this ladder business is crazy. how did R2 get back in?
in ANH you see all these technicians and engineers helping pilots and droids get in and it's like this whole big event on it's own. whereas in the prequels all the Jedi have ultra compact ships they can just hop into and not even have to warm it up.
but i think the A-wings were a little smaller than the Jedi fighters seen in ROTS