Why Imperial Army Troopers are Vital to the Success of the Empire 

My head canon is that the Stormtroopers started off as being rarer and more elite, but as tensions and conflict kept escalating and the demand for more stormtroopers rose, the quality quickly dropped as they cut corners in the training and rapidly sent out green units into unfavourable circumstances. Stormtroopers before Yavin were significantly better trained than stormtroopers after Yavin IMO

The first scene of A New Hope shows how accurate stormtroopers really are, they take minimal casualties while coming through a choke point and still decimated the rebels. EC Henry has a video on this.

I think part of the reason Stormtroopers have been used as the main villainous fighting force for a filmmaker's point of view, is that it's easier for the audience to wipe out a faceless battalion of drones than soldiers with expressions of fear or anger. Clones were often shown with their helmets off to humanise them whereas stormtroopers are the exact opposite.

Part of me suspects they chose a much more "casual" look for the Imperial army uniform on Aldahni simply to eliminate the helmet and allow the actors faces to be seen. However, I love the way it turned out and makes complete sense, that, in these outlying areas, having stormtroopers is unnecessary. I only wish they had used a more dressed down version of the shoretrooper, like the transport trooper, only in brown, with a shoretrooper helmet, for a police force, that picked up Andor.

I honestly like the look of the Imperial Army trooper more too. It's got this very WW1-ish vibe that I just love.

It would be nice for Andor S2 to dive deeper into the Stormtrooper vs Army vs Isb-rivalries within the Empire (which could also lead to new plot dynamics beyond the simple good vs. bad-pattern of traditional Star Wars)

Reminds me of the Late Roman Army, where the army was split between the Limitanei (Garrison, stationary) vs the Comitatenses (Mobile field armies).

I've long thought that the Stormtroopers were part of the Tarquin Doctrine, where being scary was more important than being combat effective.

The Storm Troopers have good aim... Remember in A New Hope the rescue operation was a damn Trap. It was done so that Vadar could track Leah to the Rebel Base, which is what they were looking for the entire film

I really wish someone competent rebooted star wars showing more the army then the stormtroopers, making them just appear in star destroyers or in the death stars, while the imperial army was everywhere

aren’t the storm troopers just an expeditionary force like the american marines? It’s in the nameSTORM trooper.

Red letter media said he no idea these guys were clones they even small talk with each other. But now. The clones actually small talked more then the Stormtroopers

That's what i love about Andor it made stormtroopers scary again

Imperial arm all the way. I do hope we see more of the my special trooper types and types armor they used

If you haven't read the last third of Origins of Totalitarianism you should, goes over a lot of themes you raise around the people and the rulers.

Been given this some thought, and I don’t think I like the idea of the Stormtroopers being a separate thing from the Imperial army. The idea definitely has it’s uses, but I think I prefer the idea that the empire just tried to make a less expensive clone trooper, and then never really gave it much more thought. The empire got a decent enough replacement model of the clone troopers working, then sorta said “good enough”.

Going with Team Imperial Army Trooper.

I have never actually read the heir to the empire books. But I have read the 2017 trawn trilogy. And YES, if you are interested in the workings of the empire, the books are sooooo good.

the helmet for the imperial army gives me a reason to use the term "shovel head " more

I always considered the Stormtroopers to be like the SS from WW2 Germany. They were the fanatical group who swore allegiance directly to Hitler, and their main duties were to be shifted around to various regions to do specialized duties, including suppressing uprisings and had very specific roles that did not not necessarily include front line fighting (although they did). They also worked for intelligence services and special police. I always felt this was the closest parallels to the Stormtrooper, and considering Lucas borrowed a lot of things from WW2 and put it in Star Wars, this just made a ton of sense to me.

Finally we get to see the true grunts of the empire at work

I really hope they make the stormtroopers dangerous in one of these shows. Armor that is at least partially functional and show off that precision shooting Obi Wan talked about.

He’s right about the soldier that just ran to save his superior officer. Risking his life just for another’s sake does happen in the US military, however we attempt to gain fire superiority first before we do anything. Lest we risk having to save two individuals not just one. Very once in a while you do get that “hero” that has to do something. Though, I do put that in “” because more often than not they end up dead and we have to fight harder to get out of that situation because we have one less soldier to fight along side us.

