys ever actually been canon? They’ve been depicted in no official media outside of the role playing games. It’s clear by now that stormtroopers are just the generic army trooper of the empire. They do everything from guarding prisoners on backwater planets to boarding parties on starships.
Also one thing that doesn't seem to get brought up often about Stormtrooper combat effectiveness is that some of the Rebels (wearing only clothes) seem to go down from glancing blows, while Stormtroopers only seem to die from direct hits. Also one Stormtrooper checks on a fallen comrade, implying they might just be wounded (otherwise there's not really any point in checking on them if a hit is a 100% guaranteed death). In the EU it's mentioned that Stormtrooper armor "dissipates" blaster energy which merely knocks Stormtroopers unconscious.
"They let us go". The princess explained it IN THE MOVIE!
Did you watch the full vid? He said that..
Also they took over the Hoth base incredibly quickly.
i'd say the 501st are accurate but your general human stormtroopers are not.
@@sheilaolfieway1885 well stormtroopers are supposed to be the cream of the crop. Their the marines of the imperial navy.
@@joshuarubenstein2298 my 501st theory would make sense though since it is canon that the 501st were the ones who shot up the jawa sandcrawler and were likely on the death star as well we could simply stay that since the 501st who are under darth vader are the best of the best that the 501st are super accurate but your common stormtrooper is not as accurate.
I like how people use the scene of the droids crossing the hallway as an example of their bad aim. as if they're going to go out of their way to shoot some rusting droids they can take care of later instead of the people actively trying to kill them.
The droids would have critical rebel data stored.
The troopers might actually be trained to not hit non-combat enemy droids.
We were ordered to find those plans so yes you are correct, we were going to go back to get those droids. Little did we know that they left in an escape pod.
@@StormtrooperTK--ic8pb Thank you for your report soldier. You can go back to your troop.
If anything it shows how accurate they are, being able to shoot at the enemy without hitting the apparently civilian obstacles in the middle.
@Alvi Syahri nope, not at all. Most of Original Trilogy details were written at the last minute.
You know I’ve noticed a surprisingly large amount of people forget the fact that there was a tracking device planted on the millennium falcon. Fun fact of the day: The stormtroopers weren’t hitting on purpose.
If you're looking from an in universe perspective, the clone troopers and stormtrooper corps used to joke that they were just there to pull the triggers for their helmets because the armor was so packed full of high tech aiming software and sensors.
Another point I've seen made, that I particularly enjoy, is Stormtroopers' performance based off of role. For example, the Stormtroopers easily overwhelmed the Rebels in the Tantive IV and on Hoth, but they failed to stop the Rebels on Endor. Throughout the TV show Rebels, the main characters regularly succeed in assaulting/stealing from locations defended by Stormtroopers, but when the tables are turned and the Stormtroopers find the Rebels' position, the main cast is forced to flee.
It's all in the name, honestly. *Storm* troopers. They're great at storming locations. Not so much at defending them. Their role seems to be dedicated to offense, and when they're put in charge of defending something, they typically under-perform. This could be because their training is entirely based off of the mentality that the Empire should be the only assailant in any confrontation. The Empire planned to violently expand its borders throughout the Outer Rim, and it trained its soldiers to be capable of assaulting one world after another, breaking through any defenses. They didn't really expect a sudden massive civil war, especially when they planned on having a Death Star online to keep worlds in order through fear. Why bother training how to properly defend when everyone is too terrified to attack you? Much better to instead train your forces to conquer.
That actually makes a lot of sense and can be seen in their equipment (no camo, limited supplies, compact blasters for CQB, all their heavy weapons are mounted on walkers). It's ideal for offensive operations but ill-suited to static defensive positions.
Rebels unfortunately reinforced the "every Imperial soldier is a Stormtrooper" myth, but guard duty was supposed to be left to standard Imperial Army / Imperial Navy units. Probably the only reason Stormtroopers were responsible for defending the Endor bunker was because it was a top secret project and they were desired more for their loyalty than their skill.
Alternatively, the relative training and effectiveness of Stormtroopers vary wildly throughout the Empire. Vader's personal troops were some of the best with years of training and combat experience, and the ones set on the important tasks of conquering land for the Empire are better than most, but the ones we see in stationed to play guard duty on backwater planets are barely trained conscripts. The Empire has tens of thousands of planets it needs to garrison and trillions of citizens to keep under their oppressive boots. The Emperor wanted to rule via fear without needing a Senate. It needs troops, an unimaginable amount of them, so it just hands out a suit and blaster to anyone who proves loyal enough.
