CrippledVulture wrote:
The arrow does not seem to penetrate deeply enough into that rather thick part of the backpack to even strike flesh.
It would have to penetrate deep enough, because the kinetic impact would certainly not be enough to bend the guy over like that.
In fact, it would need to have enough force to knock him down, with enough force to stun him, explaining why he didn't get up immediately afterwards if the arrow did not penetrate.
And I remember reading once that one Pro-Wars debater claimed that even
if the arrow had penetrated the armor, a Stormtrooper armor was
much thicker than a Scout trooper one.
The problem is, if I remember correctly, in one of the technical books (perhaps the equipment ICS for ROTJ), they showed both armors, and the only difference wasn't the thickness of the armor, but the area of coverage on one's body.
Even looking at the ROTJ movie, when both types of troopers are standing near one another, their armor looks kind of the same, except, once more, for the coverage.