Star Wars Stormtrooper armor

[nbr3bagshotrow]

I was watching Star Wars again this weekend and got to wondering about the amour the Stormtroopers/clone troopers wear. Seem rather ineffective as just about anything can shoot through it. So what is the rationale behind outfitting all the troops in this armor when nothing appears to be stopped by the armour?

[Tyz1on]

I find your lack of faith disturbing

Stay where you are, security forces have been dispatched.

[Daredevil]

troops are dispensible since they are simply clones.

[Vracula]

Originally Posted by nbr3bagshotrow

I was watching Star Wars again this weekend and got to wondering about the amour the Stormtroopers/clone troopers wear. Seem rather ineffective as just about anything can shoot through it. So what is the rationale behind outfitting all the troops in this armor when nothing appears to be stopped by the armour?

yes even tiny teddy bear people took them down lol.

[Nidgit]

There's endless discussions about this topic on most of the Star Wars forums . . . those guys are such geeks . . . not cool like us

[ftrain1]

The armor's just for show. If you look at blast points made by a storm trooper, they're far more accurate than mere Sand People. Storm Troopers are far too precise. They never miss.

[Simplyrob]

let the wookie win.

[DynamicMenace]

Originally Posted by ftrain1

The armor's just for show. If you look at blast points made by a storm trooper, they're far more accurate than mere Sand People. Storm Troopers are far too precise. They never miss.

yeah they never miss unless something is right there in front of them only a few feet away.

[johnclone]

Originally Posted by ftrain1

The armor's just for show. If you look at blast points made by a storm trooper, they're far more accurate than mere Sand People. Storm Troopers are far too precise. They never miss.

Wait Luke! It's too dangerous!

[DynamicMenace]

Originally Posted by nbr3bagshotrow

I was watching Star Wars again this weekend and got to wondering about the amour the Stormtroopers/clone troopers wear. Seem rather ineffective as just about anything can shoot through it. So what is the rationale behind outfitting all the troops in this armor when nothing appears to be stopped by the armour?

well you do have to take into consideration that lazer blasts and lazer swords can penetrate anything. except for deflector shields.
while it does offer some protection from battle. from what i understand is that the armor is more of a pressurized atmospheric space suit for traveling form ship to ship and planet to planet in space.
so they aren't exposed to harmful atmospheres on different planets and ships and the lack of atmosphere in space.
it would have been cool to see some of the troopers armor protect them some during the battles to some degree. and which they more than likely do.
its just that we only see them get blown away or cut down in certain scenes and never see how well the armor protects them. or its atmospheric capabilities.
we only see the atmospheric capabilities until the special editions came out. where we saw the troopers were outside of the Death star.
at least thats how i look at it.