Something that hit me today is this whole movie is essentially a giant “Han shot last”. Everyone freaked out at changing Han in ANH from shooting first because it changed his character from a ruthless scoundrel selfish smuggler who has no problem killing who made friends and turned out to be a hero in the end to somebody who was “always good” and would never shoot first, or at least without provocation. This movie will unavoidably portray Han in a heroic light (because that’s what Star Wars is) which completely undermines his OT arc worse than shooting last did in the SE.
I can still enjoy it, though. But yeah, that guy is not Han. No way no how.
We’ll have to wait and see. It would make all the sense in the world for Han to begin as an optimistic, ambitious young man and end the film jaded and dark.