The movies and tv shows should have focused more on the basic imperial soldier and not just on the stormtrooper
The issue is that the movies somewhat uses Stormtroopers where it should be using the Imperial Army. Stormtroopers are numerous, however they're not grunts. They'd be considered the special forces of the Imperial Army, but inside of the Stormtrooper Corps, there's a special forces for the special forces (Death Troopers, Nova troopers, Shadow Troopers, Scout Troopers, Storm Commando's, the list goes on.)
In "Rebels", I assumed that the Stormtroopers on Lothal and other locations were 2nd rate Stormtroopers used for garrison duties and/or for security on ships while the ones that seized the Tantive IV were elite stormtroopers and they were.
Besides, the Rebels on Lothal tended to fight unconventionally with hit and run attacks and ambushes which the stormtroopers there weren't expecting as it was something not covered in their training.
Not just Storm troopers, those are Vader's fist. The 501st
I think that is something people always forget.
So they are like an elite personal guard?
@@ArturoLopez-ly2pn basically, it's more that they are a cut above the rest .
@@ArturoLopez-ly2pn No, more like just elite troops. The best of the best.
Arturo Lopez they are mostly the remaining clones because vader preferred clones over regular recruits.
I think there's one factor we aren't taking into account here: The Stormtrooper Legion assigned to Darth Vader is the 501st, and they are the ones who boarded the Tantive IV according to 'Star Wars: Battlefront II'. Many of them are still clones.
It wouldn't surprise me if the quality of Stormtroopers on guard duty are of a completely different quality than the Stormtroopers they use in active assaults. After all, so long as they had their armor on, who could tell the difference? The Stormtroopers on the front set a terrifying example, so the populace doesn't realize the Stormtroopers stationed around them are actually idiots. So just by standing there, despite not having good combat skill, the populace is suppressed.
well, you can very clearly see the Stormtroopers who boarded Tantive IV were of different heights, so they can't be clones
But they aged, and also not all are ex-clones, but many were
but they would all age the same, still staying the same height, plus it was shown that many of them were of different heights too, so maybe 1 or 2 clones but the rest were normal
Clones age twice as fast as the normal human. They would have been over 60 years by that point.
@@FMK03 whattt do they reallyy
It is amazing to read the statistics about how many rounds are fired in combat without hitting anyone, or even how many rounds are fired without even the intention of hitting anyone.
Psychiatrist: agile stormtroopers don’t exist, they can’t hurt you.
Agile stormtroopers:
Agile?
Do you mean accurate or did you forget a timestamp or something
@@defensivekobra3873 i mean they rushed Out of a choke point, that's basically dodging blasters
@@killian9314 Fair point, but *HOW* when the armor is so clunky
@@defensivekobra3873
It's basically plastic but with the defensive qualities of steel. In fact, I believe the material used for the armor is named for this very fact; plasteel.
@@cptTK421 yes, i dont Think you got it quite right but something along those lines. Plastoid?
Also while light, just design wise the armor should be hard to manuver in.
Perhaps not for a trained soldier tho
When Grand Moff Tarken tells you to miss so the rebels can "get away" you miss.
Curtis Gilbert Seriously. Vader is known for Force-choking officers who screw up. Tarkin is known for telling Vader to cut his shit. Do not screw with the guy who bosses an invincible wizard knight around.
@@AgentNintaku so darth Vader is a level 20 wizard that uses a stronger version of a invisible mage hand?
@@space_fox12 Nah, he's a level 16 Scout/Jedi/Jedi Knight/Sith Apprentice/Sith Lord with Force Choke.
I mean, if you wanna stick to D20 systems, he works way better in Star Wars ones. :P
@@AgentNintaku true
The dude is also in charge of a space laser. He knows what planet you live on
I'm a stormtrooper in the 501st Legion. I'm always having people joke about how we can't hit a barn. I just send or post the link to this video. Love this so much.
2:26 This is something the video games don't seem to get.
One note: while the Rebels seem to always take cover and retreat, the Stormtroopers are aggressively pushing forward. Considering their armor and that in the Hallway Scene, a trooper is checking a downed man, it's possible they actually have a superior tactic: the psychological fear of an army of faceless soldiers rushing towards you is pretty terrifying, and if the armor does hold up, that does a lot for the reverse: the troopers are less afraid.
some EU material explains that stormtrooper armor is designed to disperse the enregy of blaster bolts making potentially lethal shots merely incapacitating, its likely that those downed troopers in ANH are only unconscious, and this would definitely increase the confidence of the average trooper,.
