Why did the stormtroopers in Star Wars wear what the did?!


Question: They were hard like armor, but did nothing to protect them from a laser blast. Every one that got shot just once died. They didn't even protect them from getting hit with rocks, which is evident in endor when the little monkeys threw rocks at them and stopped them.

And white is not a very good camoflauge!!!

Why in the world did they wear them?


Answers: They were hard like armor, but did nothing to protect them from a laser blast. Every one that got shot just once died. They didn't even protect them from getting hit with rocks, which is evident in endor when the little monkeys threw rocks at them and stopped them.

And white is not a very good camoflauge!!!

Why in the world did they wear them?

They looked like the same material as toilets...

Because people in an Army wear uniforms!It was supposed to be a light,comfortable armor to protect from shrapnel or near misses with a Laser.But,they kept revealing weak spots of the design withh each movie.

I guess to make them look uniformed. When a groupl looks the same they are more threatening. Thats the miliary reason.

Officially it was to cause confusion that they would all look the same to the enemy. Obviously this was a little need as we later saw they were all clones. And yeah that Endor thing was a bit of a worry.

Realistically they were supposed to be clones but you can't find that many people who look exactly like each other. Ewocks not monkeys! They really blended in on the planet Hoth!!

Because Lucas' budget to make the first movie was extremely small. (And then even when he had plenty of money, the precedent was already set for what they had to look like)

well there uniforms were suppose to be for shrapnel and near misses like someone else has mentioned. there uniforms also were more for intimidation and to be military uniform. also the armor signified different rank and environment. Don't actually think you were suppose to see the storm troopers as weak on endor, you were suppose to get the idea that the little ewoks were vicious fighters and would do anything to when a fight.

Imperial Stormtroopers originate from the Clone Troopers who comprised the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. The Clone Troopers were in turn cloned from Jango Fett. This was revealed in Episode II. The Phase II Clone Trooper armor sported by the clones in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith bears an intentionally-striking resemblance to the Imperial Stormtrooper armor they would don soon thereafter.

There has been much debate as to whether all the Imperial Stormtroopers are clones. There are a number of indications in Episodes IV, V and VI that they are not all clones. This is understandably stemmed from the fact that Episodes II and III which revealed the origins of the Stormtroopers were written and filmed after Episodes IV, V and VI --- obviously, at the time of filming Episodes IV, V and VI, the Imperial Stormtroopers were not intended to be a force of identical clones in armor. In order to reconcile this, George Lucas himself, as cited in a question and answer article of Star Wars Insider in 2005, stated that not all Stormtroopers are clones as a result of volunteers and conscription. He also said the clones themselves are not all clones of Jango whether out of necessity or political "rewards" for finding favor with the Emperor. So it is possible that there would be a mix of old Jango clones, citizens within the Empire, and various clones of political appointees.

The troopers' most distinctive equipment is the white battle armor they normally wear. The complete 18-piece armor set completely encases the body and typically has no individually distinguishing marking outside of rank. In fact, the casual first-time observer sometimes mistakes the stormtroopers as a form of battle droid. In certain situations however, stormtroopers will sometimes wear camouflage armor to help them blend in with different environments. This reform was instituted after the embarrassing defeat at the Battle of Endor where a legion of stormtroopers was defeated by a large Rebel-Ewok attack force.

The reinforced helmet contains advanced breathing filters (which act as protection against chemical and biological attacks, as well as toxins) and a comlink for instant communication with other units. The comlink uses linked encoding sequences to rotate frequencies every few seconds while keeping all troopers in the unit synchronized (c.f. real world frequency-hopping spread spectrum radios). If a trooper's helmet is removed without the trooper first hitting the comlink's control stud (most likely found on the under-rim of the helmet), the frequency coding routine is automatically deleted from that helmet.

The automatic polarizing lenses protect the trooper against intense glare and provide them with enhanced combat vision or holographic vision processors which allow vision through many barriers such as smoke, darkness and fire. The Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System (MFTAS) helps with the stormtroopers' perception in darkness as well as smoke and other visibility obscuring conditions.

The helmet also assists in aiming at moving targets. The Comtech Series IV helmet speaker uses three-phase sonic filtering for clear sound (for troopers, it is connected to the audio pickup). It also has a vocoder for talking to non-stormtroopers. The backplate contains an emergency twenty minutes of oxygen if the trooper should be so unlucky to be exposed to vacuum or be trapped underwater. It also contains a power pack. The stomach armour contains a manual suit seal and environmental controls. The thigh armor has a reinforced alloy plate ridge, and the lower right side, near the knee, contains the suits system power cells. The left upper side of the shin armour has a knee protector plate for use with sniping. The utility belt has two blast energy sinks to protect the trooper's hips. The stormtrooper's boots are not armoured, but they are treaded. The armour is equipped with IFF circuitry for identification and command purposes for identifying each other.

It also protects the troopers from very harsh environments as well as projectiles and impact weapons. The armour might be penetrated by a direct blaster bolt, but it will reduce damage from the bolts absorbed significantly. The body glove allows for operation in warm or cold climates, however it can protect the trooper from almost any environment, from total vacuum conditions to the very extremes in cold and heat for a very limited period of time.

Some special features include a wrist comlink, a tiny battle Holocam built into the helmet, a resonator (to open secure doors) built into their armor, and an external helmet light. Power gloves help in hand to hand combat.

Some literature indicates that stormtroopers also are issued olive green uniforms to wear when off duty.



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