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Upon further reflection - is this an F-15 vs. F-16 thing? The F-15 is simply a better airframe. It's more versatile, more powerful and nearly as agile. It's also a hell of a lot more expensive than the F-16.
So when you're the empire and can just keep churning out storm troopers, having a ton of fighters to pilot is an advantage. Meanwhile, if you're the rebels, you have far fewer pilots so its important that they A) Survive and B) have every possible advantage. So you get them the better sled and hope that it's enough.
Because it doesn't seem to me like the tie fighters can hang with the X-Wings at all.
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