# Han Solo is back in Episode VII **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400 "2013-02-15T15:52:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/1 "2013-02-15T15:52:17Z")
[And will be played by Harrison Ford. Wow, that would be something.](http://www.aintitcool.com/node/61001) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/2 "2013-02-15T15:57:10Z")
Grandpa Han Solo? Is his son going to be played by Shia LeBouf? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/3 "2013-02-15T15:58:43Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Is his son going to be played by Shia LeBouf? If he’s not, people will be asking “Where’s the Beef”? - There’s a reason I’m a scientist and not a stand-up ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/4 "2013-02-15T16:26:37Z")
I have a lot more confidence in movies that actually have a story and script before they have a cast. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/5 "2013-02-15T17:03:35Z")
Right now that sounds like it’s based on rumors. I think I’d wait for something a little more concrete. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/6 "2013-02-15T17:13:08Z")
I really hope if true, it is just an extended cameo. While it would be great to see Mark Hamill fill the Ben Kenobi roll (the trilogies are big on repeating beats), having old Han run around would just be sad. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/7 "2013-02-15T17:19:25Z")
I’m kind of amazed. After all this time in which Harrison Ford wanted nothing to do with Star Wars. Would be funny if he was completely senile and kept talking to “Chewie”, who turned out to be a rug. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/8 "2013-02-15T17:46:55Z")
It would be better if was put back into carbonite and just left on the wall in the background. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/9 "2013-02-15T18:35:00Z")
It’s interesting…there’s very little in the EU for the era in which the Solos would be as old as Ford and Fisher are now. A few of the most recent books are edging into that time period (the EU has just had a major shake-up with certain core characters’ children having actual adult Jedi/Sith drama, as opposed to “Young Jedi Knights” stuff), but not that far yet. I still wish they hadn’t completely thrown out the idea of at least taking story ideas from the EU. A fair amount of the actual writing is abysmal but there’s an incredibly rich soup of plots and characters to draw from there. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/10 "2013-02-15T18:48:55Z")
I can see it now: the left turn signal on the Millennium Falcon flashing throughout the entire movie. or Waves hand: “These are not the keys you’re looking for.” ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/11 "2013-02-15T18:51:48Z")
If GL was still in charge, someone would tell Han “Fast enough for you, old man”. With luck, the new screenwriter will have less interest in repeating himself. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/12 "2013-02-15T18:55:26Z")
> [@Furious\_Marmot](#): > > If GL was still in charge, someone would tell Han “Fast enough for you, old man”. With luck, the new screenwriter will have less interest in repeating himself. That sounds like a good line, actually. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/13 "2013-02-15T18:58:20Z")
Huh. I missed the potential for another round of “Han Solo and the Comfy Pilot’s Chair” jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/14 "2013-02-15T19:04:45Z")
Would anyone notice if he was encased in carbonite again? Having recently seen Carrie Fisher in"Wishful Drinking", I would totally love seeing her bring some of that to a Princess Leia in her mid-50’s after a mostly disappointing 30-year relationship with Han Solo. Because if ever a movie relationship said “doomed once the hormones wear off”, it was that one. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/15 "2013-02-15T19:11:36Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Right now that sounds like it’s based on rumors. I think I’d wait for something a little more concrete. Like Harrison Ford’s liver? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/16 "2013-02-15T20:18:51Z")
Luke Skywalker got a replacement hand. Han Solo will need a replacement hip. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/17 "2013-02-15T21:59:19Z")
So will he shoot first? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/18 "2013-02-15T22:36:25Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > So will he shoot first? At this point, only if the other guy is reaaaally slow… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/19 "2013-02-16T00:52:59Z")
Hey if they can make Jeff Bridges look like he’s 20-something in the new Tron movie, or make Brad Pitt look like he’s 19 in that Benjamin Button movie, then I’d say they can make Harrison look like he did in the original Trilogy or not that much different, IF THEY WANT TO. If he is in the new movie(s), I assume they’ll just let him be an old tough guy. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400/20 "2013-02-16T01:05:00Z")
He can do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs to get the early bird special at Denny’s. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/han-solo-is-back-in-episode-vii/650400.md?page=2)