In the Star Wars universe, what kind of pilots are there?
Luke wanted to get off the farm and join the Imperial academy as a pilot, so being a pilot in the military is one.
What others?Of course there can be civilian pilots for shuttles, transports, freight ships up to a cruiser size vehicles. I doubt Luke was wanting to join the Empire or the Rebellion when he wanted to join the academy, just to get a pilot’s license or something and then gone off with that.
Ah, okay, thanks.
Shuttles, transports and freight ships gives me a better idea of the scope of piloting int SW universe.
I’m thinking that in Luke’s case though, it would be comparable to someone wanting to join the Navy or Air Force in order to fly jets. In “An Officer and a Gentleman,” Richard Gere wants to leave the squalor and do something with life. “I wanna fly jets!” So Luke would want something that requires some action, as opposed to becoming the SW equivalent of a airline pilot. And Empire or Rebellion, he’s off to see different places than just being stuck on the farm.