Why do I get the feeling that there's inuniverse Recruitment ads in the same vein as America's "Army Strong"/"Go Army" ads?

It might be helpful to revisit where the concept of the Imperial Army / Navy and Stormtrooper Core came from - The German army in WW II and the Stormtroopers as a combination of the Sturmtruppen (stormtroopers, yes literally.) from WWI and Waffen Schutzstaffel (weapons SS) from the third Reich. They share the same Qualities and flaws as their Star Wars counterparts: Disclaimer, if you don't know the SS examples mentioned, don't look for images. Imperial army / Wehrmacht: - actual human beings - well disciplined, numerous - used tactics familiar to every modern soldier Stormtrooper core / Waffen SS: - The best of the best already and got additional training after being selected - Don't need cover. They are shock troopers (applies to german stormtroopers more than to the SS, though they also did that sometimes, but not as their main purpose) - fanatically loyal - carry out the most hideous tasks imaginable, like rounding up and executing civilians (Kylo Ren introduction, Wola massacre) , using poison gas for genocide (geonosian genocide, Einsatzgruppen) - rarely returns from a lost battle. they do not flee. They die, even if their empire has already fallen. (Battle of castle Itter, the Moff from the Mandalorian) Also, neither the star wars nor the real life variant was on good terms with their counterpart. In both cases, the "standard" army disliked the other for thinking they are better and making the command structure a mess. (SS rarely took orders from army officers, even if outranked by large margins) while stormtroopers often regarded the army as inferior, less important and looked down on their tendency to save their own skin. (how could they want to live lol)

Fictional militaries sounding like real military forces really does make them a lot more interesting, like the empire of man’s military or the fantasy version, another good example would be something like the covenant from halo, it just adds a professionalism and layer of “This is an organized empire, not some random nation made for a movie to give people hope when they rebel”

I think i read somewhere that the imperial army eventually converted over to the Storm trooper armor in the later years of the empire

absolutely love this channel.

The Imperial Army troopers are like the normal infantry and stormtroopers are like the marines of the imperial army.

Can you please continue the separatist alliance vs earth series please

Why didn't the empire use honey pots how did rebels avoid spies

The end there reminds me of a theory I read some time back, that the Storm Trooper Corps were beginning overshadow and intergrate the Imperial Army. Making them the Empire's sole fighting force

Stormtroopers take the ground, but the army holds it

You gonna make a video for Andor episode 10?

The real world reason why Stormtroopers can not be accurate at long distance is the same reason modern day night vision is not accurate at long distances. You can not position your head and look through an optic. They would have to rely on some type of laser aiming device mounted on the gun that matches up to an image projected on a display inside of their helmet. This is always going to have limitations.

For the record, the guy running to save his officer and being shot was NOT stormtrooper material as claimed. If it had been Stormtroopers, unless that guy was vital to the mission, or the mission was to protect them, that guy's staying there until they either bleed out or the battle's over. "In battle, Stormtroopers are disciplined to ignore casualties within their own ranks. Notice is only taken from a tactical standpoint. They are never distracted by emotional responses." - Star Wars: the visual dictionary, pg. 35.

The makers of Andor have the opportunity to do true justice to the forces of the Empire, and it's relatively easy too. All they have to do is have the imperial army be uniform but suitably different to show that they are border troops who may have taken on and embraced the cultures and people they are operating around then you get army vets to play em, professional, yet not quite a precision machine, they are still human, they flinch from fire and yell and scream. Then enter the Stormtroopers, you can further enhance this by having both the grunts and the main characters show the appropriate levels of relief and fear, the Stormtroopers should move like special forces, completely silently and as flawlessly as possible, they should react to events smoothly and fast and be utterly relentless and merciless, with extreme accuracy,

I would say I think the army helmet should be cut down a bit. the stormtroopers outfit is kind of rediculus. // former Pog.

I agree that the Imperial Army is the more practical and effective fighting force. If I made an army, I would not want robots. I want killers, that can think for themselves, and will question their officers if there’s something amiss.

