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Originally Posted by Jason Thompson
The most awful military space battle tactic ever was running away from the Death Star when they realised it was operational. It has one big weapon, and it's fixed, so it must have a very narrow firing window. Why not scatter the fleet around the Death Star and keep out of the way of its weapon? Surely the rebel ships can move faster than the Death Star can rotate? At the same time, they could then use the bulk of the Death Star to shield them from the Star Destroyers for a time.
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Yeah, hiding behind the other side of Deathstar would have at least bought the Rebels more time. The tactic of taking on the fleet of stardestroyers at point blanc range was not very good, considering that they would be severely outgunned and outnumbered. Even Admiral Akbar commented that they would not last long against the stardestroyers. Also, there was no guarentee that the shield would ever be deactivated. The shield should have remained operational, the Rebel fleet destroyed, and Luke Skywalker should have joined his father - to rule the galaxy, father and son!!
