If there is one scene in the first SW that doesn’t make any sense it’s when Han and Chewie chase after the stormtroopers only to meet a dead end when in the Death Star.
Think about it. The stormtroopers outnumber Han and Chewie 5 or 6 to 2, yet they run away like scared little children and only fight back when they’re cornered.
“They let us go. It’s the only explanation for the ease of our escape… They’re tracking us.”
Seems like I gotta point this out often, but the Empire wasn’t trying to kill our heroes on the Death Star. If Han hadn’t run away, he coulda’ killed all of those guys! But, of course, he didn’t know that at the time. Han went charging at them because he “certainly has a lot of courage” and it gave the rest a chance to escape.