Star Wars Rebels Season One (spoilers)
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I wish Rebels would address what happened to all the clones. They cannot possibly be extinct yet, unless Palpatine planned some kind of a purge once he didn't need them any more... Which wouldn't really make sense, because what dictator would dispose of hundreds of thousands of highly trained and blindly loyal troops?
Luke said as much to Han. But then, I gather he was a little short for a Stormtrooper.
So to recap some of these recent observations, the Empire wants the Stormtroopers to:
Sounds like the truly cruel and insensitive (Callous?) organization we've grown up watching.
It's been reflected on over the years how the strategy employed by the Empire is power in numbers. That's why the TIE has no shields and why troopers aren't trained to be excellent marksmen; all canon fodder. Still... it's going to be interesting to see how Rebels provides more insight into the recruitment process... and even see if/how women are indoctrinated. Seems odd to let women serve as officers but not as troopers.
Is it possible that the Stormtrooper helmets (in-universe) actually help them see more? Like the way a fish or a bird sees? I know that in reality those helmets help one feel blind. I had to be led around by the hand the Hallowe'en I went as a hilariously short Vader. It's tough getting beer through the grill.
- have a limited scope of vision
- be trained poorly in marksmanship
- have been instructed in ruthlessly stepping over their own comrades for victory
Sounds like the truly cruel and insensitive (Callous?) organization we've grown up watching.
It's been reflected on over the years how the strategy employed by the Empire is power in numbers. That's why the TIE has no shields and why troopers aren't trained to be excellent marksmen; all canon fodder. Still... it's going to be interesting to see how Rebels provides more insight into the recruitment process... and even see if/how women are indoctrinated. Seems odd to let women serve as officers but not as troopers.
Is it possible that the Stormtrooper helmets (in-universe) actually help them see more? Like the way a fish or a bird sees? I know that in reality those helmets help one feel blind. I had to be led around by the hand the Hallowe'en I went as a hilariously short Vader. It's tough getting beer through the grill.
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They've started showing the episode on the regular Disney Channel, so I was finally able to see Droids in Distress and Fighter Flight, although I ended up seeing them in reverse order.
I really enjoyed them. They weren't quite up to the height of the best of Clone Wars, but I thought they were fun. The writing and characters were both good. I see a lot of potential here once the show really finds it's footing.
I really enjoyed them. They weren't quite up to the height of the best of Clone Wars, but I thought they were fun. The writing and characters were both good. I see a lot of potential here once the show really finds it's footing.
That's the easy one. They aged out. The clone trooper aged at twice the rate of a normal human. They were between 10 and 13 years old during the Clone Wars. It has been 14 years since then. So the Clones of the War are between 24 and 27 years old...so by human standard they are 48 to 54 years old. There may be some left, but they'd be past their physical prime. Some might remain as officers. A lot might have died in those 14 years quelling rebellions and bringing the former Seperatist planets and other Republic planets and neutral planets beyond the Republic's old reach into the Empire. One assumes they stopped clone production at some point.
It is possible they stopped production but allowed the last batches born to age to full trooper as replacements for the old Grand Army of the Republic. Even if they stopped making new clones when Jengo Fett was killed, the last clone would be 17 years old in Rebels, or 34 in human standard. These last clones might still be viable in the Empire, but assigned to the elite units (Vader's Fist, the 501st for example).
Though it is also possible that they were programmed to die after they were past combat age. They were "product" after all. Crafted to make an Army for the Republic.
Not to mention that just about anywhere else and unit cohesion has been the way to strength your troops not weaken them.
Or just like AT-ATs you're supposed to be so scared by their appearance you either give up or perform poorly.
The recent novel, "A New Dawn", has female Stormtroopers.
Sabine also mentions in "Out of Darkness", that she attended the Imperial Academy on Mandalore.
I think it's just a matter or Star Wars emulating the modern military. There are lots of women officers. Until very recently, there weren't many sitting in a foxhole.
No episode this week? I has a sad. 
I went back and rewatched that scene. I got the impression she was BS'ing her way through that encounter.
I went back and rewatched that scene. I got the impression she was BS'ing her way through that encounter.
As the EU-established ideas become invalidated a lot of the things we thought were true are going to go away.
There's a long history of any observations from the OT being taken up by the EU, spread amongst fandom, or event adopted into later films in the canon.
Greedo was a Rodian bounty hunter so all Rodians are bounty hunters.
Obi-Wan wore robes (when he was on Tatooine, of course, and Uncle Owen did too) so all Jedi wore them.
Imperial officers have accents so that became a Coruscanti accent.
There aren't many females shown in the Rebellion either (besides Princess Leia,the controller at Echo Base, and later Mon Mothma and there were 3 female pilots cut out of RotJ for whatever reason) so it's not like the Rebellion is much better.
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