Radi0n said:

As such, I agree with Rogue Leader.
I say we drop the whole thing, and put faith in what Ady does.
We've done it once before, and look at the sheer quality of what he gave us.

Trust in Ady, and let him (and this useless debate) be.
May the Force be with him. (Corny, I know)

Jaitea said:

The Devastator needed to disable the Tantive 4 with a blast in order to pull it in, and that was in persuit, with that in mind would a tractor beam be that effective in capturing vessels accelerating towards them when they were almost static?

Also remember the scenes that follow with the pursuit of the Falcon...

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If anything, in my opinion, it would be easier as they're moving towards them, and could therefore use their momentum to pull them in easier. No?

Tractor beams are most effective when a ship is slowed down in the first place. As the transports and it's escort are hauling ass to get out of the Hoth System a tractor beam trying stop it would be highly ineffective. If capture was the plan like Tantive IV their best hope is to disable their shields as much as possible and target the engines OR hope that the ship being shot at transfers power from weapons and engines to reinforce it's shields slowing it down enough for a tractor capture. Then it's ground and pound with ion canons... At least those would be the tactics I'd pursue. Either way, it involves shooting at the transport. Yay turbolasers. ^^