re: The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer.

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So what? There would still be countless people/beings on countless worlds who were alive back then, as evidenced by the fact that Ahsoka and others are alive.

That's like saying people wouldn't remember shite from the 70's or 80's. shite, the Knights Templar vanished 7 centuries ago but we still remember them.

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They pretty much have to write it that way because of the dialog of both Han Solo, and then Admiral Motti, in Star Wars indicating that the ways of the Force and the Jedi are long forgotten at this point in the storyline. No it doesn't make much sense (especially considering the Emperor himself is a force user) but that's how George wrote it.

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You sure about that? The Jedi purge happened 30 years before The Mandalorian takes place. At the time of the Battle of Yavin, there were 6 known force users outside the Empire:

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So what? There would still be countless people/beings on countless worlds who were alive back then, as evidenced by the fact that Ahsoka and others are alive.

That's like saying people wouldn't remember shite from the 70's or 80's. shite, the Knights Templar vanished 7 centuries ago but we still remember them.

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Who knows as it was what 9 years since Han Solo said:

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“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.”

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Well, let's look at the Force as we understand it in-universe...

Most people, as of the OT, know little about it. Luke is clueless on Tatooine, Han has heard of it (in his travels presumably) but doesn't believe in it.
The Imperial generals on the Death Star clearly don't believe in it, as one mocked Vader to his face (your lack of faith is disturbing...).

The Jedi are present in the Old Republic, but both humble and aloof, and don't mingle a lot. And also don't show off beyond being skilled "space samurai". Anakin being the exception, he occasionally showed off (and told Padme that his masters would disapprove of him doing so).
So while they were respected and held in awe, they also weren't known "magicians" for the most part.

We got shown a lot of feats that the general public didn't see. And maybe, there's a bit too much gratuitous Force "magic" onscreen for the tale to be correct (Force-pulling a lightsaber to your hand instead of just reaching for it, etc).

The Sith, they are even more hidden.

So there's legends of the Jedi, but we don't "know" of the Force, only that it's the Jedi's "religion". It's like a Shaolin monk or the code of Bushido, superimposed over a civilization that's a lot more Western in it's societies. There's a mystique, but we don't consider it magic.