Star Wars & Sc-Fi Talk

siegecrossbow said:

Hope they don't pull a Phasma with him/her as well.

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They're trying too hard to make Phasma the next Bubba Fett bounty hunter/ have high powered female officer/ sell toys. I honestly hate the idea of the chrome/ black commander storm trooper. How impractical. That is like saying "here look at me I am a general/ someone in command" target me in the battle field. In the words of
Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump "Oh, get your hands down. Do not salute me. There are damn snipers all around this area who'd love to grease an officer. "

I wish they would keep the special colored troopers to the imperial guardsman that protect the emperor those were my favorite (the red ones)

Bernard said:

They're trying too hard to make Phasma the next Bubba Fett bounty hunter/ have high powered female officer/ sell toys. I honestly hate the idea of the chrome/ black commander storm trooper. How impractical. That is like saying "here look at me I am a general/ someone in command" target me in the battle field. In the words of
Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump "Oh, get your hands down. Do not salute me. There are damn snipers all around this area who'd love to grease an officer. "

I wish they would keep the special colored troopers to the imperial guardsman that protect the emperor those were my favorite (the red ones)

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Actually storm troopers armored comes in all sorts of colors to fit in with any planetary terrain and foliage. I kinda wish they put it more of it into the real movies.

The movie universe is never really keen on the realities of warfare. Looking cool is more important.

Equation said:

Actually storm troopers armored comes in all sorts of colors to fit in with any planetary terrain and foliage. I kinda wish they put it more of it into the real movies.

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That's out of cannon equation, just a look at the weapons tells me that its way out of cannon as those are not blasters but modern assault rifles. only on screen was the last of the prequels when the Jedi were killed off did we see jungle camo storm troopers. In cannon IE on screen its black under suits with white armor and red of the guards and now assuming rouge is considered cannon, black troops

TerraN_EmpirE said:

That's out of cannon equation, just a look at the weapons tells me that its way out of cannon as those are not blasters but modern assault rifles. only on screen was the last of the prequels when the Jedi were killed off did we see jungle camo storm troopers. In cannon IE on screen its black under suits with white armor and red of the guards and now assuming rouge is considered cannon, black troops

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Yes but my argument is in the real movies they don't show Storm Troopers armor in any other color but white (black for TIE pilots), knowing full well the technology are there for it to change color to fit in with the environment like a chameleon. Now that would be cool.

Sure it could be there but until they show it, it's not cannon. Its like the claim that storm troopers have huds unless you see it its only a assumption with out basis. All you can really make a argument based on is 7 films and a couple TV series.

TerraN_EmpirE said:

Sure it could be there but until they show it, it's not cannon. Its like the claim that storm troopers have huds unless you see it its only a assumption with out basis. All you can really make a argument based on is 7 films and a couple TV series.

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Yeah but in real life combat situation the Storm Troopers will continue to stick out like a sore thumb against enemy blaster, similar to the Old British Red Coat uniforms.

Correct. Which is probably why they were intended more for urban and fast raids

Why do stormstroopers even wear 'armour'? Those suits they are issued with literally couldn't stop a sharpened stick wielded by house pets.

plawolf said:

Why do stormstroopers even wear 'armour'? Those suits they are issued with literally couldn't stop a sharpened stick wielded by house pets.

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I think TR-8R sold me on their intended mission. Riot control. First we never actually saw penetration of the armor, that said like all full body armor suits the joints are the weak spots. I mean you have to move well wearing it so you are going to have those gaps. We know that the armor offers little in peripheral thanks to the trooper who banged his head on the door, we also know that the helmet filters smoke but not toxic gases or likely offers any protection against the vacuum of space. We know that they have access to blunt weapons and short range weapons with a wide range stun. All of this I think indicates a primary mission set aim of Urban riot control. I am guessing the filters would work on a mild smoke Irritant agent like Tear gas. The stun setting would enable disarming a number of offenders in a single shot. the armor would likely deflect simple blunt force attacks. the Grapple hook feature would allow for flanking of a rioting force and engagement from the high ground of buildings. the AT AT and chicken walkers would be a serious intimidation factor and movable over watch tower as well as fire support.