Can we please talk about how now Leia’s feigned lack of knowledge about the Death Star plans being on board the Tantive makes no sense since Vader clearly saw a trooper get the floppy disk on board before the ship blasts off leaving him shaking a fist in a “I’ll get you next time!” pose.
And so much for “beaming” the plans onboard via transmissions.
It looked more like an removable hard drive actually. And the plans were beamed to the ship the Tantive was nestled inside of, so there’s a tiny bit of wiggle room. It’s arguable that Vader even actually saw the macguffin hand off.
As we saw in ROTJ, there is more than one blockade runner around. Vader doesn’t know which one fled the scene. It’s not a unique vessel in the SW universe. Even where Episode III is concerned, Lucas is vague about whether Bail Organa’s ship is the same one we saw in Star Wars.