Funny Pictures Thread. It begins again

Nope. Stormtroopers are known as a very lethal fighting force, and for good reason. Every time they've been apparently incompetent in the movies, it's because they wanted to be.

The attack on the Tantive IV to recapture the Death Star plans went very well, with the Stormtroopers wiping out the rebel defenders with minimal casualties. This is an example of what Stormtroopers can do when they're fighting competently.

When Luke and Han rescued Leia, the Stormtroopers failed to land a single shot on them, but as Leia pointed out the Stormtroopers were deliberately letting them escape.

When Luke was sneaking into Cloud City on Bespin, again the Stormtroopers were not trying to kill him, instead they were trying to funnel him to Darth Vader, and they did so successfully.

The Battle of Endor was a loss for the Stormtroopers, but that was because they were fighting against an enemy that had the advantage of familiarity with the terrain and entrapments, used guerilla tactics, and had superior numbers. And they still managed to inflict severe losses on the Ewoks.

(I'm not getting into the other works like Rebels or the games, because I'm not as familiar with them, but I've heard that Stormtroopers really are shite at aiming in Rebels.)
 
Nope. Stormtroopers are known as a very lethal fighting force, and for good reason. Every time they've been apparently incompetent in the movies, it's because they wanted to be.

The attack on the Tantive IV to recapture the Death Star plans went very well, with the Stormtroopers wiping out the rebel defenders with minimal casualties. This is an example of what Stormtroopers can do when they're fighting competently.

When Luke and Han rescued Leia, the Stormtroopers failed to land a single shot on them, but as Leia pointed out the Stormtroopers were deliberately letting them escape.

When Luke was sneaking into Cloud City on Bespin, again the Stormtroopers were not trying to kill him, instead they were trying to funnel him to Darth Vader, and they did so successfully.

The Battle of Endor was a loss for the Stormtroopers, but that was because they were fighting against an enemy that had the advantage of familiarity with the terrain and entrapments, used guerilla tactics, and had superior numbers. And they still managed to inflict severe losses on the Ewoks.

(I'm not getting into the other works like Rebels or the games, because I'm not as familiar with them, but I've heard that Stormtroopers really are shite at aiming in Rebels.)
As an old man, I think to much about this shit....
 
Nope. Stormtroopers are known as a very lethal fighting force, and for good reason. Every time they've been apparently incompetent in the movies, it's because they wanted to be.

The attack on the Tantive IV to recapture the Death Star plans went very well, with the Stormtroopers wiping out the rebel defenders with minimal casualties. This is an example of what Stormtroopers can do when they're fighting competently.

When Luke and Han rescued Leia, the Stormtroopers failed to land a single shot on them, but as Leia pointed out the Stormtroopers were deliberately letting them escape.

When Luke was sneaking into Cloud City on Bespin, again the Stormtroopers were not trying to kill him, instead they were trying to funnel him to Darth Vader, and they did so successfully.

The Battle of Endor was a loss for the Stormtroopers, but that was because they were fighting against an enemy that had the advantage of familiarity with the terrain and entrapments, used guerilla tactics, and had superior numbers. And they still managed to inflict severe losses on the Ewoks.

(I'm not getting into the other works like Rebels or the games, because I'm not as familiar with them, but I've heard that Stormtroopers really are shite at aiming in Rebels.)
Additionally, consider that the reputation of stormtroopers may have started with the clone troopers and, while better than was depicted in the movies for the reasons you stated, was on the decline somewhat.
 

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Additionally, consider that the reputation of stormtroopers may have started with the clone troopers and, while better than was depicted in the movies for the reasons you stated, was on the decline somewhat.
I don't remember where I read it, but somewhere around Empire Strikes Back, I had read that attrition had caused the empire to start filling the stormtrooper ranks with conscript levies instead of more Django clones.
 
Nope. Stormtroopers are known as a very lethal fighting force, and for good reason. Every time they've been apparently incompetent in the movies, it's because they wanted to be.

The attack on the Tantive IV to recapture the Death Star plans went very well, with the Stormtroopers wiping out the rebel defenders with minimal casualties. This is an example of what Stormtroopers can do when they're fighting competently.

When Luke and Han rescued Leia, the Stormtroopers failed to land a single shot on them, but as Leia pointed out the Stormtroopers were deliberately letting them escape.

When Luke was sneaking into Cloud City on Bespin, again the Stormtroopers were not trying to kill him, instead they were trying to funnel him to Darth Vader, and they did so successfully.

The Battle of Endor was a loss for the Stormtroopers, but that was because they were fighting against an enemy that had the advantage of familiarity with the terrain and entrapments, used guerilla tactics, and had superior numbers. And they still managed to inflict severe losses on the Ewoks.

(I'm not getting into the other works like Rebels or the games, because I'm not as familiar with them, but I've heard that Stormtroopers really are shite at aiming in Rebels.)
 
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