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Originally Posted by Jester

Yes, as I've just spent the last page-and-a-half criticising.

You're criticising official media for going against an in-universe idea that... wasn't really ever established by anything except a minority of OT content? Like, you seem to be getting mad at official old EU and new canon content for saying that there isn't a separate normal Army force in the Empire, when nothing in the movies even said there was? The movies never really showed there to be any non-Stormtrooper troops aside from those specifically assigned to the Death Star (and, of course, officers).

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Originally Posted by Jester

Which is a remarkably silly idea. Like every Star Destroyer squadron just swans around the galaxy with a full assortment of specialists for every occasion, from Lava Troopers to Aqua Troopers and everything in-between...

Specialist forces can probably be moved from fleet to fleet as needed, at least in the Star Wars universe. General Veers' Blizzard Force likely wasn't constantly with Vader's Death Squadron.

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Originally Posted by Jester

ESB's "Snowtroopers" are commanded by an Army General. They're transported by Army AT-ATs, escorted by Army AT-STs and wear Army body armour. They're Army.

The Stormtrooper Corps, at least in the new canon, falls under the Imperial Army. Snowtroopers are both Stormtroopers and Army. They aren't mutually exclusive.

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

Let's all take a moment now and laugh at that part where it says they wield blasters "with great skill" because we all know how bad some of these guys are at aiming.

Come on, you know the only reason they miss so often is plot armor. Every time they're shown fighting against non-plot-essential characters, they're pretty effective (boarding scene in ANH comes to mind).