The armor doesn't look like it does much in terms of protection during the movies.
@@cearfarseer9725 well like the comment above you saidy they are not confirmed dead, the rebels are
Like we don't see wounds on the stormtroopers just simple marks
And since most army's in Star Wars Dont have any armor it's more likely that it's like real-life armor
It dosnt safe you from injury but it does safe you from death in most cases
Like why would there be a need for clone medics if the armor didn't protect them?
We even see Captain Rex shot with a Sniper rifle and yet he is not killed just severely injured (yes he wore more armor then the average clone and clone armor is slightly better then stormtroopers but still)
There's a reason why they all wear the same armor and rush forward when one man is downed. They're like the Persian Immortals.
Persian Immortals were called Immortals because when one of their men in the front lines were killed, they were pulled back into the ranks and another man would take the fallen man's place, making it seem like they were fighting the same enemy. They also all wore the same masks and armor and in the chaos of combat, it really did seem like they were immortal.
I think that is based of the blitzkrieg (ww2 german tactic)
Rebel: stormtroopers inbound!
Rebel 2: pfff, easy.
Rebel: *its the battlefront 2 players*
Rebel 2: [sweats nervously]
*The OG Battlefront 2 players
Rebels: RETREAT!!!!
Taste my max rank star cards bitch
Gotta spin and roll around trying to avoid any damage at all but dies one way or another
Flank em, blast em with a cr
_By the time we landed on Yavin, whatever shock we'd felt at the destruction of the Death Star had been replaced by anger. For months we'd treated the Rebellion like a disobedient child, only to be repaid for our tolerance with treachery on an unimaginable scale. Frankly, I don't remember much of the fighting. I guess we won._
I know this is late, but I'm honestly really glad you made this video! I grew up as a walking Star Wars encyclopedia and nobody would ever believe me on how accurate Stormtroopers actually were because all they had ever heard was the jokes. My family would still never listen to me even if they watched this video because that's just how they are, but at least I feel validated on one of my controversial Star Wars opinions. So thank you for this highly informative video, I enjoyed it greatly ^^
I also grew up as a walking Star Wars encyclopedia! And after all the memes and the newer shows making them REALLY incompetent I was so happy to find this video!
2:35 thumbs up if you thought he was gonna say "it seems like the average storm trooper takes about six shots to take down a rebel scum".
Stormtroopers: 6 shots to kill
Modern militairy: spray and pary.
Can't tell if you mean "spray and pray" or "spray and parry"...
@@keulron2290 Sometimes terrorists come at you with swords. Those parrying skills can come in handy
@@keulron2290 both work xD
do you mean militairy or air force??
@@Zamntron
When you said that i was imagining a U.S soldier bare handed parrying a sword swing from a terrorist, and the Bloodborne parry sound effect triggers.😂😂😂😂😂😂
I always assumed it was Luke's latent force abilities subtly pushing away the blaster fire.
That could be a high possibility, especially since force users use the force without knowing before they know they can use it.
Darth Bane even killed his own father way before he knew he had force powers.
In every scene where stormtroopers keep missing there is a force sensitive person present.
When they shot at Han in docking bay 94 Luke and Obi Wan were nearby. Leia was present at Cloud City and Endor.
Akray Bothorda that is actually a very fair point
How come i never thought of that. That is canon in my head now
PurpleLightning6was9 That is the most absurd theory to explain away plot armor I have ever heard...
It's a movie, nerds :D
Here the thing though: You measured accuracy in a close quarters situation. That doesn't excuse the rebel incompetency, but it does mean that accuracy could be expected to be far higher. You have to remember that most are fought outside, not in small hallways. Soldiers of the Civil War took 200 shots to kill someone because they were across a field.
Here is another thing though CQC is waaaaaaaaaaaaay harder because all side have advantages of choke point so the pressure is on in CQC compared to sitting in the very back popping off shots hoping you hit them
If you need proof play battlefield one then play rainbow six siege you’ll see
In short, this should have been an overwhelming victory for the rebels. Yet they were wiped out in seconds. Therefore, if this fight is any indication, the stormtroopers are a legitimate force to be reckoned with.
You may have some argument there. Stormtroopers are the primary marine units and assault troops, and engaging in CQC is basically what they're trained for.
Also in open combat, most shots aren't even fired at a precise target. Loads is just "there's a squad taking shots at us somewhere over there, hit it". Suppressive fire to keep the enemies' heads down.
And in case of the Civil war: Most soldiers were using smoothbore muskets, very inaccurate weapons.
