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{Han} was, understandably, disoriented, after having been in suspended animation for six of this desert planet's months ...
I believe the six months was expanded to a year around the time Shadow of the Empire was launched.
About that lightsaber:
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...this lightsaber Luke had fashioned himself in Obi-Wan Kenobi's abandoned hut on the other side of Tatoonine, made with the old Master Jedi's tools and parts, made with love and craft and dire need.
Amazing how I haven't read this book since around 1984, yet can flip to the passages with ease without even having this in a digital format. More amazing that I even remember these details without having to refresh my memory, I guess.
And hey, since we've switched to "annoying hyper geek mode" ... we know lifeforms in this universe shit and fart, because Jar Jar stepped in crap. And we know that Anakin made love to Padme because, when he was informed that she was pregnant, he didn't squeal, "That can't be! We never did the nasty! Are you sure it's mine?"