The Force Awakens Han Solo Will Return

[Infinity9999x]

Heck, I dunno - other Resistance fighters who are running around the base? They could have found some way to explain it. That shaft led somewhere. If they'd wanted to do a big funeral scene for Han, they could've found some way to get the body. Maybe Han could have just collapsed on the catwalk and not fallen at all. Then Chewie could have scooped up Han's body before running out.

All this speculation will go right out the window if the book or the script state that Han's dead, of course. And I have absolutely no problem with Han being dead, I'm just curious about what the printed material says.

I just found the way they seemed to studiously avoid showing a body or a burial sort of weird, considering the series seems to really like big funeral scenes.

ETA: I found a PDF of the script. It references Han's 'last moment' and refers to his 'life slipping away' but avoids overtly saying anywhere that he's dead. *shrugs*

...Other resistance fighters? What, the last 5 X-wing fighters that rabbited away the second they blew up the core? And none of them knew Han got killed...or was even in the reactor area.

The only people who would have tried to retrieve the body, were Rey, Finn, and Chewie. And all three of them were too busy to have any time to get Han. Chewie was fending off a stormtrooper army and Finn and Rey were busy with Kylo. Oh, and the freaking planet was blowing up. I mean, that kinda puts a time crunch on everyone.

So yeah, there's no way they could have gotten the body. A lightsaber to the gut and an endlessly long fall are pretty solid causes of death. There have been ambiguous death scenes in films, but this was not one of them.

 

[danoyse]

Heck, I dunno - other Resistance fighters who are running around the base? They could have found some way to explain it.

There weren’t any Resistance fighters running around the base. They were all flying the X-wings. Only people on the ground were Finn, Rey, Han, and Chewie. Their mission was to the get the shields down so the fleet could attack the base. They went back in to set the explosives when they saw the X-wings were getting swarmed by TIE fighters and couldn’t destroy the base on their own.

That shaft led somewhere. If they'd wanted to do a big funeral scene for Han, they could've found some way to get the body. Maybe Han could have just collapsed on the catwalk and not fallen at all. Then Chewie could have scooped up Han's body before running out.

Yeah, but that didn’t happen. He fell down a bottomless shaft - towards the light, in fact. Better than the misery of a funeral scene, to be honest.

All this speculation will go right out the window if the book or the script state that Han's dead, of course. And I have absolutely no problem with Han being dead, I'm just curious about what the printed material says.

The same thing the movie clearly said: that he’s dead.

I just found the way they seemed to studiously avoid showing a body or a burial sort of weird, considering the series seems to really like big funeral scenes.

They just showed his dead body falling into a bottomless pit...

ETA: I found a PDF of the script. It references Han's 'last moment' and refers to his 'life slipping away' but avoids overtly saying anywhere that he's dead. *shrugs*

The discussion is turning into this now:

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He’s dead. We’re swear, he’s really dead.

 

[Mysteryman]

People actually doubt that he is dead?

 

[Snow Queen]

He got stabbed through the chest with a lightsaber, knocked down a shaft so deep you can't see the bottom, and then the planet blew up. He's dead, this isn't the Arrow season 3 midseason cliffhanger.

 

[danoyse]

This thread:

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[Sawyer]

He got stabbed through the chest with a lightsaber, knocked down a shaft so deep you can't see the bottom, and then the planet blew up. He's dead, this isn't the Arrow season 3 midseason cliffhanger.

Don't remind me about that s***, I'm still furious they didn't Lazarus Pit him.

 

[Frosty81]

I believe he's dead for this reason:

Harrison Ford hated discussing the character for years. Even as recently as 2010 because he wanted the character killed in the original trilogy.

Now in interviews he's super happy and behaving like a giddy kid.

Probably because Abrams unlike Lucas, honored his wish.

 

[jmc]

Can we not turn this into another Harvey Dent style in-denial thread?

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

Well...aside from knowing that Ford wanted Solo to die, I think with what they did in the scene in TFA, I think it brought a sense of peace for Ford in some way. And he did it in a way that would be respectful cause I don't think he would have wanted Han Solo to go out like in a blaze of glory similar to how he shot Greedo but yeah. I am sure we'll see him again in a flashback maybe...hopefully.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Well...aside from knowing that Ford wanted Solo to die, I think with what they did in the scene in TFA, I think it brought a sense of peace for Ford in some way. And he did it in a way that would be respectful cause I don't think he would have wanted Han Solo to go out like in a blaze of glory similar to how he shot Greedo but yeah. I am sure we'll see him again in a flashback maybe...hopefully.

This is why I can't wait for the first interview with him now that people have seen the film. I'm really curious to hear his take on the scene and how he feels about it.

 

[sueb1863]

From the Golden Globes last night:

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/01/1...amous-star-wars-character-han-solo-is-resting

Is Han Solo dead? Can it be? You know that was the question I put to Harrison Ford when the Golden Globes ended on Sunday night.

Ford and actress wife Calista Flockhart were caught up in a scrum of A list stars including Mark Ruffalo and Oscar Isaac, all of where trying to get out of the Beverly Hilton ballroom.

So I asked Ford if it was true that Han Solo was really dead? We see him killed with a light saber by Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) in “The Force Awakens.” It looks like he falls to his death. But remember, this is fiction– anything can happen to save Han Solo. And it seems unlikely that the final “Star Wars” trilogy would end with a dead Han. Also, patricide is kind of a miserable way to die.

So?

“He’s resting,” Ford told me, after repeating my question. “Is he dead? He’s resting.” He did NOT say, “he’s dead.”
Earlier this week, a source close to Ford indicated to me that he’d be back in the next “Star Wars” installment.

We shall see. My guess is, Han Solo is saved by a force in the galaxy far, far away.

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[Boom]

He's resting in peace.

 

[spiderman2]

He's resting in peace.

Lol yeah. Do you think there is any changes that he could end up in 8 in a flash back or vision or anything though?

 

[titansupes]

He's dead. There may be a holo-recording or flashback or something, but I don't think they'll magic him alive again. At least, I hope not.

 

[Solidus]

I would give them more credit than that. He's just joking around. Han's dead people.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

He's dead...accept it.

 

[Travesty]

100% alive.

 

[Mysteryman]

Well, there is always Young Han.
He will be coming soon enough.

 

[Boom]

It is kinda sad that we won't see Luke and Han together on-screen again.

 

[Travesty]

Spider-Han and Luke will reunite.

 

[Pink Ranger]

He's resting in peace.

He's a Force Ghost now and he's banging Aayla Secura.

 

[Infinity9999x]

It is kinda sad that we won't see Luke and Han together on-screen again.

There's always the possibility of flashbacks. Don't count it out.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

He's a Force Ghost now and he's banging Aayla Secura.

sorry...I couldn't help but smile. haha. Its true though...she was pretty hot in ROTS. haha

 

[Jack Napier]

If Han Solo comes back, it will be in flashback form.

Anyone saying he is still alive or will be brought back from the dead has...delusions of grandeur.

 

[Timlugia]

I'm just not buying that sorry. There's no way that neither han or leia would not of said anything to each other or to Rey if she were their daughter especially now han is dead. Much more likely is that Rey is lukes daughter and he hid her on Jakku after things went sour at his temple etc...

That doesn't make sense, the massacre in the temple happened at most only a few years before TFA since Kylo Ren was an adult already.
Rey's memory clearly indicates she's on Jaaku since childhood.