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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JacktheRabbit" data-source="post: 7320926" data-attributes="member: 525">The battle in ROTJ does not make a whole lot of sense for the reason you mention. The only thoughts that come to mind are that the location of the DS was not known well enough for fighters to jump in close. They would have been out a ways and that would make them targets for Cap Ships anti-fighter weaponry. Second the Emperor is reported to be in the DS so it makes sense to throw everything in because killing the Emperor is basically worth any material cost. Finally, sending in only fighters means you are sending anyone whose ship is damaged in the fight on a suicide run. There would be no cap ships to retreat to.Does the Rebellion really know what level of completion the DS2 is? They "know" its non-functional, but the fact that it has holes in it large enough for fighters might have been a huge break. They may have expected to have to blast away at it endlessly with their cap ships until such time that fighters could make it to the core.One could argue that all the Rebellion really needed to do was send Luke. He surrendered was brought before the Empire and the end result was a dead Vader and Emperor. Did we need the surface fight and fleet battle to encourage Luke to defeat Vader? Once both of them are dead Luke either leaves or he sabotages the DS2 from the inside. To me the oddest part of all is the Rebellion planned the entire assault on the DS2 with no specific plan on how to use the only living Jedi in existence.</blockquote>

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