The assumption here is that we'd want to be heard. Can we assume the ETs would as well? And it seems based on a further assumption that any unEarthly culture will be of uniform benign disposition. Could they say the same about us? What is the point of such an assertion in any case? Are we expected to intentionally stunt improvment and energy efficiency of communications just so's we'll be easier to find? Look at the Drake equasion. Fascinating to think about it but purely assumption based, every segment of it. Plug in whatever you want, depending on your own predisposition. Better, for now, to keep a low galactic profile.

Nope. Didn't read the books. Strangling Jabba? Neh. She and her version of the force should have been central to that film. Instead. Ewoks.

I remember after seeing Episode One: The Phantom Menace thinking "I know it was bad but I don't feel like expending too many cycles analyzing why"? The myriad answers here. And in the process of deconstructing dismanting the film, conveyed as well is a good basic lesson in storytelling/scriptwriting. My own Star Wars orbit began to decay with Return of the Jedi. Besides the accursed Ewoks, I came away with the distinct impression that Lucas didn't actually rescreen or review his previous films for the-story-up-to-now before scribbling the script for the next one. At the End of "Empires" Yoda states: "There is another." Leia, I'd guessed. Made sense. But I never found out who for sure...