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Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 22:36:30 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, James Simpson writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > In lugnet.starwars, David C. Pyatt writes:
> > > Weren't those Stormtroopers in the Speeder Bike kit?
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> > No No No... Those were Scout Troopers. Big difference. Storm Troopers are
> > mean and dangerous where the Scout Troopers come off as kind of the wimps of
> > the Imperial Army.
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> True, but by Jedi any kind of Stormtrooper unit was made wimpy by Lucas.
> Stormtroopers were meant to be the elite shock troops of the Empire. They were
> absolutely loyal to the Emperor, and even kept order even within the ranks of
> the Imperial troops.
Of course, by Jedi, we had the Emperor's guard. Not that we ever saw
those red-cloaked guys *do* anything (besides stand there and look
cool...) but still...I think that must have been where all of the
competent Stormtroopers went.
Anyway, the Stormtroopers were no great shakes in the first SW movie
either.
"Check the door. If it's locked, move on to the next one." Ooh yeah, real
great search technique there.
"Hey, can you come up here and give us a hand?" *KLONK*
Which one had the Stormtrooper bouncing his head off of the girder? I
forget.
(I'll forgive them their inaccuracy while shooting at Luke & Leia - a lot
of people complain about this, but they seem to forget that the Empire was
deliberately letting them escape...)
In ESB, they seemed pretty competent during the assault on the Hoth base,
I'll give them that. (Except, as I understand it, in the Special
Edition. But I don't believe in the SE. It doesn't exist.)
J
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| (...) Heh, it's in ANH, when the 'troopers run into the Death Star control room. He whacks his head on the door. Far right side of the screen. Easier to see if you've got widescreen. (...) Yeah. I really hate the Disney-fied scene with Greedo firing (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) were (...) And you forgot when the stormtroopers are chasing Luke and someone in ANH, they say: "Close the blast doors, close the blast doors." then Luke and the other person run through the blast doors. "Open the blast doors, open the blast (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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| (...) Regarding the Emperor's guards, there was a scene in Jedi that was cut in which some Imperial official demanded to see the Emperor, and the guards turned him away by using their sticks on him (by way of a shock, I believe). I've actually seen (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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| (...) That's in ANH. In general the Empire is portrayed as buffoonish, but it did get worse from film to film. For example, when the Star Destroyers try to cut off the Millinnium Falcon from blasting off on Tatooine, they don't actually screw up so (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
| | | Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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| Okay, this is a bit off-topic, but the subject seems to have degenerated into "inconsistencies in the Star Wars movies, and Imperial buffoonery" so here goes: at the end of Episode 4, when the Empire is closing in for the kill on the Rebellion, with (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) True, but by Jedi any kind of Stormtrooper unit was made wimpy by Lucas. Stormtroopers were meant to be the elite shock troops of the Empire. They were absolutely loyal to the Emperor, and even kept order even within the ranks of the Imperial (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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