Fred588 wrote:DangerGirl wrote:When I was an air campaign planner, it was an axiom that you take out as much of the enemy's airpower as you can while it's still on the ground.
You could also ask why the ion cannon/blaster turrets on the Y-wings weren't used to clear their tails when they were jumped by TIEs in the trench.
Because nothing was said about that in the script.
There was, but I think Marcia Lucas edited it out, pointing out the final battle was becoming overly complex, and keeping it the simpler the better was much easier to shoot-and tell. Same thing with Luke originally having 2 attack runs, one on computer which missed, then the final one. Plus, they needed to shave the time down some.
As finished, It worked just fine