sypher_pff

I would just focus all fire on the interdictors screening my capital ships with fighters and much faster frigates and corvets. Regardless of losses once the interdictors go boom you are free to engage hyperspace drives and jump free of the ambush. I think it has already been stated that x-wing fighters are the better air superiority fighter so simply tying up as many of the enemy fighters as possible while your frigates and corvets screen your fleet from incomming enemy assaults. This will allow you to "Zerg" the enemy interdictors with bombers and any remaining capital ships bringing them down and clearing your fleet for hyperspace transit. Also with the enemy interdictors taken care of and a fairly good recon of the hostile fleet it would allow you to do hit and run tactics against the remaining imperial forces in the fleet while your main HQ fleet retreats further back into friendly space.

My thoughts would be that the death star would be a way to insure the populations loyalty. By making a demonstration of imperial power it could hinder the ammount of planets willing to give aid to the rebel cause for fear of retribution by the empire. In return destroying the death star would give the populace a reason to not fear the imperial's and rise up providing the rebels with acess to new bases, technology, weapons, ect. Look at it as a two way street destroying the death star would give the rebels a much needed propoganda boost while keeping the death star in service would hinder the rebels ability to effectivly combat the imperial fleet. Just my thoughts on the matter.