Aside from the fact that they a) can and do, repeatedly (opening scene when they shoot down Leia on the Tantive IV and gun down the rebels who were taking cover, ESB when they easily overwhelm the interior defenses of the Hoth base, RotJ when they're kicking rebel ass on Endor), and b) Leia actually points out that they let the rebels get away so they could find the hidden rebel base... because it would have been a really short and boring movie if everyone was just shot to death in the first few scenes.cashto wrote:QUOTE (cashto @ Jan 4 2016, 06:29 PM) And if only imperial stormtroopers are so precise, why can't they hit anything?
QUOTE The only real fundamental flaw was that the story was just a retread of episode IV. Down to the cantina scene. But at least it had a plot. And relatable characters. And believable dialog. To say TFA was worse than the prequels, is to forget just how atrocious the prequels were on all three of those levels.[/quote]
It had a plot, just not a good one. The characters weren't relateable. The dialog wasn't any more believable than any other dialog.
QUOTE The rest is just nitpicking IMO. If one is willing to set aside their willing suspension of disbelief, the same sort of holes could be poked all over the well-loved original trilogy too.[/quote]
Oh? I'd be interested to see what you come up with (yes this was edited i'm in a bitchy mood and no reason to snap at Cashto).
QUOTE I understood the relationship between the Republic and the Resistance to be akin to the relationship between the Allies and the French Resistance (i.e., the Republic didn't have full control of the galaxy after the defeat of the Empire, and the Resistance was that faction fighting against the remnants of the Empire where the Republic was unwilling or unable to commit resources). Rather glad they didn't go to Episode I levels of explaining the nuances of taxation of trade routes blah blah blah, as the relationship between the Republic and the Resistance was, in the grand scheme of things, rather unimportant.[/quote]
Ok so why doesn't the republic fleet help the resistance destroy this superweapon that just eradicated *seven of the major Republic planets*?! Unwilling or unable to commit resources? They were obviously in a state of open warfare.
QUOTE My preferred fan theory about Kylo Ren was that he expected his powers to grow after killing Han Solo, but instead the psychic trauma of killing his own father disrupted his control over the Force, thus making it possible for him to be ambushed by Chewie, which further weakened his concentration, which turned what would have been an simple force-choke rag-doll curbstomp into a still pretty one-sided battle with Finn, with the exception of one very lucky strike. Woulda been nice if all that had been explicit in the movie but oh well.[/quote]
My preferred fan theory is that JJ Abrams also had Jim Kirk promoted from "about to be booted out from the Federation" to "Captain of the Flagship" in the blink of an eye in the last major sci fi epic he was in charge of and so probably hasn't a damn clue what he's doing with regards to storyline.
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