It was a better book, no surprises there. Also, the fellow who plays the Resistance leader looks distinctly non-Nordic. I think he was in West Side Story, leader of the rival gang (was it the Sharks or the Jets? Kewl names, either way...)
Bit of a technical stretch - armed Mossies with 4,000 lb-ers, but, hey, it's the movies. "Lies, twenty-four times a second."
Some great one-liners too: "You can't kill a squadron."