Beyond the “taking one last look” moment the film treats 3PO’s memory wipe as a joke, probably because it’s not permanent and so it’s not meant to be taken too seriously. But if he didn’t get his memory back it would feel even more jarring/disrespectful how the other characters don’t seem to care much about it and how the film constantly makes a joke out of it.
You’re right.
I don’t hate this movie, I dont even dislike it. It has some great moments, but man does it feel like it was written on set scene by scene
And in regards to what you said Hal, about changing the dialogue. If someone sent me all of threepios dialogue I’d be able to make him say “he”.
But it’s a non issue to be fair.