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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 43 points 1 week ago

I mean, the redshirt is there to show that the protagonists are in actual real danger. Just like the stormtroopers managed to hit every nameless rebel soldier on the Tantive IV they should be able to hit redshirts with incredible precision.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 16 points 1 week ago

Yeah, they were intentionally missing Luke and friends so they could be tracked back to their base.

[-] Siethron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

That and a strong force affinity makes it harder (though not impossible) to get shot, kinda like a pathfinding "way of least bullets" direction.

[-] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Excluding clone-troopers and only in live acted Star Wars, Stormtroopers (sometime from off screen) have hit:

  1. All kinds of rebels on various planets in "Andor"
  2. A whole bunch of rebels in "rogue one"
  3. A bunch of rebels on the Tantive IV
  4. Leia (with a stunner) on the Tantive IV
  5. All those poor Jaws, plus Luke's family.
  6. The hull of the millennium falcon (to no effect)
  7. A bunch of rebels on Hoth
  8. C-3P0 in cloud city
  9. Luke's lightsaber blade in cloud city
  10. Leia on endor's forest moon
  11. R2D2 on endor's forest moon
  12. At least a few ewoks on endor's forest moon.
  13. Din Djarin's beskar armor
  14. A bunch of other mandaloroans and extras
  15. Some of those turtle-riding aliens in a distant galaxy in "Asoka"
  16. A bunch of innocent villagers on Jaku
  17. Poe's parked X-wing (to great effect!)
  18. Poe in the arm
  19. Rei's lightsaber blade a bunch of times
  20. The hull of the millennium falcon (again, to no effect)

I think stormtroopers are more effective than Klingons, federation red-shirts, or the borg.

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