I always thought that the storm troopers were ridiculously weak and dumb because the rebellion was weak and the author sadly did not a good job in making a smart opposition, so they compensated with big weapons of mass destruction to level up the field and be somewhat dangerous

Oi Dont You Be Talkin Smack On My God Emperor!

CIS/Rebellion forever!

Sorry to be that guy but, Roman London began as a merchant town, Roman York is the city that began as a legionary fortress

Tbh I kinda wish that the storm troopers were a part of compnor like their military wing

Do the imperial truck drivers shown in "The Mandalorian" as well as the mud troopers from "Solo" fall under the Imperial Army?

Sheep to its Shepard. Good sheep.

He also didn't trust the wall (palpatine)

Army all the way!

a ton of star wars media shows stormtroopers as extremely incompetent. Also most if not all of that media is pretty f-ing terrible. In New Hope stormtroopers are deadly- they board a rebel corvette approaching from a very disadvantageous positions (blasted door) yet quickly push the rebels back, suffering minimal casualities. Later they let rebels escape, so they shoot to miss mostly. In Empire they are deadly again, easily winning with rebel ground forces on Hoth. Only in Return of the Jedi they struggle with Ewoks without proper explanation. In Rebels and Mandalorian stormtroopers are mentally disabled, this is one of the largest criticisms of those media, especially rebels, which usually is pretty good (as far as Filoni is inolved as little as possible) Zahn trilogy is my go-to when it comes to stormtroopers- they are deadly there, truly elite, valueable assets to the imperial remnant. So yeah, I'm team stormtrooper.

What are the battle scenes in this short from ?

The Galactic Empire. Prisons... Lies... And Fear... Sidious could not see how much he did was based on fear.

One good real world comparison is how the SS performed compared to the regular German Wehrmacht in WW2. The SS was the military extension of the nazi party and members went through political indoctrination. Although, by the regular army, they were considered poor soldiers, often were willing to take significant losses even when it had no strategic reason to do so, and Wehrmacht tankers often out performed them so much that they had to star counting non tank kills as kills to keep the records even.

Team Tie fighter corps...nuff said

Nice wardrobe change mid video

When he says "fear of big tanks" and he shows a soviet tank, well clearly he doesn't know about that part of history. Actually those tanks are highly responsible for saving the world as we know it from the nazis, and actually even ex soviets who hate communism feel very proud of them (those tanks), wrong choice of tanks to give the example.

Emperor: i command u . expose, pursue and destroy those would resist us! Stromrtrooper: i MISSED the point. Emperor: ...

Andor was great

At least the Imperial Army soldiers don't have bad luck of being constant chewtoys to the main protagonists and the Rebels compared with the Stormtroopers.

Another reason why we see Stormtroopers so often is because most Star Wars media happens on either rebel hotspots, key imperial installations, or whatever the 501st legion and Vader are. Until Andor, we never really got a good look at what non hotspots or key installations were like troop wise. Also, you might notice that when the ISB decides to put the squeeze on Ferrix they send in Stormtroopers

Imperial army is underrated, but it begs the question, what if the roles of stormtrooper and imperial army were reversed?

Stormtroopers were very accurate shooters until Palpatine, in an effort to cut costs, eliminated their vision plan.

The Imperial Army sounds like the place the Empire uses to promote careers while the Stormie's are for enforcement.

I always thought that the Stormtroopers WERE the regular army, because that’s all we ever saw in the movies. The other ones with the black helmets and suits were more like security guards or support personnel.

I like seeing more imperial army because it can hype the stormtroopers. When they do show up, everyone realizes that shit has hit the fan. Having enemies with understood levels of difficulty can be a way to set tension. It's also why I wish G. Lucas had done more with Boba Fett, like he originally intended. Boba Fett would be that obstacle that Luke should loose badly to in the beginning. That way you can see his growth when he defeats him later. Imagine if they had to fight and run from Boba Fett in Mos Eisley in New Hope.

