Every time I see someone complain about how safe TFA was, and then I think of all the shit Disney got for a female lead, a black co-lead, and a Hispanic co-co-lead, when I think of the film killing off Han, when I think of the way the film tore up the ending of Jedi and tore up Han and Leia’s relationship (both in good, realistic ways), the way that Luke didn’t appear until the last scene…I have to laugh my ass off at that person.
Those weren’t really risks were they? They are an attempt to be more inclusive as the times would dictate any film with a large cast should be.
It’s pretty much a retro fit of Star Wars with an infusion of diversity. Diversity + a new story line altogether…now that would be a risk.
As for killing off Han, I guess you could say it was a risk. Every risk has a downside and they got the downside of it due to execution. K2SOs death is much more meaningful.
Killing off Han Solo in 1983 would’ve been a risk but in 2015 not so much. The killing of Han in The Force Awakens was still impactful though. I would’ve liked to have seen Return Of The Jedi the way that it was originally intended to be. It was originally going to be as dark as The Empire Strikes Back.