[quote=Jakeozzy]
I always wondered why Stormtroopers were so damned useless in the movies... I mean, you had the likes of the 501st Legion, veterans from every decisive battle since the Clone Wars began XD Either all of them shown were raw recruits in full kit, or the movies were BS to make the Empire look bad.
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It was mainly as they wanted the slightly menacing look and to show them but didn't want the heroes to die. Later the books fixed this out by adding an Imperial Army.