1) “how many people have watched the movies but have no read the books, the feats of the stormtroopers aren’t seen in the same light as their unbelievably failure at Endor”

Their marksmanship is generally very good and is sometimes superb. If you monitor their combat effectiveness in ANH, TESB, and ROTJ, you will note that they regularly score hits at ranges of more than 20 metres while shooting from the hip, which is as much as anyone can reasonably expect. One stormtrooper missed Han Solo’s head by less than an inch in the ANH detention centre battle, and stormtroopers hit Leia and R2D2 with snap-shots from all the way across the clearing in ROTJ. They also inflicted heavy casualties on the Ewoks in ROTJ despite the Ewoks’ advantages of surprise, terrain familiarity, large numbers of traps, small size, and camouflage colouration.

In fact, they were clearly and decisively winning the battle despite being caught unawares without any heavy weapons or preparation (there is a strong possibility that their helmet threat identification systems didn’t even pick up on the Ewoks at all). The film shied away from showing most of the Ewok casualties for obvious reasons (much as early WW2 propaganda footage glossed over the magnitude of D-Day casualties), but the novelization made it quite clear that after the complacent troops were ambushed, they quickly regained their composure and began to inflict heavy casualties, despite the forested terrain (which is naturally hostile to high-tech warfare) and their poorly chosen white suits (camouflage suits are also available, but they didn’t use them).

The herding actions of the Death Star and Bespin “escapes” were a greater challenge in some ways; they were asked to shoot close enough to the Rebels to rattle them without actually killing them, and they knew the Rebels would be shooting to kill. The fact that they were able to do this job without panic, and without reservation is a good indication of the level of discipline in their ranks. Their actions support the SWE’s claim about their dedication and training; they always moved with absolute poise even when asked to let armed intruders escape even if it costs them their own lives (eg. the Death Star escape, or the Bespin escape), or when asked to walk into the almost certain death of a defended chokepoint (eg. breaching the Tantive IV’s hull or entering the Death Star detention centre in ANH).

2) “You have seen their failure to prevent Han Solo and Co. from freeing Leia,”

You mean the scene in which the Stormtroopers were specifically ordered to let Leia go, so they could use the tracking device planted on the Millennium Falcon to locate the rebel base on Yavin IV? Wouldn’t it be somewhat redundant to capture them alive when the whole purpose of the operation was to feign their escape?

Vader knew that Han was on board the Death Star, he knew that Obi-Wan would deactivate the tractor beam and that they would attempt a rescue of Leia. It doesn’t take a genius to determine that the Princess would head to the nearest Rebel outpost, and that a tracking beacon could be used to locate them.

2) “Futuristic soldiers get ROFLSTOMPED by some teddy bears. At least the example you guys gave were humans losing to humans, not to chimpanzees with bananas.”

Read the article again. The Imperials were heavily outnumbered and under-equipped by not just a relatively primitive enclave, but by Rebel Special forces troops who were working in conjunction (They even had Tanks and mobile artillery on the planet) with the Ewoks, who suffered heavy casualties just to buy time for the Rebel forces, who were at that point still losing even after successfully ambushing the overwhelmed Imperial Police force.

Also, point out to me the number of Chimps who have constructed complex non-handheld mechanical projectile devices, or understand the construction of composite material frames that manipulate a developed understanding of aeronautics and thermal and mechanical conductivity.

Ewoks are pretty much on par with 500 BC western civilization, except individually and Ewok is far stronger than any human.

“About time someone stands up for the Stormtroopers on Endor. They got were defeated because they got cocky.”

It’s a simple logic that most people simply overlook for the sake of amusement. Overwhelmed, under equipped and unprepared for anything more than a simple police arrest. Never mind taking on a few thousand natives armed with a fairly complex array of weapons (They seem a bit too advanced to be classed as Teddy Bears) AND two of the best Special Forces groups in the Alliance who came prepared with artillery and tanks.

The Rebellion had depots and caches hidden all over the galaxy for years, which their Special Forces units managed to uncover on Endor (It was a small cave that not even the Ewoks knew of) just as the battle started to heat up.

Other factors in the battle of Endor that some individuals insist on ignoring:

1) Ewoks had vastly superior numbers.
2) Ewoks, individually, had superior strength.
3) Ewoks had superior knowledge of the terrain (homefield advantage so to speak).
4) Ewoks smaller size and camo coloring made them harder targets to hit.
5) Stormtroopers were handicapped by orders from Vader to “bring [Luke's] companions to me”. When Lord Vader gives an order, you follow it to the letter.
6) Ewoks used guerrilla tactics to isolate small groups of stormtroopers where the STs could be more easily overwhelmed.
7) The “entire legion of my best troops” thought the attack on the “back door” was a diversion and were waiting at the main entrance.
8a) Those clearly were not the Empire’s “best troops” as they didn’t even use camo armor or the AT-AT stationed at the shield array.
8b) The troopers were prepared for a small rebel incursion which they successfully defeated initially, not hordes of bears attacking.

“Well supposedly the Imperial Storm Troopers have the futuristic optic goggles to spot even the slightest move of a muscle right?”

They have threat indicators designed to monitor actively known enemies or artifacts, if it’s not registered then the indicator won’t alert them.

“They could even set-up sentry guns(Tower Defense mode) if they wanted too…..”

Which would make sense if they were holding a fortified position in preparation for a massed attack, which they weren’t. They were clearly sent there to arrest a handful of Rebels; not ambush an armored column, garrison a heavily fortified position or suppress a local population, they were there to arrest a few prisoners and prepare them for transit to the Death Star.

Question. How many times have you seen the Military bring in tanks, gunships and artillery when committing a full scale arrest in Iraq or Afghanistan? They don’t, they usually just send in a few dozen lightly armed Marines under the cover of darkness, sometimes they usually only send in plain clothed operatives using civilian vehicles. Anything more is either usually a waste or a threat to mission security, as the battle of Mogadishu proved.

“There’s one scene in the battle of Endor were Han Solo accompanied by a bunch of bear-dolls(Ewoks) rounded up a platoon of Storm Troopers outside the bunker but then the Storm Trooper didn’t sprayed them to their deaths knowing that only one of the enemy has a blaster(Han Solo), Idiocy to the end!”

This was after their AT-ST had been hijacked and after the Rebels had made their presence known en masse, at that point it had become clear to the Troopers that not only were there special operatives in the forests surrounding them, but their vehicular support had been commandeered.

The stupid thing to do would be to die in vain at the bunker, especially when the Empire can send reinforcements and rescue you later.