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From: Baidins@UDel-Huey.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Empire Troops Uniforms
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 10:46:39 EDT
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From: Baidins@UDel-Huey.ARPA

The armor protected the Imperials from rocks thrown by Ewoks, for
a while, long enough for them to do something if they had hand
grenades.  If, however, the armor does not actually protect the
Imperials from anything else, that is one more example of Imperial
incompetence, saddling troops with unnecessary extra weight.  
A more likely explanation for the armor not protecting is Lucas
not thinking about the full implications of properly armored troops.
He probably put Imperials in armor to suggest that the Empire is a
depersonalized, mechanical force, whose troopers all look the same
while the rebel troops all look different since you can see their
faces.