Your comparison of Yoda arriving with the clones to Han saving Luke in ANH is apt, but flawed. Lucas says this very thing in the DVD commentary, but the difference is everyone knew there was going to be a big clone battle at the end of the film. That was a huge advertising point of AotC. Solo shooting down Vader was totally unexpected, part of why it was so great.
Your comparison of Yoda arriving with the clones to Han saving Luke in ANH is apt, but flawed. Lucas says this very thing in the DVD commentary, but the difference is everyone knew there was going to be a big clone battle at the end of the film. That was a huge advertising point of AotC. Solo shooting down Vader was totally unexpected, part of why it was so great.