Anyways, that hallway scene doesn't make too much sense in how it played out anyways. In reality, the moment the door opened both sides would've been chucking grenades. The rebels all bunched up in that corridor would've been blasted. I also doubt the storm troopers would've gone for semi-automatic fire at that range.
@@bavarianpotato not to mention that musket balls were notorious for losing velocity at roughly 50(?) or so meters, if memory serves.
3:02 my eyes hurt, this man isnt using the grip
Magwell grip is a thing....
@@ISAFSoldiertrue
Just came here after watching the last episode of Mandalorian where Stormtrooper haven't missed a SINGLE shot when shooting at the pirates :)
Plot armour is a helluva drug
That Mandalorian armor, tho.
Exactly. Storm troopers ARE precise.
@@willeh1947 Except fsr they keep shooting Mando in the one place he has armor, aka the shoulder?
@@ezla1663 Aim for his head and you'll get a concussive hit AT BEST (which we could see happening multiple times)
The most vulnerable part of his armour are the gaps on his chestplate. Hence, they aim for it which isn't easy at all. Hitting the moving mandalorian on the shoulder repeatedly in an unstable ship falling from the sky should be considered a feat.
I remember when I was a little kid, no older than 7, watching that hallway scene for the first time and being TERRIFIED by the stormtroopers lethality and accuracy. It really set them up indelibly as a dangerous and lethal foe.
Christian Faux until the battle of Endor where the 'best' legion of stormtroopers (according to palpatine) were beaten by teddy bears
I LiKe PiGeoNs
*vietnam flashbacks*
You need to watch EC's video on why Ewoks should be taken as a serious threat.
I LiKe PiGeoNs Honestly did anyone expect vicious miniature autonomous teddy bears to attack?
@@ilikepigeons6101 you mean insanely strong and devious man eaters? They weren't playing with storm trooper helmets for no reason at the end, they probably ate the contents first.
Plus most of those Storm Troopers on the Tantive IV seemed to be firing from the hip, when the rebels appeared to be ADS. So, it is even more impressive.
In Dark Forces (awesome old school SW fps shooter), when you keep the blaster’s trigger pressed (auto fire) every 3rd shot or so goes in some random direction
Some times happened in OG battlefront 2
“Benefit of cover” most of them are just standing in the hall
Some of them were standing in doorways going sideways to other room or taking some advantage of the bulges in the walls or the turn in the hallway. They have SOME cover, not much but some. All the stormtroopers have are other stormtroopers.
Just being the defender of a chokepoint gives you an advantage
Ever played xcom?
@@thepope2412 yes! freakin love that game. Looking at that shot in A New Hope again, I was just thinking (some of these soldiers have "partial cover", most have no cover no one has "full cover"
Lol
Precision. They're good together. Accuracy. They're good alone. Quote. "Only imperial stormtroopers are so precise."
That's a good point. Unfortunately, we really can't study the effectiveness of individual stormtroopers. But they've been known to get good hits in.
This was mainly meant as a goof, however if you wish to take it a tad seriously. To train a large group of grunts to fire together and adequately falls right into the more worse tactics that created the TIE fighters. They get the job done so who cares? That's how I see it at least.
@@ECHenry I also like to assume even as a young child that there some HUD or targeting system in the helmets that helps with that accuracy.
I know a different definition: precision - how close individual shots (by one or many shooters) are to each other; accuracy - how close individual shots are to intended target.
There are a few on-screen cases where single Stormies are pretty accurate.
In ESB, one (assumed) Stormie hits C-3PO. In RotJ, one hits R2-D2 and another hits Leia on her arm.
The Empire wins every ground engagement in the entire series (not including anything from the comics), prior to Endor. The only place where you can actually argue the Stormtroopers have bad aim is when they lose to Ewoks which I... Frankly cannot justify even a little.
Tiny little brown targets surrounded by trees. Also don't forget, the rebels lost to the Ewoks too.
Ewoks were originally Wokiees. So instead of thinking of them as teddy bears, think of them as mini canniballistic Wookies which are fighting against vastly underprepared Imperial forces, alongside the Rebellion's greatest veterans.
I mean, the US lost in Vietnam. And the Middle East. It's kind of like native guerrilla fighters have an advantage in their home terrain.
@@AZDfox guerrilla with actual firearms like the ak wich is way better than the m16 the usa used not stick and stones besides vietnam had the urss suplying then with weapons.
the vietnams werent tiny teddy bears that swarm your position in thick forest, also they had to deal with the rebels and the ewoks
In the clone wars show, some Jedi is shot by a droid like 6 ft away, and it misses by approximately 17 light years.
