Star Wars: 10 Things That STILL Don’t Make Sense
6. How Could The Jedi Be Forgotten About So Damn Quickly?
The fact that figures such as Han Solo refer to the Jedi way as little more than a "hokey religion" during his early appearances in A New Hope just doesn't seem to add up upon assessing the timeline.
Some twenty years on from Order 66 all but obliterating the Jedi from existence, the fact many were so quick to forget about this particular aspect of the massive war between a Jedi-boasting Republic and the Separatists that ultimately birthed the Galactic Empire never really made sense, with the likes of the Rebels and Obi-Wan Kenobi series both suggesting that many Jedi did still find a way to pop-up over the years.
Sure, The Emperor definitely went out of his way to bury or destroy any remnants of the Jedi, which does partially explain why some corners of the galaxy either opted to ignore them, or simply had their brains washed into thinking they were little more than a myth.
But when folks like Han Solo (who was revealed to have actually been a member of the Imperial Navy earlier in his life, and must've surely come across the odd Jedi straggler) act as if the existence of the one-time Force-wielding heroes is laughable, this particular opinion/reaction feels increasingly odd.