I think when considering the Stormtroopers in terms of the many Nazi Germany parallels that the Empire has, it's best to think of them as the parallel of the Waffen-SS; in other, words a private army to the ruling party separate from the official army. The Waffen-SS also had a reputation for being an elite fighting force, but that doesn't necessarily mean a well-trained one. They were, however, very well supplied when compared to the Wermacht, And also absolutely fanatical in their devotion to the regime (which translates into both a willingness to commit atrocities, and a willingness to fight on in situations that would otherwise be unwinnable). It helps to explain why the storm troopers as an 'elite fighting force' can be everywhere, not necessarily display a better level of training than, say, Rebel commandos, and continue to fight on despite atrocious casualties. A modern parallel would be the 'Republican Guards' you see many Arab Baathist states utilize. Functionally speaking, they aren't too different from a modern will equipped and well trained military force, which doesn't necessarily make them elite on the world stage, But it does make them superior to the rest of that nation's army. That's because their primary purpose isn't necessarily fighting outside threats, but propping up the regime against potential interior threats.

Speaking of Timothy Zahn, when he did use stormtroopers, they were portrayed as incredibly competent elite soldiers. The 501st legion first appeared in Survivor’s quest and a handful of them were quite impressive compared to their on screen counterparts.

I am happy, they bring us much more of Imperial Army Troopers .

The Imperial Army deserves more respect

I’m really proud at how Lucasfilm revived the Imperial Army Trooper for Canon. In Legends, IATs were barely a footnote in the universe. In Canon, they are cast in places where they would make the most sense for enforcing the rule of the Empire. As much as I have issues with the new canon, the IATs are definitely one of its few bright spots.

Imperial Army by far, always liked the look of Colonel Starck and General Veers so much more than the stormtroopers. It always made more sense and I appreciate seeing more Imperial Army coverage with these newer series, humanize what we thought were all evil people just following mindless orders.

Stormtroopers at the good point while there was peace in the galaxy

Besides the new novels, look the West End Games Imperial Sourcebook as well. I have nothing but LOVE, admiration & full appreciation of Timothy Zhan’s works ~ let’s give credit where credit is due. I worked at West End Games when we created the Star Wars Roleplaying game and Mr. Zhan pulled heavily from our work & material in our sourcebooks. We had sent his publishers & agents all the our world (galaxy) building - and at times we would get faxes (it was the 90s) with several questions (like what was the name of the Imperial Capital) - of course when Mr. Zhan’s Heir to The Empire came out we felt that all our work now was “official” and fully Canonized. So many thanks to him as well.

Obi Wans frame of reference for imperial troopers were clones troopers. Who sew their replacements as inferior

WEG styled the Empire off the German Nazi party, with the Imperial Army based off the Wehrmacht and the Stormtroopers based off the SS. Most fascist regimes have the same division of having two of everything, and particularly two militaries where they have one larger conscript military and a second smaller, better trained, better equipped military that is overtly political and fanatically loyal directly to the head of state. The purpose of this is to prevent the Generals from ever having sufficient power to challenge the ruler, since the head of any one army or faction of it never has enough control to challenge the ruler, conspiracies against the ruler are made much more complicated (especially since one conspirator has to agree to be subordinate to the other one). Effectively, fascist governments work just like the Narkina 5 prison, with the government divided into teams that have to compete with one another for favor.

From my understanding, in the current canon, Stormtroopers are used as the Imperial Main Military, the Imp Army is for things like ground officers, vehicle drivers, and some trooper types, like Mudtroopers

I like how the material of the uniform changes depending on the locale so, on Aldhani which is pretty cold, the uniform is made of wool (possibly even locally sourced) rather than the normal cotton

Considering the Storm Troopers were told by Vader to let the Millennium Falcon escape with Leia in order to find the rebel base. Then they come in mowing on Hoth. Cloud City is a trap, they had no intention on killing Luke. They easily capture Three Of the top officers in the Rebellion on the forest moon of Endor. They're not incompetent. Just whim to whatever their commanding officer is feeling that day. It makes them ineffective but they broke through into Hoth with very little support against the full ground force of the Rebel Alliance. Since the Walkers were rendered useless pretty quick. In the few battles they participate in together the Storm Troopers usually show better success.

