In reference to below... At least flak vests have a chance to block a railgun/ion hybrid pulse I guess there are a few times clones take hits and survive... Seen the Injured Stormtrooper Youtube video?
Technically storm trooper armor is a ceramic lightweight composite, it's. "supposed" to be rated for vacume and offer protection against both conventional weapons and blasters (blaster is a condenced ball of plasma with the energy equivalent of a grenade round when struck by one) George preffered to make the hero's look really good and the villans really bad so he downplayed the empire whenever he got the chance.
Yup, For example a stortrooper wearing armor takes a grazing shot? Dead. Leia takes a shot to the shoulder? She's fine! (and this is even when comparing a blaster pistol to a blaster carbine!) It's a pity that the empire is always seen as a joke even when they supposedly improved on clone wars tech. (stupid ass ewoks)
At least flak vests have a chance to block a railgun/ion hybrid pulse
Seen the Injured Stormtrooper Youtube video?
:3 but at least they can hit something xD
Only the grenadiers wear armour and that's just a conciliatory prize for surviving their first war.