vaderios said:

The matter is the movies.. What you can see and learn from them.

There is no indication that the Ties have no shields because both rebel and empire ships are getting blown with 1-2 hits. Only luke got it right :P

Now dont assume what you read from EU or SW books..into the movies..

-Angel

*Cough* Wedge *Cough* ;)

No assumptions that the EU fodder will be in any of this... I think the conversations deviated from B-wings cockpits that are in ROTJ but were converted to Y-wings for convenience. =D

Would love to see the gyroscopic effect that B-wings are known for *cough* that are in the EU *cough*. XD