So really, the clones aren’t that bad
Compared to stormtroopers? Clones are gods. Trained from birth and very disciplined clone troopers are the very inbodiment of competent soldiers
The clones are stupid good! Like down right broken! If the stormtroopers are e-sport pro's, the clones are cheaters with aim bot!
@@ararepotato1420
……are you like talking about in the lore? Or in the show?
@@superfire6463 Both.
@@ararepotato1420 the animated clone wars show?
On Disney +? Taking place after the second prequels movie and before the third?
OMG I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the MOTION GRAPHICS at the end
They're soooo slick
I know, best of all they feel like they belong in universe for Star Wars.
A+ on the Motion Graphics EC Henry
Bruuhhh we have the same name
Aby Idea how he did those?
@@HaustierYui if I'd have to guess how he did it ... Probably After Effects
If I'd have to replicate them ... Animate a bunch of geometric lines with constant interpolation (so they "blink" from one frame to another) and some pixelizing mask or something like that on top, in the conpositor
The new graphics at the end rock.
"Imperial Stormtroopers are incredibly accurate".
Looking at that clip of them firing while standing behind each other and walking around the entire time, they better be. Or friendly fire is just off altogether.
Stormtroopers can hit anything as long as it’s not a main character. Plot armor at its finest. Also, anyone who has read the lore knows that stormtroopers have extremely good accuracy, they are the best troops in the galaxy.
@@gameshock3897 best in the galaxy at the time. if i remember all my lore correctly, from best to worst it goes: Clone Troopers, First Order troopers then Imperial Troopers
I friendly fired my mom with and airsoft while trying to kill a bug
@@devildavin Fuck the first order.
@@gameshock3897 - And a legion of the best of them lose to stone-age teddy bears; they are the best troops in the galaxy!
When people say that stormtroopers aren't accurate they seem to forget that bullets (In this case gas cartridges) are much much cheaper than the actual soldiers.
Those stormtroopers at the start of episode 4 might be Vador's personal guards which might possibly be the 501st region clones that served the republic in the cline wars which explains why they are so good
I actually get irritated when ever people make fun of storm troopers for having bad aim.
Also when people call clone troopers storm troopers
Hmm.. I can relate
I mean how do you not differ between clone troopers and stormtroopers?
I agree with the statement about clone troopers and storm troopers
I hate when people affiliate me with clones too man.
@@StormtrooperTK--ic8pb the clones are 1000 times better than you
And then we go to Jedi fallen order and stormtroopers have a literally 100% hit rate
"Only EA video games are so precise."
I take it to reflect the fact that Kal is weak as fuck. Also, they're actually not 100% hit rate. You can dodge them just by running around, but the bolts are somewhat "realistically" fast.
Anase Skyrider Cal isn’t weak though for someone who only got training through till like 12-13 he fought and defeated two inquisitors and a Jedi knight that fell to the dark side. He also managed to escape not one but two engagements with Darth Vader which in my book means you’re either lucky as hell or you have some fighting skills
@@alecratterree9576 That's true, like, Ani was 9 years old and that was too far in age, so he's actually a good Jedi.
@@alecratterree9576 or both
Very informative video! Loved & enjoyed it!☺️
This is so awesome! Well done EC!
HECK YES! My brothers in arms are incredibly accurate. Long live the Empire! PEW PEW 💥 💥
yeah you guys have better reason for this
You just missed those pew pews
The Emperor will be pleased to hear this
Long live the Empire!
The Empire did nothing wrong
One throw-away statistic from Star Wars Battlefront II is that Stormtroopers on average hit their target 75% of the time.
For precision fire on the Battlefront (or any live shootout) 75% is very good (but it can not account for any suppression fire, and is probably derived from smaller-scale skirmishes as opposed to the larger battlefield). It's about twice as good as what is achieved by real-world armed cops in actual firefight scenarios on the street.
That line from Han Solo's mission in the campaign?
@@ilikepigeons6101 yeah from the data analyst.
I would have had the guy say "Contrary to popular belief. Stormtrooper Accuracy is only 25%!" This would account for all the missed shots (typically less than 4) against any main character before getting blasted themselves.
Obi-Wan Kenobi could also have been referring to the Clone Troopers of his Era as he wouldn't know anything about Modern Stormtroopers. But since the damage is there... the Stormtroopers obviously have comparable aim.
That's incredibly high
I love this version and video.
Well done.
