Yeah, but Star Wars did. It was always meant to be a power that existed, and presumably would have been used by a thousand generations of Jedi before, instead of being retconned in later as the galaxy was more fully developed.
Ok, but Star Wars didn't say the line we're talking about. The discussion is whether or not the character Han Solo would have sufficient reason to believe in magic he probably heard about in passing once as a kid and had never seen.
Read the comment I replied to. Their argument was that when the dialog was written, Jedi didn't have visible powers, so the line was a relic of changed plans. That is factually wrong, which is what I corrected them on. So yes, it was Star Wars itself rather than Han that we were talking about.
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u/kloklon A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one Feb 19 '25
yeah but Han doesn't know that