What functions do the Storm Trooper armor serve?

[RandyS]

How? I am not much a star wars fan, so I might not get the joke.

Well in this case, I was thinking that viewers might find it funny that heavily armored stormtroopers repeatedly get their heads handed to them in gun battles despite the fact that they usually outnumber and outgun Han, Luke, and the other guys.

Even though I was only seven when The New Hope originally was released, and took it completely seriously THEN, Whenever I see the movies now, more and more often, I see the funny side.

Looking at it that way, the armor serves no purpose at all.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Cleaning them keeps the troopers busy.

 

[-Brett-]

As crappy as the armor is, I'm sure it's better than fighting naked.

 

[KJbushway]

^ true. But you might be a little faster, and if you look funny naked, it might cause the enemy to laugh to death while you escape.

 

[Sephiroth]

that was the main background plot to the Republic Commando series and IC: 501st. the commandos' training sergeant, Kal Skirata (a Mando bounty hunter brought in by Jango to aid in training the clones) tries to find out how to extend clone lifetmes.

unfortunately, the author fell out with the publishers and Lucas Licensing over development of the Mandos in the Clone Wars toon and quit. i believe there were other issues involved as well.

I believe it was Karen Traviss throwing a pissy fit because the Clone Wars toon contradicted her fangirl image of Fett & the clones

 

[saturn5]

What purpose does it serve? It allows our heroes to kill them in vast numbers yet makes them look so robotic that the film still get's a U/PG rating

 

[Marc]

^ true. But you might be a little faster, and if you look funny naked, it might cause the enemy to laugh to death while you escape.

either that or the laughter gets the blood boiling and you proceed to wipe them out like Anakin in a tusken camp.