If that was the preferred uniform of the rebels, then Leia rebutting Vaders claim at the beginning of ANH was pretty silly, seeing as that there were dead rebel troops laying about and others being taken into custody.
It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing a rebel uniform or not. The fact that they defended themselves against the stormtroopers at all makes them rebels. If Leia wasn’t lying, they would have let the Imperials board peacefully. Her lie was obvious to everyone there. It was done, like the rebel soldiers defending, to buy time for the plans to escape.
Yeh, Kind of. Bu Leia was a member of the Imperial Senate and supposedly on a diplomatic mission. So, if that story was to have any credence, that means that she has been affiliated with the greay and black guys before, otherwise Vader wouldve brought that up in their discussion. The fact they defended against the troopers is a bit flawed as evidenced by R1. the Empire often times did shady stuff behind the scenes to get what they wanted and then covered it up, ie: “inform the senate all aboard were killed.” I think anyone boarded in a violent way by troopers, good or bad, wouldve defended themselves regardless if they were rebel sympathizers. Just a thought though. I have a lot of free time to let my mind wander at work and this thought just popped into my head.