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[Star Wars]How did the Empire so thoroughly scrub the general public's belief in the force so quickly?

Han Solo was  10-12 years old by the end of the Clone Wars, old enough to have an idea of what is going on and be able to remember it later (not to mention folks even older than him). Assuming that the Jedi were at the forefront to observers in the Republic, he must've heard stories about their feats at some point. Yet in ANH he dismisses belief in the Force as a whole as a  'Hokey Religion'. The Empire's Propaganda Machine erasing the Jedi is one thing, but how did they manage to erase belief in the Force all together, especially considering the Number 1 and 2 (arguably) people in the Empire are force users, and that Force sensitives were still being born during the time.
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> Assuming that the Jedi were at the forefront to observers in the Republic, he must've heard stories about their feats at some point.

The jedi were a small order who didn't desire publicity.   Your assumption is wrong.

>Yet in ANH he dismisses belief in the Force as a whole as a 'Hokey Religion'. 

Han Solo, from Correllia, who attended the imperial academy.  *He* thinks the force is a hokey religion.  You can't make your assumptions about billions of people based on your interactions with **one** person.

>especially considering the Number 1 and 2 (arguably) people in the Empire are force users

The general public don't know that.  Vader's position is completely unofficial.  He's outside the regular command structure of the imperial army and fleet.

>and that Force sensitives were still being born during the time. 

Without training, force sensitives will not exhibit any overt force abilities.  At best they'll have good reflexes and be considered lucky.

>How did the Empire so thoroughly scrub the general public's belief in the force so quickly?

In any case, there's no reason to assume a general disbelief in the force based on interactions with one person.  Especially when we see a great many people using the "may the force be with you" phrase throughout the trilogy.