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To: BenLurkin
First, what the heck is a "Sandtrooper?" Second, there are two functions and only two functions to the Stormtrooper armor.

1. To look scary. Their helmets, and Darth Vader's, look like skulls for a reason, to look scary. This tells the audience that these people are the bad guys.

2. To dehumanize the people in the armor so that the designated good guys can kill them without the audience losing sympathy. If the "evil" people and the "good" in star wars weren't so clearly deliniated, the actions of the good characters could be seen by the audience as reprehensible.

One-Armed Wampa

9 posted on 01/18/2015 10:50:07 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer
To dehumanize the people in the armor

Well, they are clones. It's not like you're going to run out of them.

12 posted on 01/18/2015 10:58:08 AM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Vince Ferrer

“One armed wampa”

The comments are great...

Wampa lives matter!

“Your honor, in Luke’s defense, the wampa was going to eat him...”


15 posted on 01/18/2015 11:11:11 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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