SilverWook said:

buddy-x-wing said:

SilverWook said:

I could never figure out why Lucas didn't restore Red Leader's dialog in the SE about having met Luke's father when he was younger, and that he was a "great pilot". It doesn't seem to contradict anything in the prequels.

although unless Red Leader was a Clone pilot or a Jedi or one of those pilots from Naboo, how would he know that Anakin was a good pilot? although I'm only using the prequels as a point of reference, perhaps they'll retcon red leader into a Clone Wars episode now that I've said that.

He could have simply been a witness to some daring do Anakin performed during the Clone Wars. Ordinary people have crossed paths with heroes in real life throughout history.

It always felt to me like they'd flown together, though.