timdiggerm said:

Then what do you call it? Driving? One of Ani's big moves is utilizing the 3rd dimension (you know, the thing w/ the ramp, dropping from above), which is surely more piloting than driving.

Yeah that's exactly what I'd call it. And I'm not counting that move because it looked completely retarded - and if you want to argue about it, a car can go over a ramp and be airborne given enough speed. It doesn't mean it's flying :-p

These are clearly ground level craft, like Swoops or speeders. If they weren't, then why are they all remaining at ground level (aside from that one move you mention which required a ramp).

All I care about is that it's never matched up to what I imagined when I was a kid. A "great pilot" does not say "in some chariot race at ground level" to me.

timdiggerm said:

Well that's not true... http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080122204332/starwars/images/0/09/LarsGarage.jpg

EDIT: In case it's not clear, I'm not talking about the model Luke's holding.

Yeah I know the full scale ship was partially built, but we can't really SEE it can we? It's just a part of the nose we see, and it doesn't really look like the nose of the thing he's holding. Not really relevant IMO as a viewer without some sort of Visual Dictionary or book wouldn't know what that thing in the background was meant to be :)