Obi-Wan follows suit, taking up the other side of Anakin's strafing run. When the drop ships are disabled and it looks like the people are going to help by taking matters in their own hands on the ground assault, Obi-Wan angles for space, praying that his ship is as space-worthy as Jade claims they are.

The minimal resistance by way of vulture droids - as in, there weren't as many as Obi-Wan expected there to be - indicated that the Confederacy had no reason to believe that the refugees would be capable of, or stupid enough to mount an aerial assault.

Which is nice, because Obi-Wan hates dog-fighting as much as he hats flying.