Return Of The Jedi Storm Trooper armour

We all love Ewoks (we do), but even as a child I was a bit incredulous that the cute little bears could defeat an entire legion of the Emperor s best troops. It wasn t their ingenuity or fighting skills I doubted though, it was the fact that sticks and stones could apparently pierce armour. It must have been made of paper they way some of them go down. Obviously, the Empire is an expensive thing to run, especially when you ve got a penchant for building moon sized super weapons with a limited shelf life, but you d hope that your best soldiers could get some decent blast armour..