Do stormtroopers miss on purpose?

The a priori deduction behind all this is again the stormtroopers have been ordered not to shoot and kill our heroes. So they are deliberately missing.
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How many shots did the stormtroopers miss?

Yet despite the heroes standing in the middle of the corridor and paying no attention to the attackers, the stormtroopers managed to miss all four of them. Then, for some reason, they stopped shooting as Leia and Chewie stood up to dive down the garbage chute. They then carried on firing after the heroes had jumped!
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Are stormtroopers inaccurate?

However, subsequent Star Wars movies have shown that stormtroopers were anything but accurate. Their blaster fire consistently missed open targets while the trilogy's heroes mowed them down with ease.
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Why stormtroopers are so weak?

Why are stormtroopers so weak and useless? they suffer a distinct lack of Vitamin P, or Plot Armor. the same reason mooks in batman comics attack one at a time: this isn't they're story and they're not allowed to be too good at their jobs by the writers.
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Do stormtroopers ever hit anything?

Yet painstaking fan analysis has calculated a Stormtrooper hit rate of little more than 4% in the original trilogy. However, once in a while, Stormtroopers actually do hit something in the live-action movies. This list rounds up the most significant times that Stormtrooper aim was right on target.
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Why is Stormtrooper Armour so useless?

Stormtrooper armor as portrayed in the films is highly ineffective as combat protection and is generally hindering to the wearer.
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Do stormtroopers fall in love?

Iceland's Bara Heiða created this stunningly adorable music video to remind you that yes, Imperial stormtroopers are people too–and they can fall in love.
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Are there female stormtroopers in Star Wars?

There are a lot of women in the stormtrooper ranks in Star Wars Battlefront II. In the Force Awakens there are a few women playing stormtroopers throughout the film as can be seen in some of the behind the scenes material.
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Are all stormtroopers white?

But a few corners of the Internet turned to the internal logic of the Star Wars universe to appeal the presence of a black stormtrooper. Didn't the prequels reveal that all stormtroopers were white clones? No, they didn't.
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Why are stormtroopers so mean?

This theory, crafted by our senior news producer Jesse Gill, posits that stormtroopers are so bad at their job because, as Chirrut Îmwe puts it, “All is as the Force wills it.” Think back to Chirrut's repeated mantra from Rogue One: “I am one with the Force and the Force is with me.” It's difficult to explain how ...
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Who has the best accuracy in Star Wars?

Having said that, it turns out that stormtroopers can hit their targets, at least the ones trained by the First Order. Finn is currently sitting with 100% blaster accuracy. To be fair, he only takes four shots whose results can be confirmed, but all four shots hit, putting him at the top of the list.
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Did the clones become stormtroopers?

The term "stormtrooper" was officially adopted by all clone troopers in 19 BBY following Emperor Palpatine's reorganization of the Old Republic into the first Galactic Empire.
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Why are Star Wars blasters so inaccurate?

A laser travels at the speed of light, but when we watch a blaster bolt fire, we can see the entirety of the bolt moving, meaning it is slower than light. Additionally, lasers cannot be seen from a side view. However, we can clearly see the side of the bolt. So these weapons are not as precise of as lasers.
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Are stormtroopers brainwashed?

They're not even volunteers anymore. Instead of being recruits, these new stormtroopers are essentially child soldiers, kidnapped from, as Finn says, families they'll never know; brainwashed, programmed, and forced into servitude against their will.
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Why did Obi Wan say stormtroopers have good aim?

So in the OT, why does Obiwan think they're great? He emphasizes that the shots on the transport were too precise and thus must have been a storm trooper. The simple answer: they literally don't make them like they used to. When Obiwan thinks of storm troopers, he thinks of the clones he used to fight with.
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Why do stormtroopers always wear helmets?

They were designed to dissipate energy (such as a bolt from a blaster), and the helmets provided filtered air and an awesome heads-up display, which compensated for their limited field of vision, but apparently did nothing to help them fire their blasters more accurately.
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Do stormtroopers get paid?

In most canonically documented cases, Stormtroopers also received regular pay in Imperial credits. However, due to the nature of the Empire's conscription program, much of that pay didn't stay with the soldiers themselves. That's because many recruits sent their pay directly back to their families on their homeworlds.
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Why is clone armor white?

Phase I clone trooper armor was the armor worn by clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic during the early stages of the Clone Wars. To humans, the clone trooper's armor appeared white overall, but to Kaminoans, clone trooper armor had many colors due to them seeing in the ultraviolet spectrum of light.
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Why are stormtroopers not clones?

The main motivation for the switch to Stormtroopers was simply that cloning became too expensive. The costs of ordering, growing, and training clones were exorbitant, and their timetable to become full soldiers was lengthy.
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Why do stormtroopers wear white?

Short answer is that it isn't always white. We do see in episodes I, II and III that other colors were used to better blend with other environments. However, white was the primary color as listed at Wookieepedia. "Stormtroopers sometimes wore camouflage armor to help them blend in with different environments.
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Are all stormtroopers human?

Unlike the old Empire, the Empire of the Hand recruited stormtroopers from a variety of Humanoid sources. Though the stormtrooper ranks remained consistently dominated by Human male recruits, it marked the first time that Non-Humans were allowed to serve as Imperial soldiers.
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Is Captain Phasma's armor made of Beskar?

(Fun fact: According to Star Wars canon, Phasma's armor isn't beskar either. It was actually made using scrap metal taken from Emperor Palpatine's old yacht.)
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How do stormtroopers sleep?

During their training, First Order stormtroopers have to sleep with subliminal sleep messages playing in their ear. This auditory propaganda is supposed to ensure that loyalty to the First Order will be ingrained in the minds of its soldiers.
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What does TK-421 stand for?

TK-421 was the designation of an Imperial stormtrooper who was stationed on the Death Star in 0 BBY.
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Why are stormtroopers called TK?

In the canon anthology book From a Certain Point of View, the stormtroopers who serve on the Death Star and board the Tantive IV are referred to by TK numbers. The TK in their operating numbers likely designates one of the units under the command of Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin.
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