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[Star Wars] Why do Storm Troopers bother with their armor?

Things Storm Trooper armor fails to protect against:

1. Blasters
1. Lightsabers
1. Wrist darts
1. Guys with big sticks
1. [Mandalorian Chapter 14] >!*Indiana Jones* style boulders!<
1. Teddy bears with spears

But at least the armor impairs vision and offers like anti-camouflage.

The Empire considers people expendable, so it's not like they'd foot the bill for Beskar or Cortosis, but why bother with the useless armor at all? It it entirely for intimidation?
gpt
It's entirely plausible that stormtrooper armour keeps the wearer alive when hit with a blaster. We see people die from blaster fire all the time, so blaster shots are obviously lethal. The armour of a stormtrooper may act to dissipate the energy of a blaster, which still knocks out or otherwise incapacitates the wearer but prevents them from dying.