The storm soldiers in a broad sense, that is, the "Buckethead" in western audience and the "white soldiers" in China audience, generally refer to the human legions with similar costumes appearing in the historical timeline of Star Wars. Speaking of which, I have to mention a concept that is often confused by beginners of Star Wars-the relationship between clone troopers and storm troopers.
Bottom line: The clone troopers are not only the grandfathers of Storm troopers, but also the combat effectiveness is very different.
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The Clone Legion was originally a research project initiated by Saif Diaz, a Jedi elder of the old Republic, to resist the invasion of Naboo by the Trade Federation. This achievement was stolen by the ambitious Count Dooku. In order to ensure the superiority of human cloning gene, Dooku chose the DNA of jango fett, the most famous bounty hunter in the Milky Way, as a template, and created a large number of clone soldiers, which became the new force to quell the Confederate rebellion in the old Republic in the future.
In the bloody war that followed, the combination of an omniscient, omnipotent and rational Jedi commander and loyal and efficient clone soldiers showed great power. When victories came one after another, the life of the old Republic came to an end.
It turned out that Count Dooku, who had already taken refuge in the dark side, entered the Trojan horse "Secret Order 66" in the clone brain chip aimed at destroying all Jedi members.
/92 13 b 07 ECA 8065382 f 73 abdb 9 cdda 144 AC 348258？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, q _ 85 At the historic moment when the Clone Wars came to an end, Palpatine initiated Secret Order No.66, and almost at the same time, the left palm of clone soldiers all over the galaxy projected from. In this unguarded situation, the Jedi commanders who fought side by side with the clone troopers for many years were caught in the barrage of explosive guns.
Hidden in the dark side, Anakin, named Darth Vader by Palpatine, led the heroic 50 1 troops into the Jedi Temple, killing all his former partners. Later, Vader rushed to Mustafa, wiped out the Confederate Committee, and ended this protracted war. Amid overwhelming cheers from senators, Palpatine declared himself emperor, completing the transformation from the Galactic Republic to the Galactic Empire, and the clone army became the minions of maintaining imperial rule-Storm Commando.
So when it comes to Star Wars: A New Hope, why do all the powerful "white soldiers" in Off Chart become a group of idiots who are used to making up numbers?
/43 a7d 933 c 895d 143084 feaeb 78 f 082025 AAF 0738？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, q _ 85 The first problem is the defect of human cloning technology itself. Because their aging speed is obviously faster than that of natural people, after more than ten years of service, the physical function of cloned people will decline and eventually become useless biological waste. By the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the empire, a considerable proportion of clones could not continue to serve, and their position was quickly replaced by natural soldiers. The remaining few clone soldiers served as instructors at the Imperial Military Academy or as commanders of front-line detachments.
From a tactical point of view, the empire no longer needed strong infantry to maintain its combat effectiveness. The military strength of the old Republic led by the Jedi emphasized the strength of individual combat effectiveness, so we saw that the clone army at that time created countless legendary achievements in adversity. Geonosis was chewed by three legions, and Raleigh was directly razed to the ground by one legion. A pile of Jedi temple antiques were hanged by 50 1 legion, and the high-tech race on the dark planet was crushed by clone troopers?
/d 0 1373 f 082025 AAF 0e 0b 7003 f 0e dab 64034 f 1a 38？ X-BCE-process = image/resize，m _ lfit，w _ 450，h _ 600，limit _ 1/quality，q _ 85。 In the imperial period, it was no longer necessary to win by such a "primitive" way, because the navy had been promoted to the main force of attack and the Star Destroyer had completed the map gun. You don't even need to clean the battlefield after causal weapons such as the Death Star appear. Who is unhappy and can instantly turn into slag?
/87 18367 adab 44 aede 4a 5b 12cb 8 1c 870 1a 08 bfb 0b？ X-BCE-process = image/resize, m _ lfit, w _ 450, h _ 600, limit _ 1/quality, and the overall operational thinking of the q _ 85 empire, the firepower output is absolutely fierce and the efficiency is absolutely invincible, but it is not flexible enough in the face of the rebels who see the dragon without the tail. The Soviet steel torrent that frightened NATO in those days was useless in Afghanistan. Therefore, the poor "white soldiers" are inevitably mowed in various ways in movies and games, and even abused by indigenous races.
The emperor used storm soldiers composed of natural persons for political reasons. After the establishment of the empire, there was basically no obvious threat except to hunt down Jedi survivors and eliminate confederate remnants. In order to maintain his authority, the emperor must need a seemingly bluffing army to maintain his rule. To do this job well, in addition to relying on extraordinary fighting capacity, the most important thing is to be forced. This is the most important task of storm soldiers as "watchdog".
* * * During the Republic of China, the clone army did not break through the scale of ten million even at its peak, while the number of stormtroopers during the imperial period easily reached more than 400 million. Although there is little difference in appearance between clone troopers and storm commandos, the latter has been seriously "reduced" in the new situation, not only the heavy weapons of frontline infantry can not be deployed, but also the protective performance of armor is seriously reduced. Therefore, it is inevitable that these ostentatious people will be beaten by all kinds of people.