The stormtroopers are like the SS while the troops are the wermacht. The SS was much more political, fanatic and had impractical yet scary uniforms, while the wermacht is more focused on securing their objectives, and are mostly conscripted and were (often, not always) just regular citizens

I've always enjoyed the Imperial Army far more than any of the other aspects of the Empire. It's something about the common man being with a bunch of other dudes who are there for various reasons... a lot more like our troops today.

I always thought of the Stormtroopers as the Marines of the Empire, vs the imperial army which is just the army

Just once, I would like to see the Storm Trooper armor - protect the individual from a successful attack. Laser blast, light sabers even rocks thrown at them from Ewoks.

Im on team Imperium Army because they are just the men and women fighting to protect their homes. Also you could compare the storm troopers to the Nazi SS and the Imperium troopers to the German Army during WW2

Actually the reason they miss in Star Wars a new hope was explained in Star Wars a new hope by Princess Leia “ they let us escape”

I feel it makes sense that we've seen mostly storm troopers so far. The stories typically focus on pivotal battles with pivotal characters involved, so the presence of elite troops makes sense. It further makes sense that in Andor, the ost down to earth series so far, the army plays a more visible role

A politicized fighting force is not necesarily a weak fighting force. If we take example of the Waffen SS, who is a highly political fighting force even down to the end, their sheer fanaticism was considered a force multiplier and a welcome addition to the regular Heer with which it served even though in theory, the Waffen SS wasn't necessarily better trained, nor better equipped. But unlike the regular army, many of them truly believed in the cause. Political indoctrination can act like faith - if we think of a more modern adversary in the form of the taliban. It can be a genuinely terrifying force multiplier, maybe not enough to win against a larger enemy by firepower or manpower, but by simply outlasting them. So to think of the Stormtrooper as robots unable to think for themselves - I strongly disagree with that. Having a strong, intelligent, well trained, motivated and experienced NCO corps, coupled with officers who are decisive, creative and not detached from the reality of their men's burden, makes for a formidable fighting force, and it is exclusive to a "democratic" army. I am of the opinion the stormtroopers are depicted as they are simply because the movies have always been very black and white on good and vilainy, and the vilains need to lose unequivocally.

Them helmets made them miss alot. Capt Rex couldnt shoot with it on when he and Kanan Jarrus went to save Ezra. We see that same joke again in the Mandolarian when those two troopers that captured Grogu in season 1.

So the stormtroopers are basically the SS(makes sense since stormtrooper was a shock troop in WW1) And the imp army is just like the wehrmacht

the imperial army troopers are better and cooler than normal stormtroopers but specialized stormtroopers like Death Troopers or Imperial Shock troopers were more likely to be better i feel like

History has shown time and again the most effective armies are ones where the individual soldier is competent and encouraged to take their own initiative.

I just thought of stormtroopers as sort of marines They focus on close-minded combat and battle, while Army was focused on a more open-eyed idea of warfare, setting up bases, taking care of the actual citizens, etc.

Stormtroopers not learning each other's name is honestly ridiculous. Designations are fine but they need to somewhat get along and know each other to make them better soldiers where they'll care more about each other.

I think they each have their own role to play. The Imperial army troopers are as you said, the rank and file military grunts. They operate much like any conventional infantry heavy combined arms force. The Storm Troopers appear to be more of an assault corps, something like the American Marine Corp. While they do get used for a variety of functions, at heart they are a more highly trained force meant to serve in combination with naval assets and making ship to target assaults. And we see them excel at this in the film. The white armor actually makes sense in ship combat as ships are predominantly white interiors in the setting. Their weapons look to be a type of smaller carbine, not great for open combat but very effective for saturation of and use in tight ship corridors. Because they look impressive they became the ideal candidates to be the face of the Imperial might. But a lot of roles they got squeezed into were not really what they were best for.

Stormreoopers to me seemed more like marines than being part of imperial army.

