I guess my thought is, that if the stormtroopers are supposed to be considered threats, and that Ben couldn't possibly fight his way through all of them and Vader, then I suppose I have no complaint about why he chose to give up at that moment. I guess my view has been tainted too much by the prequels (and even the sequels to an extent) where the stormtrooper equivalents are analagous to bowling pins that can be knocked over in the slightest breeze. Sigh. Did George ever watch his movies when making the prequels, or was he too busy thinking, "Ooh, Jedi are kewl. They make stuff dead and tey r invincibal!"?