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Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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Mon, 7 Feb 2000 22:57:00 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Johnston writes:
> 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?
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > 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.
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> 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.
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> Anyway, the Stormtroopers were no great shakes in the first SW movie
> either.
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> "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*
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 doors."
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> Which one had the Stormtrooper bouncing his head off of the girder? I
> forget. • ?
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> (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...)
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> 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
Oh, and in one of them, Luke calls Leia "Carrie" on acident, but it's hardly
noticeable and he might not have.
=Þ
Alex Me @ http://legalaxy.8m.com/
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