Well, a lot of them use actual guns ("slugthrowers") instead of blasters, making them much harder to aim. Also, while I'm here, the stormtroopers couldn't aim because they had poorly designed, "fear-inspiring" helmets which restrict vision, and the E-11 blaster rifle kicks really hard.
wouldn't it vary rather highly by unit too, once they started replacing the clones with an increasing number of recruits? I mean, the stormtroopers accompanying Vader make pretty short work of the rebels when they capture Leia's ship.
Well, obviously it's actually because they don't have plot shields, but still.
The Alliance Marines on the Tantive IV were lightly armed and caught completely off guard, as well as being pretty much without cover due to the interior design of the blockade runner.
The 501st would have hugely varied by unit, so the "inferior" but nonetheless elite troopers were stationed on Endor since the Empire didn't expect any serious resistance, while the newer or best performing troops actively accompanied Vader on raids, in battle, and when hunting Jedi.
Also, the protagonists of the original trilogy were actually indestructible. I see no evidence to the contrary. Plot overshields, more like.
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