Nice Ep1 recut! Well done, Bob!
Angel: What is the problem to the recoil? In the New Hope, turblasers are recoiled, when fired, so I don't see the point of this. But it looks cool with the more deatailed gun. I always imagined, that the small guns are, same as the Anti Air weapons for aircrafts.
I mean this: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Turbolaser - this is anti ship lasers, with low accuracy on fighters, why enables the trench run to the rebels.