re: Anyone else think Sabine (SW Rebels) is Rey's mom?

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Why the hell did the battle over Scariff have hundreds of Rebel ships yet the battle to blow up the actual Death Star had like ten?

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The battle of Yavin only had fighters because those were small enough to not be detected by the Death Star itself until they were too close to engage using the main defenses. There were four squadrons' worth of fighters and only two survived (Wedge and Luke)

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Also, why the hell weren't Mon Mothma or Dodonna on Hoth?

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Leia knew that the Falcon was being tracked and told them. The likelihood of success on the Death Star attack was extremely small so if it failed they can't have all of the Alliance leadership obliterated in one blast.

As far as Hoth goes, they knew Vader's singleminded search for Luke Skywalker (per their intelligence) would keep him away from where the leadership was. If Echo Base fell (which it did), it would have minimal impact on the overall Rebellion.