This is not a suggestion, because obviously, but wouldn’t it make sense if these shots…
…showed lists of rebel/Imperial fighters and the lightbright guys highlighted them in red when they got destroyed.I think it would add even more of a ticking clock, especially near the end when just about the only fighters left were those of our heroes.
At the very least they’re begging something of the sort that ady did to the similar panels in ESBR.