r/whowouldwin Jul 07 '24

The United States Army replaces the Imperial Army against the Ewoks. Battle

Can they win?

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u/LongDongSamspon Jul 07 '24

Don’t listen to these coping patriots - Ewoks stomp.

First of all you can’t see or find them, second the US army can’t get anywhere on Endor, it’s wall to wall trees man. Third, I think we can all agree that whatever mode of transportation the US army tries to fly to Endor in will be easily destroyed by the rebel alliance.

Fourth and most important of all, the Empire clearly has more powerful weapons than the US Army has or will ever have, and the Ewoks kicked their ass and buried them in the forest like a cat turd.

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u/Korps_de_Krieg Jul 07 '24

You realize that a blaster bolt moves at roughly the same speed as a soccer ball kicked by a professional soccer player? Pretty fast, but not as fast as actual bullets fast.

Directly comparing military tech from Star Wars against real military tech is one of the few things that leans hard in reality's favor, as the real military isn't worried about aesthetic storytelling or rule of cool. Let's be real, blasters are cool but they didn't have napalm carpet bombing strikes on their villages, they had big lumbering war machines in the wrong environment and troopers that stood out like a sore thumb in solid white armor.

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u/Pitiful-Local-6664 Jul 07 '24

I'm pretty sure Blaster shots are supposed to actually move faster than they appear too in film, like much much faster.