Awesome list, and I especially agree with the in-jokes to the OT. Lucas probably thought he was doing a good thing by tying elements together. He just didn't know what he was doing. He left so many gaping holes of continuity, yet he put in a whole bunch of crap that didn't need to be there, like all the things you mentioned. He just put them there for no reason, and that, in turn, gave him the need to change things in the OT to make up for them (i.e. The Fett Bunch). Plus, the entire reasoning is off. I mean, it's so obvious that the only reason they're there is so OT fans can go, "Hey, this is just like when..." But according to Lucas, you're supposed to watch them in numerical order. I think that's a stupid idea to begin with, and, if you do choose Lucas's way, then the "in-jokes" have no meaning behind them because there's no precedence for them. You can't have it both ways. You can't make references to your earlier movies, and convince your fans to watch the earlier movies last. It just doesn't make any sense.