So, there’s a thing called the ‘Stormtrooper effect’… (17 Pictures)

 

You know these guys, right?

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Is this reputation justified?

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And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.

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The entire franchise starts out with stormtroopers slaughtering the crew of the Tantive IV.

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Then why is it that when it comes to the main characters, they appear incredibly incompetent?

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They were ordered to be…

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It was all kinda obvious though…

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Next time we see our heroes, they are assaulting the rebel base on Hoth.

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Surely they were incompetent on Bespin…

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And now, the big one, Return of the Jedi. Surely he cannot explain away the teddy-bear massacre…

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And it all comes down to this. A few dozen stormtroopers versus hundreds of carebears.

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Personally, I REALLY-REALLY don’t want to know what happened to the previous owners of these helmets.

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Yub-yub? More like ‘Yum-yum’.

 

But I digress…

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As for the accuracy of our intrepid heroes…

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They managed to incapacitate R2 with a single shot, taken after aiming for just a fraction of a second…

 

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…and wound Leia with a blast even less aimed than the one before. He’s not even using both hands to steady the weapon.

 

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