stormtrooper armour at endor

[jedipadawanjb]

i was looking through my trilogy visual dictionary and i read something the kinda got me thinking if stormtrooper Armour is impervious to projectiles then how the heck could they be getting killed by stones plus(even though this was a sign of acting) the ewoks didn't seem to throw hard and with there small size and all the fur and other stuff how could they throw hard?

[Leda EmBorr]

In many cases the info in the visual dictionaries is inconsistent. The pictures are all correct because they're taken from the movies, but the books themselves are written by authors who write in the expanded universe, so sometimes they make stuff up that is not in the script.

[Seda Navilli]

They may not have been killed... just knocked unconscious or pushed back. The rocks were of a fair size, and were dropped from pretty high (the gliders and off that ridge/tree thing). I always saw the Stormtrooper armour as being strong enough to block the force of a bullet, but not something like a blaster bolt. Whilst the armour wouldnt be too damaged by the rocks, the kinetic energy would sure pack a punch! (this is of course ignoring the crack in one of the stormies' helmets... but that was there before the rocks hit him)

[Tigerantilles]

Are we also going to comment about how the "Empire best" are getting outshot by some farmboy? Why can stormtroopers hit the broadside of a barn?

[Shatir Lavan]

The clones were the hotshots of the Empire. When they started taking volunteers, the poodoo hit the fan.

[Clone Commando]

also clone troopers carried long blaster rifles and stormtroopers have short blaster rifles and anyone who knows any kind of gun knows that the longer the barrel the more accurate.