I actually agree with basically all your points. But the Han Solo fan and pedant in me has to protest one claim.
Han acknowledging the Jedi as a fairy tale would be an improvement, but in A New Hope he just straight up says “I’ve been all over the galaxy and never heard of any shit like that”
Han doesn’t say he’s never heard of the Jedi, rather he echoes the apparetly prevalent view point of Admiral Motti from earlier in the movie, referring to the Force/Jedi as a “hokey religion”. And then goes on to talk about it like it’s a bullshit legend:
I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s one all-powerful Force controlling everything. There’s no mystical energy field that controls my destiny. It’s all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
Which, all the other massive plot holes in the prequels aside, would make sense in context. Canonically, Han was about 10 when Order 66 happened. So the fact that he has heard of the Jedi and the Force, but believes it’s all superstition and tall tales checks out.
Now, that I can get off that soap box… Yeah, the Prequels kinda felt like they were written by someone who had only heard the story of StarWars through the telephone game…
I actually agree with basically all your points. But the Han Solo fan and pedant in me has to protest one claim.
Han doesn’t say he’s never heard of the Jedi, rather he echoes the apparetly prevalent view point of Admiral Motti from earlier in the movie, referring to the Force/Jedi as a “hokey religion”. And then goes on to talk about it like it’s a bullshit legend:
Which, all the other massive plot holes in the prequels aside, would make sense in context. Canonically, Han was about 10 when Order 66 happened. So the fact that he has heard of the Jedi and the Force, but believes it’s all superstition and tall tales checks out.
Now, that I can get off that soap box… Yeah, the Prequels kinda felt like they were written by someone who had only heard the story of StarWars through the telephone game…