[Interesting Times]

The best of the Star Wars series.

Which isn't saying much.

Since the Empire's Stormtroopers can't hit somebody 35 feet away with 500 rounds sprayed from their futuristic energy weapons, perhaps they should try throwing rocks instead.

[yarddog]

Well the bad guys never could hit anything. That goes back a long way. Of course it was stupid but remember this was a fantasy.

I loved the light sabers but they are one thing which is totally impossible in any way. Same thing goes for beaming someone up in “Star Trek” totally violated any law of physics and one of those things that if they could do that, they could literally do anything.

[Rocko]

Since the Empire's Stormtroopers can't hit somebody 35 feet away with 500 rounds sprayed from their futuristic energy weapons, perhaps they should try throwing rocks instead.

What, you were expecting realism? Even after seeing the first one?

[PapaBear3625]

Since the Empire's Stormtroopers can't hit somebody 35 feet away with 500 rounds sprayed from their futuristic energy weapons, perhaps they should try throwing rocks instead.

They are supposed to be elite professionals, they can't hit their targets. They wear all this cumbersome body armor that is ineffective against pistol shots. Just pathetic.

[otness_e]

To be fair, it’s heavily implied that the Stormtroopers were missing the heroes on purpose specifically to lure them into a trap in Episodes IV and V (specifically, to trick the Rebels into guiding them to their hidden base at Yavin IV, and get them towards the Executor).

Besides, I’m pretty sure the Empire wouldn’t have lasted NEARLY as long as it did if they were extremely bad shots (Obi-Wan and even Leia implied that they were crack shots).