[10ren]

TIL subaltern. It's true they were familiar, but it was just more colour (including funny lines like "fly casual"), and didn't have any effect (or did it? was there any point where they acted on info conveyed, and we saw the result, or it meant something to the plot? Even Han telling Chewie what to do? Maybe there was.)

Also, it's harder to show a relationship when only one side speaks - maybe if I thought of it more as a man-dog relation (a subaltern)? But it's still possible to influence the plot, eg lassie.

[lotusleaf1987]

I guess I saw that one way conversation as an example that Han knew Chewie very, very well, even being able to understand his completely foreign language. But I guess it's still so nostalgic to me that I try to explain any faults. :(

[10ren]

Don't worry, nostalgia or not, the whole thing still looks and feels amazing (IMHO). It's very easy pick apart a movie, and there's very little point in doing so. I think I might try to interpret it in your way. :)