Han’s Fate To Be Decided In TFA?

As we enter the final days of intense anticipation for The Force Awakens, the excitement has never been stronger.

For today’s post, I thought it would be prudent to discuss the future of a character who’s been around the block a time or two.

One of the world’s favorite characters…ever…Han Solo.

Although it doesn’t feel like it, it has been 32 years since we’ve seen Harrison Ford on the big screen encapsulating everything we know of Han Solo.

From his bad boy attitude to his blunt and hard hitting quips, Han Solo is the best.

Unfortunately, the sun sets on all of us eventually…

Now with that being said, does that mean this is finally THAT time!?

Well, excuse the corny humor and of course we don’t know for sure but I’ll tell you one thing, there’s a bit of truth to this.

In the last couple months, there has been talk regarding Ford and his involvement in Star Wars.

If you recall, Ford famously tried to convince George Lucas at the end of Return of the Jedi to kill off Han…

But what does that say for his fate in TFA?

I would speculate that things could take a turn for the worst for our favorite smuggler across the Galaxy.

You have to look at it from a logical point of view.

For starters, Harrison Ford is getting up in his years now that he is 73 years old.

The character of Han Solo is not a “sit back and relax” type of guy as well.

No, he’s a man of action, someone who gets it done. With his hands, with his behavior, not with his mind.

As Ford continues to get up in the years, I honestly feel like it would be tough for him to continue to play his role.

With that being said, things start to fall in place if you’re thinking this could be it for Han.

And actually, that might be what Ford wants.

After all, Harrison Ford has never really embraced the Star Wars universe in terms of really being a “fan”.

When asked to explain his reasoning on why he thought Han Solo should be killed, Ford explained, “I thought it would be good that the character, if he sacrificed himself in some noble way.”

I have to agree with him there.

I could definitely see something along those lines occur.

Now would I be happy about it? Absolutely not! But sometimes a sacrificial death for the greater good is what legends are made of.

And make no mistake about it, Han Solo is a legend.

I guess the fate of our good ol’ buddy Han will have to wait.

But not too long.

We’re approximately 75 hours away….

How good does that sound!

-Sith Pacify out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Star Wars Needs to have for TFA to be a Success

In exactly 45 days, The Force Awakens will be released around the United States.

As we count down the days, the hype and anticipation seem to be rising to unprecedented levels.

With the movie being looked at as one of the “biggest releases of all time”, much accompanies that title.

The expectations for this film are relatively high….no forget that, they’re astronomical.

The film’s cost was around $200 million to make plus an additional $423 million for marketing, printing and advertising costs, as well as making and distribution of home videos.

Now that’s not chump change we’re talking about here.

With that being said, what does this movie that people are freaking out about need to have for people to call it a sucess!?

Plot

For Star Wars movies and quite frankly all movies, the plot has to be rock solid for people to enjoy it.

Once the lights darken in the movie theaters and people begin to put away their phones because something else have captured their attention, people will be poking and prodding at the plot.

The plot is so important that it’s often the deciding factor that most people remember it by.

So, it’s a make or break!

Two recent films that were supposed to be major blockbusters (one of them was) that have weak plots were Gareth Edwards’ 2014 version of Godzilla and Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World.

In Godzilla’s instance, the film was a complete mess.

To be frank, it was terrible.

The movie was over two hours long and showed the ginormous reptilian-like monster for a measly 10 minutes!

The movie was called Godzilla for goodness sakes!

That in itself was a deal breaker for many fans, I know for me it was.

Now in Jurassic World’s case, the plot was a lot better than Gozilla’s (almost impossible for it to be worse) but not the best.

Almost every scene where something could go drastically wrong if the characters made a boneheaded decision, it went wrong.

You could almost feel the dumb choices being made before it even happened. Not a good mix.

Now for Star Wars, they must avoid predictability.

When a film is predictable, bad things happen.

We don’t want to know what’s going to happen, we want to see how things play out and say to ourselves “…wow, that was pretty darn cool!”

Movies that surprise us and have unexpected instances are great.

With all the secrecy surrounding The Force Awakens, I have a feeling we won’t know whats coming.

So far so good.

Main Characters 

For TFA, we need to see the originals. We need to see a lot of Han, Leia, Chewie, R2D2, C3PO and yes…LUKE!!

These figures ARE Star Wars. They represent the franchise that we know and love therefore, we must see them.

Don’t forget, we haven’t seen Han Solo, Princess Leia or Luke (besides the little babies) in a mind-boggling 32 years…

It’s been way too long and for fans to be satisfied and content, give us the heroes.

Changing of the Guard

Now, yes we want to see the main characters from the original trilogy, but they should not be the stars of the film.

This is a new age of Star Wars, we need one of these young guns to take up the mantle and deliver us to the promised land of originality, awesomeness and legitimacy.

One of the main characters whether it be Finn, Rey or Poe, they need to take Luke’s place as “the man”.

This is so vital to TFA’s success!

Without someone for us all to rally behind and support as the crucial piece, I feel the movie would some luster.

As in the original trilogy, Luke began to separate himself as the main guy which inevitably had us all thinking about Luke and what’s his next move and so on.

This is why it is essential for TFA to establish not only the new young characters but also create the earmark feature of the new trilogy moving forward with a face of the movies.

Good vs Evil

One of the many reasons why Star Movies are so great is because it’s a classic good vs bad story.

With the Empire considerably weakened after losing its two guys on top, will they still be able to enforce their will on the rest of the Galaxy?

What about the assumed “heroes” of the movie. Will they still have what it takes to combat this said evil?

This is so important. TFA must have an epic clash of wills that will inspire those watching the film to openly cheer on the good guys.

Even to this day, when I watch Return of the Jedi and I watch Vader go against his Master in order to protect his son, I still get chills.

That is what this movie must have in order for it to be successful.

An epic scene of triumph, something that ten years or twenty years from now we’ll all look back and say “Hey remember that scene where that happened?”

That is what will forever set TFA up for immortality amongst the awesome rankings.

Conclusion

For the TFA to be a success, we need to see it simply be a “Star Wars movie”.

What I mean by that is just let it be itself.

All Star Wars movies are great, just follow the same recipe.

I know this movie will be awesome and honestly, I’m such a huge Star Wars fan that I will love it unconditionally no matter what.

But hey, now you know what I think it will take for this movie to live up to expectations.

Now we wait…

-Sith Pacify out