I think the aliens set down somewhere, took one look at our society, and BTFO from wanting to talk with our planet's people for the next century. The only ones they considered to have any merit were probably the Japanese (Which is probably why there is so much media centered around a guy swimming in ayy pussy).
>What's the point when you can just drone strike entire fleets which take decades to build.
Wait, does that mean that Han, Chewie, and Tr8tor didn't need to sneak into the Death Planet and disable the base's shields in the previous film?