Exactly my point Ollum.  Wookiepedia, however, lists all stormtroopers as being "elite", that they are all superb marksmen and... well... a yadda yadda.  Your statements are what I grew up with!  The Imperial Star Destroyers would bomb the crap out of everything and then the Stormtroopers would walk into the rubble, taking on their enemies with ten to one odds or more just like at Tarsis.

(I should point out that my question, or this resulting discussion, has absolutely no bearing upon nor is it intended as a commentary on the current thread or any of its players!)

I love the Death Star.  It was so pointless.  The Imperial Fleet was much more capable of wiping out a civilization.