By the way, that is the only appearance of Hobbie in the final film. You hear Luke call to him several times over the com, but we never see him respond. "Hobbie, you still with me?" External shot. It's the same pilot you see crash into Veers' walker in the deleted scene. Perhaps his other lines were horrible, and that's why we never see him in the cockpit. EDIT: He was another one of those dubbed Brits, so we can't blame the actor ;)
Just thought I'd mention it as an FYI, since no one mentioned it and now I wonder if few knew it.