Maybe Han doesn’t feel like finding Luke is as important as it seems to us and the Resistance. So to Han, taking a brief detour doesn’t feel like a big deal.
Haha, I never thought of that! It’s all Han’s fault!
That is easy to say, but it is still likely something else could have gone wrong before they made it to the Resistance. Someone else could have tracked the Falcon, or someone could have recognized them at Ponema Terminal, who knows?
True, it was just a funny HISHE moment on my part. 😃
And if you make it to where BB-8 chooses not to tell them, then it kinda becomes his fault that all of that happens instead of Han’s. Alternatively, you could make BB-8 not know, but you would think a Resistance astromech would know where the Resistance Base is.
I’m willing to accept that BB-8 is hardwired to protect the Resistance even if it causes problems.
Every option presents problems, but I think just having Han not want to face Leia raises the least amount of issues.
I think that Han might have been able to get the intel from BB-8 due to his old Rebellion status but decides to go to Maz anyway. Later Maz declines his request and says that he should go, implying that she can provide the location, so I think that aspect of his character remains in either version. I also feel strongly that Han’s appearance should be in service to the plot of getting to the Resistance rather than being simply a detour, especially since we’re supposed to identify with him as a knowledgeable father figure as Rey does.
Also, it is kind of weird that Rey is just gonna drop them off at Ponema Terminal. Why not just take them all the way to the Base, then go back? If she is so concerned about getting BB-8 to the Resistance, why not make sure he gets there?
That line feels out of character for her, doesn’t it? She’s established to be so decent and promised that she would get him back, but then suddenly doesn’t after BB-8 bets everything on her. I think that line at least makes sense in the latest version.