I'd liken Stormtroopers to branches and organizations such as the Waffen SS, Iraqi Republican Guard and Fedayeen, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. A second army aligned with the regime rather than the nation and competing with the regular army for resources. More emphasis on ideological purity and fanaticism, usually at the cost of flexibility. Although the obvious reason we see Stormtroopers almost exclusively in the OT is because nobody had thought of any such distinction, I personally explain it away as the ideologically indoctrinated Stormtroopers being favoured in the fight against the more organized elements of the Rebel Alliance. I also figure that Stormtroopers stationed on ISD is in large part to keep the navy in line.

Actually, if one considers the Stormtrooper Corps to be the Empire's version of the German S.S., the fanaticism and lack of self-preservation begins to make more sense. They're not meant to be a stable army. They're an extension of Palpatine's might, his personal army of fanatics.

Fleshing out the larger imperial military beyond the (relatively) small portion that was the stormtrooper corps is another part of superb World building that's been coming over into mainline Star wars. Personally, I agree with the assessment that the stormtrooper core was probably way over exaggerated in its effectiveness, which while adding to the general intimidation Factor they were meant to have, belies the fact that the army and Navy forces for probably actually pound for pound just as effective in their roles, if not more so. It would actually be interesting to analyze the comparative similarities and differences between the imperial army and Stormtroopers to the Grand Army of the Republic; I feel like not only is the stormtrooper the aesthetic inheritor of the clone legacy, with the armor, impersonal front, etc, but actually exhibit some of the weaker aspects of the clone army as well: fanaticism that could stand in the way of superior tactics, hampered by inept leadership, etc.

I really liked seeing imperial army troopers in Andor mainly because it humanizes the Empire and shows to the rebels that toppling the Empire will be a lot harder. Andor in my opinion is a better and darker/mature version of Star Wars Rebels. But we did see army troopers a little bit in Solo during the battle Mimban.

