He still stands out as Han Solo to me, no matter what. And as for that last remark... You don't wanna know the kinds of porn I've seen.
About the wall thing:
Really? I never got too far in IV, I stopped... I think at the dungeon after the infamous "spoony bard" line. I just don't really like it. No idea why.
I've heard stuff like that about Quickenings, and I'm TRYING to not rely on them, but sometimes I'm just bored of fighting and want to finish the fight so I just switch out to the unused party members and skip to the end.
I knew the thing about the ships too, here's my basic reaction to it:
Balthier: It's the Ifrit!
Me: Ifrit's in this game!?!? Where!?!?
I haven't really done any marks except the one you have to do, but once I get back to Rabanastre I'm going to attempt some.
Penelo's not awesome enough to be an ewok. Hmm... She can be Random Soldier # 76.