"about all the other logic holes that nobody cares about"

Never been to a sci-fi convention, have you? 😀

"when trying to understand their world through art"

Then you understand that sometimes authors throw stuff into a story just to give it an illusion of depth. SW--and especially the original SW--is largely superficial, a child's fantasy, an attempt to bring the pulp fiction stories George read when he was a kid to the screen.

It isn’t mythology in the Joseph Campbell sense because it wrestles with deep themes.

It’s mythology in the sense that it appropriates that structure to tell a morally simplistic adventure, one that's designed to resonate with kids and nostalgic adults.

But those mythic undertones are scaffolding, not substance. “Good guy farm boy with destiny” isn’t new, and the Empire is evil because... they dress in black and blow up planets.

That simplicity is part of its appeal.