8:30 Uh, Alan, have you seen the Battle of Hoth? Or looked at the EU lore surrounding it? The Stormtrooper units there used large numbers of soldiers and combined arms tactics. They rode in on AT-ATs which acted as both transports and heavy artillery, they had AT-STs as ground support along with some Stormtrooper infantry units, and when the shield went down, TIE Fighters, Interceptors, and Bombers descended from the skies to attack the fleeing rebel transports. The 501st Legion even positioned a Star Destroyer to bomb some rebel transports about to take off. In Endor, they had AT-STs and speeder bike scouts backing them up. And in most battlefields where they could use them, they used AT-STs, AT-ATs, other models of hovertanks and walkers, speeders, TIEs for air support, and the occasional Star Destroyer bombing hard targets to weaken the enemy. Stormtroopers have been using combined arms tactics whenever they were in the open. Hell, just boot up the Force Unleashed, and look at the Imperial Felucia and Imperial Raxus Prime levels; they had AT-STs and Dark Troopers backing up regular Stormtrooper units. Stormtroopers have been using combined arms tactics all over the films and the EU, Alan. To say otherwise is to show one's complete ignorance of most of SW lore. 8:38 An argument made in ignorance. Stormtroopers are usually getting ready to fight all the time, whereas the Imperial Army troopers usually get lazy guarding some post instead of going off to where the rebels or the enemy are at. If you've got two units, and one is constantly fighting while the other is just sitting on their ass guarding a place that's secure, then in terms of military culture, the former is going to be better than the latter. The former is primed and ready to fight whenever and wherever the Empire needs them, the latter just sits around guarding something safe 90% of the time. When they do see action, they're not the ones charging into the jaws of hell-the Stormtroopers do that. So of course, a better military culture goes to the unit that is always ready to fight at the drop of a hat, not the unit that typically acts like mall cops 90% of the time. "Imperial command assigns Stormtroopers wherever they are needed to crush resistance and neutralize opposition to the will of the Emperor. They are totally loyal and cannot be bribed, seduced or blackmailed into betraying the New Order. They live in a totally disciplined militaristic world where obedience is paramount and the will of the Empire is unquestioned." (Imperial Sourcebook, page 46) 9:00 Palpatine IS the Empire, Alan. The man in charge, the Emperor, is the one thing who keeps it all running. Without the Emperor, what is the Empire? A gaggle of self-important yahoos with guns who go on power trips. With the Emperor, they're an army with a purpose and a leader. Without the Emperor and his loyal assistants (Vader, Tarkin, the Stormtroopers) the Empire would just be a thousand different armies pretending to fight under the same banner, but are just loyal to their local commanders, generals, governors, or admirals, which is a bad thing for the average Imperial citizen and for everyone involved save for the Rebels. You'll just repeat the same mistake the Old Republic did, except now, the local powers have bigger guns and no Jedi to police them. Also, the Emperor does want his men to finish their missions. Unlike 40K, the Star Wars Empire can understand a commander who makes a tactical retreat if things go haywire. Captain Sarkli, a high-ranking Storm Commando, performed missions for the Empire, some successful, some not. Sometimes he wins, other times he retreats or leaves, but the Emperor kept using him and noted his resourcefulness. He was never demoted, and he spent his last days fighting the rebels on Endor. The Sith only execute you for failure, but if it's a failure wrought by things outside your control, they won't kill you. This is why Admiral Ozzel died and Admiral Piett remained alive. 9:17 Stormtroopers aren't sent against the enemy blindly, Alan. We see in the Mandalorian that they are allowed to retreat if things got too hot (like with them fighting against Boba Fett and Din Djarin; the commander realized all was lost and decided to retreat back to the dropship). This isn't the Imperium where you have a commissar behind you, ready to gun you down if you didn't follow suicidal orders to the letter. 9:44 9:58 Also, it is important to keep communications to a minimum in combat situations, because A) the enemy could be spying on you and B) you need to be ready for combat situations that can happen anytime. So you can't just hobnob with the commander all the time and waste his time when the enemy could be near. And during downtime, Stormtroopers socialize and get together like any other military unit. It also makes sense to not let the men get too attached to each other, because they can die anytime and relationships between soldiers could be complicated by that. What if one trooper dies, and his pal goes on a Rambo-style killing spree that gets him killed, too? Soldiers have to not let that get to their heads, because they accept the possibility of death when they put on the uniform. Hence why the Stormtroopers in the OT, when not fighting the heroes, tend to be very effective, since they react to the death of their comrades with barely a glance, and they keep on pushing through and fighting, which is what they're supposed to do. If they lose their focus due to the death of a friend, it can affect them and the unit negatively. There have been stories of American snipers going up against insurgents, only to see the one insurgent lose control and start going on Rambo-style shooting sprees because they lost a friend, which made them easier to pick off. Also, Stormtroopers do sometimes blow off......during their after-hours when they're not in uniform. During Kyle Katarn's stint as a Stormtrooper, his life wasn't half-bad. He and his friends celebrate their victories, and even higher-ranking personnel recognize them for their sacrifice and prowess in battle. They're the upper crust of the Empire's forces, and the Empire treats them that way. They probably not only get higher pay and better weapons (E-10 sucks compared to the E-11) but they can also party around when off duty, and they get praised by their officers if they do well. They can party hard just like the rest, just not when they're on duty, which is better, since if an army starts goofing off or playing cards when they're supposed to be guarding a place, that will spell trouble and would probably make it easy for the enemy to kill them. Like when the Hessians celebrated Christmas during the American Revolution, and the Americans came in and attacked them. 10:51 Stormtroopers in Tantive IV did rather well. And we see in other media that they can use cover, lay traps, and not be idiots in battle. Again, in the OT, when they're not getting ambushed by Ewoks or going up against the main heroes, they do reasonably well against the enemy, hence why Garm Bel Iblis didn't join the Alliance proper during the events of the OT, because nine times out of ten, the Stormtroopers were kicking their teeth in.

Least from looks of it the imperial army trooper armor isnt white and stands out. I would love if they expanded upon the imperial army and even see more sets of armors designs just for them

Also in the old imperial roman army the auxilia were an important part of it, the regular legions were seen as schock troops, but garrison and patrol duties were often relied upon these not so 2nd class soldiers. Perhaps the authors should concentrate more on these kind of troops, avoiding the cliché of every imperial is a stormtrooper. P.s. micromanaging EVERYTHING has destroyed a lot of dictatorships, their subordinates are incapable of rational decisions, look at the difference btw the Israelis and their arab enemies or how Putin's army it's (not)working.