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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Star Wars] What would happen if I were to shoot a Stormtrooper at close range with a standard earth handgun? How about a shotun?
gpt
Stormtroopers' reinforced plastoid armor is completely resistant to anything short of "abnormally large" or specialized armor piercing rounds. Your best bet is moving up to some sort of specialized rifle capable of firing one of those.

An extremely lucky shot might hit the bodysleeve beneath the plastoid plates and penetrate, but you'd have to be a Jedi or something to hit those with any accuracy.