Congrats!You have been featured in my best of 2021 Playlist!(It is for video I found in 2021 BTW)
0:09 I never get tired of seeing the stormtrooper bang his head. 😅
Never noticed lol super funny
Woww never noticed
Seriously, you guys never noticed ? That's like the most recognizable gags in all of Star Wars. George Lucas even had someone adding a * bunk * for the special edition.
@@moemuxhagi
I'm not into Star wars that much & I only recently watched all Star wars movies so....
@@rravitejamavr6650 Oh, well, that would explain a lot.
How many credit have the Empire given to you ?
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@@flare9757 you didnt get what he meant by credit did you?
"Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise!"
Main characters: Oh I don't think so
We never understood how sarcastic Kenobi could be.
Video had an add and was on my recommend this is a good day for content
0:08 everytime I watch this scene I look for the guy hitting his head
Watch the guy in the hall of tantive4 firing into the ceiling spastically. Bob please observe trigger safety
That probably takes more credit for their “dumb” reputation than poor aim does
@@ordikaskirita5234 do you have a time stamp?
@@yaboytroy357 That and the Ewoks. But every depiction of the Ewoks basically make them space Viet Cong, and wvwn then if Chewy didn't take the walker, it could've gone very differently
The moment he sais "bumbling", the Stormtrooper bumps his head
The stormtrooper aim joke is so overused it's almost cringy
I agree.
They even used it in the Mandalorian...
@@handcraftedgetget2918 Twice...
For real...
IKR I usually talk about the fight at the begging of a new hope when people say that
Really good video, subscribed!
I love this. Great video!
For Obi-Wan's line, I read it in the context of comparing the accuracy of Stromtroopers to Sandpeople. I think he was referring to blast points on the Sandcrawler. While Sandpeople attacking a Sandcrawler may just aim at random points, Stormtroopers would know the most vulnerable points on the vehicle, and concentrate fire there.
Sand people hit a moving pod racer withing a few shots in Star Wars 1 with comparatively Crude bolt action rifles.
Sandpeople have literally hunted in the desert for multiple Milleniums. They wouldn't have survived for that long if it wasn't for some kind hunting tactics.
Don't sandpeople use slug throwers not blasters
precision vs accuracy
@@andrew_yuen I'm actually unclear on the difference when it comes to firing a weapon. In drafting, precision is just the number of decimal places. 1.5432 is more precise than 1.54. Accuracy would be about how correct the number is.
I have been saying this for YEARS
*YEARS*
THANK YOU
Same here!!
But.. the clip he mainly compared where the accuracy and aim was, those aren't stormtroopers, their 501st clones. And clones were meant for war, and even at an old age like they are in the universe, can still hit better then any normal Stormtrooper can
@@bizu953 Bruh no.
One, the 501st is a unit of the Stormtrooper Corps, there is no distinction between them. Two, the grand majority of Stormtroopers, the 501st not excepted, were by the time of Yavin enlisted natural-born humans-- most of the clones had either died in post-war pacification conflicts or been retired due to genetic deterioration. The Stormtroopers are presented as the Empire's elite in the films and the text in all three entries of the OT, and, I'd argue, Rogue One, supports this.
@@Imperial_Novatrooper When going by legends, much if the 501st were still clones. Though, of a lesser quality and not all Jango Fett clones. It is true that most were just regular people, but the 501st was still the best, just as it was during the clone wars
@@Imperial_Novatrooper no, Vader's Fist is made up of 501st clones, it's actually canon
Great video!
What is more impressive about the Stormtroopers accuracy is actually not just great, but quick as well. I mean, we have to acknowledge the age of the Empire-which is actually young due to the fact that it only lasted under the reign of Palpatine. Which means there is possibly just two or three generations who join the imperial army to train, which also mean their accuracy is very great because of their training and the youngness of the Empire.
Star Wars is Rebel Propaganda. That's why it's so movie like ;)
CTFT the Rebels want to know your location
@@xSoulhunterDKx A Galaxy far far away ;)
@@SpionCTFT REPUBLIC FEDERATION! OPEN UP!
This is un ironically my head cannon. All the movies are just rebel propaganda distorting the real events.
Death Star: Never Forget!
Stormtroopers: **misses main characters with plot armor, but mows down random rebels**
Everyone: haha trash stormtroopers can't aim
Random Rebels: **can only hit a couple stormtroopers**
Also Everyone:
I mean look at rouge one the strom troopers are incredibly competent in that movie
@@mostafaahmedibrahim2541 most of the competence came from the death troopers tbh
Why do they make stormtrooper suck everywhere besides the original trilogy?
@@themolasser9110 you mean everywhere besides the opening scene of the first movie?
