metalmunki said:

Ronster said:

@monroville the radio chatter which does occur is another cock up...

I pointed it out earlier....

Luke to wedge " i lost my rear gunner you'll have to take the shot"

Radio chatter luke to wedge in wedge cockpit " i'll cover you"

Luke "set your harpoon and follow me on the next pass"

How will luke cover wedge if wedge is following and he has lost rear gunner?

If luke said i'll follow you it would make sense...

Also bear in mind this is the cockpit shot where it looks as if the snowspeeder will hit a rebel running away from smoke...

Basically i called for a cut or alternate exterior shot on this but to remove i'll cover you line as then the dialogue also makes sense... Luke says i'll cover you again moments later so another good reason for the chop i felt

The rear 'gunner' is the one that fires the tow cable harpoon gun. Luke is saying he's going to cover Wedge (with his speeder's forward facing lasers that he can fire), while Wedge concentrates on tripping the ATAT. It makes perfect sense.

I think I have read into this inaccurately now and ignored a keyword in the sentence being "Next"

Luke " i'll cover you"

"set your harpoon and follow me on the next pass"

meaning that he is covering him at that moment on the next pass they will switch positions and Luke will fly point.

So I retract this and my bad although i was originally drawn to the shot because of the visuals not the dialogue.. The scale on the shot seems wrong and that wedge cockpit looks as though he will crash into a rebel running from the trenches..

But the dialogue does make sense and I admit I made a mistake

apologies 005 and metalmunkie you are right!