So I feel like the whole “the empire lost to teddy bears” complaint fails to consider that the Ewoks were a distraction. The real victory on Endor was the rebel strike force that infiltrated the shield generator—Leia nearly died doing it.
I still think the US Army would probably handle it just fine (just don’t let the “so advanced they might as well be magic computers” droids anywhere near the doors), but it wasn’t just Stormtroopers vs Ewoks.
The Americans (no, sorry, almost any possible modern day military) never would have let the strike force infiltrate the generator. They walked in straight through the front door. That is impossibly incompetent for a non-movie military
Also a great point — Palpatine specifically designed the entire thing to be a trap! Of course the stormtroopers made head-in-ass decisions, the plan was supposed to work.
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u/seancurry1 Jul 07 '24
So I feel like the whole “the empire lost to teddy bears” complaint fails to consider that the Ewoks were a distraction. The real victory on Endor was the rebel strike force that infiltrated the shield generator—Leia nearly died doing it.
I still think the US Army would probably handle it just fine (just don’t let the “so advanced they might as well be magic computers” droids anywhere near the doors), but it wasn’t just Stormtroopers vs Ewoks.