@@maguspie9543 And endor, the ewoks got the jump at first with the traps, but the stormtroopers were winning the battle overall.
Never thought about it this way. Nice video
You don’t have to give a 200 IQ explanation it’s because the rebels have the most plot armor to ever exist so that makes it impossible for stormtroopers or the empire to hit anything
In Legends the Stormtroopers that boarded the Tantive IV were 501st Clone Veterans and the best Recruits the Empire had. In Canon the 501st is entirely made up of Recruits who apparently have higher performance than average Stormtrooper Units.
For all we know the Alderaanian Consular Security are even worse shots than Stormtroopers. Alderaan is a (Supposedly) Peaceful planet and the Galactic Civil War had just started. So beyond the 1 Survivor of Vader's recent rampage I bet those Rebels had little to no combat experience.
Rogue One however clarifies that many of those Rebels we see were actually Crewmen of the Profundity (The recently lost Flagship of the Rebel Alliance) and it had presumably seen some combat before The Battle of Scarif so there might be a few veterans in that row of Rebels. Those Stormtroopers had to have been the best of the best to be assigned to Vader's Personal Legion. Clones or not they had to have some experience with fighting Insurgents.
That and the 501st have all personally had training time with conducted by Vader himself.
@@lukasperuzovic1429 imagine Vader as a Drill Sergeant. Lol
The commander of the 501st at the time often questioned Vader's orders without getting strangled indicating that Vader valued his opinion and may have even trusted him. Vader respects those who fight on the front lines and absolutely despises incompetent officers. He actually gave Ozzel many chances for 3 years before finally killing him for incompetence. So I could see him being harsh to Stormtroopers. But fatalities would be low or non-existent.
@@richardched6085 I remember a recent Marvel Comic of Vader, Vader training a small group of Storm Troopers in hand to hand combat (they had on their version of PT gear on). Vader was going to spar with them, all one on one. Vader giving the troopers a speech about doing something unexpected to your opponent when a Random Trooper runs over and hits the off switch on Vader's Chess computer. Vader looks at him self then the trooper, turns the chess computer back on and say "What rank are you Trooper"? The Trooper replies back "Private my Lord". Vader replies " Not any more Sargent, NOW never do that again".
@@lukasperuzovic1429 damn.... I wanna see that! Lol
@@lukasperuzovic1429 Vader sure taught his troops the basics of CQC.
technically storm troopers arent the grunts. they are the elite. the grunts are the normal imperial army troops right?
Rodrigo Rubio
Like the ones in Solo?
High Admiral J.T. Yes
Yes they are. The Empire had standing armies on all worlds with a population of note, and routinely sent regiments of said army troops to any nearby hot-spots they needed dealing with. Stormtroopers were defending only top-line installations of note or very important worlds, otherwise they would be on ships ready to be deployed wherever required. That's why it's stormtroopers (and navy troopers, the guys in black on the DS) on the Death Star, that's why the stormtroopers of the 501st storm Hoth, that's why they do the fighting on Bespin, that's why they defend the Shield generator on Endor and so on. Rebels have a tendency to want to hit important targets, thus they run into Stormtroopers a lot more. Had they gone and started or supported a more drawn-out terrestrial war, they would have to deal with Army troopers primarily. Well, until the empire realized it was a well-organised rebel force, then the Army would get stormtrooper backup.
@Shreyas Misra Well... The Clones were a pretty damn elite force to be reckoned with. Like, if you can basically clone anyone it isn't that much more expensive to clone a professional fighter rather than just some dude. Not to forget that the clones started getting their combat training before they even got out of their diapers.
Storm Troopers may not always be as capable as Clone Troopers but the Republican Clone army should not be considered even remotely average. One Clone was worth several B88's but they had to be. It still took several years to get a clone soldier ready for the battlefield whereas a droid could be manufactured in days, if not hours.
Storm Troopers represent the peak of normal human performance that can be achieved by regular training and outclass the other armies of their time, however it would make sense that someone who was literally born for the job would not be able to fully understand the struggles of a regular recruit.
But compared to Rebel troopers they still have better equipment, a more coherent training and represent the peak, the cream of the crop of imperial recruits.
Rebel units on the other hand are mostly made up by local militia and volunteers, they receive some basic training but don't really have centralized training facilities and their gear is just about what command could get their hands on. They owe the majority of their victories to guerilla style combat tactics, trying to ambush the enemy forces and making as much use of the element of surprise as possible.
If you compare the battles of Endor and Hoth the strengths of each faction become quite apparent.
