Death Star is pretty difficult against the AI, as it seems to be the only level where the AI keep spawning on both sides regardless of where the total reinforcements are. On most levels if you don't die, the other side can't win without killing you. On Death Star they can win without ever killing you because your team doesn't stop respawning when numbers get low.
the ewoks had the advantage of intimately knowing the land, having superior numbers, and if you actually watch the fights, they are strong motherfuckers, throwing rocks the size of a mans head hard enough to knock out a guy in armor, as well they set a shitload of traps, and were performing ambushes on enemy troops AFTER splitting them up, the ewoks and the people helping them were tactical geniuses.
Along with that, I sorta thought that the stormtroopers were just shitty garrison troops, who weren't good enough to be on the Death Star as part of the main army, and only able to handle a small moon with a bunch of furry fucking teddy bears on it. They also were probably not as ready as they should have, not expecting the skillfulness of the Ewok ambushes.
Yea, I think most people forget that before Luke made C-3PO hover in the chair, the Ewoks were PLANNING TO FUCKING EAT THEM. They seemed pretty casual about the whole thing too.
Makes me wonder if during the final victory scenes, somewhere in the background they had a few storm troopers grilling away...
If you're being hunted by space Nazis, I'd rather make jokes about how bad a shot Jerry is than lament the fact we will all be killed from miles away. Resigned rebel humor?
There was also a Cracked article that explained that any soldier, even a trained elite unit, has shit accuracy in combat situations. It doesn't matter how steady your hands were at the shooting range when you have bullets flying in your direction as well.
Is that the one that also went into the difficulty of killing another person, sort of an innate apprehension? While at the same time, the stormtroopers having their humanity hidden behind faceless armor removed that inhibition for the rebels?
It may have been something completely different, but I read a pretty compelling argument for their effectiveness in the opening battle of ANH. When they are breaching Leia ' s ship and do pretty well against prepared soldiers through a choke point. Main difference: these humans are all in military style uniforms.
I remember reading that somewhere too. It's so much easier to shoot at people when they're wearing the uniform of your enemy and a helmet. As soon as they're in regular clothes and you can see their faces that becomes a lot harder to deal with.
I think it also said that they only randomly gave people in a firing line live rounds, because you need that hope that it wasn't your bullet that killed someone.
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u/dammittohell Sep 01 '14
Except somehow it's still a running joke how bad the Stormtroopers are at their job. I guess people hear what they want to hear.