Ronster said:
As rubbish as it is... Anakin forgot to put the landing gear down... Of course they have legs... Or don't they?
No they don't have a landing gear as seen in AOTC. They just hover by f**king magic.
As to the landing back in Theed, the Astrodroid could concievably hover his pilot's fighter slowly backwards into the alcoves. So it would then dock with the two front support clamps and the rear aperture (Both shown below). Then a member of the ground crew would have to fetch a ladder so the pilot could get out.
Also it's never explained how come all the fighters except the one that Anakin jumps in, have already got Astrodroids sitting in them. Or how this (Shown below) pilot managed to get into his Fighter...