@@darthplagueis13 The clones are far from elite
Obi-Wan: only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise
Mayfield: Hold my beer
What I found interesting is that Mayfield says he was a sharpshooter wjose are scout troopers and we can see in the mandalorian how bad scout troopers aim is, so the show contradicts itself.
@@attilafekete7892 Not all scout troopers are trained as sharpshooters.
@@InventorZahran It is still weird.
Well, this was a good video. Thank you for your time and effort.
>Opening scene is a complete steamroll
>They let the heros """"""win"""""" on the Death Star
"Lol stormtroopers are do bad hahahah"
^This
haha losers haha :)
Sweetmamaschili Well... They didnlost against Teddy bears.
I mean, it’s hard to take them seriously when we’ve mostly seen them either win, but by firing an absurd amount of shots whilst in presence of Vader, or lose, against less numerous and technologically advanced enemies.
Nathan Jora the thing about that fight was it being an ambush, let’s talk about another ambush the Star Wars universe, let’s say Order 66, in that movie, we saw a fucking YOUNGLING kill about three or four Clones head on, but the Jedi council died when they were caught off guard, if the Ewoks fought them without stealth, stormtroopers would of steamrolled if we aren’t considering plot armor
Edit: corrected a few things
@@thekazoogoesnoot945 shit was pretty much space Vietnam
Before watching :
Now I KNOW I see that title and think it's completely ABSURD, but, at the same time, I also know, Henry will have me walking away from this video, having completely changed my mind
‘Tis the Henry way.
True. EC did a great job proving being a Redshirt in Star Trek isn't the instant death sentence as presented in pop culture.
He didn’t change my mind. All this proves is that the Rebels on the Tantive are ridiculously terrible shots. Stormtroopers aren’t anything special. They win by just blindly charging the enemy with superior numbers.
@@Gunnar001 But they didn't have superior numbers while coming though that tiny chokepoint, and they are twice as accurate as our most accurate soldiers in history. The data doesn't support your viewpoint.
@@agchains78543 Again, all that proves is the accuracy of the Tantive crew was utterly pathetic and they sucked at defending. A horde of Stormtroopers were point blank firing down a narrow hallway filled with even more incompetent enemy targets and they managed to hit some of them. So what? They did nothing impressive on the Tantive based on what they were facing and the conditions.
And this "twice as accurate as our most accurate soldiers" claim is laughable.
Episode IV: Stormtrooper absolutely slaughters everything in their path until ordered to let the insurgents go.
Episode V: Stormtrooper absolutely slaughters everything in their path.
Episode VI: Stormtroopers ambush and overwhelm rebels only to get attacked by miniature man-eating wookiees.
Hilarious analysis, more power to your elbow!
“Make way for the boys in white!”
I wish they were seen as average soldiers just doing their duty.
The problem was most average soldiers weren't Stormtroopers. Almost all stormtroopers were picked because they showed more aggression towards Aliens , excelled in combat, and showed complete devotion to the Emperor. If you were just a regular soldier you'd be more likely to be a stationed on your local planetary defense force. At least that's how they were originally imagined and described as, but after the disney purchase they've been watered down and made the butt of a million overused jokes.
@@psychopunk8817 Actually, Disney made this idea canon and most of these jokes were a thing LONG before Disney purchased it.
@Fedce That's just a blooper that Lucas thought was funny so they kept it in.
By that mentality, Nazis were good-bois.
In Mỹ La, Vietnam, when told to kill unarmed civilians, US soldiers turned on their superior officers, and in glorious heroics, gunned them down. many obeyed orders and started killing civilians, leading the the US troops engaging each-other.
The American heroes who died and killed to defend innocent "enemy" strangers were the true warriors, not just pog fobbits who mindlessly follow orders.
Fedce well...ok I’ll give you that.
Vader’s Storm troopers are supposed to be the star wars equivalent of special forces
More US marine than special forces
Here's hoping the U.S.'s best troops don't run into stone-age teddy bears anytime soon.
michaelkeha I mean Vader’s personal detachment
Dane Powless wait until you hear about Battlefront 2 campaign mode
They did in 'nam.
It is worth noting that a hallway I with many solders on both sides is a dream accuracy wise, shooting blind has a noteworthy chance on hitting, on the other hand they might as well be blind with how chaotic the environment is meaning everyone is panicking.
The stormtroopers where ordered not to hit Leia and her buddy's during their escape because they installed a tracker.
Even Leia remarks that they it was to easy and stuff. Only Han didn't believe her...
But the audience believed the narcissistic smuggler.