Timeline for Why is Leia okay with being tracked to Yavin?
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| Aug 24, 2020 at 0:10 | history | edited | Colin Q Bang | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 28, 2017 at 0:20 | comment | added | Adam D. Ruppe | So I imagine Leia knew they were being followed and wanted to force the battle right there and then.... and also wanted to buy a few extra minutes. Why did the Death Star come out of hyperspace on the opposite side of the planet and have to spend 30 minutes orbiting it "at maximum velocity" instead of just attacking from an optimal angle out of hyperspace in the first place like they seem to have done to Alderaan? I suggest Leia knew they were being followed and had Han take the most roundabout route to put the Death Star on that inconvenient vector to give the fighters a chance to attack. | |
| Jan 15, 2017 at 17:39 | comment | added | Marvin Falz | Also, Leia probably had no other place to go, if there was only one rebel base and no one else she knew in the galaxy who was able to understand the plans of the Death Star. | |
| May 2, 2016 at 5:22 | comment | added | Milo P | Your theory about the Rebel high command fleeing Yavin seems even more plausible given the trailer for Rogue One, which shows Mon Mothma on Yavin, where we don't see her in the original movie. | |
| Jul 27, 2015 at 6:16 | comment | added | Palp Fiction | Nice answer. Leia's assumption that Tarkin would "take the bait" & bring the Death Star to Yavin rather than some other ships is reasonable. She did after all observe how single minded he seemed to use his station to deliver the killer blow to the Rebels, if they were on a planet within a reasonable distance. Coaxing the DS to Yavin on its own was probably the only small chance the Rebels had. Of course if Tarkin had've ordered 10 Star Destroyers to rendezvous with him at Yavin the Rebels would've been toast. I think she put all her money on Tarkin's ambition & arrogance & it paid off. | |
| Oct 12, 2014 at 16:22 | vote | accept | Milo P | ||
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| Oct 9, 2014 at 0:31 | history | edited | Colin Q Bang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Made more clear the argument that the rope-a-dope strategy was justified, especially given the hypothesis (not contradicted at least in movie canon) that most of the rebels temporarily evacuated Yavin 4 before the battle.
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| Oct 8, 2014 at 9:03 | history | answered | Colin Q Bang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |