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Re: Why I think we'll get Stormtroopers + Imperial ships
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 8 Feb 2000 05:45:28 GMT
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 15:46:56 GMT, "James Simpson" <jsimpson@rice.edu>
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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. But again, by Jedi, the Stormtroopers had become a bunch
> of bumbling keystone cops. They were dispatched far too easily by the rock-
> throwing Ewoks; I understand that they would have (maybe) had a few casualties,
> but...even granting the Ewoks the element of suprise, the Stormtroopers would
> have cleaned house. Scout Troopers are only wimps because Lucas has "Disney-
> fied" the movies, and written scripts and characterizations to the least-common
> denominator: parents who just want "feel-good" movies to take their kids to, and
> who will equip their children with all manner of licensed crap. Basically,
> Lucas realized the hype that was building prior to Return of the Jedi, and he
> decided to cash in. Same thing with the highly disappointing TPM. Ok. Thus
> endeth my rant.
To where I jump in to mention that I came to basically the same
conclusion while reading the Talkbacks on AICN for a new disney movie.
I had come to the sudden realization that Jar Jar was nothing more
than a Highly Irritating Disney Sidekick (TM).
Kya
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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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