Thanks, I never knew that Lucas was so strongly influenced by Vietnam war. He used World War 2 aircraft dogfight clips as "animatics" for the spacefighter combat after all (surprising coincidence - fighters in X-Wing games fly at comparable speed to WW2 planes).

Interesting how the "point of sitting" defines the "point of view". The Vietnam war never came to my mind when watching Star Wars (OK, maybe only during the ROTJ jungle fight with Ewoks). It's quite natural for a person with European background to see Rebel Alliance as the resistance movement fighting against the Nazi Germany, using "hit and run" tactics, captured weapons, infiltration, espionage etc. Many of those Bothans died to bring us the V-1 plans, right?