Han Solo must have become a fearless and wise old
warrior in the thirty-two years that have passed since we last saw him right!?
Well, not quite. According to Harrison Ford
there is some growth to the character but just because he is older than
he was at the end of Return of the Jedi, it doesn't mean he has left his
smartass-self behind to became like Obi-Wan, so don't be fooled by the trailer
and the "it's all true…" speech.
"No, there’s not an abandoning
of the character," Ford says. "He does not aspire to the position of
Obi-‘Ben’ Kenobi, nor do I aspire to be some New Age Alec Guinness. His
development is consistent with the character, and there are emotional elements
which have occasioned his growth."
Emotional developments aside something's
never change, and in Solo's case, money or lack thereof, seems to be a
constant.
"We spend a lot more time [in
the movie] on his failure to master basic skills, like accounting," Ford
says before adding that "there’s a lot of the rogue still left in Solo. Some things don’t
change."
Ford has been very public on how he
feels about Han Solo and the franchise, but that doesn't mean the character
isn't part of him and that he never once thought about him in the three decades
since he last played him.
"Well, he’s been living with me
— out back, in the shack," Ford says before adding some thoughts on Solo's life between movies, "[Thirty-two] years is
going to put some rings on the tree, some experience in the bank. You might
make an elaborate conjecture [about who Solo is now], but I think we answer
that question in the film. It’s best left answered
there."
Directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Force
Awakens stars Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Lupita Nyong'o,
Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Domnhall Gleason, Gwendoline Christie, Max
von Sydow, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Warwick
Davis, Crystal Clarke, and Pip Andersen.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens on December
18.
Source - EW
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