Amusing examples of Imperial incompetence

[DigiFluid]

Having rewatched the film a little while ago, I couldn't help but notice some of the funnier examples of staggering incompetence by supposedly professional Imperial forces. So I thought we could have a place to provide examples and laugh over them (or at least extreme /facepalms)

1) The big one, the obvious one: Stormtroopers just couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if their lives depended on it (which they usually do).

2) An exhaust port on the outer shell of the Death Star leading directly to the main reactor? Really? No-one thought it might be a good idea to even, say, put a grate over it or something?

3) Grand Moff Tarkin waits for Yavin IV to come into range of the Death Star's weapon....why? Wouldn't it have been a hell of a lot simpler to just destroy Yavin itself and let the destruction of the parent planet completely wipe Yavin IV out?

4) I know it was a TIE Advanced prototype, but is the Imperial Navy so badly off that Darth Vader needs to be still assembling the fighter's joystick as they went into combat?!


Your turn

[rlr149]

2) An exhaust port on the outer shell of the Death Star leading directly to the main reactor? Really? No-one thought it might be a good idea to even, say, put a grate over it or something?

then how would the wamp rats get in!!!!

the distinct lack of guard rails on every precipice ................. health and safety would have shut down the death star for sure.

the terribly bad targetting computers in x wings, we had better 10 years ago

your leaving an interdicted planet, do you (A) plan an escape vector avoiding enemy ships by the greatest distance possible, or (B) fly directly at the enemy ship with a 2 fighter escort and hope the ion cannon is as good as they say it is.

jar jar binks.................. the fact his entire race wasn't wiped from existance upon discovery shows incompetance of the highest order.

[DigiFluid]

your leaving an interdicted planet, do you (A) plan an escape vector avoiding enemy ships by the greatest distance possible, or (B) fly directly at the enemy ship with a 2 fighter escort and hope the ion cannon is as good as they say it is.

lmao....too true, too true.

[Replicator Todd]

The Empire decided to no longer use the Jango Fett Clones.....and used dumber ones.

[asdf1239]

i don't like how the star destroyer bridges are so blatantly exposed. one missile or even a laser shot and the command crew is gone

[Alan Wake]

Having rewatched the film a little while ago, I couldn't help but notice some of the funnier examples of staggering incompetence by supposedly professional Imperial forces. So I thought we could have a place to provide examples and laugh over them (or at least extreme /facepalms)

1) The big one, the obvious one: Stormtroopers just couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if their lives depended on it (which they usually do).

2) An exhaust port on the outer shell of the Death Star leading directly to the main reactor? Really? No-one thought it might be a good idea to even, say, put a grate over it or something?

3) Grand Moff Tarkin waits for Yavin IV to come into range of the Death Star's weapon....why? Wouldn't it have been a hell of a lot simpler to just destroy Yavin itself and let the destruction of the parent planet completely wipe Yavin IV out?

4) I know it was a TIE Advanced prototype, but is the Imperial Navy so badly off that Darth Vader needs to be still assembling the fighter's joystick as they went into combat?!


Your turn

I never thought of this while watching the movie ! How simple that would have been. Golly !

This thread is going to competely ruin the films for me

I think Family Guy does a pretty good mock up on the exhaust port on the Death Star though.

Family Guy Parody

[rlr149]

when searching for droids, tapping on a door is enough to determine if the droids are behind it.

shouting "blast them!" is unlikely to engender a co-operative attitude with smugglers that may or may not have the droids you're looking for.

[Alan Wake]

when searching for droids, tapping on a door is enough to determine if the droids are behind it.

shouting "blast them!" is unlikely to engender a co-operative attitude with smugglers that may or may not have the droids you're looking for.

Don't forget... it was a blast door.

Okay, how about... why did the emperor have a shaft leading to the core of the death star in his chamber area?

[DigiFluid]

I believe rlr was referring to the stormtrooper "sweep" of Mos Eisley

[SaberBlade]

Don't forget... it was a blast door.

Okay, how about... why did the emperor have a shaft leading to the core of the death star in his chamber area?

That Death Star wasn't complete though. It was fully functional, but the big gap in it's side showed that some work still had to be done.

[Alan Wake]

That Death Star wasn't complete though. It was fully functional, but the big gap in it's side showed that some work still had to be done.

Point taken !

[rlr149]

Okay, how about... why did the emperor have a shaft leading to the core of the death star in his chamber area?

dunno, but its the only one with railings!

[Alan Wake]

Why did the emperor call for the destruction and shut down of the Trade Federation and the battle droids/robots?

Wouldn't it have been a smart move... to have both sides? an even more massive empire.

[Cold Fuzz]

The Empire decided to no longer use the Jango Fett Clones.....and used dumber ones.

I get the feeling that producing clones became problematic for them because of the accelerated aging, and opened their ranks to non-genetically enhanced beings.

[rlr149]

at the imperial R&D labs
supervisor: so jonson, what have you come up with?
jonson:its a shield generator sir!
supervisor:erm, you do realize we have those already!
jonson:yes sir! but not like this one!
supervisor:how so?
jonson:this one isn't protected by itself, it sits on a planet protecting a thing in orbit.
supervisor:BRILLIANT! not even a teddy bear would think we were this stupid! hows that exhaust port protection coming along?
jonson:just a few kinks to iron out, nearly got it!