By Chris Snellgrove
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In Star WarsStormtroopers have long been a punchline because of their terrible objective, as evidenced by the fact that an entire army of them inside the death star failed to shoot a handful of ‘intruder. However, there is a popular fans theory that stormtroopers are really as precise as the Obi-Wan Kenobi claims and the only reason they continued to miss our heroes is that Dark Vador and Tarkin planned to let the Rebels. Interesting fact, this theory seems to be proven in Return of the Jedi by the Stormtrooper who draws Leia from his speeder.
To be clear, a large part of the reason why everyone thinks that Stormtroopers cannot aim is because they have spoiled photos that seemed impossible Mail when our heroes are on the death star. Of course, the visor can be difficult to see, but how difficult it can be to pull characters on an exposed platform when you have the high terrain, or simply zaper characters who flow a small corridor with a pistol Who pulls faster than the speed of light? Looking back, Return of the JediStormtrooper with a perfect lens can prove that the theory of fans on death star was missing on purpose.
Stormtrooper shot understood “around the galaxy
In case you have not seen Return of the Jedi In a hot minute and needs a refreshment, the Stormtrooper (or, to be completely pedantic, the Scout Trooper) of which we really speak an additional effort to pull Leia from his Speeder bike. He doesn’t just align the shot and shot with his own integrated lasers of his own speeder. Instead, when she is by his side, he takes out her pistol pistol and, with his third blow, successfully derives from his bike.
This is one of the fastest scenes of Return of the Jedi (In more ways than one), most fans have never paid attention to this stormtrooper enough to attribute its brilliant objective. This guy had the quick reflection to remove his handgun and managed to reach a target camouflaged in less than three shots while avoiding flying in the trees (at least, at the beginning). In addition, these speed bikes can fly up to 310 miles per hour, so he managed to do all this while traveling at crazy speeds and always managed to stay on the target.
Certainly, this Return of the Jedi Stormtrooper ends up flying in a tree and die right after that, so he is not the smartest soldier in the Empire. But you don’t need to have a big brain to have a big goal, and in its own way, it may be the best crack thunderstorm that we have ever seen on the screen. And given his limited screen time and his ignominious death, it is just to say that he is still not so special. In fact, it is probably a representative sample of the most frightening soldiers in the galaxy.
Fans theory in action
And that’s the point, really: this Return of the Jedi Stormtrooper is proof that the emperor’s favorite soldiers really have a good goal. He was just as precise in the Leia Cup as the Stormtroopers who attacked the sand A new hopeImpressant sinister Obi-Wan Kenobi. The main aberrant values ​​that make everyone think that stormtroopers cannot simply aim are those of the death star who may or may not be in the plan to let our heroes escape.
It may not be an airtight case, but we are convinced that Return of the Jedi Really confirms the theory of fans according to which the death startroopers intentionally avoiding our heroes. Since a scout soldier moving hundreds of kilometers per hour was able to strike a rebellious hero sensitive to force in just three shots, it is just to say that these guys have secretly done great target all along. And rumors on the contrary must finally do what this scout soldier did immediately after shooting Leia: dying in an ardent explosion.
