The Force Awakens Han Solo Will Return

[Tvar10]

I wish they would have had a funeral or something..even if there was no body. One of the biggest movie characters of all times dies and 10 minutes later its like nothing happened. He deserved more grieving

 

[Travesty]

I was fine with how they handled it.

 

[Asharad]

I was fine with how they handled it.

Me too.

 

[Iceman]

[BLACKOUT]Han's death[/BLACKOUT] has nothing on (Top GUN spoiler)

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Goose's

I do think if Luke dies at some point they will handle it in a more memorable way.

 

[danoyse]

I do wonder why they didn't write it so Chewie could get the body so they could do a big funeral scene later on. It'd be a proper sendoff and fittingly epic in a huge movie like this. It woud've been simple, just don't have him fall down the shaft. He could have just collapsed on the catwalk. Or heck they could have just had some sort of memorial ceremony without the body, for Han and all the pilots who died.

Because the planet exploded.

If they had memorials for all of the pilots that died, half of the Star Wars movies would be memorial scenes.

The fact that they seem to have deliberately avoided showing the body in a final dead and buried state does make me wonder just a little if it won't turn out that somebody (say, Maz) was somehow able to catch Han before he hit the bottom and whisked him off somewhere and he isn't actually dead.

There was just something about the way they structured it that didn't seem absolutely final to me.

Guess we'll know in two years!

He's dead. It breaks my heart, but he's gone.

I loved that when he died, he fell towards the light, while the sun was draining out from the rest of the world.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Man, the storytelling and visuals in that scene are fantastic. JJ's best work as a director. The shaft of light over the two as Han approaches Kylo. The light dissolving as the planet plunges into darkness while the crimson interior light overtakes Kylo's face, the scene taking on a sinister tone, telegraphing things to come. And as you said, Han falling not into the dark but into the light.

Fantastic stuff.

 

[Tony Stark]

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Normally I would have been so pissed at killing off such an important character. But the way it was handled was beautiful.

Because there was such a great feeling of failure and guilt from Han, Leia and Luke over what happened, it made total sense that Han would risk his life to save his son.

The kicker was Han putting his hand on Ben's face. It was a beautiful moment.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Man, the storytelling and visuals in that scene are fantastic. JJ's best work as a director. The shaft of light over the two as Han approaches Kylo. The light dissolving as the planet plunges into darkness while the crimson interior light overtakes Kylo's face, the scene taking on a sinister tone, telegraphing things to come. And as you said, Han falling not into the dark but into the light.

Fantastic stuff.

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Normally I would have been so pissed at killing off such an important character. But the way it was handled was beautiful.

Because there was such a great feeling of failure and guilt from Han, Leia and Luke over what happened, it made total sense that Han would risk his life to save his son.

The kicker was Han putting his hand on Ben's face. It was a beautiful moment.

I literally couldn't agree with either of you any more. It was simply executed perfectly.

 

[sueb1863]

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Hey, it wouldn't be the craziest thing that's ever happened in SW! Darth Maul got cut in HALF and came back, even though Lucas bisected him specifically so that nobody could think he survived. But he came back and that's canon.

 

[titansupes]

^ Not in my head, it ain't.

 

[danoyse]

Man, the storytelling and visuals in that scene are fantastic. JJ's best work as a director. The shaft of light over the two as Han approaches Kylo. The light dissolving as the planet plunges into darkness while the crimson interior light overtakes Kylo's face, the scene taking on a sinister tone, telegraphing things to come. And as you said, Han falling not into the dark but into the light.

Fantastic stuff.

I’ve seen it 4 times now, and it’s still breaking my heart to watch it, but wow is it a brilliantly done scene. Just the silence right before it happened. We don’t know much about Ben, but you do see how much Han still loves the hell out of that kid. It’s just heartbreaking on all accounts.

 

[747]

Not only the visuals and the execution, Driver and Ford both sell it with so much nuance and weight.

 

[AnneFan]

Harrison has wanted this for a long time, so in that regard I'm completely fine with what happens in the film. Han was still a beast in combat and was never going to be defeated with his blaster. He wasn't going to physically engage his son, and earlier in the film says he can talk his way out of anything. That line is very poignant now.

 

[Smilodon]

What I loved the most was how Leia felt Han's death in the Force. The impact of Ben killing Han was powerful, but Chewie's reaction and Leia's realization of what just happened were the most heartbreaking parts of his death. Carrie Fisher did really well in that scene.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Chewie broke my heart

 

[Iceman]

After Crystal Skull I thought these films were coming out too late for Harrison Ford but he really lived up to his younger self here (although Indy was a step too far ). Can't think of a bigger compliment than that.

 

[AnneFan]

TFA was a bonus in regards to Han. And he did have 30 years of adventures after ROTJ they can flesh out in other media.

 

[Raiden]

Because the planet exploded.

If they had memorials for all of the pilots that died, half of the Star Wars movies would be memorial scenes.



He's dead. It breaks my heart, but he's gone.

I loved that when he died, he fell towards the light, while the sun was draining out from the rest of the world.

As a Han Solo fan, I really wish there would have been something at the end, like Chewie hugging Leia as both remembered their husband and friend and the life he once led, instead of Leia just sitting there. I think Chewie got more emotional over Han in ESB when he went out of the Echo Base to look for Luke than in TFA, quite frankly. And in the Falcon, I thought Rey should have done something as a gesture for its former owner as well. I just think that Abrams seemed to have "moved on" rather quick after the death of the second most important character in Star Wars (after Luke Skywalker).

 

[AnneFan]

I agree with that. I'm fine with the death scene itself, but Inthink they needed something more afterwards. Even just a piece of dialogue reflecting on his life and passing. But we get nothing.

 

[rogbngp]

I agree with that. I'm fine with the death scene itself, but I think they needed something more afterwards. Even just a piece of dialogue reflecting on his life and passing. But we get nothing.

Hopefully that will come in the next film.

 

[WonderTwin]

I was surprised when they showed Leia just sitting in the command room, alone, obviously grieving. Doesn't she have private quarters? Doesn't she have any friends or colleagues there who would be with her? It was just an odd way to stage it - most people who are grieving a loved one don't sit out in the middle of a public place to do it. I would have had her sitting alone in her quarters, maybe looking at something that reminded her/the viewer of Han.

 

[Quasimod0]

She was a General though, and right when it happened, she was in the middle overseeing the battle in the command room.

 

[Iceman]

Yeah, that wasn't her grieving in her own time. She felt his death right at that moment. Could have been anywhere at the time, not really in her control. Well unless she was expecting it at that exact moment I guess.

 

[Octoberist]

I agree with that. I'm fine with the death scene itself, but Inthink they needed something more afterwards. Even just a piece of dialogue reflecting on his life and passing. But we get nothing.

Actually I don't mind it. It's not done in a way where it's dismissive of his death..hence the hugging scene. It's enough.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

I really like the scene of Leia and rey hugging on the side while the rest cheer over their victory. It was a great touching moment for them. Sad but very moving. They mourned their loss of Han together. ..just thinking about it now hurts so deep.