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When you’ve gotten past the energy shield, proceed directly to the rendezvous point. Understood? Good luck. 

I love this scene so much. Because it’s one of the few times that we really see Leia interacting with the common soldiers/pilots, and thus it’s one of the few times we see how the common soldier reacts to her leadership. And just…they react well. They don’t act as if they think they know better than her because they’re pilots and she’s not, or because she’s a woman. They don’t itch at her leadership. They don’t even question her leadership–except, of course, when they have a legitimate question about the plan itself.

In fact, they’re all very respectful. They listen to her as she debriefs them, and even though they do ask a question, they accept her answer with nods and “Yes ma’am’s.”