Per Star Wars Lore, the Death Star was in fact crewed by the hand picked best the Empire had to offer. Not units, mind you, but individual troopers. That meant there was NO unit cohesion (remember the thing was barely operational). It was made worse because the troops were assigned ALPHABETICALLY to diferent sectors of the station. So yes, every one of those idiots could have been named Bob in one section. And the troops were also startled that ANYBODY would ever need them in the first place. After all, attacking that battle station wouldn’t be an act of courage, it would be more like suicide :) Amazing how quickly elite troops can lose their edge. I personally thought this was much more apropriate to places like Comcast or Dell technical support…
Per Star Wars Lore, the Death Star was in fact crewed by the hand picked best the Empire had to offer. Not units, mind you, but individual troopers. That meant there was NO unit cohesion (remember the thing was barely operational). It was made worse because the troops were assigned ALPHABETICALLY to diferent sectors of the station. So yes, every one of those idiots could have been named Bob in one section. And the troops were also startled that ANYBODY would ever need them in the first place. After all, attacking that battle station wouldn’t be an act of courage, it would be more like suicide :) Amazing how quickly elite troops can lose their edge. I personally thought this was much more apropriate to places like Comcast or Dell technical support…