Watching the original "Star Wars" ("Ep IV" to anyone who didn't see it in '77) last weekend, it occurred to me that the Stormtroopers -- a highly trained government army -- were very poor shots. Evidenced by the scenes where Han rounds a corner ten feet away from a large group (including the ones he was chasing, so there was no element of surprise), and several other scenes that left me thinking as bad an aim as I am, I could have done better. It's not like a laser gun has a recoil.
Of course the good guys had to live, and the Stormtroopers represented an endless supply of cloned cannon fodder, so it didn't matter how many of them were shot.
I'd forgotten about Leia's quote, "It was too easy. They let us get away."
– Howlin' Wolf Dec 05 '15 at 18:33