xhonzi said:

This is supposed to sarcastic, by the way. But still- I can't get the image of Luke using R2-D2 as a make shift speeder out of my head. Why have an X-Wing when your astromech droid can FLY?

That's a pretty funny image! I suppose its because they can breathe in their x-wings. Which also brings up the point: why do they wear helmets without facemasks? I mean, if their cockpit cracks, they're dead! I guess they have a lot of trust in the glass on their ships. Maybe the glass is tougher than the rest of the ship, which begs the question of why they wouldn't build the whole ship out of this unbreakable glass...

I tease, of course.