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Stormtroopers have been the iconic evil soldiers of theStar Warsfranchise ever sinceA New Hopehit theaters in 1977 and the soldier continue to be heavy featured in Star Wars projects today as they often appeared in the recentObi - Wan Kenobiseries .
Despite being soldier for a knavish and ruthless Empire , Stormtroopers are infamously known for their inability to do their job ( especially when it come to marksmanship ) , so fans have get toRankerto give Stormtroopers credit for the times they actually managed to attain their target .
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A Stormtrooper Shoots A Rebel In ‘The Force Awakens’
In innovative - day Star Wars media , Stormtroopers are so ugly at hitting their target that it come in as a liberal surprise when one of them actually hit what they were aiming for . In a blink and you ’ll miss it minute duringStar Wars : The Force Awakens , a Stormtrooper in reality manages to take out a rebellion soldier .
Although it would only be a few moments afterwards when the Stormtrooper would be stab by Finn with a lightsaber , at least the cavalryman got to say he actually hit a objective which is an accomplishment not secluded to most Stormtroopers .
Stormtroopers Fire Upon A Crown In ‘The Force Awakens’
While it would be effortless for anyone with a blaster to hit a objective as grownup as a crowd of people , even Stormtroopers have no trouble hitting their target when Captain Phasma orders them to perform a herd of villager at the beginning ofStar war : The Force Awakens .
This is hardly a testament to any skill with a blaster Stormtroopers may have , but it does show the ruthlessness and cutthroat nature of the First Order as they massacre a group of innocent villager .
A Stormtrooper Disables R2-D2 With A Shot In ‘Return of the Jedi’
In a heated up firefight with the Rebels and Ewoks during the Battle of Endor inStar state of war : Return of the Jedi , a Stormtrooper handle to frivol away R2 - D2 as the droid was in the heart of unlocking blast door for Han Solo and Princess Leia .
This is a somewhat successful feat for a Stormtrooper as it managed to ( briefly ) set the Rebels back , and although R2 - D2 was a stationary and defenceless target , the Stormtrooper made sure to take advantage of this prime opportunity .
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As show up many prison term throughout Star Wars , Stormtroopers are often shew as being redoubtable soldiers due to the large number of them compared to their opposite . This perfectlyapplies to a now - delete sceneinStar warfare : Return of the Jediwhich shows four Stormtroopers taking on a undivided Rebel soldier .
It ’s sad that it would take four of them to shoot down a single shot against the Rebel but at least one of them was able-bodied to eventually strike their prey .
A Stormtroopers Hits A Gliding Ewok In ‘Return of the Jedi’
If Star Wars fans were on the fence about whether or not Stormtroopers were effective soldiers , any belief that Stormtroopers were effective soldiers dissipated after they lost to the teddy bear - likeEwoks duringStar war : regaining of the Jedi .
Despite their eventual loss of the struggle , one Stormtrooper was able-bodied to shoot an Ewok as he glided above him proved to be one of the more challenging object a Stormtrooper would ever come to .
A Stormtrooper Shoots Leia’s Speeder In ‘Return of the Jedi’
Stormtroopers are already known to be jolly crying when it comes to hitting their target , but they show to be just as incompetent in crusade with speedsters as it take one Stormtrooper several snapshot just to strike Leia ’s speedster during a chase scene inStar state of war : Return of the Jedi .
In give credit where quotation is due , this snap does realise its fleck on this list as the Stormtrooper does hit his target , but whether that ’s the quarry he was in reality aim for is still up for disputation .
A Stormtrooper Shoots C-3PO In ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
It may not be fair to count this one consideringC-3PO is a non - unfriendly targetwho is n’t able to shoot back , but Stormtroopers grapple to make and effectively deactivate the protocol droid when they blast him apart inStar Wars : The Empire Strikes Back .
While this attack happened off - screen and is only relayed through C-3PO ’s delayed sound after boot so Stormtroopers end up getting the deferred payment for shoot a defenceless droid at gunpoint - blank .
A Stormtrooper Stuns Princess Leia In ‘A New Hope’
In one of the few times Stormtroopers test to be utilitarian and capable of carrying out chore , a Stormtrooper captured Princess Leiaby pip her with a stun gust in an early scene inStar Wars : A New Hope .
Even though this is one of the first picture in the motion-picture show this would actually be the last time in the celluloid where a Stormtrooper was seen in reality hitting their objective so it ’s deserving taking note of .
Stormtroopers Take Out Rebels At The Beginning of ‘A New Hope’
Before Stormtroopers were realized by lover as being ineffective soldiers who were horrible shots , the beginning ofStar Wars : A New Hopetricked audiencesinto retrieve they were actually capable soldiers as the troopers get into a firefight with the Rebels and take out several of their soldier .
Sure there were many shots that determine a wall or the roof , but Stormtroopers showed audiences a small glimpse of the character of formidable soldiers they should be .
A Stormtrooper Shoots Leia In ‘Return of the Jedi’
Given the position of Leia and Han being out in the open for chargeman fire with nothing to hide behind it was lurid that it take a prolonged exchange of blaster shots for Leia to get hit by a stormtrooper ’s dead reckoning .
Although the scene barely managed to crop her soldier , the wounding managed to provide some tension to the scene as one of the main characters ( after many several encounters with Stormtroopers ) was actually wounded in battle . As this is something that seldom happens in Star Wars this shot would decidedly make the emperor moth proud .
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