Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

jayrebb · Jan 26, 2026

Seananigans said:
They’re only ineffective when pitted against plot armor main characters. They kill tons of rebel troopers in the opening of New Hope.

They’re depicted as fodder troops but the “ineffective” bit (stormtroopers can’t aim) is a fan-added layer applied after the fact, and the references used to “prove” said ineffectiveness is all scenes where they’re shooting at main characters.

They won't even have guns in this faggots movie so missing won't be a problem.

Malakriss · 2026-02-03T15:27:23-0500

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/josh-damaro-disney-ceo-bob-iger-1236650641/

The Walt Disney Co., after a more than two-year saga, has landed on its next CEO: Josh D’Amaro, head of the company’s theme parks and consumer products division.

D’Amaro’s appointment as CEO will be effective as of Disney’s annual meeting on March 18.

D’Amaro has been with Disney since 1998, starting out at Disneyland. He has worked across a range of business, marketing and operations posts within Disney, from CFO of Disney Consumer Products Global Licensing to president of Disneyland Resort and president of Walt Disney World Resort. He was promoted to his current post as head of Disney parks and cruises, consumer products and Walt Disney Imagineering in May 2020.

Here come the toys.

Hoss · 2026-02-03T15:50:28-0500

Seananigans said:
They’re only ineffective when pitted against plot armor main characters. They kill tons of rebel troopers in the opening of New Hope.

They’re depicted as fodder troops but the “ineffective” bit (stormtroopers can’t aim) is a fan-added layer applied after the fact, and the references used to “prove” said ineffectiveness is all scenes where they’re shooting at main characters.

It was also there in the legends EU. The original kamino clones were accurate and well trained. Then some sloppy clones came along who were poorly trained. Then by the time of ANH the troopers were conscripts with varying levels of skill.

Where else were they super accurate? Because those troopers in the beginning of ANH were the 501st. Vader's fist. An elite legion that picked from the best of the best.

Gavinmad · 2026-02-03T15:58:34-0500

Hoss said:
Because those troopers in the beginning of ANH were the 501st. Vader's fist. An elite legion that picked from the best of the best.

None of that shit was true in 1977.

Hoss · 2026-02-03T16:05:34-0500

Gavinmad said:
None of that shit was true in 1977.

Well of course not anymore because it all happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ...

In all seriousness, lucas had episoides 1-3 sketched out when he did ep 4. I don't think either of us has any idea how much detail he had planned out. But he definitely had clones planned though.