imperialscum said:

or "gundrak" in ESB.

Gundrak sounds better actually.

I mean I like Solo not being serious or scared when they were about to cook him. That's old Solo. I mean if he knew he was going to get killed he sure wasn't going down crying. He was going down in style.

But he isn't meant to be old Han anymore.

He is in love with Leia, he is fighting for a cause (if they don't get out of this situation not only will he and his friends be eaten but the Empire will win). It wrecks the tension of the scene and the Ewoks remain cute teddy bears and not the scary hero eating creatures we need them to be in that moment before they become galactic heroes themselves.

If you don't see any emotional transitions, it doesn't mean there aren't any. Ewoks traps, some props being reused and not seeing bothans before mentioned... I really couldn't care less about details like that. Actually just mentioning stuff without showing it in the film makes the whole film universe seem greater.

As a bit of added fluff it's not a problem but it's clearly meant to be a emotional note played here and why should I care any more that Bothans died than anyone else?

It's 'silly'.