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*groan* Okay... Let's try this another way. Let me ask you this. Why did these things happen? Why did Poe's action cost the Resistance (why are they even called that?) such a large portion of their fleet? Beforehand the... you know what? Screw it. Beforehand the New Republic (because that's what they should have been!) was the dominate force in the galaxy. They didn't just control a small portion of it but they successfully drove off the Imperials to the point of putting them in full retreat. Yes, the FO destroyed their capitol, but if someone nuked D.C. tomorrow America wouldn't suddenly cease to exist with its entire military force mysteriously vanishing overnight. So, why did these things happen? Why was the New Republic down to so few fighters when they should have had ample amounts since you would need much more to do even basic stuff across the galaxy? Why did Poe call Hux for a lame pun? Why did the imperials not notice the advancing Republic? Why did the Republic use beached whales that have no use outside of being giant targets for pretty explosions? Why did an entire capitol ship go down to a single bombing run that wasn't even on a vulnerable spot? If you can come up with any reason that's NOT 'Because Johnson wanted to do it' then you're lying to yourself. Because there is no reason why these things should have happened beyond Johnson wanting them to happen.

If you don't mind, there's a lot to chew through and I'm already exhausted as fuck, so I'm going to pick the stuff I've got the most immediate answers to and get the rest after bed.

What prior battle? The ships were all fresh for Yavin. The Y-wings being durable was an EU convention; if you want to stick with that, fine, but in the EU the Resistance bombers are even hardier, so that's not really a point in your favour.

Rogue 1 ended with the Rebels in a massive battle and only a small portion escaping. It leads right into Episode IV as well (like, almost literally 5 minutes before IV starts, possibly less). But okay. Let's play EU vs. movies. You claim the Resistance bombers were hardier? Then they didn't carry that over in the slightest since those bombers went down super easy. The movies showed they had no agility either. The only thing in their 'favor' was their payload. Now, you can say that the movies show Y-wings as being no better than X-wings (and what happened to A-wings?) but ANH was the first movie in the franchise. We can be a bit forgiving that Lucas hadn't worked out the relationship between the fighters. However, even were we to wipe that forgiveness away, the fact is that the Y-wing was shown to be much more capable and mobile, having actual weapons, and could be used in multiple roles. In movie vs. movie they're more capable due to being able to do things like 'dodge' while their rival is just a easy kill. In the EU the Y-wing is a very capable bomber with multiple roles that it can fill even if it's primary is bomber while the dumb-wings role is... 'glowing target that you'll need to shoot and has no dodging capabilities'. What do these dumb-wings do, that isn't Johnson wanking his johnson for slow bombing runs, that a Y-wing couldn't?
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