i hate when movies mention other movies because it always sends me down a logic spiral. if spider-man said that the empire strikes back is canon in the MCU, then are the prequels canon? is samuel l jackson? did nick fury watch the prequels like "hey wtf that jedi looks like me"
this is literally my first thought whenever a movie mentions another movie
the only time they did this right was in the last action hero where they just made it so arnold schwarzenegger didnt exist in the canon of the movies he was in