Ziz said:

muddyknees2000 said:

I tire of the constant EU fueled suppositions as much as the next guy....but to be fair Vader DOES actually specifically walk up to the 2 pilots in question and order them to follow him.....he doesn't just grab 2 guys walking by.

Yes, they were walking by probably on their way to their fighters to join the battle overall. Vader happened to cross their paths and commandeered them as his wingmen.

Watch the film again......if he had caught them walking by the dialogue would have happened in the middle of the hallway. Vader purposefully turns and heads over to the wall where these 2 piolts were standing, waiting.