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Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, is a smuggler and "reckless mercenary" in the Star Wars fictional universe. Introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Solo and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), become involved in the Rebel Alliance against the evil Galactic Empire. Over the course of the Star Wars franchise, Solo becomes a chief figure in the Alliance and succeeding galactic governments. Star Wars creator George Lucas described Solo as "a loner who realizes the importance of being part of a group and helping for the common good." The American Film Institute ranked Solo as the 14th greatest film hero.
Solo was originally conceived as a "hulking green alien" Jedi, and later as a flamboyantly-dressed and burly Corellian. The third Star Wars draft presented Solo in his filmed form.
Lucas asked Ford, whom he knew from their work in American Graffiti, to read lines opposite actors auditioning for the roles of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa. Reading the lines made Ford familiar with the character, and Lucas cast him over other candidates such as Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, and Christopher Walken. When neither Ford nor director Irvin Kershner were happy with Solo's scripted "I love you, too" response to Leia's declaration of love in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Kershner prompted Ford to draw upon his familiarity with Solo to improvise. Kershner agreed that Ford's line -- "I know" -- was exactly what Solo would say.
Ford asked Lucas to have Solo die from the frozen carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back or Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi; Ford said he believed that letting Solo die would strengthen the story. Return of the Jedi screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan concurred, saying it should happen near the beginning of Return of the Jedi to instill doubt as to whether the others would survive, but Lucas was adamantly against it. Although never filmed, Lucasfilm generated concept art of a young Solo helping the Wookiees in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Lucas later said, "Han and Leia probably did get married . . . They settled down. She became a senator, and they got a nice little house with a white picket fence. Han Solo is out there cooking burgers on the grill."
So there you go... My love for HARRISON FORD as INDY and AS HAN SOLO as #14 in my SUPER POWERS COLLECTION
Solo was originally conceived as a "hulking green alien" Jedi, and later as a flamboyantly-dressed and burly Corellian. The third Star Wars draft presented Solo in his filmed form.
Lucas asked Ford, whom he knew from their work in American Graffiti, to read lines opposite actors auditioning for the roles of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa. Reading the lines made Ford familiar with the character, and Lucas cast him over other candidates such as Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, and Christopher Walken. When neither Ford nor director Irvin Kershner were happy with Solo's scripted "I love you, too" response to Leia's declaration of love in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Kershner prompted Ford to draw upon his familiarity with Solo to improvise. Kershner agreed that Ford's line -- "I know" -- was exactly what Solo would say.
Ford asked Lucas to have Solo die from the frozen carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back or Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi; Ford said he believed that letting Solo die would strengthen the story. Return of the Jedi screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan concurred, saying it should happen near the beginning of Return of the Jedi to instill doubt as to whether the others would survive, but Lucas was adamantly against it. Although never filmed, Lucasfilm generated concept art of a young Solo helping the Wookiees in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Lucas later said, "Han and Leia probably did get married . . . They settled down. She became a senator, and they got a nice little house with a white picket fence. Han Solo is out there cooking burgers on the grill."
So there you go... My love for HARRISON FORD as INDY and AS HAN SOLO as #14 in my SUPER POWERS COLLECTION
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At the time of the original run of the Star Wars films, an Enlgish Sci-fi writer named Brian Daley penned a trilogy of Han Solo adventures just prior to the events in A New Hope. Three paperbacks originally sold seperately, they were called "Han Solo At Star's End, Han Solo's Revenge, and Han Solo & The Lost Legacy". Lots of the material was out of Daley's own head, but peppered here and there were refs from the original movies (I first recieved mine as a Christmas present, at around the time Empire was out, ca. 1980), and fleeting glimpses into Han's past. For example, the red piping on Han's trousers are actually an award from the Imperial Academy called the Corillian Bloodstripe, awarded for perfect attendance. I managed to find and purchase a three-in-one paperback volumn of the trilogy back in the mid-1990s, but I think they're totally out of print now.
Another series of Han Solo adventures was published recently (this side of Y2K).
And yes, I always engendered a strong identification with this brooding Corillian...
Another series of Han Solo adventures was published recently (this side of Y2K).
And yes, I always engendered a strong identification with this brooding Corillian...
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