Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Kind of makes you wonder why the imps "blockaded it" instead of just wiping the base off the face of the planet via orbitsl bombardment.
Part of it was they simply didn't expect the rebels to stick around (the idea was the blockade would simply be to catch the fleeing ships and then go home), and then once they realized that Dodonna was staying, Vader wanted to make it's crushing into a grand gesture which took more time.
Basically everyone on both sides turned Yavin into a symbol and thus were choosing actions based on propaganda.