Does Obi-Wan's High Ground Logic From Star Wars Actually Make Sense? | MythBusters

MythBusters — S13 E13 "Star Wars: The Myths Strike Back" — Aired September 5, 2015 Adam and Jamie came back to the Star Wars universe to test two scenes that the fandom had been arguing about for decades, starting with the recurring frustration that Stormtroopers — despite their reputation as the Empire's elite fighting force — seem incapable of hitting anyone, building a custom blaster replica that fired accurately at human-reaction-time speeds and testing whether a real person's reflexes and movement speed could plausibly allow them to dodge an energy bolt at the ranges shown in the films, and then turning to the most quoted and most mocked line in the prequel trilogy — Obi-Wan Kenobi telling Anakin that he has the high ground — bringing in professional sword master Colby Boothman to test whether elevation in a blade fight genuinely confers the kind of decisive tactical advantage that Obi-Wan's confidence suggested. Subscribe so you never miss an experiment:    / @mythbusterstvshow   Using science as their weapon and curiosity as their fuel, Hollywood special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons and 296 episodes testing the world's most popular myths, urban legends, and movie moments. From the Diet Coke & Mentos explosion to surviving an underwater car escape — if it can be tested, they'll test it. #MythBusters #AdamSavage #ScienceExperiments